The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-09-13

The Vindicotor in Ats Issue of Sept 18th, says
editorially that "a farmer who advocates q
high tariff tax instead OF low, is anomaly
that cannot be explained
The above is but another form of the oft
peated assertion, made by low tariff advocates.
that the farmers and mechanics of the country
are so ignorant that they do not know why
they want high tariff II they do not make the
/. sertion III plain English, their talk and
written words Intimate that they are.
We will endeavar 10 expan-give q few rea-
SONS " hy the n mers want high tariff,
Our countly-these blessed United States
has population IF sixty million OF tins num-
Der eight million ale farmers th.y have
raised this year-and there have been msuy
Causes OPP rating to make the crop short ONT
surplus, over and above what is nee ded for
home use. OF about seventy million bushels OF
wheat aion'. send II abroad to compete with
the wheat raised by the farmers of india who
live chiefly on miliet meal? 70! Give us
more manufacturing establishments. Let the
great West pr, duce the wheat, and we will
diversity oal products and sell theul to these
factory employ ees We farmers want Protec
tiun that may have home market. Under
existing circumstances, whilst We have q high
iarifi we must look abroad TO dispose OF
surplus. What will be the condition of things
when, under low tariff, the conditions are re-
veised? NO more factories VIII be started, and
many Of those now operating must suspend.
History proves TINS ana it is no use denying
the fact. When a factory is bl oxen down the
manufacturer himself either becomes n broker
"a money ender-or buys farm and thus be-
comes producer of farm products. His em-
plnyees also become farm laborers or tramps.
Thus Will more farms be occupied and greater
surplus pre- diced to tlLd a market outside of
Wool. a grand product of the farm is placed
on the fl ee list 1t has been proven that we
can grow every grade of wool that. is used to
any extent ia Lnis country. GIVE us high
tariff and thus keep out the cheap wool OF South
An+ RIGA and other countries. II they Nil
send it over let them pay for The privilege. As
10 farm products being higher under low tariff
than high, statistics DO not prove. but just The
opposite. 1t is the law OF supply and demand
that eulates prices. sufficiently diversity
our industries. give us the demand at home.
ana %, ices will be regulated accordingly, We
will have better market and consequently
bel ter prices.
Whv should we be asked to admit lumber
| free? is this the plan Congress has taken TO
carry out the measures recommended by the
Forestry Division of the Agricultural Depart
ment to preVt mt the destruction and Wtnt0n
waste of our timber? Bring over cheap lumber
from Canada and the British possessions ana
the people of The United States VIII preserve.
| theirs Tor some remote contingency, say they?
Instead of operating to preserve 1T the destruc-
ton viii be greater than ever. cur people
knew tnat we have enough aud spare. Be
| ing OF 40 market value il will be buInt up,
Shingles must also he free, that every one
VINO shil giles house any kind may he rid of
this tax upon the rOOf-a product OF the SOL III
digenous to the whole country and yet 1T must
be relieved Of this Onerous tax There are
| many other farm products put upon u e Tree
list by The Mills bill. We do not want them
| low. much less free. They should be protected,
that may HAY e contlol OF our nome market.
This cannot he ii the products Of other conn-
| tries, where the conditions are more faVoraDle
naturally and where labor is less rewarded, are
| brought into competition with our own free OF
| all custom duties. We understand the situF-
| ton and The cry of tax does not scare us-s!hee
| 'he o her side must pay it, not US.
| Under d low tariff, or as has been shown, Tree
trade SO far as the farmer is concerned 1t wall
| not take many decades to bring the farms OF
this country into the hands OF large landed pre-
prietors as has been done in other countries.
| The present owners will then be tenants or
| peasants. We peculiar people IN tins
| respect Three fourths OF the farms OF ttiis
| country are worked by the owners. Not so III
[ furOpe. Give man thousands OF acres aud he
viii protect himself, just as the great Landlords
| OF England do. a protective tariff makes such
a condition impossible. Give a lew FassAis
cont oil and they Will soon unite in deVlsiug
many farmers in this country tor any such
schemes il it were legitimate or desirable, SO we
| look 10 the general government tor protection.
| Has the anomaly been explained? NO, DID
you SAY
/ The Report of Agriculture for 1887 places
three fourlhS Of The farms 0. the Unlted States
being worked by the owners, The other
| fourth are leased at an average rental OF one
third for the farm, One-thiIu Tor the OF team
and I'm elements, and one. bird for the lat:ir
The combined agricultural products OF The
country are worth STD us, 1871 dollars Labor
CONT III for one-thlrd OF his or more than one
| thousand million dollars. More than hve
million farmers perform the laoOr, at least II
| large share of il, upon their farms. p"
| they want Oh desire thar this labor be cut down
| TO the level Of India? There they work ali q y
| in the ling sun 1or from 10 Is CENTS, Mus
we come down to the Level OF the seiis of ius
| IL India?
The subject wdens reflect The farmer
| has an interest IN tie products OF The
soil, in labor, and also in manufactures, for
| Iured articles is q product OF TIE farm. The
! subject demands the earnest attention and
| thOughtfu consideration OF every farmer in
| this br Dad lanu OF ours. FARMER.