, 1870-02-14

TO Ehk fttloT or The Chttd1o TRIBUNE:
Through your paper. which naa ever been found
the advocate Of freedom and fAlf pfsy, purpose
10 addEtBs tie producers OF tue West IN series
Of letter., the object Ct which will be to show,
practically md statist!cally. that By means Of
nine years clA1s Iegnlssion, the farmers OF this
great county do not receive the fair play from
onr national leEA.Rtora which II cur common
nL,hIiehs.
Every couGtry has three great interests, which
constitute the lstiopai wealth, viz, agriculture,
Manufactures, and commerce. Al lnnR ~ snese
great lLdntpes are trt1led BY the governing
rowerh wiah scrupulors equality. nu Will feel
alle rational depression Of Eatianal prosperity.
it's only when tavoritlau ID shown 10 one that
Ito o,hets naturally suGer Ia the same proportion
L-s me now show you, producers nssi, that
Jou do suffer wIopg. and, secondly why the
WroDg 10 suffered:
On the 9Th Of September your No. wheat aold IN
Chicago fer }1.27 ptr buAhet and eIghtpeuny na!ls
At Is per keg OF lfU pounds. ono hundred bushels
Of 3onr Nc. wheat brought On the 9th OF Sep
,ember, in the ely Of Chicago, exactly 500
pounds Of elgntpeuny IatlA.
On tie 4th OF december your No. 2 wheat sold
In Chcsgo ior 81 cents per busheI, and eixhtpepny
Lalls for IS keg. Yone one hundred bushels OF
wheat therefore, ony bl ought on that day exactly
1,<e1 pounds OF etghtpenDy nails, Or lis pounds
len than on the 9Th Of September.
cuw VI klt3G AlklC4e4 A1E = 4ltlCkly UQlQE&-
lie production Mails arc made Of homemade
American i1on, and cut BY American machinery.
WheA. Il. Of course, In Ike nAuner q par and
parcel The product OF our sou and labor.
II the DECLINE in gold has deprecated the pstce OF
| wheat II should IN Ike manner hive Depressed
the price Ct cut nalA You must, therefore
oWn that you encounter WIonR somewhere bJ
| not getting M uany pouudl Of e'ghtpecuy nall
| Oh the 4tn Of Decemae1 for Io1r 1o1 bushels o.
| No. wheat ~ you did on tho 9th Of September.
. viii now show Jou why you have 10 suneF sht
| WONG.
| Mhess Ia rot imported into the United Statcl
81 1t ia ht8pe We ta.sc In plenty for all ou. on,
| ute md export 1t la5gely, No foreign nAro1
| could cCtDptts with u In wheat In cur owl
| maTteA; hut lion L. 80 nnch chtape
msde in Europe that, II there would be no ptotce
ton On the lmPortauons, Il could be laid down L
Chicago for oLt-lalll less tnan It's preseps p1ics
a clash legislation nnt, therefore, granted 4 te,
| monDpollsts Of iron bonus Of about Is per Ger
on ali uon produced In America, by ordering that
ike amount Of duty should be levied on all foEeig
Iroa that comes TO our ports. Now, cut nails al
| made OF iron, and rs long As hy lAW the monopo
! on home made lion Is suitalntd, II matters vel
little TO the iron manufacturers whether Jou z,
I NJ cents CT ~ centa per oushel for your No.
wheat They arc privileged class, and hare tt
power to make 5on pay the ZANE for a pound
e1entpeIpy Lalls as II you were to get sL70 P,
bushel fcrwheat.
Snppose these iron mouopolista turn round ar
Eay. the reason that wheat Is low Is GtUply OWL
to the tact that the price IN London Ia 10 =. tn,
I ithe monopos1s} viii then hdn1l. that q famine
England naa alone the power 10 heireud You, al
, | that Jou. a. ia1lerd and produeera from the So
, ! while paying the 1ron-uas.ers Go per ceat mo
, Than the va.ue OF theis rrodncta receive nosatl
l whatever in return tram them for the burdens il
E pofcd Oh you. OrES f1Ca EYES,