Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-03
TARIFF.

VIC VI 'ht itdiiiig democratic pa
hcrs Of the State, having consiacraJl
circulation in this county, has com
y enccd the agitation OF the tariff qucs
Ton, We use the word agitation.
i>Ga,isc we are not willing to SO mis-
use The language as to call il discus
son. There Is no argument, nor n
attempt, noi SHOW Of argUm mt 1t !,
o"y larctaccl assumption ana bell
ass,rl ms from the Fl st to a t. Int
following is a specimen OF its assump
,n:-
In the west we must all be tol
Free Trade, Ii matters not what here
and tierc an individual may say. 81
n."1 ave are opposed to nigh Pro.
,,c;Ne Tariffs.
As far rs the Age STEAKS authorize
Hsy,N tor the Democratic party there
,sr Be 40 doubt that it speaks traly;
on t4is question, rs We'll rs on some
'ers, that party has held dogrn.s,
winch, il put into practical operation
would result ui-astrotsl Y 10 the ma
rial and industrial resources Of the
uioN; and we cannot believe that
the PARTY, now in its dccrcptudc. h.s
learned any new tricks or become in
rloctrinated with new principles. The
-f.Js will do well not to pretend to
.;,cai> Tor any ore b.t is c"n political
associates.
Let lis see if it is il,le ih:; we of
th" West are all for Free Trade and
opposed to Protective Tariffs.
All must admit that farming lands
ot tile SAME iAtrlnsic value have a
eater marketable vaiiie when situa,-
va within one mile OF Tc!cdo than
b. .cn situated ten miles north OF this
pace. Why? Simply, because the
oAncr of the land ncla. Toledo has a
ga .,krt close to his owh door for all
inc ,.o lucts of his farm, Of which mar
h,t he can take advantage whenever
IN" i'artnation OF pric are i'll his
favor On the other hand, the farmer
l.yug ten miles ncrth can not take i'm
mc,.a.o advantage OF the fluctuations
81 i'rica>, hut must haulhis produce to
naarket when he can and obtain such
prices MS are then proiiicred him. That
tie distance produce has TO be trans
ported to market, to effect a sale,
must euter into the calculation as TO
III, y.,ue of the produce, is ycry
np'e proposition and easily under
stood It".A" has to be at al expense
u ten cents bushel in getting his
wheat to market, of course lis wheat
j. worth ten cents a bushcl less at his
farm than at the place Of sale, and his
profits will not be so much by five
cents bushel as the profits Of b
VINO can get his wheat TO market for
five cents bushcl. SO of what goods
he has 10 buy. If a" living 50 far
from market must spend 4 whole lay
every time he goes there, the, t. tac
market price Of his purchase, must be
added the worth CT that days time in
ascer'aining the cost TO him, OF the ar
'icleS purchased. % living SO near
the market, has less TO add to the mar
XII prize of his purchase. III other
words, the farmer obtains for his produce
l.ts 80 much less than its ralue cs 1t costs
Inn 10 yet 1t to market, and he pays toy
his goods Just so much mare as it cost hin
ID transport them from the market to his
horne.
Now in this illustration, as IN many
another what is true III the segregate,
IS true III the aggregate; what is true
on a limited field, is equally true on
more extensive arena. We will sup.
pose a state of thing which the appi-
cation of Free Trade doctrine has al
ways tended to produce, and which,
if carried out to its legitimate end,
would certainly producc-namels, IN
entire absence Of factories which pro-
duce fabrics entering into competition
with those of forei gn manutacture;!ron
Mills, Foundrles, Cotton & Wooden
Factories, Machine shops, &c. &c.
The Iowa farmer who raises more
wheat and corn than his own family
can consume must send the Balance all
the way to England, France or Ger
many, to find market. The cost Of
Transporting these bulky products SO
far is very great; and some stat;sti.
clans tell us that the bwshcl rt wheat
is quadruplcd in price in the transfer
from Iowa to Liverpool, SO that one
bushc' Of wheat in Liverpool is worth
four bushels in Iowa. The Iowa far
mer, in this case, instead of getting
the value of the four bushels Of grain
he sells, only gets the value of one.
Then, ii e desires any cloth, knives,
forks, spoons, shovels, plows, or other
articles OF daily necessity, these mast
be purchased in those distant markets
and brought to his Iowa farm at great
expense; the proportion the expense
will bear to the original cost OF the
goods varying with their bulk and
quality.