The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-10-03
From the Union.
THE HOME MARKET.

We invite the attention of our readers to the
facts and statements, on this subject, contained in
the letter of our NJ York correspondent and In the
article from the Evening Post, which we give be-
low. g The Home Market" Is now the very last
hope of the protectinnists How can this pretence
be kept up in the face of the immediate rise in the
price Of all our staple products, which produced
by intelligence OF any increased demand tor them
in the European or English narkets. If the home
market is adequate, or anywhere nearly adequate,
to our supply, why does It not fr prices OF itself!
Yet how opposite to this is the case on the show.
ing Of the protectionist journals themselves
Here for instance, is the testimony Of the N. York
Express:
"The New York Express of Saturday afternoon
says: The news from Europe has had the effect
to advance the price ofcotton flour, rye, and corn.
The market has been in an excited state, and yes
terday there was good deal Of business done. To-
day the views of holders appear ODE above those
Of purchasers, and there is less business doing"
The whig prints are teemng with similar atate-
ments; yet they still keep up the parrot cry OF the
home market! It's all in van. The people can
not he so deceived and cheated in matter which
comes home, SO directly, to their interests and
prosperity -aaHl 8f-sss.
M. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. msl
NEW YoRK, Sept. 2i, 1916.
To the Editor the Union:
During the week ending September Sd, there
arrived at Liverpool Eng the following produce
from the U. States. viz: 26,778 barrels of flour;
81. .l99 bushels of wheat 81 ,307 bushels Of corn;
2,O22 boxes cheese; l,6l barrels Of lard; besides
butter, hams, pork, and clocks in any quantity
All this in the space of seven days. Is England
.'annexed" to the U. States or not!
During the last two weeks Indian corn has ad-
vanced in price in this market from so cents per
bushel 10 80 cents, equal to go per cent advance.
The entire crop 10 the United States of corn Is es-
timated at 500 millions bushels aud the increased
value on this article alone TO our farming interests
is, at the above advance Of go per cent, 16O mil
lions Of dollars. In other words, what was worth
previous to the repeal OF the corn laws OF Great
Britain (Which our protectionists said would not
benefit us) but $50 millions Of dollars Is now worth
400 millions!
In the same time wheat hoIr has advanced one
dollar per barrel. The whole quantity Of flour in
The United States is estimated at twenty-one mil
lions Of barrels This gives an increased value
upon the article oi flour Of twenty-one millions OF
dollars.
Here, then, upon ftco aficles of agriculture has
the iDeaith of The country been increased tcifhin
the space of afec days Of one hundred and sevea-
~ miions or ME simple increase of price Is more
than he tDhoie paiite If cotton and tpoof fabrics
many fdctl0ed IN The country during The ldst four
years, Here y "ruin" and "panic,' for you'll
And yet you will hear protections,s talk shome
market a home marketis as good as any other
market so far as II gees; but how much, would
ask, DO our manufacturing establishments increase