The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-10-12

closely pressed on the tariff question by
the Democratic press Of that state,
loses It's temper, and declares that =
tariff 10 not tax paid by the consumer
Of the article upon which the tariff 10
laid, but that il, in some mysterious
way, protects our manufacturers with.
out being burden upon the consumer.
To maintain it's untsnahle ground, IL
refers to wheat upon which eur Law
lays tariff Of twenty cents upon every
bushel imported into the United States,
and says that in 1877 about 500, ,000,.
900 bushels were consumed by our
people, the tax upon which ut 20 cent?
per bushel would be 100000, 900, and
then, in triumphant manner, asks IL
any sane man would maintain that The
consumer paid that amount as an
additional tax by reason Of the Amsri-
can farmer being protected twenty cents
per bushel on his wheat. Now il the
Herald man had not been daft on the
tariff question, he would never have
called the attention Of Republican
farmers of Iowa to this stupid attempt
on tho part Of protsctionists to make
farmers believe that they are actually
protected to the extent Of 90 cents a
buahel on their wheat. The Herald
thinks that Iowa farmers are very
ignorant and unsophistioated if they
believe that they receive any more for
their wheat than they would IL this
tariff duty was not imposed, hut that
is what protection means, II 1t means
anything. We would inquire Of pro.
tectionists il farmers would receive
any less fer their wheat IL this 90 per
cent duty were removed. II they do
not receive any more in consequence
of this duty being placed upon il, then
they would receive no less IL IL were
removed. Then why have it there at
all : Where IL the protection for the
farmer which the Herald boasts OF I
The protectionist never intended that
the farmer should DO protected, for,
N protect every person in the land
equally, would be Of no advantage 10
any one but for the purpose Of making
the farmer believe that, he too, was
protected, the Republican monopolists
caused tariff duty to be laid on wheat
AN article that il never imported
iHto this country, but Of which we
always have q surplus, and which has
to be sent to Europe 10 6nd q market.
No protection by way Of duty on wheat
can be gwen. Why then il Ills duty
on wheat The Herald, like al other
person. who are blindly joined 10 the
idol Of protection, proves TOO much
when il shows that the blanket that
the "poor farmer uses TO wrap his
honest bones in can be bought &C the
mills in oskaloosa for s5, while the
same quality Of blanket manufactured
iu England would cost more than thA,
laid down here even with the tariff of.
Now il this is so If our manufacturers
can put goods on the market At = less
price than English goods of the same
! quality, Why the necessity Of duty
on the English goods to protect our
manufacturer Does not even the daft
editor of the Herald see that under his
statement of facts tie English manu-.
facturer cannot come in competition
with the American manufacturer even
ia the absence Of tariff for the reason
that it costs him more to place hi
goods at the door Of an American pur.
chaser than il costs the American
manufacturer
| Protection does protect the few a
the expense Of the many as every mar
of common sense knows. But a tarif
duty v i'll not protect an article produ
ced or manufactured in this countr,
which has TO be sent out of this coun
try. The American farmer has to q
into the worlds market to sell hi
wheat, corn and pork, hence he SELL
in the worlds market, without protec
tion, while nearly every thing which
he buys is subject to tariff duty
You tell the farmer that protecting ou
infant manufacturing establishment
will furnish him home market fol
his productions, but this, from sat
experience, he knows to be lsrgcl,
false, as he has TO 60 into the world
market to find sale for bis principa
productions. 1t is an insult to tn
intelligent farmer to tell him that 20,
protect him by laying duty of q
cents per bushel on wheat, when b
knows that you cannot protect whea
even if you place one dollar per bushe
duty on it. We fear our Herald frien'
is daft.
Leather may have its color restores
by an application of good blasking,
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