Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-11-07
LANCASTER. WISCONSIN.
Foreign Marrctfor wheat.

Foreign MarhetfOr wheat.
There are those who believe, or affect 10
believe, tina: the repeal of the British Corn
Laws will afford the West an uuboundsd
market for the sale Of wheat and Indian corn.
We are not 10 The number Of those who in.
duIge in this belief. We consider such hopes
utterly delusive. II is susceptible Of demon.
siralion, that there never can be bushe OF
whea, garfield from tho county of Grant IN
Wisconsin, 10 The pori Of Liverpool. (as the
loves, freight ever yet heard of and sold at a
/. remuneraling price. even il wheat were dear
er then ever il has been within the memory OF
the Oldest inhabitani. Nobody can estimate
the cos, of transporting bushel oil wheat
from here TO Liverpool a, less than 20 cents.
Here then is natural tariff upon our wheat
and corn. of 70 cents per bushel--a uniform
rigid duty of 20 cents per bushel. Independent
of all custom houses--not 10 be evaded even
by smugging Tina, general failure Of crops
10 Europe. as al present, nigh, raise the price
OF grain so as 10 create Temporary market
for whea, grown near our seaboard. 10 most
irue. So deluge OVERLOOKING the coal mines
Of Newcastle. may make temporary market
in England, for Lehgh aud Lackawana coal;
but mus, we depend opon tho failure OF crops
in Europe, and the scowls Of Providence upon
the abors Of the foreign husbandman, for our
MARKET We assume that so cents per bushel
is no more than a remunera,ing price for the
farmers wheat. II TO SO cents per bushel, be
added 20 cents for transportation, wheat must
cell in Europe at 81 90 cents per bushel, OF II
will not bear expectation.
Now we have before us, an authentic table
OF statistics, showing the average prices Of
whea, 10 the principal whea, markets OF En-
rope for the las, 10 years, from which /, APP
pears that the average price Of wheat on that
continent during that period OF Is years, is
barely s8 cents per bushel! Deduc, 10 cents
per bushel for transportation, from SO cents,
g. wha, would be left to the farmer for the cos,
Of producing his wheat Why, ls eenIs per
bushel! Daring this same period Of 10 years,
the same table shows tina. the everage price Of
whea, in our soaporls has been 81 o5 cents per
bushel.
Brother Jonathan is badly duped by this cry
OF Free Trade and reciprocity. Where aud
wha, is the reciprocity The laws Of Nature
forbid il, No system OF ,rade--no legislation,
can make our whoa, trade with England recip.
rocal,
lie, Us give an example Of just such reel
proci,y. A. lives in Polosi and manufactures
balloons Is lives a, Dubuque on the op.
posi,e side Of the Mississippi 10 miles below
and manufactures grndsones. Now says A..
ie, Us have free ,Iade--recipro me
a'pa load OF grinds,Ones to po'osi, and viii
thip your pay back in balloons. But 'ays d.
itwillcc:. me great deal to ge, the grindstones
up TO Polosi wha. will you pay for themi---
why says A. will pay You "a much as do
anybody. My neares, neighbors all have good
gIadsiono quarries and will afford grindstones
a, IS cents per hundred. Blu, says d. |, will
cos, me 20 cents per hundred TO get my grind.
stones to Po,osi; whereas you can get your
balloons down 10 Dubuque for almos, nothing.
Why, you fool, says A. tina. is my good luck.
But don', you SEQ there Is perfect reciprociyi
Yoe are grea, BOBBY not 10 trade with me.
Now |, is very plain tina, such "rsciProci'y"
would soon make the balloon manufacturer,
the morigagee Of BIS grindslone quarry. "and
all the appur,enances 1heTeunio Belonging"