The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-11-26
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hHe AAEah' '"A monty AItllstr;atlOn
Suppose we could hire our garments
made 20 per cent. cheaper in Europe
than they are now made at home, and
thereupon procure them from Europe,
will any man seriously contend that our
country would be benefited therebyl-- : |
4 Tribune.
Suppose the clothing aforesaid should
be got of England for nothing, would any
man seriously contend that our country
would be impoverished, or labor suffer-
Yet certainly, ifa gain of 25 per cent to
the customer, is an injulyto the country,
gain Of 100 per cent. is an outrage
Albany Alias.
coMMENT-ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL.
!, T There is no originality in this Atlas
llogic. The brilliant idea which it SETS
forth, was more beautifully aud striking
ly exhibited by an Irishman many years
since. Pat was told that by the use of
stove, a room could be warmed with one
half the wood that would be required in
a fire place. Then, says Pat, "In faith
III buy two stoves and save alllhe wood
Pats domestic; and the Atlas's polite,
| al economy, are on par, There is,
however, this essential difference in Pats
t favor: s
) His suggestion, though lacking sense,
5 was not deficient in wit The Atas's
t answer 10 the Tribune, has little to boast
: of in either respect.
: To talk of getting "the clothing afore-
said" from England for nothing, is as
/. senseless and unmeailiug, as to talk of
: an entire saving of fuel by the use of
two stoves.
3 The case fairly stated stands thus:
A farmer, residing in Michigan, wishes
| to purchase annually; cloth, hats, and
) shoes, which will cost 800 in N. Y and
y $25 more if he buys them Of the manu-
3 faeturers or mechanics, who reside in the
i village one mile distant from his farm
9 He takes his potatoes, buckwheat, poul-
n try, eggs, cheese, butter, &c. &c. TO the
Il city, converts theminto cash, sends it to
y New York, and gets in return for his
n money, FIVE yards of cloth, five hats and
: FIVE pairs of shoes; when several neigh
: bors exchange an equal quantity Of sur
k plus produce with the village manufac-
1t turers and mechanics, get but four yards
is of cloth. four hats, four pair of shoes in
e return. Quid est maximum bonuml
st The free trader boasts of his superior
4 sagacity and success. His neighbors
having as keen relish as himself for a
u good bargain, resolve 10 initiate his ex.
It. ample, The next year they all convert
!" their surplus produce into money, and
= send it to New York to make their pur
/" chases. All are, thus far, highly elated
Sc at the success of their free trade expert
meht, But on the succeeding year
s; when they go to the village to dispose .
their produce, they find the number o
to purchasers diminished, and the prices o
9, these articles reduced. On inquiring the
n, cause, they learn that the weayers, The
st hatlers, and the shoemakers, have closet
st shops. 1t was useless for them to weave
st cloth, or make hats and Shoes which the,
no could not sell. Some of them were ou
Of employ; they wanted butter, cheese
st &C., TO be sure, but had no money to pa,
ss for them; others had abandoned thei
e, trades, on learning that the farmer woult
ou no longer purchase the products of thei
he labor; had become farmers themselves
and we're already in the market with thei
lat butter, cheese, &c, thereby increasing
cir supply at the time when there was d
D" mnished demand for these articles. Th
is consequence was fall of SO per cent
in the village for some OF these. articles
llk and others could not be sold for any price
,se What was to be done? Where was tn
500 to be got to send to New York;
81. The first idea that suggested itself wa
"a. TO send this surplus produceto New Yor
an. and get the clothing wanted in Geu;-
nm but it was ascertained that the eggs, bu
terf poultry buckwhcat, potatoes, an
lar divers other things, which had aided
33d} make up the S100; before the villae
$ Il market was destroyed, would not be'
md the expense of transportation to SO di
Va tant market as New York; and VIII
i've tended to aggrayate the case was, tn
these articles, the value of which wi
,to. thus diminished ordestroyed, were alt
I've getherlhe most profitable products Of
his farm, if convenient market was at har
ght where they could be disposed of.
and These Michigan farmers begin ITO reasc
old nationally on the subject, as all menw
Ar reason when they have been made to 81
lerl fer for the adoption of a plausible, thoul
W." false theory. They come to the concl
YOU sion that to determine wheather thil
is cheap or otherwise, some therthing
lcl,- besides the price it cost in dollars al
ep. cents. must be taken into considerable
nan. They find that as they want to conye
their potatoes and buckwheat into clot
ing, tits necessary for them to consid
her what the effect will be on lbe price
these articles, before they yresolve to p,
srlY sue course which will either destroy
Il it greatly depreciate their value, so mut
n- indeed, that they would have been gre
use, ly the gamers by the continuance Of t
up old system; by which they nominally ypi
25'pcr cent more, but in, reality 25 !
ont cent. less for their clothing than III
ding have topay under the new system I
us take the account;