The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-24

than we get for All our labor and other
expenses in producing them
Reporter. With such powerful or
ganzaiion a. your Order now is. and
with tic rapid growth that is marking
It's onward progress. it's fair To presume
that the Patrons OF lIushandry " IN carry
their principles into the elections for
Governors aud Presidents, a. well as for
other officers. county, State and national.
Mr.. j. And why not r Can we ex-
poet the relief we have SO Just right TO
demand with the the executives Of the
State and nation opposed to us, ard
ready 10 veto any legislative act that
may be passed for our relief? Certainly
not: and while 1t j. not the object of the
Order to array itself before The country
as political organization. its members
certainly have The right and it is there
imperative duty to vote for those who
are friendly TO their principles.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Reporter. What do tho leading men
of the Order think ofthc high protective
tariffs that manufacturing monopolsts
have. from time TO time, procured to be
enacted by Congress. and that have
largely increased the prices Of all goods,
implements and other materials pro-
duced in the United States. by excluding
foreign competition for the same? Do
ihcy not regard these tariffs as enor-
nous and oppressive monopolies; and
do not the farmers and laboring men,
who are the consumers OF the protective
goods, have to pay the duties these
tariffs fix, while the American manufac-
turcr realizes all the profits, and grows
imm enstly wealthy OF the agricultural
and laboring interests!
Mr.. j. There can be no question that
the farmers. who are the producers, and
who have TO purchase largely Of that class
OF goods Of which the manufacturers,
through protection aud prOhibitive tariff,
now have the monODoly, will. if they
come into power, 80 reduce and regulate
tariff duties as to cquaiize the producing
interests of agriculture and nanutac-
ture-. That the present high tariff,
made almost exclusively in the interest
Of Eastern manufacturers, does opprcss
the farmers of the nation most griev-
ously. there seems TO be little question
among the leading mon Of the Order !;
I that IL gives manufacturers monopoly
quite as great and obnoxious as The rail-
roads enjoy, is by many believed to be
true. What the Patrons of lIusbaudry
chiefly aim at j. Ia place the industries
Of the country upon an equality. They
would elevate the agrcnIurali~ts from
the position Of heNer- of wood and
drawers OF water for railroad companies,
manufacturing monopOlies, the avar-
icious middle men, aud all others living
OF iheir labor without returning any
compcusalivc advantages. The tariff of
protection for the monopoist will in
due time receive thatallention its unjust,
not TO say enormous, duties provide
against the farming and laboring classes.
4 This ended tie interview; and your
spondcni cannot hut feel that the
uuclnnccs Of this intelligent official of
tic Patrons OF fllusbmdry viii place tle
Order in more favorable light before
I The country. and ndd very largely to its
influence among all classes Of the people,
/ but particularly among tho farmers. who
/ are 80 deeply interested IN the reforms
proposed TO be inauguratcd. and most
certainly gcnncrally needed and TO he
desired. q. VIC.