The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-10-06

population of farmers.
Machinery used in manufacturing
does not consume breadstuffs. We
have now enough running to supply
us with ali the articles we need, and
L will tell you what you can do. and
so dispose ufs this humbug of home
market. 1t would give me pleasure
to do it for you, If your committee
had only shown the good taste and
sound Judgment to invite me to
speak, so that / might have prepared |
myself. But you turn to the census,
or any other source of correct infor- |
nation, and set down the exact |
number of manufacturers in the
United States that are protected by |
tariff laws. Allow five to each for a |
family. Then take the surplus ag-
ricultural products of two Western
States only, which you can get read
lily from reports, and you will find
these manufactures, to consume that
surplus, will have, each man, wO-
man and child of them, to eat tWen-
ty-tive barrels of flour, chew hogs
head Of tobacco, masticate a like
quantity ofpOrk, and eat or drink, in
the shape OF bread or whisky, no
| end OF corn each day of their unlIap-
py lives. Laughter. Now these
| prohlbittonist have huge swallows,
and gulp down the largest sized
flames, about their system, but l
doubt their capacity to do that
| Loud laughter
For days and days past the air
throughout the land has been trem-
ulOus with the rattles of the reaper
and the roar of the thrasher. A
great harvest is flowing out by rail,
canal, lake and river in search of =
market. On the shores Of Europe
hungry millions look anXiously for
its coming and if it were left to the
laws of trade instead of the laws of
Congress, 1t would "blesS him that
gives and him that takes" and we
would be here to-day rejoicing over
two dollars bushel for our wheat.
The sooner we have done with
: these bounties to trades, the better it
7 will be for US. If there is any pro-
lection going I want it for the far
, mer. Cries of "good, good" and
: applause Idon't want to be left
| with my farm produce on my hands
|. or to be forced TO sell it at a loss
: while l have to pay an eXtortionatG
I. price for everything purchase, thai
others may grow rich. frequenteC
. the galleries of our Capitol, during
last winter, and I saw every interes
;: EnoWn to our country knocking a
y the door and intriguing for class leg
> islation looking to its especial benefit
2 except the agricultural interest. 1
! had no ring, No lobby there. 1t hat
no oily-tongued men nor painted Wo
\ men. No bottles of wine were crack
= ed for its benefit, and scarcely Con
- gresham dared lift his voice in 1t
. behalf. And this while not onl!
3 every article you wear-every articl
% into which iron or copper enters,
- heavily. taxed, not to support tn
~ Government flor none of such ia
E ever reaches the Treasury,) but you
- tea, coffee, sugar and even salt
70 burthened with taxation, that tn
= Government may subsist. The Whol
S thing is bareface0 swindle. VOict
~ t'That's the truth."l Yes, that's Ii
~ Gods truth, though l utter it.
q, Laughter.
" The worst part of this is, thi
while it cheats the farmer and d
ID moralizes our Government, it bull
- up moneyed arIstOcracy. OF 8
eo aristocracies. the meanest and mo
heartless is q moneyed ariStCcrac
I can respect a man who has
~ II pedigree, as / admire horse OF
A'1 Durham bull on account of the ped
VI gree, but brainIess. scoundrel VI
y. assaults you with his money bag
ne fills me with wrath and disgust.
III The American manufacturer is
- this sort. While we are grOanil
under the burthen of heavy taXatiO
70 ~ fortunes are being realized, eve
i ~ year. that put to shame the posst
a. sions of European Princes, and Il
~ by men who add nothing to the "
1Ie 1Ie ne of our property, or to the stOl
,i9 .I of our property, or to the stores
49, our information.
IN BALANCE OF TRADE.
,ur When you begin talking to the
'ou prohibitiOnists about their legaliZ
{ 1 Fascality, you are met with VOlul
of of iargoh, uttered in the most soleI
IAN manner as if it were the profound
rms wisdom, and you are silenced a
confounded by technicalities that 1
as incomprehensiblet to you as th
are to the people who use them.
Tor 1t is said that all learning cOnsi
eat in giving names to facts. .Kna'
ion understanding this closely INIT
lnd the philosopher, and cover tn
IA shams with high-sOunding titles Il
be confound honest men. Thus, WI
Inc you attempt TO discuss your right
oaC sell your produce in the market q
lars Days the best price, you are met
e the assertion that the balance
lty, trade is against us, and my indiv
OF ual profit iR the nations rum, and
yer chap uttering this looks as solemn
I'M a bull, and as solid as a grindsto
yer, 1t is perfectly ludicrous, when J
axe sift out the meaning, to find that
ear, sentence so solemnly uttered, beg
use in an insult and ends in lie. 1t
lar' suits your understanding, and u
one represents the fact.
ISM 1 don't ask what the fellow mea
the Tor that were a waste of time.
probably don't know himself
what is the meaning of that mag
term 'balaDce of trade? Well,
10 tell you. 1t means deducting
aN home the value or your exports fr
AL al the value of your imports, and
rs result is called the balance, or bala
, - of trade, and really means the pre-
CO of the transaction.
~ That is. to illustrate, you tax
,nSe car load of wheat to Cincinnati,
@ @reu. bring back in exchange a car LOAF
. an groceries. Now deduct the valu
an Al; your wheat in Logan County fr
s. the value of your groceries, and
/ 1AdhSo LllO DLAoANCs
Iat if yOn have brought back in va
ny noC more than you took away, you h
@-nLo @ made profitable exchange. But
ns1 lE5 is the balance of trade that is to r
aLu .I us. 1t will ruin the country. w
tne we like that sort of ruin, and
As As; nearly century we have been gr'
~ ing rich on it.
US "But," scream the prohibition
TIL tn 'tyou don't pay for the difference
a5 es produce; you run in debt. and pa
q anu ~ in money" 1 can't see what
II u has to do with it. 1t reminds me
the old snm given US boys at sch
! ny; to bother us, which said. 'W
VI will eight and three-quarter pou
AZ of beef come to at three cents pou
a supposing one-haD fat?" What
z anu ~ the;money to do with it? Before
y 70 can pay the money we must get
leaS and when gold is used in. that wa
solu becomes an article of export, 1
nan nan counts like wheat, potatoes, or tot
co. ..sE-. .--.
To iIIustrafa again. SuDDose