Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-12-21
From the Boston Atlas, December 10.
The Protective Policy and the
Farmers

t''ui"cu o"loHg US, tnht protective uuties are
or the benefit Of the rich, IS a fallacy. am
,aisiied that your reasoning is correct, and that
dbor reaps all the benefit; but then il is the la |
Dor ct New England alone, as it seems to me | |
don't see how we Western farmers are benefited
by the 81 stem. We, very naturally, want as ina.
ny yards of cloth for one dollar as we eau get,
and have notion that we can obtain greater
number from England than from New England,
and therefore that free trade is the best system
Tor our interest. Stil | should be glad TO see
The old States prosper, and as protection
seems necessary to that end, shall not object 10
IL, if you can show me that shall not lose by it.
| raise corn, wheat aud pork therefore, so far as
eating goes, am independent Having a sur
plus Of these articles, wish to turn that surplus
into money, and 50 find the ans to supply all
my other wants. but you see it is great OBJ
ject with inc to make my money go as far as
possible.
A WESTERN FARMER.
We are obliged 10 a Western Farmer" for
indicating the difficulties which lie in his way,
and will endeavor to remove them. 1t was our
intention ut some time to go over this ground,
and we may as well do it now.
He wants to ret all the money he can for his
surplus productions, which Is not only natural,
but right; and then he wants to get all he can
for his money, aud that again is right. He thinks
he can best accon pIish his desires by the lice
trade system, because England will give him
more cloth tor a dollar than we can. We think
he can gain his end only by the protective sys-
ten, because we say II Is only under that sys'
TEN that he can get his dollar to start WITH and
without the dollar 1t is matter OF indifference
TO him who sells cloth cheapest Tor he would not
be in the market as purchaser.
The first thing then Tor the Western farmer to
do is, To hnd purchaser for his surplus, and his
first question, Where is my customer? For an
answer to this question, let hun examine the fol-
loving statistics:
In 1874, TIVE take that for two reasons, !.
There was no famine anywhere, aud the opera
lions represent tie current OF trade under ofdl-
nary circumstances; aud :. We happen to have
the documents On hand,) our exports from all the
States TO all Europe, Of flour, corn, and pork,
were as follows, Wv;
| lGl, lob barres flour SSl0,556
CO.. U3 bushels corn 4l,125
ll,7o5 barrels polk 1l7,cS0
S972S64
The imports from other parts of the Unred
States into New England were, for the same
tlne ESTIMATED by adding 80 per cent, to the
Imports OF Boston, for The quantities received at
all the other New England ports, and which we
believe to be under the mark, and deducting the
foreign exports from Boston,:
922,Ol7 barrels flour s4Gl0,Os5
l,gi0,663 bushels corn l,l76,397
10000 barrels pork Exclusive of
expors) 500 OOO
S6,3S6io2
Thus it appears that under ordinary .lrcum
; stances the consumption Of New England for
the bread stutfs and the pork OF the agricultural
States, Is mure than sir times IA large as that OF
alt Europe, and ,he same proportion will hold
good when applied TO beef, lard, hides, wax,
hemp beans, castor oil, lead, feathers, oats, rye,
barley, butter aud all other productions Of the
SOIL except tobacco and Cotton
) The imports Of the present year, estimated as
+ before, and allowing the present month OF De-
cember pro rata to the other eleven mouths, will
stand thus, wiz
; l,ll7s5I barrels flour s67O7 ,2a6
} 3,GS2,719 bushels corn 1857 ,OS3
100000 barrels pork l,24S,0O0
Showing an increase, in four years, OF sercnty
per cent.
I The Western Farmer" has found an answer
= to his question. New England is his customer
= before all the world. She presents a steady and
;. constantly increasing market for all kinds of his
: surplus productions. LII looking 10 New Eng
| land, he looks to certainty-lhcre is nothin.
g depending on dry weather or wet weather, but a
. HeJvy supply wanted under all circumstances. -
Here, then, he has found his dollar, and now he
wants TO invest it. We tell him, frankly, that he
must buy wndt lie wants of us-so far as we can
supply his wants-il he expects to sell to U.s.
Our ability to consume depends upon our ability
+ TO sell tie productions Of our own labor. We
Y have no gold Understanding but fish, ice, gran.
7 tie, lumber and labor and # these cannot be
, made available to buy flour and corn, we must
4, reduce our population, by emigration, 10 that
number which can live upon the and The
soil, and so close our market against the pro.
ductons of agriculture from other States. II
the products oi foreign labor 10 come into d.
! rect competition with the products of our laUur
D 1T we must work for European wages, or eml.
q CRATE TO the West, and compete with HE Wes-
tern farmer in producing bread we shall choose
to emgrate and adopt that alternative.
Q This year, we have PAID our money for bread
for the surplus of the West-but we have not
. received 1t again 1t has been sent abroad 10
pay Tor foreign fabrics, while our own mills aud
e workshops have been closed, aud our labor left
= unemployed. THIS cannot last, OF course, and
, the question for the Western Farmer" 10 an
\ swer, Is whether he will look t. the markets Of
e Europe, which, under ordinary circumstances, do
not take enoush of OF his productions 10 pay Tor
y his collun shrts, or viii he encourage New Eng
land industry, aud keep great, sure aud grow
I Ing market. We think he cannot hesitate IN his
answer, even ii lie thinks he has 10 pay some
thing more for our fabrics but we intend lc
SHOW, at another time, that the E. Feet OF the pro-
lection we claim, Is TO reduce prices point as
clear, to our minds, as II Is mat our market Is d
n more Importance To the agricultural States THAI
4 not only all Europe, but all the world besides.
I
e [CoMMUNlcAroN.l Having visited the Cloth
n my Emporium OF Mr.. ]. Z. Booth, OF Cortlant
; Sire t, New York, am prepared 10 recommend
e Il to the attention VI others. The assortment i.
select as well as large, and offers attractions Il
all who desire fashionable aud well made gar
It ments at the lowest cash price. Such is the in
s provement nowadays IA almost ever, klnd o
y; manufactures, that It Is just about as cheap /,
$, buy wel-tiulshed and fashionable articles al
y those o. an Inferior character; aud as the good
81 ur sale at this establishment made equal /,
/ The best custom work, there can be no doubt o
e the propriely ofgivlhg II u irill. Believing tina
G others will be as well pleased with the ClothIn!
@ md The pentlemanly deportmeul OF Mr.. Buoli