Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-23


II foreign wool every year IN the form
Of cloth, mostly the production OF sl,eepi
feeding on the grass and prnin Of Geat
Britain, while our own wool Is worth
less. for want of n market and this Is
the policy the gentleman rccoinonds to
American farmers Yes, sir, and the
gentleman isnoi satisfied with FIVE mill
ions, but wishes 10 increase IL 20 ten
a year for foreign wool. VIII
the gentleman deny this J He dare not. !
lie has declared for Air Walkers bill,
reducing the duties on wool nearly |
one bait. with view TO Increase the
revenue OF course, the imports must
be doubled, making the import ofcloth
twenty millions instead OF ten, and Of
wool ten instead Of five millions OF dol.
lars per annum.
This was the gcn;leman's plan 10 IA
vor the farmers, British farmars, by CIV
ing them ,bc American market, Hie,
nan was % Duy evcfysnInrs,,' sen NOM
ing, and get rich, "A lough.) What
was true as to cloth, was equally true MS
to everything else. Take hat, pair
Of shoes, a yard Of silk or Lace, annlySe
IT, resolve 1t into It's constituent Gle
mcntS, and Won Will find that the raw
material, and the substance Of labor,
and other agricultural products, cor
stltutcd more than one-hali its entire
value. The paupcr labor Of Europe
i,,,.,I observation-disclosures ctIl- md
lace got what 1t eat, no more; and this
rs what you pay for when you purchase
their goods. Break up your home
manufactures and home markets, I'M
port everything you eat and dnuk and
wear, for the benefit Of the farmers
Oh, what friends these gentlemen are
To the farmers and merchants and la
borers OF this couutry-no, sir, am
wrong, of Great Britain.
Now, ask whether wool is not, IN
the strictest sense, an agricultural pro
ductlon} And If we import ten mill.
ions in cloth. IS not five millions of that
sum paid for wool alonc-a product OF
British iarncrSl As still stronger
illustration of tins argument, Mr. S. re-
fcrrcd TO theatrical of IRON. Last year,
according to Nj Walkers report, we
imported S9,0i3, 1886 worth of foreign
iron, aud its manufactures, mostly from
Great Britain, four-flths of the value OF
which, as every practical man knew,
consisted Of agricultural produce-nc-
thing else Iron is made Of oar and
coal and what is the oar and coal
burr ed in your mountains worth No
/ thing at all, unused. What
gives it value? The labor of horses,
oxen, mules, and menu And what
sustained mis- 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 wprc purchased and consumed
and tins made up nearly the whole
prco Of the IRON which the manulactu
rcr received and paid over to the far
mcrs again aud again, rs often as the
process was repeated. Well is not iror
made in England Of the same material.
that it is made Of here Certainly
then is not four-ffIhS OF the value %
British iron made mp OF British agricu
tural produce and if we purchase min,
millions OF dollars worth Of British iror
n year, do we not pay SIX or sever
millions Of this sum for the produce o
BaltSh tarmcrS-grain, hay, grass
bread, meet, and other provisions 70
man and beast sent here for sale il
the form oflron! He pnt it To the gen
tleman from Virginia lMr BAYLY) I,
say if this was not true 10 the letter.
He challenged him todeny it, or disput,
itifhccould. Thcgentoman's plan wa
to break down these great and growing
markets for our own farmers, and Civ,
our markets to the British and yet h
professcd to be a friend 10 AmCrlcai
lamers.i "From such friends gooC
/ Lord deliver them I" One remark NOR
on this topic Secretary Walker IN
forms us that the present duty on lroi
is IS per cent, which he proposes t
reduce To 30 per cent, 10 increase tn
revenue. To do this, must he not thel
p double me imports OF IRON CleaII
4 he must. Then we must add ten o
twelve millions per year to our presen
I imports Of iron, and Of course destro
3 that amount Of our domestic supply I
!, to make room for it, Thus at a blow
D in the single artical of iron, this bill
p intended to destroy the American ma
G kets forat least eight millionsofdollar
s worth OF domestic agricultural produc
> to De- supplied from ab Dad and this
II the American no! the British sy.
o tom of policy winch IS now allc'npte
o to b. imposed upon this country byth
}, Briush-hatlng Administration l.
o thcm do It, aud In les, than two veal
q there will not be- speclc-paying ban
= m the country The people and ii
d Treasury will be agaIu hluEmp' an