The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25
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flaughtcrl and we are patriotic enough to pay


swcars some after Ills fashion; and lie says
viii bny my wheat nf folks who will bus
my goods; this American trade Ii like jug
handle, II Ii all on one side, II Ii al give
aud 10 take.
WHAT JOHN BrLL DOES.
"And John has plenty OF money, for lie
don't believe IN Chinese walls and burning
candles at both ends, and John goes To work
and organizes what he calls the British I'm
proyenent company, and builds 1900
miles of railroad in India; and opens up the
great wheat fields If the Puniab and loans
The Indian government eiin. 900, 900 for the
extension Of railroads and sets all Of the
swarming Millions Of blacks In that country
to raising wheat; and he pays them with dry
goods aud hardware mt one-half tile prices
We pay TOR the same kind Of goods; and the
improvement Company l. introducing all
the latest agricultural machinery, ut low
prices, much lower than We have to pay, and
the flood Of wheat pours In, laid down In
Liverpool al 81 cents per bushel. Last year
England imported SO, DOC, 600 bushels of In
dian wheat, and that took the place Of 20, 600
900 bushels that we ought 10 have sold them.
| Applause. And now John meets us with
grim smile and says, rs he bolts the door
In turn, i don't want your wheat, gentle
men; now pom can 60 TO thunder, and that
Is where We are going. just rs fast as the
Lord will let us. Laughter and applause
GOING TO THUNDER.
Four years ago the United States supplied
- per cent. Of all the wheat and flour i'm
ported Into Great Britain. In 1881 this was
reduced 10 G9 per cent. in l>s2 to 50 per
cent: and IN 1883 10 10 per cent On the
other hand English imports of wheat from
Russia Increased from 5000, 900 bushels In
1881 10 y 900, 900 In 1888. Why. Because
the Russian gives and takes.
/ ALWAYS CROW AID No TURKEY For Is.
s'But when oar sa, 600. 600 bushels of wheat
knock nj the door Of England for admission.
and England don't want them. they must be
sold at any price, and, goes the market
price: and wheat i worth titty-
eight cents bnshel on the frontier
our protected communities and say: SEC
here, gentlemen, out Of patriotic motive We
have for twenty-five years paid very much
higher prices for Your productions than the
rest Of the world has asked us. now our time
has come; we are poor and down. and the
| price of wheat Is below the eosl of raising It,
r want to I've protected aud encouraged
some. we want you to SAY turkey 10 us once
cant you give Us something above the
worlds price for our wheat to encourage
American industrss'
"And they tell Us in repythat |. Is mpcs-
sible; that the great laws of trade, OF supply
ami demand, wide as the world and uni
scrsal rs humanity, control and regulate MI
| that, aud that any attempt to infringe those
laws would be only disastrous
But" replies Brother Jonathan. sthe re-
~ul, Of u high tariff l. 10 pat down prices In
the home markets; see how low some grades
Of goods arc compared in price with the
prices before the war--our manufactured
goods, now are Us low rs thu English
| The farmer replies; in times of panic
| the price OF goods has fallen below the cost
| Of production; but il your statement is gen
orally true, what do you want high tariff
FOR. Ii you can manufacture In America
rs eheap,y as they do In England,
why all this turmoil tn sustain
protective tariff and keep out Eng
lish goods. Why tear up the politics
of the whole country to sustain that which
you tell US. pats down the price of Your pro-
luctions To the level VI the goods produced
ay the pauper labor Of Europe. John l.. Sui
Ivan needs no bodyguari, and the man aho
has the cheapest aud best article for sale
needs no protection. Applause. The
whole theory of the tariff Is that il keeps
prices abors what they otherwise would he,
| II it does not do this, why do goa INSIST upon
il. Its very existence is proof positive that
! We are forced to pay al extraordinary price
Tor what we buy.
But there is another proof. II YOU can
manufacture goods Is caeaply is the English
men you sAoull meet the Eng.isanaa and
compete with him in tue markets Of thy
world. But YOU do not Here are the figures.
not Of comparison with England but ether
countries:
The exports of manufactured goods from
the countries named are as follows:
Total Per Head
Germany .............. Sss3 .aon 100 ~. 81
France. ................ Ii. Gaa.NaD al
Netherlands ........ ~. 2aa, 600 IL. 70
United states, aa,soo.ooo SO
After all these years Of protection, after all
the coddling of infant industries, the United
States sells To foreign countries manufac-
,ured goods amounting to less than 81 per
head. Germany exports six times as much
France four times, and the Netherlands
twelve times.
Tur PArPER LABOR OF EUROPE.
.'But," says Brother Jonathan, ssyour
| reasoning may hc good, but are you not will
| ing to submit TO some loss for the benefit of
| the working classes Of this country. Think
Of those poor, hard-working men, trying to-
raise honest families and fill the part of
worthy citizens; do you want to see them
reduced To the level of tue pauper labor of
| Europe. Don't YOU know that ii YOU don t
| keep cut the English goods these men will
be throwa out of work and will starve.'
| "But on the other hand" the farmer re-
| plies, ''your tariff does not insure them
| high prices or even work. When you manu-
facturc goods at price above the
worlds price YOU necessarily shut those goods
out Of the worlds market: You are then
| wholly dependent on the home market, and
| that home market You are steadily depicting
by charging your customers two prices for
| what you sell them. They begin To econ
! omize and retreneh, your home IN arket be-
comes ovcr-stocked; You cannot 20 into the
| worlds market; and you have no remedy
hut to close up your factories and mines and
| furnaces and turn the workmen out to
i starye.
| SWIMMING TR,MPs UNDER mIeH TARIFF.
| A few years ago the whole land thus
swarmed with millions Of tranps, aud all
| this under the high tariff. Now again you
| are shutting up the coal mines aud iron fur
naees and factories 10 maintain unnatural
| prices and thousands are turned adriit; five
| thousand coal miners are now idle in one
coal valley Of Pennsylvania. And those
| who DO work are lilly paid. With all your
| pretenscs Of love Tor the lahorcr as soon "a
| your profits are reduced You reduce his