The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1851-11-04
From the Boffalo Express.
Free Trade.

Inls iaSofNe OI many tneofisfs IS oOine us
work for the people OF our republic; most thor
| ougholy. and drsiruciively. Hitherto il has
| ever been the policy of ALL bo,h na,ions mud
individuals, To sell all their abo, that they pos
s,by could Tor gold; hut our na,ion, ihrougl,
English persuasion, and the Atlantic coast i'm
port,ng inte rest. has bpor induced 10 adopt The
rule of paying nut all the gold we can GET f,r
Europcsn, labor. while our avn labor in the
farm of wheat aud -four. lies unsoId, aud was
ting on our hands.
Tue beauiies of his plan have been constanr
tevel"Jine, all summer, in The daily f,l or price
ia b,ead>tifs, AID the farm, RS who have favored
this free trade toctrine. have been looking aud
wondering why prices did nor begin To mend.
But they seam now pretty well assured that the
"beeia 10 mend" in prices is never TO CONE,
under our free trade system. Gooi -four is
now down to $500 Al Bnifa o. while even tree
trade advocates d not preIend that il will nor
go still lowel. Indeed, how can il help doing
so! Nobody ever suppnsed that The people Of
The Unired States would. or could. ear all the
wheat which they raise: IN the contfa,y
Tee trade has stimulated our farmers To raise
all the wheat they could, by promising them
that The fee trade policy would certainly pro-
vide them steady marker, at full prices in
Europe. fnr all they could raise TO send there
This il was which won he favor OF our farmers
To The dncuues of tree trade and low tariff.
Well the pracicd result. thus far, is G3 90
per barrel for -four nj B ff,ls. This does not
SUN, abd the farmer now complains thai ne has
beeu deceived. He musi look our heuer for
himself then, nexi time. MeanwIile his tree
trade advisers. having got fee irade ia,iff ~.
adIshed. through his voIes. now turn cody
round upon him and tell him tiraI he is not In
any farther market IL Europe tai his breai.rnf'
because Eu'uope pro duces enough To feed hr,-
self. Here il The language Of one nf lhe-e I'd
vsers, namely, the New York Ecening post
That shtei ~ speaking Of the payment Of our
free usde Indebtedness 10 Europe. and says
that besides gold.
"Coiton seems likely 10 be the only source
or supply, AS bfeadsrufs gte no, wanted 10 auy
extent la Europe, nor likely To he, rs the
European hersesi have been bogniilu IA our
own, aud England can draw large supplies from
Frabce aud The ConIineui iu general
There yOu have il, then NJ. heat grower
and how do ynu .ike ~ R,eadsinff ate not
wanted IN Europe end are notikeLy to be: how
then are you 10 ge; even $500 Tor your -four
much lougei:
AnuIheT Of these free trade advisers namely
The New York Journal Of Commerce. gives in-
fo, nation On thus head, which mus, not be lost,
That PRINT advocates the constant purchase Of
Euopr.n iaDnr with our gold. and even urges
he necessity of our DANG so. upon the ground
thai, II the gold which we bring f,om California
~ left here in tn, hands Of the people IL triU
destroy all trade and we must thereiorc send
1t out 81 'ne comfy, as anact Of self preserva
tion. Fee trade. then. cannot trust the peo
uic with C H. hprausa " will make them Iude
pendent of fnteign Irade. | sIate these things
| merely Tor the consideration Of The farmers,
who are most Interested IN them. so that IT they
ate going defend fee trade they may do il
undersiandinRy.
| | have said that all rations and individuals
| have ever deemed il desirable To sell all tie
labor they could for gold, until this foolish ex
i pertinent oI ours WAS iriet--heing the FIST Of
he Kind ever adopted for its advantages -
| With all the rest or The world HE same rule
holds sill. and shipment gold nom En-
| gland. for the purchase of foreign labor, IL at
tcdy as instant cause OF alarm. a late article IN
BiackroOds .Ndgaziae, Lpon the declining
cundIion of the Blush Ernpne, after Stang
HAT The increase Of English imports. since 1876
has been thirteen per cent. more than The in-
crease of exports base upon this fact the APP
pteheusion of confined and increasing d rain
nf tie metallic resource Of The connI,y; anf
thar is deemed The greatest Of all possible fpan-
| cal disasters. But in oui case, frre trade says
| i, will ruin us To keep our gold. when we have
| ga, y, aud must sell ~ for iorrign labor, as
aD acI oi self piesrivaliOn.-Tbisi Is our pres
enI ptaclce, we having sent TO Earoue. IhirIy.
two million of gold. since last New YeArs day
TO purchase European labor; and II is :he in
IenIion Of the fee trade doctors that su' h prsc-
tic shall continue. The Democratic ReUieit
STATES that we now buy Of England, amoSi one
qnauer ofall The labor that she sells 10 foreign
countries; aud according to the Euening Pos
this is Ia he our future. no less than our pres
en' policy. That print, speaking Of payments
10 England. SAYS:
"The free shipment of cotton is the only cir
cumsiance To eifc, the exchange, aud when the
corIon is over, ~e must expect resumption
Of shipments 0f gold
So you see, Mr. wheat grower. that tic gold
is still 10 90 TO Europe To buy labor with, there
while ,ou may sell your labu, If yon can, al the
rate OF $500 per barrel for flour. Ia Buffalo.
Whether this is TO be reall 50 or whether
by laying protective tariff, we shall Sc
such part ofour population t. manufacturing
as shall ea, all onr own wheat, at full prices ant
hus keep all our gold ~ the country IN circu
laiou among the people is qpesInn who'll,
with the farmers of The county. as against th'
dica,lon OF The Atlantic nies.
Test of the Fire Auuihilator.