The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28

only what Is left must 60 to the owners.
This class are to suffer. II you read the de-
bates In Parliament you will see that an at
tempt is made 10 excite sympathy for British
farmers, Bot the parties who really are
affected are British landlords. II 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 ten
ants share can not be less than 1t now Is,
and the loss must fall upon the owners"
After adverting TO the agricultural system
of Great Britain, where the nobility 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 lis being secured by entails. But the
tenures of land can be arranged that they
may he held by families and made safe from
divisions by laws OF entsil and primogeni-
ture. Here the speaker quoted Mr.. Glad
stone: Inequality OF conditions and
here0iiy of estates are not so much the Gre
alton of Eoglish laws as the soIres OF their
political institution" Continuing, Mr. Sey-
mour said:
E~NGLAND's FEAR OF THE UNITED STATES.
sour cheap and fertile lands and the low
cost of sending our products to Europe may
work great changes IN the condition of the
higher classes and the tenures of real estate.
Tbis explains the uneasiness they have
shown when we send food to relieve the
hunger of their people. 1t is not this mer-
clful work, but the fear that hereafter we
may reduce their resources, which disturbs
them. II we do, their large estates can not
be held by their present ten
ures; they must be sold or divided.
1t is not necessary 10 dwell upon the great
changes this would make in the social and
political aspect of Great Birsin. The fear
OF this has already given birth 20 plans tor
taxing all food brought from other countries.
This has led to a controversy between the
landed and manufsc uring Interests. Brit
ain has been called the workshop OF the
world; bat its artisans are now pressed by
competition from many quarters, and are
suffering from the low wages they get. How,
then, can Governments tax tneir food? II
this harsh plan is adopted, il will send many
Of its skilled workmen to US, white those who
remain will carry on their trades with in
creased cost for food, while they are SUBJ
jscted to sharp competition by the very
wOrkmen driven to TINS country, where all
the necessaries of life VIII be so much
cheaper. In the end they NUT take our
grain or give up classes of their people. We
can not ioresee what course they will take,
for no one can read the debates in ParIia
ment without being struck with the igno-
rance OF members, not only with respect 10
our States, but their Canadian colonies. II
their statesmen are as ignorant with regard
TO their dependencies in Asia and Africa as
they are about those on this continent the
British empire is in great peril
of dishonor aud disaster. The result
probably 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 aud many of
the provisions from US aud our markets In
future Will be thuIsnlarged. IL they tax
imported food they will break down their
manufactures, des troy their home markets
and bring disaster upon their country. If
the COntir entail nations tax food, in addition
to military aud other burdens, they will
drive away their youog aud active citizens
and reduce their mi itary strength. Mon
aYchs will be safer from bullets wnen food is
cheap and abundant"
OUR HOME
The speaker said that while dwelling on
foreign markets We must not lose sight of
home Transactions, which are still more
inn portant. He held that the prosperity
which agriculture has given to all other
industries and pursuits will now react in
its favor and make new demands for its
products. The belief entertained by some
farmers that il it cost more to bring bro
duce to the towns and cities by way OF the
canals and railroads farms would be In
creased in value, he considered 8 great
error. "rhey would" he said, turn
away our commerce; they would tax not only
the food of those engaged in reising indus
tries; but of more than two-lhirds of u
farmers, they would diminish the popula
ton of towns and cities, and thus drive
away our best customers. Most of my own
property is in farm and lands, and | have
given much thought and study to this sub
Ject. II We suffer our canals to be broken
down, and thus lose all control of the
course of trade; if we consent to any policy
which diverts ii from our State, we shall
undo the work of our fathers, who, by a
wise commercial policy lifted Ii up from a
low to the bighess position in our Union
by drawing the enriching currents of trade
through its Territories. Along the routes
of these all pursuits and industries have
been multiplied When these are crippled
or destroyed. u farms will lose a large
share OF their value" Continuing this sub
ject, he said that the great cities of the world
are placed In a belt running round the earth,
following a certain mean temperature. There
may be more fertile lands north and south of
this belt, but their cities are not as large or
farms as valuable, and the reason for this is
that there are the more activity and wealth
where there are the most wants. There can be
no diffused wealth under the tropics, where
men wear but soanty clothing. and where
nature gives food with little or no labor.
Farms are of little value under the
tropics. A similar condition of things
exists in the Arctic regions, where
oil or the blubbsr of seals and whales must
be used to keep up life and warmth. As we
leave those extremes and travel toward the
temperate zons we find increasing wants
and wealth until We reach the belt of the
greatest variety of products OF industry, arts
aud sciences. After dwelling on the high
civilization and business activity evinced bv
the people OF the United States, be said: IF
all our people were farmers, and made the
simple clothes and furniture used else where
there would be an abundance OF food, but
little wealth and activity Some of the
smaller countries of Europe give us examples
of this state of society. The census of New
York shows that in 1875 not one third of
our population were engaged in raising food,
and that more than two-thirds are con
sumers. This proves the importance of up
holding our commercial interests, and of
increasing the numbers OF those who buy
farm products. Mr.. Seymour concluded