The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-08

Of VI goes 10 the OWneTs oi hlntIlCah
cotton factories, wooden mills, iron and
steel works and to manufacturers general
IT,"
Mr.. Noble reads good deal and does
his own thinking. He carefully scanned
the figures, satisfied himself they were cor
rect, and with look OF establishment re-
marked:
II have given the tariff question some
little study, but confess that 1t strikes
me in different manner than 1t ever did
before. This bringing the figures, item
by item, to my own door presents the sub
iect in light can not resist. l see
plainly that it Is myself that is paying this
tax. 1t Is not some stranger far away.
see that to protect certain. manufacturers
am compelled to pay $247 So each year.
more than would pay If the government
placed NO duty on foreign goods"
Nor is this all. Will you please tell
me how much produce you shipped to
market in 1892"
1900 bushels of grain, 40 hogs and "a
head of cattle"
"The tariff on iron and steel which the
railroads have to pay, adds at least cents
to the freight on each bushel OF grain, 90
cents on each hog and 800 on each head
of cattle; this makes $50, which amount
divided equally among the producer ana
the consumer makes your proportion $4O;
thus requiring you to contribute to Keep
alive that one industry, whose managers
claim would die without such forced AS
sessments, the sum of $40 90; making your
actual contribution to protection S2SIo6
annually
$50 you see, my friend, if you ami every
other American were permitted to buy
goods where they were cheapest, you
would not only have all the comforts you
now possess, but you would have the SlO0
for the better schooling of your children,
$3.50 tor those luAuries you think your
| family crave aud $37 So to pay your pro
norton of Il tariff for Il revenue required
| hy the government That revenue would
| lie So .3G for each member OF your family,
whlca would really be more than your
proportion, because in 1882 the amount re.
celved by the government by virtue OF the
tariff was $504 for each person over eight
years OF age.
What is the total amount that the pres
ent tariff requires Iowa farmers to pay
| Divide the $3.50 which you pay for Your
family, Mr. Noble, by seven the number
of persons in your family, and you have
1 1871 rs the share OF each member
Multiply that by the number of persons
over eight years Of age living on farms IN
this state, which is about $50 600, and you
haze 500 ,146,0O0 as the amount which
Iowa farmers contribute annually to man
I tam protection
Now multiply that NUMBER of person:
by s. SO, the amount each member OF YOU
family pays in the way of tariff tor rev
d enue, and you have $4,690,00O us the tota
amount the farmers of Iowa pay towards
the current expenses OF the government
The two amounts 500, 70G0 0Ot for protection
and $4,000, 900 for revenue added together
make $34, 100000, the amount the tarlf
compels the farmcrs Of ,hls state to pa.
, each and every year.
There yet remain $4,000 persons il
!, Iowa over years of age. They are en-
gagged in the saw mills and on the rail
roads-they are mechanics, machlnls's
|, factory hands and work ingmen generally
' They do not pay as large sum Tor pro
lection as the farmers, because they are tn
7 farm implements Uaritf $3lSo) and TIT
5 additional expense $4,000 of hauling pro
duce to market, which should be deducted
= being a total of ST. ,c5-whlch takei
A from $2S75G, makes S2l5I and TIN
r amount divided by I, makes SD 40 III
average amount that each person ontsld
the farm, over years OF aye, contribute
l. to protection, or Il total ot SlO,bl2,U0u
u Add to this amount IS 36 for each person
I share OF tlc tariff needed 10 run the govern
ment, making S2,23i l2O, and you hay
e SIP SiG,110, as the amount the tariff cost
,annln of InNUp outside thn FARMER,