The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

Mr.. Edi'or:-It is gratifying To see that the
orn.out lands Of Marylandare susceptible" Of as
high improvement as the lands of her sister
States, and that she has catcrprising sons in all
her counties, who know how and have the will
10 develop her resources, so far as the improve
ment Of her lands 20. Would that those who
have ruled us as with rod of iron, could show
as satisfactory results as we are now about to
remark upon.
The crop of Mr.. John Q. Hewlett Of Balt-
more county, of ID bushels Of wheat 10 the acre,
is well worthy of notice. His crop brought 50
cents per hnShei; equal to $1,000 per acre.
Waite wheat is now worth 70 cents per bushel
in tho Baltimore Market, which is equal TO
SO 80 per acre for such crop. Had Mr.. Hew-
lett been so fortunate as to have raised that crop
of wheat and haze sold it in lSI7--only five
years after the passage of the tariff of lSi2--it
would have brought him $3.50 per bushel, or
$3.50 per acre. But unfortunately tor Nh.
Hewlett, his crop came in five years after the
destruction of the tariff Of 1912. The difference
IN price between lSi7 and the present year is
sl.55 per bushel, or sirty.fre dollars per acre.
or cieyen hundre4 and seYengy dollars On Il field Of
i8 acres.
The wheat grown in Maryland in 1917, as cs
tmatcd hy Hos. &. Burke, late Commissioner of
Patents-T See Ey. Doc. No. So Page 90 sub
ject, wheat;l WIS 5,lj0,00O bushels, which, at
one dollar and hfiy-fve cents per bushr--thc
difference holweer the price in ISi1 and that Of
the present time--will show an apparent loss 10
the farmers Of Maryland of scren millions, nine
doLcrs. The wheat grown in the whole Inion
the past year is estimated at, al least $50 900 600
bushels. The same difference in prices .55
per bushel--would amount to tao hundrod and
htariy-i.c0 millions, rc Hundred thousand collars.
($232, o,Do0,)i pretty round sum for the
farmers Of the country to bear. Red wheat,
which is the kind most grown in this country, is
now worth in Baltimore y cents per bushe.
The farmers OF the Eastern Shore, after paying
81 cents freight and charges, will have 665
cents per bushel, clear. This is eight cents per
bushel, or 10 per ct. less than ever knew wheat
10 sell for at the Brandywine Mills. So much
for the Tariff of 1916.
That odious Tariff was passed in conformity
with the Resolutions known as the Baltimore
Observation-Disclosures the tendency OF which
has been 10 lure the Institutions and business
Of this country, debasc the morals of our people,
and to almost show tina. we are incapable of
governing this once glorious Republic See the
wealth we are pouring into the lap OF Great
Britan;--the weekly report ending the Eth of
July, 1851, showed that ovrr two. millions OF
specie was shipped to that country in one week =,
from the port of New York alone. In nine
months of the fiscal year, ending the 30th
OF June, lS4a, we had imported orcr twcnty-hro
millions ofsp@sie, or over 100000 per week
showing the difference in favor Of the Wing tar
itf,o be over 81 900, 900 per week.
READERS, LOOK AT THIS PICTURE
UyJ'and ask yourselves, if ever a more graceless
set OF demagog1es (not to say traitors to their
country's lnterestsD ever assembled together
than those who composed that Convention and
established that platform; and vet the politicians
who composed 1t run unwhipt OF lnstice, and
some Of them are asking Office and promotion
from thosa whose interests and business thew
have Frustrated. win not the farmers of Mary-
land profit by the errors they have heretofore
committed, and in the fNrre vote only for men
who will take care either interests and their
country's honor. A FARMER.