, 1873-03-25

INFLUENCE oF THE TARIFF,
rom The Champaign Liberal Democrat.
The farnors ato fast feeling thotr way out Of
tho labyrinth Of difficulties which surround
| thom as thoy participate In tho discussion Of
their clubs, tloy bogm to discover that other
burdens nro opprcasing them bcsitleB extortion-
ato frcightB an fsros, and that tho question now
| ls, how to remove thonl.
cnuso it appears to DO tho nearest homo, but
even tho railroads cannot raduco their rates as
much aB iB needed until tho high tnx on iron is
taken oH. Thip same burden also aflcts tho
consumed by him there ID n heavy tax loyiett III
the form Of Il tariff. Foroycry S100 worth con-
stunned by him, ho las to pny L. tax Of about $50,
making 1t $50. On WOODEN and cotton fabrirH,
aud on leather, salt, iron and steel, oil Of which
lifo, tho dutioa Gro 30 high rs to bo unbeatable.
For every SlO0 worth OF iron, hc pnyu to
Tho Pennsylvania ironnongora 9l61. For
evory sl00 worth Of cotton md woolon
goods, ho phys our Eastern manufacturers
tton. From tlcHo artclcu tho Government DO
riyes but little royorue, boca1.so tho groat bnlls
Of tlioln aro supplied from homo SOURCES. Willie
the farmer is paying those high taxes he in COM
etaryo: When tho wealthy manufacturers can
not afford to soil their products Ell low ns for
eiguers eau, they got Congress to leyy taS on
thu foreign article, 40 TINT they can raiso their
mean timo not raised to offset Tho raiac price Of
tho manufactured articles used Ly lin, a,l
herein thcro III = greas injustice dono him.
4 Bystem Of taxation that works auch iueuu
impoyorislling Tho ulany-is all wror;; md must
be rightel, or o revolution will soon follow. Tho
farmer, who il tho Foundation Of o,lr industrial
fabric, will not long bo nlat1e slave in ortlar
that other departments Of business may thrive.
Another onerol1a burden upon thu larmor Is
tho heavy tax lle lias to pay annually to mako up
thu loss WHICH our national treaauty ssstai.,s BY
roason of the atealago aud extravaganza Of
Government officials. liypocritical politicians aro
disposed to cover W tllis stcalage, but tho facts
arc known to a1l. Dy tho rocont incrcaBo
Of Congressional md Presidential aalarios our
already tux-ridacn farmers arc Heldlnu will,
M Increased tax Of 81 ,500, COO por year. Tie
sanlo rccklossness,, thicyoly, and extravaganza
and they must De Htoppea. Tho farmers hnvo
tho powor to do it, md it is to DO hoped toy will
voto agaillst every candidate WHO il not COM
1nittoa to reduction OF sa|arios and tnyns. and
an houcst nn1 economical administration of tho
Government. Thousands uf puro and able mon
stand roady to go to Congress-, yoto a repeal Of
$1,000 salary, a.,a serve Tho country for IS 900
year. Farmers, nlcchanicB, and business men,
lot This thing DO done.
Ijom tie ST. Lo;sis Repu1lsean.
Tho oarnoBt and Instructive dirclt.;on Of tho
subject Of transportation rites HOW t,oiug OIL IL,
Illinois betweon tho farmers and tho railroads is
The farmers supply tho grain to bo carried to
tho East, and tls railroads supply tho carriage.
Tho dispute Ii about tho cost of carria;o, tho
furncls complaining thnt thcroafls charge higher
raLcs tlnn torn nd oan at Is to35 oonta 4. b,shol
cals afford to pay, an1 tho roads replying Tint
thoy canlsot afford to mako tho rates iowor. At
the beginning OF tho dispute, tho fanors thought
the wholc blano way with tho roats, mud tGoy
l,lalo them tho sole object Of douunclation ii
thoir mcetinga. It is possiblo that tho
roads are extortionato aud ineqstah!o in
their charges to II cortaln extent; hut tho
Tarmors' Club of Rock Ialnnd County haa
probea 1eop into the subject ara found that IN
oxorbitnnt and incauitablo tarif il at tho bottom
Of it. That Club, 1T II racout mcating. adoptod
thu following resolution:
Neso'red, That onr srnaora and Representatives in
oogreas bc requested and instructed 10 l..c al! hon
Dor, salt pig tron, iron ns stoel rails, nn those ar-
e!et Which enter tgey in.o thu cons'rcl!on Of lnso
If tour senatora and Representatives II, Con-
grcas" shall n,ccood in doing what they nro
hero requested md instructed to lo We should
hcar little moro Of oxorb!tant transportation
clnrgcs Rnilroal companion ara now required
aud Is por CONT. Or s33, on oyoryy
in in addition to ills, they pay @ pro. pro.
portionato duty on almoRt everything, ol4o 'lHcd
--3 couta pound on locomotive tire, ~ contB
a pound OH bav-iron, az contH y pound on
ehninB 11l conts u pound on ro1H, at!tl similar
rates on tho materials llHod in tho car-stlopa
auaoss then, on -tho farmers in transportation
chargoa Tiia ia tho fountain of tho grievance
largo proportion of tho transportation ratoa
that tho Illinois iarmora now complain Of h, In
rcality, \ tribute they nre paying to the homo
tarifr systom which forces this tribute upon them
In fair a,t reasonable, thoy onght to continue to
pay 1t without complaint; II not, they ought to