Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-11
For the Democrat.
EATON, O., SEPT. 9Th, 1873.

The subject OF q protective
Tariff, has been so much discuss.
ed in this. and other countries,
and by the ablest men too, that
it might seem egotistical for u
common faImerto give hi, views
on the subject. But as humble
as | claim to be, | think l can see
my own interest as well as other
men can e it for me, and be-
lieveing that the farmers are Sc
rionsly oppressed by the so call
ell protection system, | claim
tho right to be heard in my de-
Tense.
When an article is said t., be
protected we understand that the
price OF that article Is raised,
that is the consumer must pay
the amount of the duty extra to
the manufacturer.
Suppose that breaking Flows
can be manufactured in England
and sold in this country tree of
duty, for ten dollars, but in this
country they cannot be manutac-
tnrcd for less than twenty dol
lars. Now for the sake of pro
lection, or in order that we may
make u w plows, duty OF
ten dollars is levied. 1t Is easily
seen tina the plow maker is i'en-
Gifted AID would be for a few
years, or unit | capital would # Nv
into his business until pillow max
lug would be on ii level with OH
or occupations, then the piow
maker would ask for IL higher
duty, as has been the case with
n manufacturers ever since the
foundation of our government.
Now it mnst be evident that III
proportion as the plow maker Is
The gamer, the farmers who buy
these plows must be the losers,
or what one has gained the other
has lost. But this is not all that
the farmer suffers by the ar
rangement, for if We do not bay
plows or the products OF otIie
countries, they of course VII
have nothing to exchange for onr
pork, beef, corn, wheat, &c. Now
can any one tell ME where the
protection to the farmer comes
in, is not his foreign market in
,jured, is he not compelled, by this
system, to pay more for what he
buys, and take less for what be
has to sell!
But says the friend of lrotec-
lion, is not the farmer protect
in his wheat, com, pork, beef. &c.
[ answer, no! A child onsn
to know better, notwithst 'ndi
the Gazette and Register say he
is. For the sake of quilting, and
for no other purpose, there are
duties levied on the abave nam
ed products, but how can it make
any difference to the farfHcr
whether they be high, low, or
uone ut all; for have we mt at
all times a surplus of these pro-
ducts on hands. Instead of de-
pending on other countries for
these products we can almost
supply the world with them.
If we cannot manufacture as
cheap as our foreign neighbors,
the reason must be that our coun-
try is not so well adapted to 1T,
or that we can find some other
occupation more profitable. That
is, we can raise cheat, corn,
hogs. beef. &c. aud exchange
them for manufactured articles,
and get them cheaper than we
could make them ourselves.
The nations of the earth do
not all live in one Zone, nor in
one Latitude. The products OF
the soil is not, and cannot be the
same. The wants and desires of
man depends upon his location
ON the globe. Tea, coffee, cot-
ton, sugar, and a thousand other
articles might be mentioned that
oar climate will not produce.
Is there any one that cannot
see the benefit to lie derived
from a free interchange of com
modities. This certainly was the
intention Of the Creator, that the
intercourse between natious
be free, otherwise he would have
so arranged it that all nations
could have produced what their
natures required.
see that it would require too
much space to do this subject
justice, so l will close with what
has been said.
A LIBERAL REPUBLICAN.