Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-07-29

through this speech for any reference to the
fact that the more distant the market the
greater is the difficulty of restoring to the
land that most important portion of the
farmers crop, the manure. When the corn
IS converted, on the farm on which it is
produced, into pork, and hay into beef, the
refuse of the food goes back upon the land,
which becomes enriched instead OF being
exhausted, whereas when the farmer kills
his hogs and sells his corn, his land is spec
Oily worn out, and then he runs away him
self Under the tariff Of 1912 there was a
steady increase in the manufacture of ma
nure, as is shown by the fac, that the ex-
port OF the product of animals doubled in
six years, whereas since the tariff of 1916
became fairly operative, the number of hogs
and Of cattle has steadily and rapidly decin-
ed, aud with ii the power of the farmer to
maintain the productive power of his land
The railroad is truly great invention, for
il enables the farmer to send his corn TO
market, but i, is forgotten by the hon gen.
tleman that the farmer needs a market in
which to manure as well as To sell lis corn.
When he feeds the food on the ground,
he obtains the manure altogether free o.
cost When he carries his corn and his
pork to his neighbors engaged in produc-
ing iron, coal lead, hemp, or cloth, he has
the manure at a small cost for transporta-
ton; but when the hogs and The cattle
disappear, and the corn has to 90 to a dis
tani market, he pays freight on large
bulk inste ad of small one, and the cost
of bringing back manure is so great that it
is altogether lost to him. Diminish"
says the hon. gentleman, the time and
expense of reaching market, and you in
crease the value of land" Such was the
object Of the tariff of 1912, because it tend
ed to make a market on or near the land
for all the products of the land thus econ
omzlng transportation out and home
Such is not the object Of the tariff of 1916,
because it tends to separate the consumer
from the producer, and therefore to dimin-
ish the value of land. We should be glad
if Mr.. Rantoul would explain how it is that
that law tends to add to the value of either
land or labor, when its operation is direct
'ly the reverse OF that which be assures us
tends to give value to the land II his POI
hucal economy Is SOUND, lac can have no
difficulty in doing this.
The hon. gentleman informs the manu-
facturers that they thrive as their customers
thrive, and that they must perish "ifthe west
ceases TO be a good purchaser" facts that
cannot be gainsaid, and it is because that
such are the facts that we advocate protec-
ton. The farmer prospers as the market
is brought near to him, and the nearer the
market the more rapid is the increase in
the value Of labor aud land as was shown
in the fact that the ability Of the farmers
aud planters of the Union to purchase and
pay for iroa ,rebled, aud that their con-
sumption of cotton and wooden cloth doub-
led, in the brief period of the existence of
the tariff of 1912 Why they did so is ex-
planned by the fact that our farmers were
steadily improving the quality of their pro-
ducts, and thus diminishing the cost of
transportation, sending lead, and wool, and
hemp in the place of corn The farmer
suffers as the market is driven from him
as is shown in the fact that under the tariff
Of 1916, Notwithstanding the accumulation
Of foreign debt TO lrghtfu extent, the
consumption of iron and cloth is steadily
diminishing as the west is ceasing TO send
lead, wool, hemp and pork, and sending in
its place the rude Indian corn. The man
ufacturers kuop ,ceH that "uhey thrive as
their customers thrive, they know nell
that there is between them aud their Gus
toners perfect harmony Of interests, -
and they feel senslby that while they them
selves are affected by the policy advocated
by Mr. Rantoul, which diminishes their
own power TO obtain food il dminishes in
still more rapid degree the power of the
of cultivation aud of manufacture, as is
shown IN the wonderful diminutlon in the
quantity of iron that is consumed, and in
the almost equally wonderful dimlnutlon in
the quantity of cotton goods, foreign and
domestic, consumed throughout the Union.
1.-The manufacturing people have" says
the hon, gentleman, "every thing to hope
for from the West, who are .heir best Gus
toners" So they were, aud so will they
be again, whenever we shall again adopt a
policy that will enable the people of the
West to remain at home and improve their
land as was the case to vast extent under
the tariff of 1912 Let them be again pro-
tected ia the conversion of food into iron
and lead, hemp and wool. aud we shall
again see the production of pork, beef, but
ter and cheese go ahead as i, did five years
since, and then the demand for cotton and
wooden goods aud for iron. will go ahead as
it did then AT present, the course OF
things throughout the West is precisely the |