The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-05

Jnby not HtTehitbtp WIN tAlo pnhO AouoAi
on the same soil, raise enough to supply
their wante, except for the small amount
which they haye heretofore imported ?
Why can we expect, with ordinary sea-
sons, that We eau sell them more. than
We have done in past years; that al
though we may raise grain and make
provisions for less than they can, will
not the effect of this be to merely reduce
the price which farmers will get and not
the amount of food they produce ?
These questions bring into view some
facts of great interest in many respects.
In the first place, where farmers own
their lands, as they do with US, all they
can get for what they sell goes to those
who labor upon the coil. BIT as a rule
in Europe, and particularly in Great
| Britain, what is made upon farms must
support at least two and sometimes four
classes of persons-the tenant, who does
the work, the landlords, and usually
some agen@ or middlemen who hire and
sub.let to tenants. Church rates aud
many other charges mus be paid.
| When our cheap grains reach their mar.
kets, as they will hereafter, and govern.
the prices Of produce, they disturb the
existing arrangements. The tenant must
have enough to live upon then as now,
taxes and tithes must be paid, and only
what is left must 60 to the owners. This
class are to suffer. IF you read the de.
bates in Parliament you will see that an
attempt is made to excite sympathy for
| British farmers. But the parties who
really are affected are British landlords.
If the cost of produce falls, rents must
come down for tenants can pay no
more and landlords will get no more
than prices will give The tenants share
cannot be less than it now is, and the
loss must fall upon the owners"
After adverting to the agricultural
system of Great Britain, where the no
bility are landlords and are recognized
as one of the estates of the Government,
in which rank is hereditary and must be
strengthened by hereditary estates, Mr..
Seymour said that personal wealth is too
evanesCent to admit of it's being secured
by entails. But the tenures of land can
be arranged that they may be held by
families and made safe from divisions by
laws of entail and primogeniture Here
the speaker quoted Mr.. Gladstone In
equality Of conditions and heredity of
estates are not 30 much the creation of
English laws as the source of their po-
litiCal institution" Continuing, Mr..
Seymour said
ENGLAND's FEAR OF THE UNITED STATES |
"Our cheap and fertile lands and the
low cost Of sending our products to Eu.
rope may work great changes in the con-
dition of higher classes and the tenures
of real estate. This explains the uneasi.
ness they have shown when we send
food to relieve the hunger of their peo
pie. 1t is not this merciful work, but
the fear that hereafter we may reduce
their resources, which disturbs them.
If we do, their large estates cannot be
held by their present tenures; they
must be sold or divided. 1t isnot neces.
ssry to dwell upon the great changes this
would make in the social and political
aspect of Great Britain. The fear of this
has already given birth to plans for tax
ing all food brought from other coun-
tries. This has led to a controversy be-
tween the landed and manufacturing in.
terests. Britain has been called the
workshop of the world; but its artisans
are now pressed by competition from
many quarters, and are suffering from
the low wages they get. How, then, can
governments tax their food2 If this
harsh plan is adopted, it W II send many
of its skilled work men to us, while those
who remain will carry on their trades
with increased cost for food, while they
are subjected to sharp com petition by
the very workmen driven to this coun.
try, where all the necessaries Of life will
be 80 much cheaper. In the end they
must take our grain or give up classes of
their people. We cannot foresee what
course they will take, for no one can read
the debates in Parliament without being
struck with the ignorance of members,
not only with respect to our States, but
their Canadian colonies. If their states.
men are as ignorant with regard to their
in Asia and Africa as they
are about those on this continent, the
British Empire is in great peril of dis
honor and disaster. The result proba.
bly, will be that the land owners will
find that they must not only reduce their
rents, but they must also change the
character of their farm products, and buy
most of their grain and many of the pro.
visions from us, and our markets in fu.
ture will be thus enlarged. If they tax
imported food they will break down
their manufactures, destroy their home
markets and bring disaster upon their
If the Continental nations tax
food in addition to military and other
burdens, they will drive away their
young and active citizens and reduce
heir military strength. Monarchs will
be safer from bullets when food is cheap
and abundant"
OUR HOME MARKETS,
The speaker said while dwelling on
foreign markets We must not lose sight
1f home transactions, which are still
more important. He held that the pros
Derity agriculture had given to all other
industries and pursuits, will now react in
ts favor, and make new demands for it's
products. The belief entertained by
Jome farmers, that if it cost moro to get
products to the towns and cities by way
IF canals and railroads, farms would be
increased in value, heconsidered great
error. "They would" he said, "turn our
commerce away; they would tax not only
he food of those engaged in raising in
lustries, but of more than twO-thirds of
our farmers; they would diminish the :
population of towns and cities, and thus
lrive away our best customers. Most Of
ny own property is in farm and lands,
md l have given much thought to
ibis subject. II we suffer our canals to
20 broken down, and thus lose all con-
rol Of the course Of trade; if we consent