, 1870-04-18

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| Total Hnrnlat:on in the Northwestern
and ns'.sr Essss-sre~tag States, 49,,
Tttai s1,sunrten Ia ai,ose States. :s,;l.~-1
IGtal ralse.I IN bushels. ~
TS;ai Iolula:i1n ii ,hs sia,cs fhs1i1s -
TStsl an,"un, Of xica; rlssi In lush;
1otas ssaoant consumed. ea,tsstaN
t"s1, H. Hof1ycs,srn .@r;c;;;,, S;.,ss 1go
duced 13a ,Nl ,0Gc 1uahelA ct wheat and sur
, rIls urcn this estimate OF 7I.oo1,O0. Bat
allowing that consumption OF Product 10
greatest whefc produced, and that the S,:th-
; crn States consume more and the Sout aern
| States 1ess tt-u this proportion. the North
| western, STATES cxIor: beyond their own bnr-
desA ut lekst 6, ,000, 600 bushels Of wheat in
GoEr s.sd Hlsezt, The st.le States, in the
year lSS, al>o produced s0lu01 G.1 bushels OF
| com, 4 lsrEc part IF which Ea4 clCntte hin
Kind, or in their shipments Of c.stle, hogs,
| beef, ard lcra.
Who're IL found tl.o market for this surplus:
Pennsylvania NI take perhaps i,o9,, ,993 puah-
c1s. I16r farmers can fnrEieh slluo+t sufficient
! for the Inioresn III her mines ard factories.
ls:rc rrodEction Of that State. Ner York, the
! n3cttN,itv aaI tt.Ei..e.a ef whosc raiara1ls,
ca1:als, a;.l ,.rslae-.ial cite? nce idcnsisc!
| with tic development Of tho aSrica alt;srai
14,:pv,!u, as,cvo VIA. isE owl, sraiu-ilsias
supply New England ia content
Win TIC ruzs1sssc IT 15,oo9aa,coo busL-
e!4, : lts>:oS "l,e.aa"' b::,aels t. s:ci
8 market IN tho Sutt.aru States a1l fesci;!u
co'1.!rits:. Ii:c latter purchased Of tbs .s,'3t-
NA 1a,.icls, almost 10 itl.tcll ms wo could III
tscec the manufacturing regions Of the cEied
st:.ss .o l:uy. Tic !.sla:,es Of the whca: IN
t,cur r,rst 60 shrc.d, anil II: price ahro.a will
gpyc1r tic rlicc beth 1T Eo.1lc and abroad
Tllis HeL1.s Il, te ADMITTED by every gentleman
Who llsr suvrtstvu OF opposed si1a i:ls1ease Or
con,iruancc Of the rrcsc,,t EiSh duties lu
| III allie arSs::4c::t for Protective l1:!ea. the
cost CT tT.csle;tn$ ':s,ea: fr'ta tac !l"iiisy OF
Chicago TO 1ireracol WIS given az follow%: :
Tu,1ing ;r:sle1 Of red winter. Thcat At
5l.;0 tss'r:e slHlings pet one E;11l:red Iout,lsl
ite E1cc ill Liverpool on Christmas Eve 1869.
VIC find it% veluc in Eold 10 the Western farmer
by the following dedccsions-
Carriage from Chicago IT, New fosI--....-..,-3o
MEItEc fright
Marine Insurance. ..-...-.-....-..- az
Crrnm,ssfcn. ....-..,....-............s
| llaEHlng- .-..--. --.-.. ...-.-..-.-...s
Charges fsena Chicago to 14vcspoc.... ....sas;;
4
Currency.
Storage and commission. n....-...............-,.
Insr1aucc sr,l lnss. y
Carriage 80 Chicago.
| EAndlsnT-
Totai.. .lsN
EGEal n gold 10 l3ts Cents
To::L .:c,.uct:un iiam y5icc ia LvcH,oal g
crist>s Having &c ti4c ia1tncr cl c2uts in suM-ts
! ctEis enr1Cncy-ret !:slCt ...
Tho distinguished gcutlcnaan from Michigan
Ii,i- rtows ti.ss wheat ia row worth Is
cents at tEieaE9 for ezrort. Let the farmers
Tho farmers are considering the facts and
replt, - Lei Congress coilhidcr tlis fable IL
there ito relief bnt to Increase the Gust 10 tile
farmer Of production and transportation, 20 AZ
to break down }iis business and drive him to
engage in more favored industries With tue
highest tariff ever enacted in this or any othsE
! t1tutry, TIC kurt'lus Grain product increasing
and price diminishing. can Representatives
! rec no way to mid the farmer Int 10 increuse
! still higher the coat Of the ntt.eses he ,anst
r necessarily use? viii not the reduction al
the cost of irrn, steel, salt, and other comrod,
itirt, Of Which he Is tho greatest consumer
reduce in steAt ratio TIC cost OF raising grais
, / and stock. and aid instead Of depressing ha In
sin-try -...
The rricc Of wheat at railrosd stations ant
! townR fsos. 100 tc l5Q miles from Chfaet
! varies 1T the present time from GO to 20 cent
! Per busbcl.
: Tho farmer is not receiving more than abou
Is rrnts l,er hnsfsel for No wheat in Illinois
. | and tilf. fcr tte hcsf GuaGtT Of spring wheat
The }or rrice Of Wheat Abroad is the sesul
in ra1t Of iucro.scd facilities of Transports
ton. Cnusss which arc to sonse extasas Pc:
! paanent will keep the price Of wheat low.
1t secu,s to bo CONCEDED that the price o
! wheat abroad determines the price ot all th'
: : wheat in this country. But what determine
the price Of tho wheat in foreign countries
Demand for food IS constant. a1ad ita lntenslt
!. depends upon tho supply American wiea
4 in part feeds the manufacturers OF England An'
= France. 1t must cnmnete with the wheat raises
= there aud other Eufopesan OF Asatic coit.
y tries and ruh,nit TO receive the pree a. whsel
continental wheat at-fEowers eau a1ord or II
r willing 70 sell The American wlcat-growc
II must compete With the cheap laboz OF Euro
+ ltan countries. lie must Aecept the prlce =
+ which the cheap lAlor And cheaper transports
1. ton cal furnish food to the consumer. $
;c long as there is surplus Tor export it il cor
II crded that this would he the case Il istmroe
h sshls to consume, in ths country. tho whole o
ID our aEr'enltu1A ptoanec- Our ye.rly sutrl.,
n u What would furnish nearly 6.oJo,ouo ree
"a visions would supply tbem with meats an
~ other food. There eecrns to be no rsactic,
,a method cf preventing o1f farmers from raj
as as ing surplus. Tho arguments seem to be th,
T. bcsvily against their industry, increasing Il
" coat Of raising wheat md tie profits Of ma
N ufactorinE, tosnc Of the farmers vii bo forct
~ ~ 10 engage in manufacturing.
- Wills the farmer, struggling 70 maintain
70 livelihood. pressed on he one ado b The 10
Or p.ice OF farm tTplucte and the excessive co
20 Of what be must but, is preparing hia ;els
1a ior another unrrmnneEatiSe crop. the fnan
y facturer IL asling Us to Increase The bs1rdc
q uNon agricultural production. Tho 1uanata
~ ~ tur.1, more fortunate engaged IN unptoht
~. bio undertakings. il lis furnace Is too ~ iso
~. coal, or lacks cheap transportation 70 tne .
~ - OF to tho markets for the fnis1aed rsodn
~ can change his investment Of carttal and
Of move his machinery to other localities VIM
Llle natural advantages and ability 70 paIchsa
1av cheap mu:erial enable him to work TO oet'
Advantage and more profit But the tAsto
tru cannot remove lir capital: it il hxed- +
led home " bv hts fic1ds He cannot abandon
nci- possessions and transfer his industry to 9th
nav enterprises.
enc The advocates Of prolilitosy duties or hi
feo, ffotectlte dulles lAve conceded that tho PIT
,ou ent pEleea are not remunerstiyc.
ted lhe Following statement is based on = vic
on ot ~ hushel1 peE Ac7e, hut the act,la1 4yera
cen Yield u The So-Aw cstern States ia 13 bus
ali cls: 60 that the 6ctu1l cost would he ueA
,ee- 20-l3 Of s1lz equa1ling slas ss the syata
ley cost OF producing winter wheat in tho Nor
- I weftern Etates.
- The Interest on so At per cent il =, which,
not GNlod1 " y e1Sef.
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