The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-29
Gbe S7]aiIg gr9ns,
Saturday, March 70, 1915
THE yAILAcY OF HIGH DUTIES.
A cloar.Headed Farmers Appeal to His
BROTHER Farmers,

A clear.Headsd Farmers Appeal TO His
Brother Farmers.
NJ p Llovd. Esq, of Orion, Henry ,
county. this State, has been known in this
region for many years as a very strong and
influential Republican, practical farmer
and an excellent citizen But until re
Gently, bis practical knowledge of political
economy has not been much known. The
prostratiou Of the farming interest has
caused him to study into these subjects,
and he finds that, not only are the farmers
oppressed by high rates Of transportation, |
but they suffer in greater degree from
high tariffs Mr. Lloyd has, therefore, be
come "a thorough free trader, and has taken
up his pen in defense of the doctrine He
has written several articles for his county
paper the Cambridge Chronicle, short
extract from one of which we put on its
travels through the press. In this paper
we give another Of his articles which ought
to carry conviction to the mind of every
man who reads it, as follows
PROTECTIVE ~ TIES
EDITOR CrRONICLE In your paper oi
the l2th inst | notice your arucie headed
Growth Of Manufactures, giving items
from the census returns OF 1870 ! GU
sov These are figures which il is well for
the opponents Of Protection 20 ponder care
GIllv and as am decidedly an opponent
of Protective duties, have accepted your
advice aud carefully pondered those figures.
And thus | Gud Total value Of manulac
lures produced in this country during the
wear 1870 over lorty-two hundred millions
of dollars-S4 go. 0Ou, OOO. Now these
manufactures have been produced under
the influence of Protective duties, and I'm
der these influences have been sold 20 con
sumers at price fully SO per cent lat a
low estimate higher than those consumers
would have been required % pay for them
had they been manufactured free Vt those
Protective duties Thus we find the
consumers OF manufactured articles in thi,
country pay in q single year the enormou,
sum of ten hundred and 6tty-eicht millions
of dolar--Sl ,O5S, uOO,OOO more for thOs,
articles under system OF Protective du
ties than they would pay for those sam,
articles were all Protective duties with
drawn This is an enormous aud ustpund
inc fact. The whole people OF this conn
try should see and know this thing D1e'
it pay can u pay o. follow up such q
pohcy2 a sum /, yearly drawn from Oh,
people of this country. sufficient IN amount
To- pay. IN % little more than two years, Che
whole Of our vast national debt were 1t ST
applied But ala, NO part ct Il goes Il
the national treasury
For whose benefit then is tbs vast sun
yearly paid Let H. see The ldborcr'
engaged in making these manutaetqre7 are
mot benefited by ~ payment lhey oi
necessity have On bus of those articles ai
their increased price and the additional
wares they receive iu consequence Oh To
tr'uon is moro ih'h t"3h'er'Al'neru ".
thr increase, price "i tHe lhahH ~,
lhey huN ihey ,hph are l,-eI'. i He vas
agricultural pnpultl'u w TINS WIN" c"uh
IT. dF, losers 'heEe,E I" Hh i1liAeH-' 'N
tent lhey not only buL OF thuSe manu-
features at their advanced price hut VIII
th, exception OBJ % narrow line along th
Atlantic seahuaFd they receive ny u.
effect OF this Protection less price '1
their agricultural products. For heaven
sake, fellow farmer, az tins western couu
Ut open your ewes ana see the th'fmlg
W ihl7 thlne
The mechanic, the middlemen lroie'
-i'uai men. once holders ana even l'a!er
"i no. business whatever, all nave 10 hu.
r'"io'iat hsh priced manuiartgTs>, 4u'
receives the heneur. ""Tqiiied. W h' the
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w last year exported over sI,OOU,O0
worth ut agricultural implements mad
uh'eI tHt expressions a. that branch
-,dnuidetufe' oi Protective duties. OI
Implement makers can beat the worl'
Remove those duties and they would hay
the world for a market, and instead OF C
porting : 100000 in value, they wou
export many times that value yearly
y, cotton fabrics we exported large
when We had low duties.