Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
CONTAMINATED.
The Farmer and the Tariff
Immortal gods We crave no pelf-
We merely ask, and demand redress.

we niSieS aSh' "'i' II ~ ii ''i'i i''''r g 81
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E"H0fS Q me IMrS:
In NV last | spoke of the indie bt rdnesS of the
| cities and towns throughout the country as one
OF the. ,.tus,.S of th. drpr,.S,on in farming and
other ministries wish 10 follow In. tupert nm
and uhnvv hn,y tb. farm, .r i r,hh.i wh.n,.,.r r.
lac ships his products toa city that has IL large
corn ,r,tinn ,i.ht IA illustrate | will take An
account of sales have, before, ma of elght boxes
of annIrs sold by a nr,minrut commission mrr.
rh,nt ,f N,.hir ,t,n J, ,,,t.innI itt,r ~.
nrr my f,r H.. annr,.s .,,1.n hny r,ntaininT nn.
I hushal rba .xn,. ,S., fr.Jnt ,.,n,,nis,inn AMI
,irly,,,. ,n,,i.I /. my mr. ,..nI ni th yr,,.s
sales Itviro tyyn dollars G,r IN. pght H. Ms nf
appI,,S. Now Irt H. fplluy the apples from th,.
wharf whnr. fbt.y y.r. snld rn tni. IN str,.t r.
! tail market where thr. purchaser rrtaiirti Inrm
AT fifIv cents Der peek or two dollar, Der box
/ m ,lling ixfrrn htlllr- for th. rIuht hnI.. ana
twelve. Il plIar, prlhI NV l,.r II, look Int, the
affairs nf nj. r.tail.r ti,. -, ,rL,.t man ,,bn
from apD,aranc,.S ought t, b. m ,kiuy "A fort mn.
AK n II,i >n,i ann IN n of r.nt h.. n,vs f,r tL.
>till IA, o..upi,.s in this IN Iruitrrut market
hulllinn III. answer i, rtty a THAR, Nor in,,,th
AK the a IN pumt Of rent H., pays for the houst. he
ornna. ,xiI IN. f1niv ri. answer i H.. >.,n,.
rva item, 1I,ur am ,untinr fn on. hundred h i,
, bars per month. FMS i what h. has To ptv to
! ma ntain th,. civ government Now I.t ls see
! what rh, general government ask, of him
Ihr,unh n, t.rif n, .Il Ihr u.r.>,,ri,.S nf Iif
and should he have "A ltrg,. family he contributes
/ not less than pu, uuniItl aunu.ttly Now Va.
/ 50. what the. two governments he, liy,s und.r
-Nact> of him In the way n ,iIr.rI ami IN lir.rt
taxes. let Us proceed further and seq how the
rtur,.r is called ua,u Ia fn,t tuI, Inn for him
la lh,. fr>t place. to bile ni m Ia nav mis- runr
GUS tax he is necessarily com ellei To purchase.
what he retail, IA his mar.lt stall at .s low
| lgurt. As po,>ihla | contend thar n. fnr,,4, ~
! lower tnan he uinrrwi~,. would do If he had NOT
/ thps,. Iar..,. tuN,.> Ia inert Every student nf
political economy can readily see il X the pro
iucer who suffers Al tn. hands OF tins over taxed
! market m-n and not tn, consumer Thu>,. VINO
purchase Of him receive wages mi .irnt To- lu.-
t4:v Them IN having Iht. high nj .,.> as, ed for the
apples or S.. they woutd moi L., abb, Il. purc,a..
/ Now the question arises who IN uuttins the high
/ wages paid in tin. city of Wa.linpfpn th, AN :
>w,.r il simple II /, the tr,Iu,.rr wiIan,y.r h,.
>.nl, ANYTHING there 10 III Now let u> lrnk AZ
the margin b..w..n the pr, duc,.r f,Hl the. con
! >umtr in the above a.,,uat Of >tf,., of annie.
Tn, nr,iur..r ,,,t> ,yvn ,4,ll.r a-,I ~ .tr.r
sells them for ixt,.u ,r,iurffny dollars H.
amount pti tor the ..ppr> leaving hlm tw,ly,
dollars profit Now h,. cannot 81 / mis- tC..Iy,.
dollars his IN lnry tn. CITY g,,v,runl,ut comes Ia,
ANA taNt~ Two tnlr il Of il /, nay tu,. Interest IN
pI it> bonds and IN. general Government t,br.
/ The lions sIar- Of th, remaining thlui hy IL,
protective tar..f leaving hi m with very INT e L,
call his own and Indeed aim, ~ in a. >trrit,nai
/ Ger .um>tanc,.> ~ the producer. Now the margin
between two dollars and >tNtr,.,. i rather to
much for M u contribute, towards paving the
interest up,u the R,.. ~n,p.rt-I .I,nt' nf NASH
tngtnn and using a familiar expression II i too
/ In digging anl Il. iu.Ntttbsa c,n>.lu.rr,.
will u yllt $50, l, IN TIM r,,uiiliou In ,Sni,b
Will have ruihtu. to shin II wa. .euourn Ia ~
sls-nn over ~ ,r,. hii want >p is tf,n rufn,.
wi!sn >t.s! in TIM. I'm STREET market AMI a,,-
my apples selling Tor nfty cents pr pick whilst
t l. the producer nat received only fwn dollars
/ tor the r.gut hu>hrl~. and Knowing al>p that a
Z l4ry. tax blll awaited mn. Al b,ul. ,,,I ., ~
able tn meet II was i,ubirll vynn,, ~. .,,l
fect..i l., such ,y>,run.ttr r,ttsr,, =, MI nv I,
meuts of farm prrtluct,- Tie above. show, t,t..
system OF u,nb.ry winch j. r-.rE-,trrt.s l., TN.
/ farmer, whenever ihey ship ta.tr pr,.iuct, tn
market. Il u not alone la Washington. bat
rHrtS ''tN Ia IA" country AMI there l. nn r'sr''>>
81, -. ~ ~. a." .'S!'> ns tl''>'
r9 ~ ''' 20. 's" ~ - 50. 'u 'al'ii' way
men, ~ "','s 1,' ''n'> ani @