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84 . 64^ 65 . 55 $15-25 '5-5 16. 50 16. 50 17-25 17. 00 17. 00 16. 50 19. 0625 17. 8166 19. 9396 20. 1866 20. 5357 26. 4591 26. 1538 30. 0000 May 13. 00 14. 00 15. 00 14. 00 12. 00 11. 00 21. 6667 19. 3103 22. 7273 20. 5882 17-3913 22. 0000 June July August October .. . NOTE. There are no quotations in the reports from which we have quoted for April in 1855 and 1856, nor for April and November in 1857 for lumber. In all cases the prices are for run of mill lumber. We confidently submit these st...atistics as complete disproof of the Free Trade allegation that Western farmers are oppressed, victim- ized, and robbed by the tariff on lumber. During the Free Trade period the duty was only 15 per cent, ad valorem ; during the Pro- tective period, and now, $2 per thousand feet. Yet what do we see ? 44 THE FARMERS' LUMBER QUESTION. For seven months of the season of 1868, comparing highest price with highest price, lumber could have been bought with fewer bush- els of corn than during the season of 1855.
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