The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-03-14

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What II tsrili
Our tariff u system ofduties paid n
our Custom Houses ~ money. on gocd-
brought into The United States irem
foreign countries.
Il One objeci i 70 raise norey tol
carry on our Government. This u N
good object.
f2.) The second object = 70 keep out
or our country certain goods. % - % in-
duce men 20 make them Id This country.
Let us zee in what way III. object IL
attained. and whether tho result j. good
Tor ihe American farmer.
or course. our people who want cer-
tain kind Of goods must either bny them
abroad or make them =, home; aud il il
an iniucement 10 make and sell them
here, n the good~ brouxt; IA frs N sbrf a
are taxed By duties, while The goods
made here are not taxed. This u >
simple statement which u called doc
trine or protection OF hcme industry To
ch.nRe thar statement little. Tile iariti
duties which keep ont. or teni 10 keep
ont foreign goods. allow our msnUfac-
furers 10 cell their goods with foreign
and therefore, At higher
prices from our people. they will, Of
course. he willing make tie goods for
v hich high prices are 70 be paid
Now. who gets the benefit. and who
suffers the harm Of these high prices I
The man who geis the 5enetii = cerfsin-
|lv the msker OF tie goods, who sells them
|at the high price; and the man vi no suf-
|fers tn harm ist.e msn whe The tuyer
|of The high-priced goods. Such man y
The farmer.
Let " give . very simple example, =
pocket. knife could be brought over from
Shefie,d. In England aud sold in Chics-
20. Tor cav. thiriy-fve cents But the
Importer fnds ihat Il the port n New
York, he must pss . tari6 duty Of. ssy
ifi1een cents. Therefore 70 make > prof
LII. : knife must evidently cell for thirty
0ge cents. plus ffteen cents, that is 20
cav ffty cents when Il feeches @ ics.
I4o. Now seeing this. the American
maker Of pockei-knivfs ssys 10 himself
III can mske my knife Tor thirty-fvt
lcents. I then take ny knife 70 Chicago
land - there il ssritf tax Of fifteen cent?
lon che Sheficld knife, but none on mine
II can eel my Knife for ;orfy-fvs cent?
and sti.i make Z profit. He does %
land the farmer Who wants 10 buy knif'
'nt Chicago. finds ihat he must Do one q
two thinRs. either buy the Sheffield knife
.fDr flfty cents or the American kDif'
jfor forfy-dve cents. In the fret cas'
1.-The farmer hss rs;d 6fieen cents ex n
(which goes into The Z :. Treasury; u
1.-The lasi casr he has paid ten cents extr1
y hich goes into the pocket or the makeI
Iof The American knife.
i Buf presently. the man who broueh
lover fhe Sheffirld knife finds thst " caf
mot nv The Tax of fs;sen cents and com
IIpete with the American knife maker
i Who pays no tax AZ ail. 50 he import
lew or none or the Sheffield knives snt
.lthe American knife maker has era
'iield. The Government 10 consequently
'ldeprived ~ revenue and The poor farme
|must pay what prices the American knit
'Imaker chooses - exact
Il Now let tho farmer reflect that thi
u a msri~rn knife. which he he paid q
'lhigh and unnecessary price FOR. i III
-levmhoi of ~ the goods which BE- buy
.lfor hi~ farm and household.
Hi hoe cost him thirty cents NOR
THAN II should. his pinw fifteen per cent
Im0rt. tIf p1'nt foF III htur1 tNrnty
1--we per cent more. The clothing Tor him
Iself and family twenty. thirty Or fort
Iper cent. more. Everything i deare
n = hich he has 20 huy. while the whea
n - hich he sells has not advanced penn,
'iin nrire
u For HE wheat u nof srd can not b
llsprotecsed The price cf grain d tIxe'
lin The worlds market and can not b
-Iruled by he tariff Of any parsiculs
lconnsry.
| FOR whose benefit then u the tariff I
This country maintained? The manu-
Ifarfurcre msy profit by such IN unjus
arrangement. but certainly the farme
Idces not. Ne T. fsxed thst others ma
Ierow rich. This il the whole tsri
rIonession IN Z nutshell - fnr - Il besI
slnpon our farmers u II not about tim
eishas The farmer cracked the nut, and gS