The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-08

wealth oil the nation, and increase con.
sumption and enhance the value OF every
marketable article. The laboring man who
ekes out n miserable pittance for his work
Is only able to furnish his suffering family
with the bare necessities OF life. No luxury
comes 10 bis table, no change OF rament
to ILLS wardrobe; but like the mu2led OK
that treads out the Corn OF his muster, he
works on and On, merely receiving enough
bread aud sllt TO keep Eoul md body to.
ge,hCr. With such class Of consumers
where is the ngriculturst going To find
purchasers for his products, md how Is he
going 10 increase his bank account snni.
iiCiently to bny his plows and hrrows.
reapcrs and mowers, even II free tride FUR
nisheg them for Il mere songp
And this brings us to the consideration
Of the argument upon which Mr.. Turner
bases his principal reason for advocating
free trade, viz, that protection dcprcsscs
and Injuries the agricultural interests Of the
country. II he IL correct IN this, and can
establish the fact beyond all cavil, then
will agree with h I'M to become an out and
ont free trader. but | deny the proposi.
ton In toto, and must require OF Mr.. Tur-
ner something besides mere assertions to
establish the fact.
WHAT STATISTICS SHOW.
Statistics bear me out in the assertion
that where manufactures exist extensive
ly there agriculture ilourislcs the most.
Cotton and iron mills and agricultural i'm.
plGinent factories are essential 10 n -four.
ishing agriculture uS are guano and bone
dust. You vote down the factories and
you vote down the wheat. They do not
occupy opposite sides OF the balance but
both 90 up and down together. They are
the industrial barometer OF the country,
indicating its business prosperity or dc.
precision. England Is Il great manufacture.
ing empire, and yet her yield OF wheat
per acre il nearly double that OF the United
States, and, Notwithstanding the oppression
Of the laboring classes, the workmen in
her mills and mines furnish consumers
Tor her home producis and are extensive
consumers OF Americas surplusagc. Take
thc state OF Massachusetts, ono OF the lar.
sest manufacturing Suites, In proportion to
population and area, in the Union, and
what do We find Her average yield Of
wheat per acre isnearly 20 per cent greater
than Indiana and Illinois, and some 10 per
| cont lrrpnipr tlun Ohm Tho ovnrn,,n ,,osI,
vnl,,e nrr mere. oi nina imnor,"rt nrndnc.a
of arricuI,rrc inrId;n" tnh""c . - e shn"s
lint NInssarhnsctts il snsn,sscJ Iv hnt 'o oMo
Stn,r in Tho Union And wha; S,a,o Wy T.
thatp Isl Illinois Kansas or Iowo wLor 20
vnm hnv,. Int IN ,irtIn ,hc aa. y%, ,r "" she
Inmrbs viii, nm abundant Lor,oo ~ S S.,e
II Tint wonder NJ na,nro, in ,Iint N.Y. wi
climatic bcncvolence thn St,,e of Go,; Tr.u
niaY M, II il tho l;n,a '' " 0"'''o''
n.nr.a1,.,''
Ala, ,os,,,' STAT VI Ni'opt isLAHD'
snu pos'. ,;S =. ,noe Cotton sphues 70 the
Nnniv thn ,est in nvorr norc,;,,oii,. ,aa.s
nor md iGn rcsn,, 10 tho s"mo '' TI1,
horscs nj III" mi I,', e.,to o s"ai III e LUZ
average vnluc than ,ioso t ~; W b. n,os
Stale IIor m;ch non. 80 arc n an. IN" :,
ovcracc voirc INV h,, omo ".S T eS S,c,o III
Shccp va n"o- I, ~ar I.. T' a s' . iler
o"e v,Ime ~ NO r whni o oo "Uose ny "er
Cnliiorn;, sbn noSs ,ho h;,hos: ,ran o.ept
farm lnh"rors nj .!" ' o,hor S,n,, VIZ" III u
,hr rsicl. rmns throrn M, S. a,; ".,U ,;s 50
A"r;rm,nro and mnrufn.r u.,e eai l", i'?l
| ieI =; - 80" It''eS 81 iI'iiu Ill