The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-10-07

Of still further reduction 10 The cur
rent year." The policy which dista
ted . low rata Of dutie, on foreis,
merchandise, 1t Was though, BY thoss
who promoted aud established il
would tend to beneG, the farming
population Of this country, by increas
Ing the demand and raising the price
Of agricultural products in foreign
markets. The foregoing facts, ho~.
ever. seen to show inconte.tably,
that no such result has followed tho
adoption Of this policy. Gu the con.
trary, Notwithstanding the repeal o.
1@s I6eals d(l|1lld sO(alI5
ot the American farmer has steadily
declined since the short crops and
consequent famine in a portion Of
Eurepe have been happily replaced
by full crope and comparative abund-
ancc Of food"
So much for Senator Douglass
respectable increase in ordinary
years. Of the exports Of brcads,utfs
and PROVISIONS" In the same al I.
dress the Senator says" tobacco
enters largely into our foreign ex.
changes, being second only te cotton
on tho list Of our agricultural cx.
ports" Why the Senator places to.
bacco abov, breadstuffs and proy;,.
ions, the exports Of which, he save,
show a respectable increase, i: is diff
'icuIt to imagine. The amour. of 10.
bacco exported in 1851. over the ia
ports of the same article. was six mil.
lions and a half, while the exports
Of breadstuffs and provisions the same
year, was, as We have seen, q Iii.
tie less than twenty two millions.
The practical effects Of the presen,
tariff will be better Understood BY re.
ference to the last annual report OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury; by which
1t will be seen, that the imports during
the year 1851, reached the enormou,
amount Of ZIG millions ! While N,
imports OF lS4I. the larges. under III.
'ormer tariff amounted TO only III
millions, Of which, the articles of wool.
lens, co:tons and iron, amounted to 2G
ard l'2 millions. The last year the,
amounted 10 GS 3.4 millions. The i'm
ports Of woolens and iron in l84j, wer,
Is = millions; in 1851, 46 million.
Not only are the raw materials o
which these manufactures are compo
se1, 90 abundant in our own country,
of foreign production, but all the o,hc
agricultural products consumed by ,h,
operatives, and others connected will
those manufacturing establishments.
The exports of agricultural product.
during the last year, amounted 10 "a!
millions, Of which, cotton alone reache,
the unpreceded amount of more thar
ll2 millions, Tobacco nine millions
, and Rice two millions, emitting The
fractions making the exports of thes,
three articles, 1928 3.4 millions, whil
the exports of bre eads,uffs and provision
amounted to less than % millions IN,
lowest point they have fallen to. sine,
the famine year.
These are facts that poorly su.iai,
Senator Douglass statement Of the re
spectacle increase in the exports o
these articles.
e il has been seen. that the exports o
, cotton and rice The last year. amounte,
, TO about ia l,2 millions. By refer
ence TO the last census. it appears tbs
: the white population Of the states pro
ducing the cotton and rice. amn1uted 4,
about three mil!ions making the aver
age in The exports Of their agriculture
products. embracing these two arli
eles only. s3s.l7 to each person whil
the exports CT agricultural products @
all the other states. containing pop,
= laiion Of about seventeen millions
amounted with The exception of tobsc
60. mostly southern product, to onl
one dollar and thirty cents TO eaeh per
, son Thus We see the extreme me
' quality in the amount OF agriculinrs
, products in the different sections Of on
country which find foreign market.
The articles Of cotton and rice bein
d, the product Of states embracing bot
sixth par; Of the population ofihe coon
ny, the other states cDinently asricpl