Facts For The People
(jenenil JUnnkerhuif, of Ohio whr s od the stump advoctmg rurenue rc'onii in Now York, i miliing sotitt teling pailita ;iaiust ur ini(]nitou9 Rdical tariff, alihiiiigh be ia huusolf a Radcal lu a leceut speech ho a:ii i : "Now, acconliii!; to the cenèus report of 1800, our lumber prtxluct w;is valucd at 96,000,000, and oanturt now be loss than !15ü.üu0,u0ü. Maltiplj tbls bj tweaty per cent and you have $30,000,000 s the taz pald iiy the people upon the single Ítem oi lumber. If lolsall went Into the treaaury I vvouUl not comptaln so mucii, bnt whvu I turn to ths mosiptsof the treasary last rear, I Qnd that the ffovernmeut uot oiily 66,140; over f29,000.000 went iuto the pockets ot'the few ricii owners of the lumber lands." The poor men wLo are building d welling! upon their lots have helped to pay tliis enormous bounty to tho lumber diaiiulacturers of the country, and what luwe tln-y received in return? Nothiug whatever. The farmer? wlio hare been building houses und bariis havo holped to pay i, aud what have they recfived in returo f II ms gritin comnnnded liig'ier prioo - has tho market been more readji aod active as a consequer.ee ? - Not by any meaos. Tho market haf been dull und the priuo lowcr thau u-uiil. Havo thu mcotiamcs been banohted ? By do mean-i ; thoueande of perfiors who would have erected buildings have beeu deterred írom doinif so in consequiTico of tbo high price of lumber AVho, the:i, lias b (pii benufitoii The f i w ut the expense of the many. - Free I'rets. An old farmiT faid to liia sods " Biiys, don 't ynu eer ppekel'ite, o W'ii for suntbin to turn tip. You migh jest as wpü go an' si down on a ston in the midclle of a medder, wilh a pai atwist your les, an' wiit for a cow t baak np to you to bo milked." Truly is lift) akiu to priel' - nnd how neeessary is it to onr fiature ! As th light consumes the iiiauinn'o --ulittan e it re-ts upon, so Ihüt it reqairca the night to ifs'ore bat is 1 ist nuricg t'ie dav, thm docH projMrity fatten upin what is bost within us, only to be the dark bleesings witbiu ns.
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