Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-10-22
nding Governor Campbell would

/ hold In my hand the catalogue OF tht
/ Glasgow Agricultural society. issued fol
their fair, held on May 9th and 7th last
Look at these prices which farmers ART
compelled to pay:
"At Stand No. 10 we find Walter a
Wood binder. complete, for e45, oI
$225: Woods E. G.. mower, el9 6s.-
nearly 500; Woods improved old open,
gear mower. e15 15S.. or $7S.75.
| AT Stand No. II you notice a Horns
bv's sheaf- binding harvester. feet 3inch
cut, ESQ, or $3.50; and just below here you
note horse hay rakes, % teeth, 30 inch
wheels. with seat, reduced to American
currency, $67. so; rakes with 2S teeth and
4S-inch wheels, $3.50.
Here at the same stand we see an
American back-action hay-tedder at
$57.15; an Oliver chilled plow (401) at
$50; ''I25" Oliver combination chilled
plow at $1S.I5; and 40 A" Oliver long
handle, iron beam, at $50. American
farmers know how these prices compare
with prices paid by them.
AT Stand y are some British made
plows, (and implements of British make
always sell for more money than of
American make) and we see a patent
anti-friction plow at S35. Then follows
description of four styles of Gray's
Champion plows, with steel mould board
at sec 75 TO $3.50 each. Here are land
rollers at $43, hay rack lifters at $3.50,
patent horse forks at $65; tanning mills
at $35 TO $45; harrows at SIS to $50, and
so on through fifteen stands and a test of
nearly 500 exhibits mot all of different
kinds, of course.)
But note this fact: In no case can our
British cousin buy his farming tools,
American or homemade, as cheaply as
the American farmer, and in most cases
he pays from 25 to 1875 per cent, and in
some instances 200 per cent. more than
we do. Governor Campbell has, doubt
less, been reading certain Democratic
newspapers which are acting upon the
principle that "a lie well stuck to is as
good as the truth The way this monu-
mental lie is harped by certain Demo
cratic newspapers is really astounding" I"
Their Relative Wages.
Now, Judge Brown, can you give US
a discussion of the question of the rela-
tive wages of American and British
workingmen?"
at is hardly worth our while to dis
cuss the relative wages paid the Euro
pean and American workingman; whole
page might be taken up in its discussion
and we should only prove what every
body already admits-that the American
workingman is much the better paid.
Yes. know it is alleged that a dollar
will go much farther in free trade Great
Britain than in America, and hence the
workingman is as well off, though re-
ceiving very much less wages. This last
assertion is falsehood as monumental.
a lie quite as bold as the one about farm
machinery. The fact is, if it were not
for the many heavy burdens borne by
the British farmer. the price he receives
for his products would make farming re-
munerative.
Price of Farm Lands.
"Here is clipping from the London
Times Clipped by myself of July last.
which speaks volumes as to the condition
of the farmer in free trade England.
When good farms, situated within forty
five miles of the great city of London,
are offered for sale at $35 to $45 per acre,
it speaks in thunder tones of the deplor-
able condition of the British farmer:
FREEHOLD FARM. 81 per acre. As
miles from London. A good farm house,
set of buildings, and 305 acres. Price
e2, I30 Also an adjoining farm, 229 acres,
go per acre: j. e. 1880. Messrs. Dowsett
and Co., 3, Lincoln's-inn fields, London.
Price of Staple Food Articles.
'How about the prices of staple food
articles in Scotland?"
"When left Glasgow the middle of
July last, we were paying 33 cents a
pound for the best steak, "a cents each
per pound for mutton and pork chops;
and for every kind of meat nearly double
the price charged here. Breadstuffs are
of course much higher, because obtained
largely from America, with transporta-
ton of 1000 miles and the profits of sew
eral middlemen added. Oysters-well,
two to three cents each; the idea of buy
ing oysters by the head as you would a
sheep! Coffee is AZ to 60 cents per pound.
Great Britain believes in tariff for rev.
enue only hence imposes tariff duties
on tea and coffee.
Fruit of all kinds is enormously high.
have paid four shillings- s-96 cents-per
pound for grapes, no better than I have
bought in Toledo at five cents pound OF
less. Cucumbers are worth twelve cents
each, and tomatoes twelve cents a pound
How is that for the cost of living, and
the falsehood that dollar will go farther
in free trade England than in the United
States?"
Clothing.
"Will you talk about the comparative
prices of clothing here and in Great
Britain?"
"Yes, I'll tell you about the cost of
clothing. Boots and shoes are worth
from 10 to % per cent. more than in the
United States. Calico and muslin are
both cheaper in America. Underwear
of all kinds, both for ladies and gentle
men, is much more expensive in Great
Britain than in the United States. Fine
suits, silks, satins, plushes, kid gloves,
seal skin sacques, ETC., are cheaper on
the other side than here; but when it
comes to buying suit for So, such as
and farmers wear about
their work, you can get just as good a
suit in the United States as you can in
England, for the same money.
Here is a pair of socks producing
them) for which paid, at leading dry
goods house in Glasgow, half crown,
go cents. think you can buy as good
in Toledo for 35 cents, or three pairs for
a dollar. And here is some muslin
which in Glasgow cost Cd, or over 10
cents per yard. Could you not buy as
good in Toledo or anywhere else for to
10 cents?"
Muslin.
The English muslin exhibited by the
Judge can be duplicated as to quality at
any dry goods store in Toledo at cents
a yard, retail Judge Brown went on:
You can thus see how far dollar
will go on the other side, and draw your
own conclusions as to how much of these,
to us, necessaries of life, can be indulged
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