Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-05-15
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l. MI CAWROLLTON, OHIo--FRIDAY, NAY I5. 1916

halt, The universal custom among FORM
ers, when they had their wool uanufac-
tured on the shares, was TO give the man
uiacturer half the cloth. Thus we import
and our farmers have TO pay, for fve nit
lions of dollars worth of foreign wool eve
ry year in the form Of cloth, mostly the
production of slIeep feeding on the grass
and grain Of Great Britain, while our own
wool is worthless, for want of a market;
and this is the policy the gentlemen re-
commends 10 American farmers. Yes,
sir; and the gentleman is not satisfied with
! fee millions, but wishes to increase il to
ten millions year for foreign wool. win
the gentleman deny this! He dare not
He has declared for Mr.. Walkers bill, re-
ducing the duties on woollens nearly one
half, with a view to increase the revenue:
OF course, the imports must he doubled,
making the import Of cloth twenty millions
insIead oflsF, and of wool ten instead Of
five millions Of dollars per anupm,
This was the genteman's plan 10 favor
the BRITISH farmers, by gigiug them the
'.lmericaa market His plan was to buy
everything, sell nothing, and get rich
ia laugh) Whatwas true as 10 cloth was
Ieqially true as to every thing else. Take
hat, pair Of shoes, yard ofsiIk or lace,
analy2e it, resolve it into its constituent
elemen,s, and you will end that the raw
material, and the substance Of labor and
other agricultural products, constituted
more than one-haH its en1ire value. The
pauperiaHor of Europe employed in man
| utactaring silk and lace got what it eat,
no more; and this is what you pay for when
You purchase their goods Break up YOUR
home manufactures andhome markets, i'm
pert every thing you eat and drink and
wear, for the Jeac6 qTrhe farmers. On,
what friends these gentlemen are to the
farmers and mechanics and aborers Of this
country-no, sir, am wrong, of Great
| Bl1iGH.
| Now, | ask whether wool is not, in the
strictPst sense, an agricultural productions
And If we import ten mhons in cloth, is
not FIVE millions Of that sum, paid for the
wool alone, a product Of British farmers!
As still stronger illustration Of his argu-
ment, Mr.. S. referred to the article orion.
Last year, according to Mr.. Walkers Re-
port, we imported S9,O43 800 worth of
foreign iron, and its manufactures, mostly
from Great Britain, iour-hlths Of the value
Of which, as every practicalma knew,
consisted otagrcultural produce nothing
else. Iron is made OF ore and coal; and
what is the ore and coal buried in YOUR
mountains worthi Nothing-nothing al
all, unused. What gives it valuel The
labor of horses, oxen, mules, and men,
And what sustained this labor but corn
and oats, hay and straw for the one, and
bread and meat and vegetables of every
kind for the other, These agricultural
products were purchased and consumed,
and this made up nearly the whole price
the iron which the manufacturer receiv.
ed and paid over to :he farmer again and
again, as of!en as the process was repeat.
ed. Well, is not iron made in England OF
the same material that it is made of here!
Certalnly; then is not lour-filhs Of the
value of British iron made up of British
agricultural produce? And if wepurchasp
nine millions Of dollars worth Of British iron
a year, do we not pay six or seven millions
Of this sum for the produce of British farm
ers-gran, hay, grass, bread, meat, and
other provisions for man and beast-eent
here for sale in the form of iron! He put
it to the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr.
Bayy,) to say if this was not true to the
letter. He challenged him to deny ii, or
disprove it if he could. The genleman's
! plan was 10 break down these great and
growing markets for our farmers, and give
our markets to the British; and yet he pro-
Jessed to be friend to American armersM
"From such friends good Lord deliver
hem!" One remark more on this topic.
Secretary Walker informs us that the pre-.
sent duty on iron is IS per cent, which he
proposes to reduce to 80 per cent, 10 in
crease The rPrpaue. 70 do this must he
not double the imports of iron! Clearly
he must. Then we must add ten or
welve millions per year to our present inn
ports of iron, and Of course des,ra" that
amount of our domestic supply to make
roc'n TO. it. Thus, ut a blow, in the sim
gle atlrle of iron, this bill is intended to
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