The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-10-21
TARIFF FOR REVENUE VS..
= PROJECTIONS = F..
o THE EDIToR or TIE PIONEER.

for revenue" is ta,ih on goods brought
into our country from foreign countries,
on WHICH duties areflevied for the carry
ing on of the government and to help
defray the expenses of the same. A "pro-
tec,ive tariff is tariff to assist manu-
facturers by. levying an extra duty on
foreign manufacturers, 90 that it will
make it unproftable for them to bring
their goods and sell them in our markets.
This tariff is not for the government.
as it is intended to keep foreign goods
out, but is tariff expressly made for the
manufacturers to prevent competition
and give to our manufacturers . monop-
oily OF the markets of this country.
Free trade ID simply applying the same
BUSINESS principles between nations that
every business man uses in his own pri-
yate business-He buys if he can get
what he wants, and not other~ ise-l]e
buys where he can get it the cheapest.
But the "protective tariff" enables the
manufacturer to extort from the Ameri-
can consumer BONUS over the natural
price of the goods and SO cover his Losses
and make 'profft.-Agricultnre is the
great unprotected industry.
The growers of wheat and beef, of
cetton and tobacco, get none of tho fos'
tering they help to pay for; they are
not shieled under the protecting wing OF
protection-then why should they pay
tribute?
The very essence of protection is the
support of the weak industries by a tax
on the strong on es, and agriculture is q
strong industry. Agriculture is not and
cannot be protected, it is impossible; it
must compete with the worlds rnarke,
or the farmer must live under the free
trade system. and he must defray the cost
Of protecting other industries and max
ing good their losses.
The protecti"nists say, "manuf'ctures
could not be sold in this country without
a t,ritf; that is to say, they are natural,
Improbable in this country-we could
not.ee'l our goods in competition with
an open market; but put duty on fol-
eign importation in ADDITION to the rev.
enue duties, of forty-six percent, 50 th"t
We can raise our prices higher than the
open market and we can then f urish. I"
Where does this forty-six percent.
c. me from? Who pays the BONUS to
make up the constant loss on any un.
profitable business2 1t does not come
from the protected manufacturers,-iti is
paid to them to make up for their losses.
1t does not come from the foreigner,
since the duties collected from him are
paid over to the governmental comes
from unprotected agriculture! It is the
farmer who pays the bills.
Protectionists dispute this. They ask,
"do We not pay OUR PROPORTION with the
rest" You pay us more; We pay more
to other industries, and out of the in
creased prices We are able to pay the
farmer more. Every one gets highe,
profits and it is mutually beneficial all
around. Let US consider the matter .
little.
We have in the neighborhood a shoe
maker, tailor and f,rmer; the farmer
'leals upon an open market; the shoe
maker and the tailor demand a BoNus OF
ten dollars each a year to foster" the
shoe, aud clothing industries avoiding
all appearance of discrimination, they
tax all consumers cf shoe and mems
clothing this looks fair enough. Th'
tailor pays ten dollars year to foster the
shoe industry; the shoemaker pays teh
dollars a year to foster the clothing in
dustry; these two transactions balance
each other; the farmer pays ten dollArs
. year to foster the shoe industry, and
ten dollars year to foster the clothing
industry; he receives nothing, The
shoemaker and the tailor, are each IN ten
dollars, the f,rmer is OUT twenty dollars.
Who or what is this projections? it is
| not an idea, ideas do not make goo,i
losses, It is not the manufacturer, u
nj IN ctnnot make good his Losses by
taking money from his vest pocket an.
putting it into his pants, nj! it is the
farmer, The man who gets the benefit,
is surely the maker Of the goods, who
Is lis tn. m at high price; the man who
suffers the harm, is the buyer Of the high
priced goods.
The farmers wheat is not protected,
the price Of grain is fixed in the worlds
market, the farmer is taxed that others
may grow rich. We do not desire the
abolition Of the Custom House to-day or
tomorrow, but of it's principal abuses
and GRADUALLY safe and solid footing
for our industries will follow, without
disaster to anyone and "every tub vii!
stand on itsown bottomp Two years ago,
both Minnesota and Dakota, were
aroused. by the abuses Of our elevator
system Of buying wheat. Nosmall huyer
could bny. The wheat industry was
"fostered by the r. r. The giant rings,
formed through years Of inactivity upon
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