West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
A FOOLED FARMER.

WASHINGTON u. H., OHIO, Aug. Il /,
1SSS.-Enclosed find some statistics
as to wages in the United States and
England. Be so kind as to put them
IN your free trade pipe and smoke
them. / am farming in Ohio and
consequently am not in favor OF
sending our products to foreign
countries and then ship manufac-
tured articles from there here; by
so doing closing our sbops and fore
ing all the present manufacturing
operatives into agriculture, the only
place left for them, thus still further
OVERRIDING the bread and meat sup
ply. You write a. ifyou might be
honest, but you have gone astray on.
to us American farmers, vital
question. The prosperity of all
Americans depend on the decision
of the tariff issue. No tariff"
means universal oppression and deg
radiation. Stop and think before
YOU 90 farther Allow me to thank
yon for publishing so good a paper.
It's only fault is that, on the tariff,
you are pulling The wrong end OF
the rope. l. III.
Our space is limited and our re
ply must be brief:
l. We are not now giving much
time TO the tariff because the coun-
try is flooded with speeches and ed
itorials inculcating sound views.
These columns are intended chiefly
for matter other papers suppress
Previous TO Cleveland's message last
December papers like the Wheeling
Register, and our politicians, almost
without exception, followed Sam
Randall and preached protection
We then filled this paper with the
true doctrine. The President by i
manly stroke, in opposition to poll
ticians like Kenna, German and Bar
mum, forced the party to pronounce
against protection. These gentle
men, and the press which echoe;
them, are now talking precisely a:
we have always talked and every
one who has read this paper regu
larly is bound to entertain correct
views on the tariff unless blinded by
private interest 1t is evident oul
correspondent has not had the ben
eft of the DEMOCRAT for three years
and half.
The Tribune is the organ OF the
money power and with signal abili
ty distorts facts for the pprpose O
misleading public opinion.
,. We commend our correspond
ent to read Congressman SCOTS
speech; we advise him to send q
cents to the n. Y. Post for-its Tar.
if tracts" we also recommend him
to send 81 to Appleton Il Co.. Bond
ST., New York City, for The Money
Makers" This book is a truthful
picture of the condition of this cocn
try and viii be revelation to him
3. Our correspondent has been
humhugged by the sophisfries ofthe
organs OF tarif-protected million
aires. We make more wheat, cot
ton, &c, than we consume. Will
England take our wheat nnless we
take her goods : Nations. like IN
dividuals, buy FROM, those to whom
they sell. II we could moi export
our products, wheat would sell at
% cts. and cotton at 8 cts. Put
this in yonr ripe and smoke it. We
cannot Judge the future except by
the past. Has protection been .
bonanza to agriculture ? We have
had this tariff for protection for %
wears and how has it worked as re
speets agriculture? twill work in
the future as it has workedin thepast.
The same causes always produce the
same effects. Here are some figures
we published more than three years
ago and now find them in Judge
Tlurman's recent speech:
From 1850 to 1860 farm lands in
creased in value l0S per cent. From
1860 to 1870 farm lands increased
in value 40 per cent. From 1870 to
1880 farm lands increased in value
per cent.
Under a tariff for revenue the in
crease was 103 per cent, under a
tariff for protection only 8 per cent
Put this in your pipe and smoke it.
We are not pulling the wrong end of
the rope.
3. Our correspondent is Il farmer
will he tell us how he is benefited
BY the tax he must pay fer boots
and shoes ? If a tax compels him