Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-13

w. are well aware HAT in the excitement which pre-
vn}7 the spyory question. III al st inpossf," 10
dvci te aurp Of the pubic aud otrq~ai"r7 I" those
pr,a topics h Ia lnv 'v"d IN the lal paiey at hH
country and which arc tire, I'd wlfh snmmde ahlliy
in tho anpaal rerof of Alr Secretary Meredith. Bot
we are s9uay wrll aware hat our froders at' ma
Lan sliiaed wi speeches. es=aYa aud articles On tho
suiact thai has not, ~ exclusively occupied Their al
,enii,n f = ,,.nc SIX mnnlh4. Il Is byious moreover,
tin 4 lhqfa nrc questions Of Wig licy on which tho
Wings are qo,d AID f the dseas'iol ot which 20 ~
pra y hf pctlol of tho snssan 81 t'oeress romans.
We think il alitp TIM that the legislative mind shnoll
nd ra4s Itself to lbes qaoso s. which concern the prop
efly md prosperity Il the country an % as deer'y ns
hos, which have 80 ng commanded thor nadlFldei So
irnde.
We8re. quite sur, that the oaics which we hava
sullf iedrcus. Cor tha last Wfe'copne'iel with tho
agc5oral, conner'ia AID mining Interests ot ,'o
naifv 90 nc home In he "ausness ard hasams" ot
quite as mloy American cit rs as 4 oe winch ara
eyo ed fnm h c1n-id ration o Neg IN AMI rec.
: IT, L. onr Judgement. 'hoy can NJ mgr he overhnNed
nor much au-cj deferred, and we desire 10 plant onr-
sclyes in adyaoce on that mPranahIe ground lokIng
to to plalecin Of the rights and Interests OF American
Inblr ~ which must ha u'tjm'ley rallied very la-g'
mal ry OF The American op'o
AnoHg the po pises maic To tie farmers oil he uh"n
sas fhat If vast advantage sutng from having 'wo
markets in place NJ nc The question Of lew NJ hieh
duties. aiil Nj. Secretary Walker, IsJ's' 'hP '',
whether We shah haYr markets or on" or "h iher
hn slall sll uure NJ higher ptre.rr l-s Mt lower
o.i,, A. rr,sca the question to be. whc'her
,a Hall have crcn oaf mMhri ar nj the same moment
when al or.go ones have "a ed os. ~ sYsem al jfce
irrde l. Likely to be carried cut by dividing he m'~''c
ope wa oHr Canadian neT lb1r-a ~ in TO which va
shall hereafter alYart
The abje. If die tfa' Of l3i2 WAS lat e bringing
consumers ia take ther places by The slc of the pndn-
rcs while that Of the afiT If 1916 was 10 cause tho
p,oInsers o O., ahold seek consumers under the vain
l.a-asd vain it js-llat where tere cN;sa necessity
fr depei 4uun two uaI krls and distant oaeh
quantity soil Il be nerelssd, AMI tue returns, III be
llrgar or. t, the W ri' # the Secretary, there VIII
be- nafe sid At hi .he pnc', instead 81 les ata lWPF
ole. l. conformity with his view lt WAS lla. we
SaseIa displayed much anxiety for the huildinI ot
-tplus4ipsio enab'ena Ia obtn The cHnmesce o ia
pan IL was hamled By the tlfa OF great s9rplnses
of urayiralam products hat WaaIl be "a1el Yet slngn-
luly enough he leod"ny ct hl' WI - syst III was
that OF increasing the nagnarf gfat surplus n i"oi' ~
CONN linn tn, men r. made cloth, ahd Wlned caa ana
soele ole. % become farm r; and nav The great l"fe'gn
m,rlti, which was 10 absorb this safPl1s' has 'a'y
ialed.
r.,ory hat when tha home market absords the whoe
pndu.i phn price ilpTifb'g higher ihan when there
exists necessity TT seeking second and ds.ani one;
u.s. FOR Hsarcc. in the case OF wael oae market a
hat the home one is suili ieut and more than sn lent,
for we innar, much woo. and therefore Il IS that The
Uyice is so much hi.her than IN other cohn'rEs Were
yc n4w to s, tall af oar wulen mills for the pnr-
nose f era q rs tn benef by the choice Of iwl m-
ers the IA m RS would speedily fad that hey nus sell
as much less than the price n gland as tne o'sl ~
transportation Engard, commissions steragr. &c'
Sc and then hoy wonld cut the lhra's ol hai' 'h,t
sheep for he pnrpn,e Of hdngns the supply down T. Ns
de ranl If The one market.
In 1886. the price of wheat 50 much higher hero
than il was alb 5nl lhat impaired 1t as We now do
wool and the f his big rIice was as goen by
o,r neigtbors QfMs Union. that it was the Perd "t
s'hph lanls." when consumption a. home was hfg,'--
In 1919 we had 'ivn markets." and the p;ice less
by f1y per cent Now. it mu t. we think. he ebvons
10 all our agcullua al rcldes, that if we had made all
III, iron that imported 2s year; the men who made
IT, and tn Sc who mined the coal and the would have
consumed ehIe the quantity that expared. anil 'ha
price would have b ligh hat We should nni have
sent 10 the "oeisn markets, 81 much d sired by tho