The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25

and proper laws under II, and the farmers 81
Minnesota will take a contract to finish the
education u these gentlemen, II they persr-
we're IN their iniauliy, by having them taught
the beautiful and graceful art Of paint-
Ing pals ut saltwater. Great laughter
and applausc). Aud then once more our
wheat will sell for what II Is really
worth, and these ininitessiinal dis.
tnciions rs to grades and pedigrecs, Will
never more be heard OF In Minnesota; and
again II may be said
"rhe value OF thing
" just ~ much as II will bring"
In an open market with the whole world for
buyers. Applause.
THE iiiGn PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
/ pass now from this local wrong to the
consideration Of great national wrong.
have shown you that the Minneapolis
Millers' association has built Chinese wall
around your markets, aud likes the price
nj which You shall sell your chef production.
Another, more gigantla. a national ring,
existing not by neglect Of law, but
by force of law, has built an-
other Chinese wall around YOU, and fixes the
price of what you have to buy.
The old Image forrapii waste was candle,
lighted at both ends. Your candle Is burn
ing and suffering away at both ends. The
little that the Millers' ring leaves you, yo,l
have TO dvi', with the manufacturers Of the
east. Applause.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
Let me suppose a case:
When you have sold load Of wheat that
ought 10 be worth Si.0o per bushcl for Is
cents per bushel, you take your money to
buy necessary articles, such as clothes tools,
nails, glass, lumber, salt, coal or anything else
you may need. You 60 TO an EnglIshman,
or Frenchmau, or German
and he offers you the articles yon want at
reasonable prices. shd you are about to deal
with him when the government, your own
government which Your own vote sustains,
and for which, perhaps, you formerly shed
your blood, steps up and says:
"liola On, my friend You cunnot huy these
goods Of this Frenchman, Engllshman or
German. A. a free American you can only
buy Of another free Amcrican--thcse men are
fenced out
'Nrll," you say, ''that sounds patriotic.
| thiuk more of an American than | do of
these foreigners; | love the old ilag,' etc.,
etc.
Aud SO you 20 10 the American and you
say:
"My friend prefer to deal with you. |
ain come to give you my custom Let us look
over your goods"
You pick ont the same kind Of articles the
foreigner had offered you, and you lay down
the same price he asked YOU.
Your American brother says:
'rhat won't do, my friend. want more.
That article you offer me s. for want 81 ID
for; that other you offer me Sis for | ask
so for; that other you offer INT SO for
want $40 for"
"Whew," You say, what is the meaning
of that."
Why" replies Brother Jonathan, syou
see am protected and encouraged" Laugh
ter and applause.
"liow protected and eneouraged."
WHAT PROTECTION MEANS.
II am protected against selling my goods
10 YOU nj low prices, by preventing you from
buying at low prices from yonder English
man, Eenehman or German, aud am zen
couraged at your expense by compelling you
to pay me -. 80 for that 81 article 49, for
that sls article, and $40 Tor that so article.
And very substantial kind OF encourage
ment YOU will admit that 1t is. tApplause.l
On the trade, you propose, to the amount of
saa, you viii pay me Saa.5o, for the privilege
Of living under the frccst aud best govern
mcnt in the world.n
COSTLY PATRIOTISM.
''nut sec here" yoa say ''the millers stole
one quarter of my crop, and now You pro-
pose To steal one half OF what Is left
daughter and applause.l am u patriot,
hut that Is paving too high price for
patriotism. II this thing keeps on | will
land in the poor house"
"Nery likely, my friend,n replies brother
jonathan, ~ have no immediate interest in
your future condition. American iniustr,
must he encouraged and protected against
the panrcr labor Of Europe.n
"Blood and thunder" You reply tam not
an American. Do | not labor I'm raising
my crops. And who protects me against the
paeper labor Of Europes tAppiause,) have
To sell my whea, at the worlds price. less the
Minneapolis stcalage, aaughterl: that price
is fixed in Liverpool; and there my wheat
meets With the competition of the wheat
raised by the poorest peasants
In Europe, to.wit the wheat of Russia,
Poland and Hungary; yes, even with the
wheat raised by the half .clad, dark-skinned
natives of India, Who protects met How
am to yet back that saa.5o you propose to
now take from met You send me home
so, 50 poorer than when | left home. aud
what have ! 10 show for it"' tArplause.)
HOME MARKET.
My dear fellow, you are benefited by the
increased prosperity of your native land. by
the encouragement of home manufacturers.
and hy giving employment to our own peo-
pie"
But" You answer, ''my wants and the
wants Of the people of Minnesota, in the
shape OF manufactures, can only give en-
ploymeut To u certain fixed number of work
men: ST. many and no more; aud 81 far a.
tho price of my wheat, corn and pork il con-
eoruea il does not make the slightest differ
enee la me whether the men who make those
manufactured goods live on the cast side IF
the Atlantic or nn the west side. Of course,
other things being equal, | should prefer 10
have them reside on the west side; but not
II l am 10 pay so. 80 on every trade Of s:i3,
and he reduced to pauperism thereby. Gap
plause.) When sell my wheat To the mill
ers, for seyenty-iive cents per hashel, can
not tel-and they cannot tell-whether the
itour that is manufactured from ii goes
eventually into the stomachs Of Americans,
Engiishmcn, Frenchmen, Germans, Hin
tloos or Iottentots. In fact, it don't make
"A cents worth Of difference to me where 1t
saes. would hay" some faith In your talk
about home market II the mills and ele-
yators put up signs like this:
"pRlcE OF No. l WHEAT To RI EATEN ~
YANKEES, ONE DOLLAR Pm BISnEL.
Pace on No. | WHEAT, ID he EATEN ~
THE BLASTED EscLisnMgs, sEsESra-fisR