The Republican journal., 1884-03-06
The Farmers and the Tariff.


The Southern wing of the Democratic party
having elected their candidate for Speaker are
now in full control, and Northern Democrats
must follow the policy laid down for them by
the Bourbons and free traders Their first move
IS to strike 4 blow at the industries of the coun-
try by means of the Morrison bill, and their
ultimate object, as the more candid freely admit,
is free trade-and free whiskey. Accordingly
we find the Democratic papers of the North
preaching free trade doctrines, more or less
openly, and in this State one paper treating
f1ippantly the apprehensions of the Aroostook
agrcuturalists, and another-the Prog. Age
Insulting the farmers of this section by the as
sumption that they are so ignorant as to mat
ters which closely concern their prosperity as
to accept as gospel the perversons and puerili-
ties that paper INDUCES in when it attempts to
discuss tariff questions.
These Northern allies of the Southern Bour-
bons will find they have an unenviable task be-
fore them. The farmers are too well-nformed
on the tariff and its relation to their interests to
be deceived at this late day In commenting
duStries of Aroostook the Aroostook Republi-
can says:
| Aroostook farmers are thus brought face to
iace WIN the Democratic idea, and it is need
etfct of tba ssir f 0 NV i'Ne IL. " @ it tne
local interests is evident from the fact that mar
.,es wv naNe contemplated the erection OF
| they will nnt do "a ,vhIa the sIrnrt " ".t,I
| ed over their heads A large manufacturer of
slaffh ~ Il helShborns town, recently said that
tatons aIr oi i; ine ,ie usual toltrtctS lot p9
W hat prices he can afford 10 pay.
| And another exchange remarks:
| If the mere agitation of this question is thus
1a'l! III 'le season affecting one OF the chle1 in
seen What must be tbe res,If .hona frSn t,'io
| become settled fact In the presence of this
i ~ the SehtIai "tllare OF our STATE al
every ahorno man ~, tya!i s I,, ;tii ii't
should see to it that the cities ana towns of
tI, tI"ilc speah WIN no uncertain sound against
st,onatnn ~ hii.in, pu!,eS tn". lll'"ns
| The farmers of panns,l,o,ia yo,,+ f., Wal,
| ington the other dov. .s , ronrasont.tiv. of
the Patrons Of TIn.bandrv in th,t st.,ta NJ,
| riolett He obtained a he9rino hDfora tbn vy,vv
and Means Committee and heo,n hi. ran.ri,.
rs follovs. ..It i. perb.,,s az, ,,+ ,f +o,,,,,;.,
for farmers 10 come here h,fore the ,y.,v. and
Means Commirtee about their own in,rro.t,
There can be no such thing As free trade in
this country. where we have Snch = l,,.,,an If
indebtedness. s. f,rnnr. ~. ,I.r,.,na ,.r,,,,
tion Htharfo ~. ba,. ,,a,,, ,o,,Ioo+,,I w,
want thr ,utv u, ,vooI ,nd ,,.,ol., .,+,,,,. -,
stored. We ar, the laroest consumer. of ,yo,,l.,
goods in the United States. md we ,,r, also
| WOO! growers We do NOT intend to h, fnro,.d
into such relations n wilI ronraI II. to ,,,, f.,
Tcya, and abandon our farm. Mr. pi,lat,
also complained hpc,IIsc bidos are ,n the, fr4,.
list. He thouoht 1he nroIu.tion of d, hide ,,.,.
| i ,nuch III An,o.i,.,, in,l,.t,- +1,. t,,,;,,..
of =, hid. IJr ,,,nta,i tl. commute. f., fi,,
fron, ho;n,, j, f,,,Ii.h +,,,.,,,;, i.,.. 49,,
of dntv rho fbr,n,,. ir,,,, .,.,,
everyboJv eI,a in tbn rn,,ntrv ,u,t ,,,,,.tI,.
| Raw materials are inst a, nrr,.y.,rr 10 ,io
nro.perty of thr ronntry j m,,,,,f,ctpr..
| After bn had ,ot tbra,,r,, with His ,,,,,,,..,i ,
marks Mr.. Piolctt. III ii, uu.jnt way .oid