Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-01-26


operations Of theiarin, auu uIttiNsisi I
10 Investigate for themselves i|Is
Is a good sign. IL indicates fl|at
they are getting to be q litllaekPpt
tical abuut the intense zeul oi I|ln
Political deinagOgues ln the lFteIest
OF the farmer class. MtuY infIrtf3
are told by these demagogues. N1u
honestly beileve. that oply me
manufacturer II protected ANllnNt
foreign competition, While fna
farm products are open ~ 7req
trade.
Now II the farmers will pxAiE.ne
the tariff laws they will find that
they Impose the following dlft9I
protective duties on a9ilcDlrurai
products: Rice cleaned. = et,Is
Der pound wheat, 20 cents per-
busher; wheat il0nr, 20 per cent
Indian corn, 10 cents per husit|
oats, 10 cents per btistei rye. ~
cents per bushel barley 10 cents
per bushel; butter, cents Rer
pound; cheese, 4 cents per rourH
potatoes, is cents per bushei t0+
baeco, unmanufaeiured ~ ceEts
per pound; sugar, from A. W r
cents per pound live animals, ~
per cent; those for breeding pufpo-
ses are admitted free 70 benent the
farmers beef and pork, cent per
pound wool, from y tO 10 hpd ~
cents per pound, and hay g per
ton. These duties, and 0tuef8tuu
lesser products. tend e, keep out
foreign c0mpetitors, cspecihily un
our northern bortlerss and leave our
home market almost exclusively
free for our own farmers.
Thanks to home manufacturers
making a home market, AZ the
railroads facilitating transportation.
the American farmer Is better tii
than the farmers OF any other lsnIu.
The statistics from the Agricultural
Departinent at Washington snoN
that the wages of farm laboren ore
best in those States and dlsifleIs
where the greatest number oI hian-
enterprises exist.
showed, ia 1882, that wages were
S24s55 per month In Ohio, n nfNHr
ufactursng State, and &ls.N AZ
kentucky, Just acfDss the rlNera nn
AGRICULTURAL State. The difference
~ marked even in the inanuIaetur-
ing and agricultural portions u
single State. In the Northern dis
trict of Illinois, where manulacinf'
Ing Is most extensively carried On,
wages are ST .52 per month, aud ~
the Southern district $i9.S1. Anc
Department report says; Whffl-
ever other industries flourish, anti
the number OF persons nnyl0yea ~
agriculture Is fewer thNii thuat tll'
gagged in other OCCUPATIONS, "A IN
found that the prices tsf farim prDf
ducts are also higher In lnnnuiilcs
turing districts, aud the GROSS and
net earnings of the farm llropriNipf
greater"
I. ? A. fsir 1neahafl Of esis1n.tlne dis
farmers comparative profit or Ills
product, as between Tree trade euu
tariff. would be 10 see how macn q
bushel OF corn or wheat would 4nN
OF some other asticIe. Mhtre. An.
der free trade his bushel ~ WllW't
would buy S.5l yards Of bleneA*n
sheeting, under protection n wnuiN
buy lI.O4 yards. WhnrN
uodPr free trade il would hay NA
wards of prints, under pfpterilan n
would buy 1927 yards-anu 81 NN
Of other articles, 30, ~ free 7f''te
would cheaper whatever necessi' y
he might be compelled 70 Fpt
abroad, ii would, OF e0ufse, coff'f
pondingly cheaper his own pfo4IN<
and lessen its purchasing power
His better way t0 cheaper the fNti
of what he has. 10 buy " lu eiiraN
age home manufactures nnd IlANf
sified industries at home. fNtin#
and factories thrive best when kl'8*
each other. Stpadinetss nNu H8u
llarity in the returns 10 aRflculiNIal
| labor grow with increase tli we
variety od commodities produced "a
the land.
AS we have repeatedly enld "
protection protects anylllInK y I,1p
tects home labor. diversified Ipr
| dustry is desirable TO the ctpltHIlr'
but much more 50 10 the Wcfklns1.
The capitalist could 90 into 4 FNs
zion where cash was scnrtHs hffNAtrR
the people were, far from hm
loan money to farmers asSu sMNiikf#'
up their little farms, hcepruigN ~
law II not according 70 Eorptl rt
relentless foreclosure OF nAorlHHNe
But if, instead Of doing this, nt "a.
vests his capital IN a wool, eoispi''
iron or sugar mill in that same ~
\ pion-boueht the provisions fof ,'if
empIoyes from the Deighb4iuk
farms. there would not only be 10
/ mortgages. but the farmers hand
would rise rapidly IN value ana dhts
credit rise with II.
IL jsnn inlallible law that where
keyer large center Of cnusunspllon
4 formed the neighbcrlng fnfIners
are the first to profit by u. Take
ithe little city Of AnnIslon--not ~
little either-in Alabama, which
sprang up in night ~ u Were,
Could farm be boughtAround this
town to-day for AZ low q price ~ u
\ couId have beer before the town
was built? Not M all. And7tne
4 products OF these farms have inctRlst
ed In value In the same prnp0stiNn, +,
Just com pare the price Of laaua VA
manufacturing State with lllNAe
of State that does not mAaulRN'
ture.
The farmer receives incidental
protection by sgle creation Of r honft
market, wlGss direct protection
. keeps Off ceippetitOrs. Indepen'
.. dent OF our great staples Of cOttu
and tobacco, ninety-twO per cent
OF the surplus products oI fsie hlI
mers Of fhe United Stale1 are cDiI
Z sumed nj home. kngland viii pu.
lust what she requires npd re- ii1nfN
and she never wiiIhuppiN tNff' i'Ste
. of hotnp market WH have ny
authority of United States EptItnls
I sionsr IsDripg that of the : tlhtpvl
600 900 produced by our vaflpNF 2
dustries, nearly $l4,OU NuV NY = 4
! consumed at home. Dut 'f'It'7t
q trade and consumption 's ionftet'
e times greater than 0urh'rei " ffalp
y large a. ii Il. The closer ''e ~
e ner brings fhe market fo M 'NfH|
1i the more he saves III we 1<I.' q
getting to mark r. lAkfe " n
saving Of frnnsportatiuAt iht
crease. OF prices for MP prs..4Af. "
the apprecialinn uf hiA Mnds ih
improvementof his credit, Chs nr'..
a fection from p0mpeiNiun " il'e'
II would ruin him ifnli nnnuiaf'll 4
IS rers should turn farmers. AisirFl
e eau pru,lucers. whether the pruop
q Gers ~ Vegetables. auImnl or iNiu
e eral ,,y.siIets ~ lheIr own #f'
Is must sgnud together aen'17I ~
n comp tisissn of1 nil oihfE n.s'Hl'..
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