Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-10
A Ruined Cotntry.

The wings are again busy at panic
m aking. Another Presidential election is
d'awing nigh, and wbiggery is preparing
for the combat. Having been dliven to the
wall upon every other question, they are
again mounting The Tariff hobby, and shout
ing aloud throug hout the land their wild,
frantic cry OF "Ruin' Ruin!!" in hopes OF
riding into power amid the storm and ex-
ciiement which they shall create. The cry
is not, that the country is going to te, but
that i as already cru ned" by the opera
ton Of the Tariff Of 1916, and that nothing
can save it short cf reinstating the whig
Tariff Of 1912. 1t is very unfortunate
ard unpropitious time Just now for the W bigs
to set this ball in motion when the present
tariff is bringing into the national treasurya
greater amount Of revenue than did the tar
if Of 1882, and while all the great interests
OF the country are enjoying unwonted de.
gree Of prosperity. 1t is true that few
of the leading capitalists in New York have
been endeavoring to create panic in the
money market; but that storm is nearly
spent, and nobody is seriou,ly injured, and
the country bids fair to continue on in the
road of prosperity, Notwithstanding the
gloomy prognos'ications Of these political
mountebanks. If the country be really 'ru
ined,' 'gune to pot we think it will stand
little more Of the same Sort and make
money by the operation.
The following plain matter-of-fact article
is from the albany Knirksrbocksr, whig
paper, in reply TO the New Yo.k Tribune
and the New York Times, the leaders Of
the ruin croakers. 1t shows, at least, what
one-tbe great leading interest of the coun-
try-has gained by being aruined:"
Greeley and Raymond.
From the nonsense wi ich we find in
the 7fmes and Tribune, we should Ger.
tainly think that Greeley and Raymond
very seldom went to market. To uphold
their high taIif notions they make use of
The most preposterous arguments to be mel
with out of Bedlam. The Times Of Tues>
day, insists that the free trace laiqui,v OF
1916 is gradually impoverishlpg agricul>
.uris,s, converting our farms into thistle
patches, and our planters into pnupers -
he cheek with which their statements are
made, shows that brass is metal that ELI
ters very Inrgely into the composition OF
those who believe that Lowell is the CEN
Ire Of the world, md Massachusetts is the
rest Of il" The Tribune insis's that the
farmers are now being "Iuined." Lei Us
examine The matter. First quality butter,
ut this very moment, sells al the ruinously
low price of twenty cents n pound, and
lard in proportion. Potatoes are worth
Ave shlliDgs bushel, almost what wheat
brought n lew years ago. Apples are
w"r,n from three to six sh,lings n bushel
under The protective tariff OF 1912 they
sold for eighteen pence. TurniYs bring
from twenty five cents to thirly-seven and
q half cents bushel--a few years since
you could buy them for shilling. Mu.
ton is worth from five TO eight cen,s n
pound-under the tariff Of 1912 you could
buy whole cords OF it in this city at Two
and half and three cents. The price oil
beef during the past season has been high
er than il has been before for twenty years.
During the tariff of 1912, pork was up al
Cincinnati for two and n half and three
cents pound-i! is now worth four and n
half and five GEMS Oais, under the tariff
Of i542 sod at twenty. ghl cents bushe
last winter they brought forty cents.-
Barley, which once sold III our market for
fifty four cents bushel, is now selling in
New York at seventy eight and eighty
ceiits. Poultry, twelve years ug', sold in
Albaay at six and eight cents a pound. il
now sells at ten and Twelve cents. Ham,
which sod, under the tariff Of l642, al
prices varying from four 10 seven dollars
per hundred, is now worth from nine 10
eleven dollars With tho exception OF
-four anG wheat, there is Hoi one single mr.
licle which our fnraiers sell lha, they do
no, get .frs, rale prices for. and when
you lake into consideration the tall which
has taken place in the price of every ar!l.
Gle which The ngricuturist buys, is nj
least questionable whether The raising oi
'sbreadsluffs'' is moi about as profitable To-
dav as it ever wos. AS we said before,
lbe man who thinks the farmer is being
ruined, should hang a basket ON his arm.
and vsi, The market. An hours expert
encA is worth all,lhe philosophy that was
ever snun. 1.Ta ..a sgr a..o.'t -s- -el
Rage Of The iESirianS against England