The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-07
WHO PAYs FoR pRoTRorIoN,


Fort Scott Monitor: Every man who |
wears an imported C rat or one made of |
imported cloth, an imported hat, drinks |
imported wine OF brandy; every woman |
who dressas in import d cloth, import |
ed shawls OF jewels; every railway |
corporation that uses imported on or
steel rails: every msnufAc turer Aho |
uses 10 his business imported wool, |
hemp, fl Ak, silk, leather, steel or raw
sugar, bears part Of the burdens of a |
protective tariff. The farmer bears less |
of these burdens in proportion to num- |
bers than any others who use foreign
goods. Agricultural machinery Is the
largest item OF expense to them. There
is not $1,000 of imported agricultural
machinery to be found in the hands of
farmers in the Second con.
gressional district. American
thre sheTs, reapers, mowers, gang
plows. harrows, ETC., are far cheaper aud
in universal use, because the tariff has
made them cheaper. All sheep breeders
and wool growers are benefited by
the indirect tax ON imported woOlen
goods. Our wooden, iron, cotton and
other manufacturers Great. home mar
ket Tor tue farmers gram, live cattle,
beef, pork, eggs, butsr, cheese and ba-
con. 1t IS this home market that Is worth
every thing to the farmer.
We produced 10 1882 agricultural val
ues To the amOu 1t of $500, OOO. 900, and
of this grand aggregate we exported (nOt
breadslutfs alone. but of all products OF
the farm) only 1451S per cent in values
rnus our home market took S51S per
cent. Thus while our farmers and stock
men sold Ia Euro. but $500 OO0, 900 last
year of their surplus, they sold to the
home IN GnutacIur.nG popula-
iout ab Tut 81. 800 600 600 worth.
Ia III, face # III, weil-known.
indispu a le fac', the K. mas CIIy Times
tells ia farmers of K-nsas, AZ If they
we're lot of dolts and {, OILS, that Fog
lani fLrIishes them q marktt for their
prCdccts. This manufacturing FOpula-
tI"n thai consumed the S51S per CENT of
surplus lat year we're re iuced to beg.
gary in 1S47 AID 1857. by nearly all man.
ufsctories being closed up by the sudden
inflow Ot foreign god, by reason of the
effect OF free trsdr, rs now advocated by
Sam Riggs and the Kanas City Times.
and other f,e; trade organs. The reason
WAS, as We have shown IN former articles,
the farmers had no home market for their
surplus. In fact, could sell no:hing at any
price. Farmers that we've in debt
went to the wall. Many horses were sold
by the sheriff On Lafayette county,
Missouri, for instaoce,) for from So to
$40 apiece; COWS for 81 TO IS. and sheep
at 20 cents apiece. All oyer the states
of Kentucky, OHIO, Indiana, Illinois
and Missouri tens OF thousands of sheep
we've killed e thtir pelts, there being
absolutely NO market tor their wool
J In the face of thee we'll known facts
Sam Riggs, tbs d. mocratic- Greenback.
Knights Of Labor Opposition" candi
, date for congress 10 this district declares
he is 10 favor OF removing all incidental
Qet alone d recD protection to American
manuisctol !es and Industries. the ideati
) cal thing that cansed ell this bank
ruptcY, poverty and ruin, of which ",
have spoken aud that he asks the farm
? ers of this district to send him to con
. gress TO vote as be talks. Will they
!. do It? Never.