Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-09-19

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and pays for cotton TO the amount Of ST.
600. 900 annually.
And now, il you go to Boston and look
at the great depot OF the Western railroad
you will find it filled with -four; and in
every road, and on the side hills of New
Hampshire, and wherever is water to
float, or steam power to convey it, ia
every village and town, and at every
cross road, you will find -four bearing
every brand from the State of New York
and the West and there's where il is
consumed. Massachusetts takes and
pays for Flour annually to the amount oil
81, 600, 600.
She takes and pays for another 81, 000,-
00G in corn and other grain, and much oil
this is from New York and the Southern
States, Michigan, Ohio, DC, of wool
and let the farmers Of Duchess understand
that, and the farmers Of Pennsylvania,
and The farmers of Vermont, and farmars
every where. Let them understand when
the price oil wool is raised, what raises it,.
Massachusetts, herself receives S3, 000,-
900 worth OF Wool and let the Farmers
get that amount, if they can, out of an
incidental" and 'judicious" Tariff,
Of Leather and Hides, from the noun.
tain of New York mainly, Massachusetts
buys every year 100000.
She buys and consumes beef, pork aud
other provisions TO the amount of 49, 0O,-
600.
Of butter and cheese, mostly from
New York, she buys 81 100000.
She takes 100000 of pig lead from
Mississippi and Illinois.
She takes $3,0O0,000 of rice from
South Carolina for consumption, and
Oftar, pitch, &C., from what they call
the GLORIOUS old North State" 81 ,00O,-
900.
And, not TO overlook Pennsylvania, she
pays her annually $500, 900 for Iron.
Here, then. are $4,000, 600 of pro.
ducts Of the raw material of other States,
taken, paid for and consumed by Massa-
chusetts, to say nothing Of the other
States. And here is a sum equal to al.
mos, half Of the whole export OF raw ma
terlal from the United States to all Europe!
And now what do Mr.. Polk and the fol-
lowers of Mr.. Polk propose? They say
TO agricu.urists, "your produce is low. -
How do they propose to increase the pri-
ces' They say, "Your consumption is
too much. They propose to increase III
They desire TO stop the manufacturing
operations of the Eastern States. They
propose to convert al. those now engaged
in these operations into farmers TO raise
wheat, oats, &C., on our sterile aIlls, or to
emigrate south and raise them in far
more fertile and prolific soil. At the
same time, therefore, tina: they diminish
the demand, they would increase the sup.
ply. And this is their way OF remedying
the evils under which agriculture suffers.
| know that agriculture is now appa.
renlly in a state of depression. The pro-
duce Of farmers sells at prices which |
wish were higher. But look at the state
Of things. No doubt the works of inter.
nsl improvement which have brought the
produce of the West into our midst, have
had some effect. No doubt in times pas:
the depression Of manufactures has had
some effect. After all we hope there is
tendency to a better state Of things:
that the progress Of things is on ward,
and that agriculture will soon receive its
just reward. Sure am, as sure as am
of any sentiment, moral or political, that
If there is such thing as bene6tting the
agriculture of the country, that thing is
to be accomplished by urging forward The
manufactures and mechanical arts of the
countsy-by increasing the mouths and
consumers, and thus the prices they pay
for what they consume.
The following extracts are taken from the Ma
tonal In,eligencer. and we're prepared by the Edl-
tors OF the ntelligencer the instance of gentle
man Of this pice. The Inielligencer also contains
carefully compiled table exhibiting ell exports OF
agricultural products since 1923 to The presen, peri
cd, of which our space will not permi, the Publica-
ton.