Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-04-15

country DIV llrNlI-iIE hlN tuLuLlHE ~ Ah'oN N'-
eratons which would be most lucrative without
egislationr
.4nAcer--The first part Of this objection we
have already anticipated by showing above, that
while the enhanced price Of what we consume
continues we are much better able to pay 1t and
make money by it at that, and that ultimately
those prices viii be reduced by the effects oipro-
lection below what they otherwise would have
been. With regard to the last part Of this OBJ
lection, and what he says Of adding to the wealth
and strength Of the country by dispensing the
people away from towns INTO the country. &c,
the very reverse Of his position is the true one.
Destroy our manufacturing towns and interests,
and you take away the principal stimulus TO ugrl-
cultural and rural pursuits--you destroy the
market for their products, and discourage both
our countrymcn and foreigners from engaging in
those pursuits But let our manufacturing towns
and interests be built and kept up and YOU en-
courage rural pursuits and agricultural interests,
and the growth Of the agricultural population I'M
the same ratio, by furnishing the best of all pos
sible markets. home market-for all they can
raise.
Once more. This writer admonishes MS 10 be-
ware Of those who impose taxes, and adds,
IS People should he jealous Of governments, for
their interests are al rariGnce
,4RslCrr-lt msy be true under the monarchies
and tyrrannies the old world that The interests
of the people and the governments are at vari-
ance: but we deny that they are under our
republican government Our governors and rul-
ers are taken from the people and return to the
people they are part of the people, and MS
much subject TO the laws as any other-the peo-
pie can remove them at their pleasure and sub
stitute others in their place. S. that we rcgar.
it as little short of Treason against our republican
Institutions TO attempt TO set the people against
their own government, and persuade them that
their interests are Mt variance. The interests Of
the government and the people are the same
The interests Of all chsscs are mutual and de-
pend ON each other If one interest is prosper
GUS, all others feel it and arc bereitted by it,
There is not a single interest id the country ms
we have shown in former numbers, whether Il be
That of lbor, or agriculture, or art, or science,
or capiul, or commerce, or navigation, among
the rich or the poor, ,more especially the latter
bat what is identified with. and would be, direct
y or indirectly benefited by tho policy Of pro-
lection,
But among all the advocates Of Free Trade,
perhaps We can find none Of higher authority
than Adam Smith. To the following extract
FROM his pen we therefore invite the attention Of
an Free Traders May they duly ponder and
consider lbs bearings;
"An inland country naturally fertile and en-
silly cultivated produces a great surplus Of pro-
visions beyond what is necessary for maintain
ing the cltlvators and on account OF the eX-
penss Of land carriage, ana the inconreuency OF
river navigation, it may frequently Pc difficult 20
send this surplus abroad. Abundance. therefore
renders provisions cheap, and encourages great
number % wofkmen 20 settle in the neighbos-
hood, who End that their ratsiy can there pro-
cure than more Of Tic nee ssares and oarspjmces
0f liG MH Ia other places. IHey e1b Up Die
materials az manufacture rb'ct he tnad produces,
and srchmre their fa5ict Wort, or, r.t is Tie
eras thine hf price u 20. for m0rt materials and
PROFESSIONS. They give now value t0 the sur-
plus part of the rude produce, by saving The eX-
pcnsa o' canyng it 90 ihe water side 0r Co some
distant markets and hey furnish The cnluyators
wth something IN exchange for 1t, that IS either
useful or agreeable to them, upon easier terms
than they could have obtained it before.
" The cntiyaiors get better price for their
surplus pi3auce, and can purchase cheaper other
conyeuIcuccs which they have occasion for
They are thus both encouraged and enabled 70
increase heir surplus produce by a further itn-
royomenland better cultivation Of the land and
the fertility Of the land has given birth TO the
manufacture. SO the progress Of the manufacture
reacts upon The land, and increases still further
its fertility The manufacturers fret supply the
neghborhood, and ailcrwhrd as their work inn
proves and rafincs, more distant markets. For
though neither the rute produce nor even the
course Manufacture, could without The greatest
difficulty. support the expense Of considerable
/ land cnrr1rr, tiic fcflice on0 improved mauu-
flcture easily may. In small bpli, Frequent
~ contains the price Of great quantity of the
raw proiuce a piece of fine cloth for exam-
PIE, which weighs only eighty pounds, contains
/ ln 1t the price not only of eighty pounds Of wool,
bat sometimes of several thousand weight of
corn, ihe maintenance of the different working
people and OF their mme3uto employers The
corn which could with difficulty have been car
ned abroad 10 s own shape IS IN this manner
virtually exported 10 that Of the complete manu-.
iactura, and 8HY easily be sent to he remoiasi COR
pers ~ iie ,cord'
The above, although from the pen of q s,aunch
free tracer, contains really some of the strong
est conceivable arguments in favor of efficient
protection 90 American manufactures. The pol
ley OF orr Tariff a. 1912 tended directly and ex-
acily 10 produce the happy and prosperous state
Of things here described while the destruction
of that Tariff and the substitution of that Of
I 1870, by GRIPPING our home manufactures, driy-
ing capital and operatives ont of the business,
destroying the home market for produce. and
greaty lesscnng the power Of consumption,
comDals as to transport our most bukY and hcWy
productions 10 market thousands fDjes distant, N
sell at low prices, instead OF having them CON
sumed at home II good prices, and sending a.
broad only the concentrated value 10 5mnN buIkt
In further proof Of the correctness of the a.
boye principle laid down by Adam Smith, take
the following facts In 1917 there were I34S9
barrels -four sent from S.. Joscph'5 Co., Mich,
to Boston, and sold for @5l6 per barrel. But Of
this price $3.50 WIS consumed ia the expense Of
marketing. The recent census shows the entire
product OF corn for the State OF indiana to be-
: l,4l9,6 bushels which is estimated at 20
cents a bushe. This is all the grower gets for
it, though, when it reaches the consumer in
England, the freight and charge for marketing
have brought IT up 10 90 cents three fourihs
being consumed in the cost of exchanging. IL
the inrmers Of Indiana take their pay IN
English cotton wooden, or IRON fabrics, the corn
is incorporated with them at the latter price,
and they bring buck again at so cents a hushel,
whit they sold for 20, and pay the transportation
back, besides Hunts MERCHANTS .uagazfne
1.-The fact says the Patent Office Report
and what an important fact 1t is" should be
universally understood that d sioie can feed ant
cioihe population ten times larger at home Than
Il can abroad"
Connecticut Election.
HARrroRD, "Wednesday, April 7-2P.M.
Thomas II Seymour Opp, is elected Govern
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