Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-15

/ -pFlCeS, tIlO Illc ICSuAt 10 tu6 PRICES
must be paid or ali go bare footed
That, and that alone, now, will re-
duce the price. 1
The real result is that the farmer
gets a little more for hides, pays
great deal more for his boots and
shoes, the mechanic and Others hav-
! ing no hides to sell, must stand the
whole share without reciprocal re-
suits, while the whole fraternity of
tanners fix. and obtain their price
Cor leather und as result of that,
high prices must follow to the con-
3'sumer u
But, says the Protectionist, don't
you know that American produces
her own hides, and hence the duty
can not affect their value True,
she does produce seven ninths of all
she needs, but the balance, the two
ninths, fixes the price Of the whole
1t is not what country produces,
but what she fails to produce short
of her demands that fixes the price
cfthe whole under protective tariff.
Keep that in viewMr. Protectionist,
: all the time, and you will then come
out right. Should the United States
at any time fall short of production
in grain to the extent only Of one
million bushell of her demand, and
that be certainly known, just what
that one million of bushels would
cost per bushel would be the price
of all we raised, no more nor no
less. So with iron, lumber, leather
and all other commodities.
The deficiency is always regulated
by what other countries can furnish
at without regard to the extent of
the deficiency at home. A half crop
in the United States would advance
the price but very little, if any, pro-
vided England could supply the de-
ficiency, delivered at New York, at
the same rate per bushell that we
can with full crop. Such would be
the result with free trade. What
would be the effect for Protection
, to the American farmer? Just this,
that the product would be advanced
in price exactly to the extent of the
duty, allowing cost of production to
be equal, if 20 per cent as now, then
just that much, and every bushel
, the farmer raised would be worth
in the market just that much more
: thanwithout tariffs and theGovern
2 ment would get that 90 per cent,
and the people the consumers would
pay it. Such would be the case with
{, iron were there real deficiency and
, no ability On the part of manufac-
turers to combine. But in that iron
masters have an advantage over
1 farmers, who are too numerous to
combine to advance prices.
4 Now.it does seem TO me, whether
] we can make it appear SO to others
: or not, that no man need be deceived
, in this matter. If the American
people are willing FOR the benefit OF
+, q class, few tanners in this case,t
e pay 1873 millions of dollars to clothe
! their feet alone, more than they need
q do,are they not fools instead of wise
q men? Such conduct impoverishes
: a nation because it keeps poor those
y who constitute the nation, the mas.
!; ses Of the people, and denies the
e country its deserved thrift and indie
e pendence. For one million of dol
$ lars (revenue to the Government
from the tariff on leather, hides and
S ibark alone) 1873 millions of dollars.
ANNUALLY are now wrung from the
toll Of the masses, and put into the
n pockets of the tanners, a class, few
t in comparison with all, and that in
= the name of protection to American
l industry. s.
How can the mechanic prosper,
!. the teacher teach, the minister preacl
Y the merchant sell his wares, the un.
L dertaker bury the dead or the farm
e er follow his plow, either of then
u for reasonable compensation, under
: such a system of protection to man
ufacturing, class interests, when no
: the luxuffes but the necessafies fol
s every family, rich or poor, are thus
e burthened with duties.
e Friends of the true interests O
Il America, be not deceived! Deceive
f not yourselves. Your success ii
/ life, your prosperity and that of yonl
+, family is at stake, is in peril. Age
S with its wintry locks is coming
'f1 Now is your time in life to provid,
e1 for days when you can labor nc
n more. If you suffer classes an6
h rings to rob you now, when the days
E grow dark and dreary you should
: not complain. Ifyou are poor ane
s needy, and should fall asleep in the
n midst of those you have assisted
I! through life to enrich at your ex
d pense, expect but few tears at youl
r grave. If buried at all you may
r rest assured that no monument viii
d mark your resting place, for wealth
q but seldom adds to mans compass
d sion $50 ~
,e In life you have rights. You should
Y, demand them if you claim to be
O. man. Put not your whole trust n
@ Congress. and Mem
!! bers of Congress are bu
1t men, and sometimes very mean ane
& selfish ones too, and generally will
le eyes open to self. When they d.
,r what is for the country's good.stan'
A. by them, when not, then it is you
0, duty to oppose them, not to shu
v your eyes and pass on.
" Nations are sometimes ruined b,
J. the inaction of the masses, by no
!, demanding of their rulers, in time
n Justice. Eternal vigilance is tn