The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-30

get more money in tho treasury, il to in
crease the tariff. So the tariff is iDcrcas.
ed to SO per barrel Now, Mr.. phelps
determines to sell all the -four, 80 he con.
tinncs TO sell at ST, and by this stroke of
policy he closes the market against tho
Cannon Falls miller, for he cannot sell
flour at 81 per barrel when he has to pay
n duty OF s3. SO Mr. Phelps sells
all the -four, viz: 1000. clears s2 on
the barrel, and thus puts 81 900 into his
pocket And how much is paid into the
treasury Why not single cent. Sol
the people in this case pay $4,000 and
get credit for nothing.
Now the Cannon Falls miller being
cut off from our market does not purchase
all tho surplus wheat grown by the Can
non Falls farmers, and they in consequence
Of ii seek another market. They bring
their wheat to Mr.. Phelps and sell IL
cheaper than our farmers do. Our far
mers apply TO the Trustees TO put duty
on this foreign wheat. so that they may
be protected as well as Mr. Phelps, The
trustees reply, "Why God bless your ig.
norant souls, il is not our policy TO protect
farmers, all we have to do is to protect
the manufacturer, Mr.. Phelps, and the
cheaper he can get wheat the better. If
you cannot grow wheat aS cheap as they.
can, you had better go into some other
business"
"Such sir. IL brief analysis Of the
practical workings Of protective tariff
in the case of q single individual. in sin.
gle article, It's applicable 10 the whole
system when combined.
"Now, sir, If we Western farmers pay
most or all the expenses Of running these
Eastern manufactures, are We not in JUS
ticc entitled TO part ofthe profits We
arc pecuniasily stockholders and in fact
the heaviest stock holders 10 the estab ish.
ment When dividends Of 100, $50. or
| 200 per cent. are declared, What portion
il paid over TO us, who have been hcayi-
| II taxed TO run the machine? Not
cent. We are not even thanked-for If
We grumblc at their cxtortions we are
branded as Copperbeads and enemies TO
the best Interests Of the country.
These nabobs rolling in wealth and
luxury drawn from the sweat and toll
of the west, are still unsasisicd. They
demand more protection. or in plain
words, the power 70 suck ont the very
life blood Of the West. They are now
before Congress with their pockets well
lined with grcenbacks.'' missiles Of cor
ruption, demanding farther protection
And they are sure to get it If Congress
can spare the time from attending 20 the
interests of the niggers. Money is all
powerful aud irresistible. Mcmbers Of
| Congress may be corruptcd-they are
nothing but human beings, and the very
meanest kind at that
The people, sir, nte greatly exercised
about freight monopolies, and are holding
/ indignation meetings in this and adjoin-
ing States to put them down, but not a
| voice is raised agaist manufacturing mo-
nopolies. Whilst the former is robhing
us of cents. the latter is robbing us of
dollars. We are actively engaged in try
ing to stop small spiggot hole, without
paying the least attention to the big bung
hole that is also open Wise men would
first stop the bung hole aud then the spig-
got hole, for If the bung hole be not
speedily stopped there will be but little
left to run out OF the spiggot. But you
viii find that the majority of spiggot men
are in favor OF enlarging the bung hole
g BIT, say these wiseacres. BY building
up manufactures we are furnishing. our
selves home market for our surplus pro-
ducts. That is, We viii give man dol
lar for every ten cents worth of produce
he will buy from us, for we are taxed a
dollar to build up manufactures for these
nabobs for every ten cents worth of pro-
duce they buy from US. Now sir, if it be
the interest of the farmers to buy a home
market on these terms. the system could
be greatly aud economically simplifed, by
each county furnishing its home market.
Let the farmers Of this county employ l.
900 loafers to be and remain in Red Wing.
under obligations to do no manner, of
work, but to "be clothed in purple and
fiue linen and fare sumptuously every day"
The farmers on their part are to foot all
the bills in produce at the lowest cash
! figures, and also to pay each loafer $500
in cash, at the end of each and every year
Now by this simple process, easily under
stood, the farmers would. have home mar
ket for all their surplus products, right
under their own nose and would save the
cost of transportation to our eastern home
market a1 has a 80
!" A popular fallaey that prevails to an
alarming extent is, that CUR only market
for our surplus products is created by the
number of operatives employed in manu-
factories, Why, they do not buy the one
hundred thousandth part of our surplus
products The operatives upon our pub
lie works alone buy 1000 timos more than
they do. When wa take into. eonsidera-
ton the number of artizans, mechanics,
merchants, lawyers, doctors, bankers, aud
those engaged in commerce, md al the
other classes not engaged ia agriculture,
who are all buyers and consumers Of our
products, the number of operatives in
manufactures dwindle into .insignfcance.
Why, Red Wing alone buys more of the
farmers products than any one manufac-
uring establishment in the United States !;
yet we have never had the impudence to
request Congress to levy a tax upon far
mers of this county TO pay us ailarge boi
nus because We bought their produce"
Several darkeys were passing an agri-
cultural Implement store, one of them,
pointing to cutivator, saidi:ta $ &
& A man canesotspn dat thing and ride
! while he's plowinsN eii r l4ils aisa
trsGolly,n replied another, tsthe darned