The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-03-03


never going to vote the Republican
ticket again II tho party don't com.
nit itself to prohihltion--at least no,
until next fall.--Dss MoinsS Leader
THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM.
What II Costs tho Amcrlean Farmer.
Dslas NE virst Fart Of graham MsAAaM's 0r,a,
Trast On That subject.
THE TAX JUonLE.
The protectionist disscnts. Two
peas and two peas make four peas
theoretically. Dutif you rattle them
up In box, and have your box bio
enough to let them rattle Il long why
round, you will presently flnd i've
peas. and may be u few beans. As
thus" 1t Is all very we'll for doc.
trinnires 10 theorizc about who pays
the deficit. It won't do for plain,
practical business men. Why don't
We manufacturers pay orr proper
ton with the rcst7 The halter phys
his twenty i've per cent to tho shoe.
maker, the shoemaker pays his swen.
~ -AS0 RGA NVUts w luV u0tVCIs ntltt
out of tho increased prices We are
all able to pay the farmer moro, and
30 1t goes; everybody gets higher
profits, aud It Is u good thing all
aroundl"
Let us simplify. Suppose We have
q community consisting OF n halter,
shoemaker and n farmer. The
farmer hoes his own row, asking
odds Of nobody; but the halter and
tho shoemaker demand a bonus 81
| $50 u year each.
How, on the Protection plan. will
they get It? It would be too bare.
faced a steal to levy a tax on the
farmer alone. They will not do that
Avoiding the appearance OF unjust
discrimination, they will put u tax
on all consumers Of hats and shoes
they will make all purchasers or hats
and shoes contribute alike to tho
Protection fund. Very fair. this
looks; but mark the singular result
The halter pays $50 year to fos.
ter the shoe Industry.
The shoemaker pays $50 year te
foster the hat industry.
These two transactions balance
each other. Neither the halter MOI
the shoemaker ure out OF pocket 4
penny.
But tho farmer? He pays $50 a
year to foster tho hat industry, and
$50 a year 70 foster the shoe indus
TRY. Total 800. He receives
nothing. His industry l. not "fos'
tered"
There 1t Ia In a nutshell. The
Protection tax Is laid on all alike
But when the books nre balanced
the halter and the shoemaker are n
$50 each. and the farmer Is OMt $lOO
Who Is Il that pays for protection1
/ STRIKES And FAILURES.
An exception may be here allowed
however. The essence Of protection
Gs a aystens, Is. that the losses on III
directed labor shall DO made uF
from the protits Of tho we'll directed
labor. But the system docs no
always work. Tho protected manu-
facturers are not always able TO shit
their natural losses. The wollcn mcI
carry their own In great part. whel
they cut down their prices to til,
bankruptcy point, and sell ou
their mills for ten per cen
OF cost. The silk industr,
carries something Of Its load quit,
oitcn-through the mcdinmship o
the working girls, reduced to breat
and toa and a dismal den in a teno
ment. The labor strikes that q
abound frequently Indicate the SHIFT
Ing Of the losses Of Protection K
shoulders that will not or canno,
bear them.
This carrying OF losses on the par
OF the protected industries. how
ever, gives small relief 70 the Nnpro
tccted industries. 1t rather adds I,
their burdens.
THE FARMER Foors rnK BILLS
But trade disasters, albeit I'm incv-
, liable part OF the practice Of Pro
lection, are not included IN its theory
The Protoctionist will not claim an,
advantage In argument by reason 0
housekeeping, indeed. when he /
pleading In Congress for higher du
ties. Then he always pictures thu
Industries concerned as being In ,
most distressing condition-in con
} sequence, q Consistency OF "thi
miserable and selfish policy Of with
| holding from them the foeterinl
hand OF the Government" But. II
describing the glories OF Protection
We mean, he never mentions disas
tors. Such collapscs us occurred Il
the protected interests during the rss
cent years OF industrial blight ar
not good matter for his flowing pc
! RODS. The WOODEN trade went tG
pieces betors the great crisis OF 1879
, Silk tumbled down with the frs
chilling breath. And where wa
iron In the struggle? But thes
things do not fit very we'll with ,
pro.ectionist's orations. Let us. al
30, forget them. Protected manu-
, features flourish continuously. TIL
/ iron furnaces roar MS steadily us tn
ocean; tho wooden trade knows no
the meaning OF .glut;" the silk opeY
atives harmonixe with their employ
ers like flutes with ohoes. Yer
, good. 1t Is a pleasing picture.
: And the unprotected industrie
pay for II. DO they nots Thi
beautiful state Of things. you say. |
, only maintained by protection. Thes
J manufacturers would lose none,
, il Protection did not step in an
make up the deficit. Who, or wha,
Is this Protection Surely not Il
, Idea: ideas don't have cash. Not til
! manufacturers: man cant max
/ good his losses by taking money GU
Of his pantaloon's pocket and put
I ting It into his vest. Protection IA
j friend. Is mono other than AgricAl
ture. The Farmer. the Planter. III
great Unprotccted--h no Is Protection
] And he pays the bills with such gen
tie serenity that II is wonderful no,
, the protected manufacturers ca
keep on asking for more. and NOR,
, and still more.
: Quick and 0arc.
. Many miserable people drag then,
, selves wearily about from day TO da
nOf knnwinn chaf nils tham M