Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-02
Sophlstries Addressed to The american
Farmers by Advocates Of the
Tariff Spoliation System,
American Agriculturists Compelled TO
Sell In the Cheapest and Buy in
the Dearest Markets.
Perth mt nlustrations OF the Practical
Workings OF the Monopoly Tarih-sOiid
Arguments for Free Trade.

Nle was wv - bIlut VI bhlSdED1 WI
In the course Of his remarks, discuss,
the effects Of the protective system up,
America farmers at some length. Amor
other things, he said;
1t can be stated as an almost solf.ey
dent truth, and one not disputed by an
political eco Jmlst OF repute, that Oh
surplus Of any commodity determine
and Axes the price OF the whole. Now
II we take wheat, az one Of the most In
portant OF tne farmers productions a
an example, we necessarily 1nd tha
whenever he grows more than enough T.
supply the home market the surplus mus
seeka consumer elsewhere. In sceklnl
that market he Of necessity goes upon thl
same basis that every other seller goes q
it-tbat Of competition for buyers Tn,
American wheat goes TO Liverpool, ",
viii say. What does It meet there? Simply
an open, free market, m which the wheat.
growers OF the world are competing
There the Western farmer finds NOT only
the natiyegrown grain Of Great Britain,
but that from the valley OF the Danube.
from the plains Of Russia, from the shores
OF the Nile, from remote India, and the
island continent Of Australia as well, all
OF them alike asking buyer Where, |
ask you, are then the shelterlng and fos-
tering tariff laws Of this country OF
what avail are they 10 him 10 that mar
keti aud In the face OF those competitors?
where now Is the boosted protection
ms country's laws were made to give
against the "pauper labor of the old
Worldf" There he ~, confronted on the
one hand by the seryile labor Of Eevpt
and on the other by the wretched and
peggarly toiler OF India, whose daily ware
IN but threepence. There he stands
hagglng aud bargaining in such company
as thus for buyer Tor his produce. Sure
iy he has a right to call II anyone has, for
protection IRON such fate as this. But
where are
Tux yAuNTED TARIFF LAWS.
aua Their fostering, protecting carer
Three thousand miles behind him-back
In New England and the Middle states
protecting mis- happy country against the
"pauper labor OF Europe" Has he NOT
STOOD by those countrymen ia the past2
Has he not, during all the years of their
e&lslence, been regularly and system. |
atlcaIY ana ourdonsomely asse ssed TO !
support them and their Improbable IN |
uussfleSf Has no not, during all those |
years. produced Tor them their bread, and |
furnished II 10 them at a price deter
~ WRAAN'T NNlNtt NNliltLlllOUf AND !
YET II seems there are those who say in |
inc face OF these overwhelming and nm.
nnswerablo facts that the farmer Is pro. |
lecied and benefited by our tarlf laws |
that these laws create for him domestic |
false fsdasS6t,hhg and such unjust treatment
OF our agricultural population. You nave |
made Tor him restricted ana hlgh- /
priced market as q buyer while you con |
~ 40. q rfftf "a "a
petitton.rldden market as seller 700 |
make him support the skilled labor Of
your workshops against the skilled labor
of other countries, while you compel him
TO meet IN the simple and unskilled labor
OF his calling the common laborers OF the
world. The one contends only against
skill aud limited numbers, while he must
compete with the cheapest and most
abundant form of labor.
For many years, too, he has suffered
from tho total loss OF the French and
German markets for his hog product an
Interest next In importance to cotton and
brendstulfs That the prohibitorY legis-
lation OF those governments 10 warranted
by the sanitary preteXts upon which IL IL
based has been too often reiuted TO re-
Qnlre further discussion at this time, II
Is now well understood that these are
without foundation. But this inimical
legislation may be, and probably is, In
retaliation for the restrictions practlced
by ourselves with reference TO the
products OF those countries
We have said much this evening about
our tariff. Possibly some OF You may be
unfamiliar with It's details. 10 give any
extended extracts from the work entitled
'Duties on lmports' would occupy toe
1 will
alludo briefly to
4 FEw ITEMS
find that when France sends to us her
manufactured silks we assess her 90 pei
cent. OF their value before they can b,
landed upon our soil ON wooden goods
the tax Is graded as TO invoice value, hui
averages about one-third Of what they
are worth. ON leather we collect lb pc
cent, OF its value, and ON manufacture
Of this article we assess tax OF 80 pc
cent, With the exception OF gloves, whicl
nay 90 per cent. On fancy goods we sc
from 25 TO a5 per cont, and on earthei
stone and china ware, all the way iron
rs to 80 per cent, ON their chemicals
drugs, dyes and medicines the tarin run
from 0 TO 90 per cent, On manutaetu
ers OF iron and steel we take 40 pc
cent. Ga their pertumery we a.
sess them 80 per cent, aud ON q
breadsmns and other iarinaceous foo
We collect 20 per cent. In shor
ON everything they send as we tax thel
anywhere from Que. quarter 70 one half {
more OF it's value. We do the same wit
Germany, Think for moment Of Il
possible result OF the prohibition
Great Britain OF the importation
American hog product She has precise
the same provoeatlon as'has either OF q
countries previously named II Is a PC
sibility, at least, OF which Il IL not Z
much TO say that II would almost inyol
tho absolute annihlaton VI this great
dustry and depreclate enormously I
corn lands, upon which Il IL based B
we can with poor grace complain
action on the part Of other nations VIII
we have ourseveslong defended and 81
ported by precept and example. Our OF
legislation Is the evidence we having OF
selves introduced must be bonni by,
announce TO the world that
rnR roLcY OF "rRoTECuONn
Il the sound commercial basis Will
should govern trade, We say that
StrictOd commerce Is founded on defen
BILE eeonoiplo principles, aud we on