The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-01-11
AFInsr's Views On the Tariff ss ii Effects
Farmers-WInter Stock.
Natural Gas on the Fsrm-PrsVsnting bog
Cholsra-Colorado Agriculture.
Inapprssiativs Fsrmsrs-Bsn,fit ola Cream
sry---A Cheap Ice Houss.
how to Make Hot Beds-wOoden Cisterns-
Negligent Farmers-Pretty Kitchens
For Young Cooks-NOtes.
The Tariff and Farmers.


took trip to Chicago, and my expe-
Eience while there opened my eyes. When
Cleveland wrote his usual message / read
1t because / always read the Republican
Presidents messages, and did not think l
would be doing the fair thing to slight Mr..
Cleveland by not reading his, too. So
read his message, and the more l thought
the more l concluded to investigate mat
4ers. Well, / went up to Chicago with q
couple of carloads of stock had to ship.
] reached Chicago all right and remained
fhere two days. 1 have heard great many
Republicans, likewise a few Democrats,
puff up our splendid home industries, and
talk of high tariff to support our manu-
features in their infancy, etc. Well, 1
thought would call on few of our man
Ufactures in their infancy to see how the
infant was getting along, and see If the in
FAINT wasn't almost old enough to wean.
hsYe had an idea for some time
that tina the old Republican party party
on the tariff question, but did not suppose
they were stutfIng it down me in allopsthic
doses. / called at q number of factories
and machine shops, and found that a
majority OF the men saw workings in these
splendid home industries had no use for
fha English language, and had no use for
an American workman. at one factory
was in | applied for work, and told the
foreman l had had twenty years ex peri
ence, ETC., but he told me, in as plain
English as he could commaDd-and that
was not very much-that he employed
none but Germans. at another place,
where they were labbering away like lot
Of geese, applied for job, with the same
result as above. remonstrate with one
foreman for not having any Americans in
his employ, especially as the Americans
were paying a high tariff to protect his
Interests, but he coolly told me
who he hired. But that is lust where he
and 1 differ. When help support an in
stitution by paying high tariff on import.
ed goods, or to the manufacturers the
Same amount on domestic goods, to give
American Iaborers good wages, L have
right to demand that Americans be given
q position, not q lot OF foreigners II
Americans can't get positions in institu-
tions that We support by high tariff it is
time we stop supporting such institutions.
j also ascertained that these same foreign
ers we're getting from 81 90 to $500 per
day, while farm hand gets 81 to 81 % and
boards himself, or from 90 cents to so cents
and his board. Now, / think it about
time the infant was weaned, and let her
stand on her own feet, thus placing the
farmer and the mechanic on equal basis.
If any should be favored, t!should be the
farmer, as his labor is the hardest.
l see some parties are making quite a
KICK about the tariff on wool, ana claim
they don't want it reduced for the sake of
the farmer. This is all bosh, as there is
not farmer in our neighborhood that has
over a dozen sheep, and these are merely
kept so that the farmer can have fresh
meat in the fall of the year, before it is
time to butcher our hogs or beef creature,
and the small amount of wool each farmer
sells is counted as clear gain and the price
he receives tor 1t cuts very little figure. OF
course. there are a few out West that steal
their pasture from the Government and
raise large focks. These will pro babiy
kick-I mean the men, not the sAeep-but
let them kick, for if q man that can gel
free pasture for his sheep and can't make
money without being protected or sup
ported by high tariff, he ought to starVe
Blaine talks OF removing the revenue from
to0acco. He must be off his base il hG
thinks by so doing he is fAvoring thu farm
er or laborer. The pipe is seldom on. q
nv mouth when out of doors, and l smoke
but pound month, which costs me A
cents, or $3.50 per year. By removing Iii
revenue, big lift might be given to tht
millionaire. who smokes his 81 or s. worth
of cigars day, or to the manufacturer o
tobacco, who hires foreigners to do tn
work for him; but no advantage woul'
come to the la00rer who uses the pipe. /
is cold day when Blame advocates any
thing that will be of any advantage to tn
farmer. If Cleveland or any other ma
succeeds in lowering the tariff, and thu
equalizing the pay of mec hanics with tina
of the farmer, he will get the support G
the majority of the farmers in my locality
a farmer.