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FARMERS^ REGISTER 



the Compromise Act. If our vvoolien manufric- 

 tures Hhall lie enabled to withstand the shock they 

 Will meet with, when thai act goes luliy into ope- 

 ration, I shall be most agreeably disapiiointed. • 1 

 feared, I'rom ilie moment ul' its passage, tiiat they 

 were destined to be completely pros/rafe^Z. i be- 

 lieve that such will be lound to be the result, when 

 thai act goes lully into eilect. Wiien it passed, 

 ■woollens, you will recollect, paid a duty offilty per 

 cent. The rednciion ofduty commenced, I tliink, 

 (I speak tium memory) in June 1S37, and was 

 only three per cent. [)er annum (that is one tenth 

 ol the excess above twenty per cent.) ibr the years. 

 1837, 183S, 1S39, and 1840, making the whole 

 ndijictioti Ibr the lour years twelve per cent. But 

 in 1841 and 1842 the reduction will be six tenths 

 of the excess, thereby bringing down the duty 

 very suddenly liom 38 per cent, to 20 per cent. 

 VV lien this |;eriod arrives, on/i/ a small effort of 

 English woollen manufacturers will be necessary 

 to break down our own woollen establisliments 

 completely, and then they will have lull command 

 of the market lor woollen fabrics in the United 

 States, which will greatly more than indemnify 

 them Ibr any temporary sacrifices, they .niay 

 have made to put down their American rivals. 

 We shall then have the glorious privilege of 

 relying altogether upon foreigners to grow woo! 

 for us, and to fabricate our blardvets, cloths and 

 oilier woollen goods. We shall loo, Irequently, 

 have the glorious effect of importations, largely 

 exceeding our exports, which we are now so deli- 

 CLOUsly enjoying. To be serious, our " Iree sys- 

 tem" of convenience, with which we are now so 

 much in love, is to break down nearly all our do- 

 mestic establishments, (perhaps coarse cottons 

 may survive.) Even our navigation, alier having 

 grown into an importance, next to that of England, 

 is destined to go with every other interest. The 

 West India trade was wrested from us, by supe- 

 rior British diplomacy, aided by the lolly ol' a 

 political party, who desired to make political capi- 

 tal, by bartering away our navigation rights. Next 

 our navigation interest must go. 



Behold the results of our system, in a table an- 

 nexed to the speech of Mr. Davis, of the senate, 

 0!i the sub-Treasury bill. In 1821, the tonnage of 

 British vessels, entering our ports, was 55,188. 

 In 1835, it had increased to 529,922. The in- 

 crease between these periods was eight hundred 

 and sixty per cent. The increase of our tonnage, 

 during the same period, wi\s seventy -seven per cent. 

 Thus, in fifteen years, British shipping increased 

 more than eleven times as last as ours. In 1821, 

 British shipping entering our ports, was to ouis 

 about as one \o fourteen. In 1835, nearly as one 

 10 two and a half In a few years more we shall 

 have ihe glory of seeing more British than Ame- 

 rican ships arriving in our ports. And if we are 

 to continue our glorious system ol" admitting 

 foreigners to enter into lice competition with us in 

 every thing, it will not be long before our noble 

 tars will be compelled to abandon the ocean, niui 

 betake themselves to the land Ibr a support, instead 

 of having " their home upon the deep." It would 

 be in vain to attempt lo reason upon the subject 

 of the tariff, in the present slate oCthe public mind. 

 The opinions of a single individual have had such 

 n powerful influence, aa to overturn the most set- 

 tled convictions of a whole conuuunity ; and no- 

 thing but time and lung and severe suffering ran 



bring back Ihe public mind to a sound and whole- 

 some state, in relation to the impor iance and ab- 

 solute necessity of giving protection lo oult agricul- 

 ture, manifactures, commerce and naoigalion, the 

 lour great pillars ol'our prosperity. We shall have to 

 endure a lung course of suliering belbre we shall be 

 brought to think correctly, and to act rightly and 

 efficiently upon the imj>orlaHt topics j'ou touched 

 upon in your letter, and to which I have replied 

 in a hasty and, I fear, loo desultory a manner. 



It vvoulii be doing injustice to Mr. Clay to quit 

 this subject without saying, that not tlie slightest 

 censure is intended to be cast upon htm lor the 

 pari he had in relation to the Com[)romise Act. 

 Oa the contrary, I believe, that under the circum- 

 stances, he could have done nothing better Ibr the 

 manufactories or the country. The question was 

 whether the whole system of protection should at 

 once be overthrown, or such a measure be adopt- 

 ed as the compromise bill. The latter alternative 

 was certainly best, because it gave time for a breath- 

 ing spell, and to prepare ibr the worst. It afford- 

 ed time also "Ibr the second thoughts of the 

 people." We shall soon see whether they will 

 use the opportunity lo any profitable purpose. 



Yours, truly and sincerely, A. Beatty» 



HOEING RUTA BAGA. 



From llie New Genesee Farmer. 



An inexperienced cultivator of the riila liaga 

 may commonly be known by liis leaving the plains 

 about lour limes as thickly together as they ought 

 to stand. On ground of any tolerable degree of 

 lertility, the distance of one loot at least should be 

 allowed between the roots, except they be in drills 

 three feet asunder, when ihey may be suffered to 

 stand a little nearer. If sown broadcast, eighteen 

 inches square should be allowed to each root. If 

 the land is rich enough, they will be so mucli 

 latgerin conseijuence of i his increased space, as 

 considerable to increase ihe amount of the crop, 

 and greatly to diminish the labor of harvesting. 



We have observed, on the best soil, well ma- 

 nured previous years, where the crop had been 

 sowed broadcast, and two leet square allotted to 

 each plant, roots weighing from ten to fifteen 

 pounds, and yielding about fifteen hundred bushels 

 an acre. 



!f the soil be poor, the above remarks will not 

 of course apply, and the roots must be much nearer 

 together, as they cannot be made to grow large, 

 and number must be made to compensate, in a 

 small degree tliough it he, Ibr a want of magni- 

 tude. * 



SUNFLOWER SEED OIL. 



From Uie New Genesee Farmer. 



Messrs. Editors — Wm. Wood, an oil manu- 

 facturer here, has make 27 gallons of good oil from 

 19 bushels of sunflower seed, wiihoulfmlling, with 

 Williams & Finder's hydraulic | ress. He also 

 made 2^ gallons of oil from 2^ bushels of common 

 pumpkin seed. 



The above was manufactured in the usual way 

 of managing flax seed, except that the crushed 

 seed was not subject to as much heat in the re- 

 volving C3 linder, belbro it was pressed. S. W. 

 IVaicrloo, June 15, 1840. 



