QF AMERICA. 



the farmers and agriculturists generally of the great Central 

 and Western States. The amount being 200 dollars to 

 7,000,000 families, is, therefore, 1,400,000,000 dollars in the 

 aggregate. 



The next step is to ascertain what portion of that amount 

 the Western farmers would save if, by the abolition of 

 import duties, they were left free to supply their wants from 

 the cheapest market, wherever that might be, whether in 

 America or in Europe, whether in New England or in Old 

 England. This question is easily solved, as, fortunately, 

 we have the guidance of positive facts supplied by the 

 official returns of the United States Government. From 

 these we learn that prices are so high in America and so 

 low in Europe, that, in spite of the enormous duties levied 

 on them, considerable quantities of European goods are 

 imported into the United States, where they must, of course, 

 leave a profit to the senders, or they would -not be sent. 

 Let us enumerate some of the leading articles imported in 

 the year 1878, stating their amounts and the rate per cent, 

 of duties which they had to pay : — 



What do these figures mean ? They mean that the prices 



