Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-08-01

4 uz- Thsyedisos Of the supbury ossstte, in his1
Reply last wesk 10 odr article ID relation 70 his
course on the sriF, exhittb the usual quantudn
ofill nature end perscnat spieeh;- which forms !
no small item in the composition Of his eharac.
ter We have admonished him BEFORE that sour.
rility will never ,nppfy the place of argument,
and is always q sure indication Of bad cause,
or want Of ability to defend it, In regard to
sumo the editor would thereby like TO have Il
anderstood,' that he, in centradistinction, was
perfect paragon and model Of democracy. When
. man isalways prsting about his own virtues,
he is very apt TO be suspected We have no doubt,
however. that Mr.. Youngtnan 10 disposed TO bs
a. good democrat a. he we'll knows how, and |
conveniently can, under all circumstances. We
believe that no man con be "a true demo
crat who 10 not. independent in his views,
| and who is trsmmelled BY the shackies of power.
Therein consists. the difference between the edi-
tor ofthe Gazette and ourselves. We have, how
ever. the satisfaction to know that in all these
differences, the great majority Of our democratic
friends and neishbors have always been with US.
! Ifthe Gazette has really repudiated its former
free trade opinions, are glad TO hear il, but its
attempt 10 make it appear that il has always
been opposed 10 free trade, and that its article
upon which we commented, did not strongly sa.
vor oft, is only calculated to expose it to tid.
| cufe. h'l 20" N'vo" 'sT7 V''" '.'
| That article did not only create great deal OF
surprise as coming from profsssed friend Of the
tariff bu, was received with indignation by eve.
ry friend Of that measure. We have not yet
heard single individual who does not view il In
the same light with ourselves Even the Ga.
zettes last article in defence of ITSELF smacks 50
strongly Of the eaven Of free trade, that the edi.
tor finds it necessary TO say to its readers, at the
close, that his article lis not an attack upon
protective tariff" Certainly wise and most
necessary caution, to enable its readers to com
prehend on which side it really was. s118,c
The Gazette takes exception to our statement
that England takes so millions of bushels of
wheat. We intended to say Europe. England
does not take over millions, which, however,
makes the matter still worse. The calculations
Of the Gazette, in regard to the price of foreign
wheat, are as visionary and unfounded as its
views OH the tariff. We quote the following:
"Mr. Jacob says thai the cost Of raising wheat
AZ Wsrssw, and transporting il to London. is
Al S7l per bushel; end this ailows nm profit to
the farmer. Allow the farmer pro6t of IL
cents per bushei. end this serf wheat Of the Bal,
tic. or which we hear no much. will cost at Inn.
. don &l,4s1 per bdshel. This beirg tho fact,
can we moi compete with the Baltic }! We sce
! k.s a. Ii r.cs L. n~ls.
cannot produce wheat for less than sc cents
per bushel. the free and independent farmers OF
!. the west produce il, st profit, at 81 CENTS PER
bushel, the price at which u is now selling ior
in Ohio. Put the price Of wheat at one dollar
, st New York. The cost of transportation from
thcre to Englsnd will he sbout l2 pence bu,
, put tst one chilling, % cent? This will make
the price Of American wheat in England 81 y.
per Lushel. 81 25 cents lower than the Baltic
wheat. We then can no, only compete with
O but absolutely undersel the Baltic wheat" q
I, The idea that wheat from the ports of the Bal
tie, costing, as the Gazette says, SO cents canuo
be sold q: London for less than 81 ~ per bushel
Z while wheat from New York, costing 81, can b,
sold At London for 81 90, is at least amusing /
not supremely ridiculous, especially when it Il
). known that the ports Of the Baltic are much nex
A rer London than ous own, and the price of trans
= poftatio6 less. Thus making the expense Of de
!. livering foreign wheat at London 6i cents, an,
. American wheat 20 cents,--a difference of 81
cents per bushel. But the fact is, wheat in III
Baltic is often sold at 40 to SO cenis per bushel
J. The editor Of the Gazette has unfortunately cy
!. phered himself into diemns, and az we hav
some compassion for his youth and experience
!. We must endeavos 10 extrieate him. Mr. jacob
. The Gazetts authority, in his charges oftransror
!. tstion on wheat from the Baltic, includes III
!. British deity of shout 40 cents per bashe, whic
II the Gazette unlUckiiy forgot to deduct while ou
n own wheat il at once puts into the British port
y free Of duty. Deduct this duty. and acrordin
h to the Gazettes own showing. wheat from ID
1, Baltic can be sold l4ceats per bushel less tha
d our own. i,s.,,, ..i, 49,. .,...,.a,q t
J. In continuation Of ourviews. we make the FOL
:. lowing extract from the excellent speech Of Nj
u Brodhead of Pennsylvania, in Congress, on th
3 tariff question:
"In 1926, the British government sppoints
q . commissioner, Mr.. Jscob,) and directed hir
n In proceed toihe country upon the Baltic, DC
N 10 sscestain whether supply Of grain could
:. obtained from there, end for what price, &,
Here is his report. which l have ob,sined fror
the library, making go pages He was bt
T. eens to the valley Of the Mississippi. which "
=. hear Of % much. In ls4N, the British govern
ment instructed her consuls in al the msrts {
q trade to report upon the grain trade and tho
.. did 20. their reports making q large b,ok, b
Of which il can be seen that other Countries en-
n supply England with nearly ss much NJ sh
wants. cheaper than we can. McCullo0eh. q
approved English writer. IN his C"mmerci'