Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-01
All Ass.t wheat.

All Absat Wheat
Wheat raised in Iowa and sent to
Liverpool or Londen to market is .
poor Investment. Chicago Mail.
True, and the sooner our farmers
"sce" it the better for the farners.-
[Wankon Standard.
Exactly, neighbor Standard. The
home market il the best and most re-
liable. 1t is better to look to new
England and Pehnsylvanis for mar.
ket than Old England and France,
and, consequently, tariff for prctec-
tion 10 better for the farmer than one
solely tor revenue.-(Milli
To which . correspondent Of the
McGregor Times replies that the
above II ! iallacy, and . begging oi
the question. The object Of thA sr.
ticle is IN show tho beautiss OF Fret
Trade for our farmers. He says:
"All the world knows that the
boundless prairies Of the mighty
West, with their iuexhaustible re-
sources are destined By svsry law q
God and common sesss TO b the
granariss Of the world; consequently
the market for our produce 10 sbroad,
aod ever must be; We shall always
produces vastly more than We con.
sumo. +" This 10 . gram produc-
ing country. Europe with its toiling
millions u mainly grain consuming
country. We prefer, therefore, to
get the highest price tor our wheat
where we should naturally look tor il
.abroad; in short, to adopt the SIM
pie rule-the first principle OF the
trader and merchant in every land
is to sell in the highest market and
buy In the cheapest.
The argument is, that Free Trade
gives us . higher price tor our grain
than . Protective Tariff. He gives
prices Of wheat on January 23d last,
in Liverpool, t1.73 per bushel; IN
New York, S1.52; Chicago, Sl.252; /;
McGreeor, t1.06. This is under the
present Tariff. Last week we gave
the prices Of several farm products
. they were twelve years ago, when
We were experiencing the benefit OF
Free Trade. and we reproduce them,
with the prices at the present time.
Free Trade. Tariff
Price, 1853, Price, 1871.
per bu. $50 $1.O6
Corn, PEE bu. 20 81
Oats. rer bu. 25 SO
Potatoes, per bu. Is 60
Wheat in '5S, in New York, 96
Milwaukee, 81a-. So our farmers
will see that it. as he contends, the
prices of PRODUCTS depend upon Free
Trade or Tariff, the latter is the farm
.r's friend every time.
But look again ~ his assertions
hat s'the mighty West" is destined
10 be the granaries of the world" etc.
The statement is not true now, and
will be less and less SO each succeed
ng year. The non-producing mil.
ions of Europe to-day consume more
wheat raised on the great RUSSIAN and
German wheat fields than from Amer
cA though the German production
s temporarily interfered with by the
war; but the Russian wheat produc-
lion is being rapidly developed BY
he extension Of her railroads, and
Ter wheat growing territory far ex-
,eeds that Of the United States. So
hat this '.granary Of the world" talk
8 simply rhetorical flourish.
But there is another tact that our
armers ought to understand, and
hat is that raising wheat to export
loes not pay, even 1t 4l.5O PEI bush
Il that no community can get rich
Il raising wheat, for the reason that
oy 90 doing they are constantly run.
hing down their lands, rendering
hem unproductive and less valuable
ind any advantages arising from tenn
,orary high prices 10 moro than made
,p BY the rapid exhaustion Of our
,oil. Here, more than anywhere else
ies our danger. To Diversity our
armiug, and build up and receive
support from manufactures
If all kinds, " the only means of es-
,ape from such . result. If Free
Trade will do this for a., let Us have
i; If not, and . Tariff win, let us have
hat. We believe that Free Trade
will not thus benefit the farmers, and
hat . justly.arranged Tariff will
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