Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

WHEAT, more tudu lie UeGuS IOr MS
own use, but he needs clothing and
other articles. The free trader
would go to England after these
goods, or some other cheap labor
country. Who pays the cost Of the
exchange. Wheat is worth, at Up
per Sandusky, one dollar. 1t is
worth one dollar and fifty cents at
New \ ork, the farmer pays the cost
fof transportation, it is taken out Of
the price of wheat at Sandusky.
Now if the cloth Is bought in Eng
fand, who pays the transportation
from New York; The farmer. Now
tlf he could buy his cloth or other
manufactured goods in his own
country he could afford to pay a
greater amount of money for them
and have money left for electionur,
ing purpose or to send his son to
West Point. Not only will the far
mer be benifited, but the interests
of the different classes of this coull-
try one 30 interviewer that you can
not benefit any particular. class of
persons in your own country with
out producing beneficial results up
on other classes as we'll as yourself,
but you may give the foreigner. the
benefit of your trade and injure
yourself. You may support the
pauper labor OF Europe while our
own poor are out of employment
If making iron is SO very profitably.
as some are ready to believe, why
do not men go into the business and
produce a supply of the article, as
they have done in wheat, for there
is duty on wheat. Notwithstanding
all the arguments presented to prove
that the cost of iron has been in
creased to just to the amount OF the
duty. Here is the article of wheat
according to the figures of your
correspondent, in 1856 it was SI,2O
in gold, and now with the highest
tariff that we ever had, it is but y
cents in gold. Why has the price
of wheat gone down 48 cents under
a tariff while the price of iron has
increased under the same policy, if
your correspondents theory is cor
rect. The people of Ohio are pay
ing in S3,00O,00O upon the wheat
which they consume annually, which
goes into the"pocket of the already
millionaire Farmer" which has
called out the sympathy of A. w. B.
The above estimate is from those
figures that it requires five bushels
Of wheat to each person in the State
and that the duty is 2Octs per BUSH
el1and that there are three millions
of persons in the state, but I think
that there is another law which gov
erns prices, and that is, that supply
and demand fixes the prices of all
articles, money not excepted. The
millionaire Farmers have produced
an abundent wheat crop, which has
increased the supply. During that
time we have been importing goods,
over two hundred million from
France alone and that includes but
four artit les, without even having
the privilege Of boarding those man
ufacturers there. Why is this ? Be-
cause the same cheap labor that can
make iron produces grain conse-
quently they get their grain from
Russia and other countries near
home and save large bill of freight.
l am of the opinion that this nation
is able to produce its own living,
clotbe and feed all classes within
her limits, and she can never be in
dependent until she does it. Every
gold dollar she sends abroad to pay
the balance of trade is loss to the
nation, it destroys the foundation of
our paper currency. 1 do not wish
to be understood to say that the
present tariff does not opperate as a
tax to a certain extent, yet, do moi
see why we should select out a GER
tain class and try to make them be-
lieve that they are the only persons
who pay tax under the present tar
iff. Our national debt will be paid,
(Mungen to the contrary, notwith
s:anding) and it will cost us some
thing to do it, and while We are do
ing it, we should protect ourselves
by encouraging our people to work
and maintain themselves G.
Nevada, o. March 25th 1870.