The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-02

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l have been IN attentive reader Of all
that has been said in your paper BY your.
self, Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Carskadon on the
subject Of a tariff, and was preparing an
answer to Mr.. Turner's articles when you
took up the cudgel. l then concluded to
hold oifand remain silent locker on, but
there Is one ideu advanced by Mr.. Turner
and seconded by Mr., Caskalon, which
wish TO notice briefly, viz Tho Turner Is
cheated by having to pay tariff rites for
what hc buys and by haying 10 take free
trlde rates Tor what no sells" Pc
a little deliberate thought will show
these gentlemen that this Is Incorrect. 1t
Is the system OF protection TINT makes
farming IN this country profitable. Expe.
renee Is the best logic. This writer re.
members something OF the price OF agricul-
tural products In 1Slo, 1873 ind 1871, and
even at Inter periods, when tho ''tarilr for
revenue only existed" Farmers in Ken
lucky aud Tennessee sold their corn ut
prices ranging from 10 10 % cents per
bushel. and wheat sold as low us 50 cents,
In 1873 aud 1874 bacon sold ut 4 cents II
pound. In 1854 tho writer was engaged In
the bacon trade, md sold thousands OF
pounds Of the best article in the markets OF
Augusta, Macon and Savannah, Georgia,
for u cents n pound. The firmer Inns
received no such low prices under
the operations Of tho present tariff,
but on tho contrary prices have been uni.
formly remuncrative, and tho experience OF
this country Is that We have Il high
tariff on imports, the farmer receives high
prices for his products. This Is only nut.
unl, tor when the tariff Is reduced to IL
simple revenue standard, many OF our
manufactures suspend. The proprietors
cannot compete with the European manu-.
factprers, and when they suspend their
operatives 90 West and betakc themselves
TO farming. They quit being merely con.
sumers and become producers. Thus the
market for farm products is diminished
and the products increased.
Reduce the tariff TO u revenue standard
on all manufactured articles and mining
products, and We would find that the
greater portion OF the manufacturers In the
eastern cities would cease operation and
the iron works OF Pennsylvania would cease
" OpcIutey Ailu ttlcIC NuUltl w HTGuL ILL.,
tux OF these unemployed operatives into
the west, and the population OF the cities
diminished and the market corresponding.
y contracted and the products enlarged.
The men who now consume flour and beef
from the Western States will be in those
States producing them, while there is no.
body TO consume them, and consequently
prices become very low because there is no
demand. la..ag
The sugar planter Of Louisiana aid
Florida will not tell you that the tariff on
sugar cheats him. Tic grazier in the
Western States will not tell YOU that it
cheats him, because it makes market for
his pork, beef and mutton. Neither will
the sheep firmer tell you that the tariff on
wool cheats him. A protective tariff builds
up manufactures; these manufactures
furnish labor ior thousands OF people, and
the people consume farm products. In
order to make farming remunerative wo
must have Il home market for our farm
products, and in order to make home
market We must have manufactures, and
to sustain manufactures we must have q
protective tariff. X. S. NoErIcoTr.