The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-07-04
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FREE TRADE MN.

Massachusetts, has nearly s00. 900 n
hsbiiznis; is rich IN labor. wealth and
prosperiiy-her people are al producers
or manafaeidrers. fhey i've in pesct
md plenty, and connsnd she sfienlioa
and homage Of ihe People not only ISIS
Il~r Ssssss, bus of lorv'sn eesnhiss slsa.
OF Ihem her people bay shs raw material
and manufacture an lhey consume. pn.kI
by their own industry. resp The ezfnnigl
&C those who boz 70 their skill and en-
ierrrise. rockel the inirresl upon al iheir
esn and mueh Of their neishl.oI' . capital,
draws within her bon.lers The cream ofea-
terprisr. talent ami learning. and rewards
IN according TO heir dnes. owing The
world around lien nothing. and sees with
clear and unclouded sisien noughs bui
sncress and prosperity ahead.
Why Is This fhus;-
She pays sI.25 for bnshel ~ wheat.
and gives in pay 25 yards of brown sheet
ing a. cents per yard. She pays 60
cents for bnshti Of corn. and gircs 10
pay yard Of super. salinete. she pays
sl2.00 for bbl. OF beef. and gives in pay
G wards Of Super. broad elolh.
Now Like 4 western Stale Illinois. Tor
instance. She Is rich IN labor. natural
soil. and heavens elements of prosperity.
Her people are al producers from the soil.
bul nothing from manufactures. They
live in fear only OF crowded cnrn markets,
aud accept Of The purchase az her com
modify BY people from sister States rs =
boon or grsinily. or others she buys all
her manufactured goods. eapen,ls The pro-
fl OF her own labor IN transportation
charges oui and IN. loses her surplus cap.
ilsl. wastes her enterprise. .sleni and learn
in. owes every body. rewards none be
yond bare living. and hangs upon the FL
lure with nothing but hope.
Why is this. Thus
She sells wheat n 90 cents busheI
aud takes her pay in 9 yards OF sheeiin:
al 10 cents per yard. She sells corn lo
20 cents bushel. and takes her pay IN
salineites q, The rate OF $3.50 per yard
She sells beef for $500 per I'LL. and lskel
her pay in one yard Of broadtlofh;
W.li-whal nowi Simply this ih'
sgrirulurisi in Massachusetts receives 2.
yards Of sheeling FOR ahushel Of wheat
while The lllinoisn receives but g.; ID,
difference is, say, 3 or 400 per cent. Tn
first receives yard Of good saliLelie 70
a bu.hel of corn; The latter only one.sev
enih of yard; or difference of 600 !,
200 per cent. The FIRST receives 6yatd
OF blondciolh for bbl. Of beef. while tn
latter gels only one yard; or difference
.! GOO per cant.
| But. says knowing one, the Massa
chuseiIs man cannot raise the bushel q
wheat. corn, &e., 10 buy The 400, 500 q
GOO per cent. more IN difference! Fu
The sake Of Argument. grant IL. if 20
please, that he cannot equal you. Ye
-ra-;p--f-....i;.. h:- son anal alanshter no
ceIse more profit for their labor IN manu-
featuring Tie - yards that bought on
bushel Of wheat from you, than you IL
in growing bnshel for The yards 20
received. by two hundred per cent. Will
The difference between the intrinsic worl
o. The 9 yards you received and the |,
Yards they paid for the same amount Q
sus,einance in each case. is the real mea
Of The nut tou have or soon must cr1ck
aud sou will end il in the hands Of pul,t
claus, Spectators, and freight or iisns
men.
4 In other words. bring machinery, an
CONSUMERS tolend them, 10 your own town
manufacture your own goods. and yor
too, will receive IS yards Of shecting 70
bi,sbel IL wheat; for The wheat wi
have advanced in price. having plenty d
consumers near by, while The shceiing
having no freight nor SPECTATORS fees 1
pay, can be sold for five cents.
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! In lis fury the Washington Union ha
accused Gen. Taylor Of having made sal
oilers, who fought in the ballle Of the coun
fHy. especial ohjtsis Of prescription:
Even those who stood bv him on III
Rio Grande." exciaiihs the Union. IAN