The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-10-06
AND, OHIO WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER. e. 1869

head of tobacco, masticate 2 like guam
tity of pork, and eat or drink, in the
shape Of bread or whisky, no end. Of
corn each day of their unhappy lives,
Laughter.l Now these prohibition
lists have huge'swallowso and gutpi down
tho largest sized fans. about their
system, but I doubt their capacity to
do that. Loud laughter: e'l . d
For days. qafId days. past the air
throughodtthe land lhas been treHit.
lous with the rattle of the reaper and
and the roar of the thrasher,c a great
harvest. is flowing out by rail, canal,
lake and river in search Of a market.
On the shores of Europe hungry mil;
lions Observation-Disclosures eeMing /;
and if it were left to the laws of trade
instead Of the la1szof AOSngress,s it
would "bless him that gives and him
that takes" and we would be here to-
day rejoicing over two dollars a busli-
lel for our WHEAT 'i'f go ho'" 7e-y
~ The sooner we have done with these
bounties to trades, the better it will be
for. us If there is any protection go
ing I want it for the farmer. lCries
of good, good" and applause.l 1
don't want to be left with my farm
produce on my hands, or to be forced
to sell it at loss, while 1 have to pay
an extertionate price for everything l
purchase, that others may grow rich.
1 frequented the galleries of our Cap
itol, during last winter, and L saw ev-
arx, .pfarocf Gpou-n 70 oy,r country
knocking at the door and intriguing
for class legislation looking to its es-
pecial benefit, except the agricultural
interest. It had no ring, no lobby
there 1T had no oily tongued men
nor painted women. No bottles Of
wine were cracked for its benefit, and
scarcely Congressman dared lift his
voice in its behalf And this while
not only every article you wear-every
article into which iron OF copper ell
ters, is heavily taxed, not to support
the Government for none of such tax
ever reaches the Treasury but your
tea, coffee, sugar and even salt is bur
thened with taxation, that the Gov
ernment may, .subsist. The whole
thing is barefaced swindle. Voice:
"That's the truth"1 Yes, that's the
Gods truth, though l utter it. -
Laughter. ] .Hrf .H-HgiE1
The worst part Of this is, that while
it cheats the farmer and demoralizes
our Government, it builds up mon
eyed aristocracy. Of all aristocracics
the meanest and most heartless is a
moneyed aristocracy.
L can respect man who has q ped
igree, as admire horse or Durham
bull on account of the pedigree, but a
brainlcss scoundrel who assaults you
with his money bags, fills me with
wrath and disgust The American
manufacturer is of this sort. While
we are groaning under the burthen of
heavy taxation, fortunes are being re-
allied, every year, that put to shame
the possessions of European Princes,
and this by men who add nothing to
the value of our property, or to the
stores of our information.
... BALANCE OF TRADE. al
When you begin talking to these
prohibitionists about their legalized
rascality, you are met with volume
of jargon, uttered in the most solemn
manner as if it were the profoundest
wisdom, and you are silenced and con-
founded by technicalities that are as
Fincomprehensible toy you as they are to
the people who use them. +,. ~.
It is said that all learning consists
in giving names to facts. Knavcs un-
derstanding this closely initiate the
philosopher, and cover their shams
with high-sounding titles that confound
honest men. Thus. when you attempt
to discuss your right to sell your pro-
duce in the market that pays the best
price, you are met by the assertion
that the balance of trade is against us,
and my individual profit is the ma
tons ruin, and the chap uttering this
looks as solemn as bull, and as solid
as grindstone. 1t is perfectly ludi-
crous, when you sift out the meaning
to find that The sentence SO solemnly
uttered, begins in an insult and ends
in q lie. 1t tinsults your understanding
and misrepresents the fact -.c
I don't ask what the fellow means,
for that were waste of time. He
probably don't know himself. But
what is the meaning of that magical
term ''balance of trade?" Well, Ill
tell you. 1t means deducting at home
the value of their exports from the
value of your imports, and the result
is called. the balance, or balance OF
trade, and really means the profits of
the transaction. -.
That is, to illustrate, you take a car
load of wheat to Cincinnati, and bring
back in exchange car load of grocer
les. Now deduct the value of your
wheat in Logan County from the value
of your groceries, and the difference
makes the balance And if you have
brought back in value more than you
took away, you have make a profita-
BILE exchange But this is the balance
of trade that is to ruin us. 1t will ru-
in the country. Well, we like that
sor. of ruin, and for nearly century
We have been growing rich on it.
But" scream the prohibitionists,
"you don't pay for the difference in
produce; you run in debt, and pay it
in money" 1 can't see what this has
to do with it. 1t reminds me of the
old sum given US boys at school, to
bother us, which said, "What will
eight and three quarters pounds of
beef come 10 at three cents a pound,
supposing one-half fat?" What has
the money to do with it2 Before we
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