Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-18

Oats ~ tsV0kI ~ lutStINkCut A<nttHe
ssn. l think. zee any jus, cause for believing
iha, we shall gain materially in the direct
trade. IL must De perfectly obvious that we
shall lose ia an indirect trade with Great
Our best, and i'm iact our principal I
trade with the mother country i'm the article
in question. has been through Canada. For
the last seven wears we have sent into Canada
IL. 5S6. S92 bushels OF wheat. while our direct
trade To England at the same time hat amount.
ed TO only T,s6i,5SS bushels. b. ing 62 pet cent.
more to Canada than TO England. Or. II we
take the last three years. we have sent into
Canada 6.325.607 bushels. aud into England
2.0y7. sos bushels. being more than three
tines as much into Canada as into England
Here are facts. which no speculsuions can
bend-which no theories can snnul.
The questions which now prcsent them'
selves for our consideration arc hese: Nh!
have we sent 80 little TO England direct
And why 40 much to England through Coma
da7 The answer TO each Of these quesiionsis
obl ious. In our direct trade We come IN
competition with the north of Europc; aud
the low price of labor enables them to under
scll us ia the English market. This is the
reason, and the only satisfactory reason. VIII,
our direct trade with England has been 10
small. And the reason why we have sent 50
much To England through Canada - equally
obvious. Our wheat which goes into Canada
j.. after being manufactured into Hour. admit
ted into Great Britain OH the colonial duty,
which is muth less than her duty on wheat
or -FOUR direct from this country. have ex-
AHMED the English tables OF actual duties
paid during each week OF lSi3, and ] find the
mean difference between the duty actually
paid on colonial and foreign wheat to BE- IL
s~hillings the quarter, or % cents the bushel.
All the wheat. therefore. which we send
through Canada. is admitted into the English
market on terms more favorable. BY thirty
three cents a bushel, than the wheat which
we send direct. From this. however, We
must take the Canadian duty OF the average
OF 5 cents per hushcl, which reduces the sum
To 25 cents.
Now this advantage OPS cents per bushel
this monopoly of The colonial trade which
we enjoy. aud OF which the north of Europe
il deprived, is what enables Us 10 scnd more
Their than Two. thirds OF our export Of wheat
u Great Britain. But repeal the corn laws
of England. and we arc deprived Of this mo
nopoly, aud ore brough, directly into compe-
ton with the great wheat growing countries
Oh the Baltic. where the agricultural laborers
con b. obtained Tor from s pence To a shilling
a day, and board them ewes. Are the indie
pendent ycomanly oi the West prepared 10
Weld all the benefits of tho Canada trade. and
thni lose two-thirds Of the market they now
enjoyl Are they willing 10 be brought into
with tho down irolden Poles and
s~rfs at Russia, and 80 be compelled TO labor
Tor fifteen or twenty cents per dayf Would
devotion TO party. or the satisfaction Of fol-
out tic delusiye theory of free trade,
reconcile them to a condition 40 degrsdedl-
IL they possess the independent spirit OF free
men--ii they are Ancncans-they will spurn
idea.
But Mr.. Secretary Walker, whose devotion
To British Interests has been complimented in
that country BY the publication OF his report,
would have ms understand that the opening
of the British ports TO our gain would be a
great blessing to this country. But on what
principle does he found his theory What
facts docs lac adduce Ia sustain his positioni
None whatever. He asks us 10 believe, but
furnishes us with no evidence to sustain our
faith. la this respect he deals less isirly with
us than Lord Ashbur,on himself. Alta meet-
ing at Winchester. Jan. 1916, Lord Ashbur-
ton. ~hs. .pssking on this very subject. said
uiat " protection hal existed In England from
the dsysot the Plantagcne,s. whilst the whole
Tine ot country opposite TO Us on thc CONT
nent-fmnce, Belgium. Holland, and Pms
s'"' indeed, almost every country in the world
-nonarchical Europe az well as republican
Amenca-hsi its protective laws aud reeula-
tons. lit was clear, that, in the event Of
a recurrence of difficulties, her (America's)
hrsi step would be again To shut her ports a.
sainst us-in which case the supply from
America would undoubtedly TAIL Us. But the
supply must not be expected from America:
aud we could not have n better proof of this
than the fact that. al this moment, American
corn could come here from Cdsada al a duty
q 4 shiHiHss; aud yet, if The reiarns ,eere er.
amined, u 'rontd BE- found that nine- feniAs Of
nc foreign corn ia England ,cas from ne
bdhic, though Ne duty on me eorn from It's
shores was ID s~hiliRgs a quarter. This was
entirely owing TO the low price OF labor in
the north OF Europe"
Here Lord Ashbunon. more frank than the
American Secretary. admits that the United
Stairs would not derive any benefit from the
pioPoyed change in the laws. Speaking on
this subject IN Parliament. on the 29th OF
January, Lord Ashburton said, .the British
farmer must not have his hands tied behind
MN. Dad he NEE, The foreigner on equal
termsf The farmer on the shores OF the Bal.
TIC had his labor ut siX pence a day To- comDele
with the farmer OF this country, (Rngland)
with his labor at 2 shillings a day. IL re-,
CURED no skill IN political economy to dis
cover That these two parties did not meet on
equal terms"
These remarks 10 Parliament would apply
with additional force in Congress. II m.
British farmer. whose labor costs him 2 shil-
mugs a day, cannot compete with the farmer
on tue Baltic, whose labor costs him 6 Spence,
now can the farmer in the United States.
whose labor - worth 4 s~hillings a day. com.
pete with the cheap labor on the Bslticf Lord
hsnnuTton warns the people OF England of
their danger, but the advocate OF British In.
terestsin this country would lead la blindly
INTO The very jaws OF this ruiuous competi.
ton. F
Bot. sir. this is not all. The verv pol;ey
which would destroy the most important
branch OF our wheat trade, viz, chat thmugb
canada, would. at the same time. greatly I'm.
PAIR our market at home. The bcst and the
surest market for the wheat grove is found
~ the manufacturing districts in oar country
lh.s nome market Is near al hand. - not dis