The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-08-18
a BLOW TO PROJECTION.
The Reasons n Pennsylvania Manufac-
turer Gives for Opposing Ii.

Tho Reasons n PennsyIvania Manufac-
turer Gives for Opposing Ii.
Mention has been already made Of the detection Of
Mr. A. Il. Farquhar, of York Pa. from the Republi-
eau party and his decision TO support President
Cleveland on the basis OF the Democratic tariff re
vision, Mr.. Farqukar is one of the most extensive
manufacturers in Pennsylvania OF agricultural i'm
Plements, and is the employer OF over 5Oo workme.
He says Il have not left the Republican party;
il has left me. The Republican party has deserted
the principles of its noble founders and now stands
for the policy of Stacking trade and taxing labor TO
give bountics to favored classes. Il has become the
party of Capitalization and monopoly imagining the
government was instituted for its benefit President
9geyeiandis tariff reform policy Is certainly mn me
direction of national progress. As manufacturer
support it because believe it will be 10 the inter
will give a hundred men work where it will injure
one by widening our market for manufactured pro-
ducts and enabling us to make many things we now
The effect of high tariff rates is always to en-
courage monopolies and trusts, concentrating the
wealth of the country in the hands of few, to
whom the rest must pay tribute. The farmer is be-
ginning to understand this pretty we'll He receives
no protection for his products, since he exports
Them and the price of his grain cotton is made
London and Liverpool He has TO compete with the
labor of the world,
Manufactures seek to terrify farmers with
picture of the competition they will have when
their factories are closed and their hands have to 90
on the farm. What nonsense The Mills bill, by
reducing the cost of the raw material, will open
dozen factories where twill close Itis besides
cradle portion of the manufacturing industry of the
country even under absolute free trade, Il am very
that would not have to stop, but would rather
do than have the community taxed 10 support me)
while il is certain that with lower tariff the farmers
supplies might be more cheaply obtained In short,
benefit is derived by the farmer from the proec
tive system; it is, however, very certain that the
increased price he has TO pay for supplies impover
ishes him and makes the monopolist Il millionaire
Il can hardly discuss the wool tariff with any
degree patience because of the evident insincery
of those who contend for it, lfprotection is intend
ed FIR he of industries
the establishment of such as require higher grade
of intelligence, even though, us is invariably the
case these enterprises favored at the expense of
other industries something can perhaps be said for
it, but the protection of altogether unprogressive
advantage of all forms of wool manufacturing, and
the injury of every man, woman and child who
wears wooden garments, COMFORTS with no plausible
system of protection-American, European, modern
or medieval. The tax is retained simply because
the protection party is in need of more votes, and
believes it can get them in that way. The WOOL
raising State do not clamorous for protection.
The Representatives from the great wool-growtng
States OF Texas in Congress voted unanimously
against it. The older States are growing less ana
less dependent upon wool, but farmers everywhere
safer more from increased cost of clothing than
they would gain by tariff on wool, and a reduction
of tariff therefore, would proves benefit to the farm
ing community.
are enhanced by the tariff, the implement maker
suffers by the present war tariff system in several
ways. He is at disadvantage in the export of his
rial. His sales diminished apd the high tariff
bearing particularly hard upon his customers-the
farming communicable suffers with them. We're
the Presidents policy carried out he would, while
able TO sell his implements at lower prices, make
more Of them and better profits upon his business;
The withdrawal of high protective duties would
widen our markets and tend TO develop the genius
and enterprise of our people. This short-sighted
selfish policy of high tariff like that of overreach
ing tradesmep taking advantage simply because
they can, always brings damage ruin in the long
run. Cuba was once coffee island and set out 10
her coffee interests until the retaliatory duty other
nations drove her coffee out of the market and
she raises only for her own consumption. We have
driven our once magnificent merchant merine from
the seas Our tonnage scarried in foreign vessels In
1850, under a tariff for revenue, we did third of
the worlds foreign commerce-now about four per
cent
The great superiority of patents system is only
developed and undeveloped, and beeoneS
one OF our chief advantages in the Industrial race
/ visited some Of tAelarge agricultural implement
some years ago, and found that although they pur-
chased most of their raw material from thirty to
forty per cent less than 1 paid besides possessing
considerable advantages in shipping. and paylngan
average of forty per cent less for labor could COM
pete with them in the worlds markets owing to my
vastly improved machinery and better class labor
in other words, mechanic in Pennsylvania will do
u given amount of work cheaper than those in the
largest European factories and not only cheaper,
bnt enough cheaper TO largely compensate for the
difference in price Of material, or would not ex
port the work,
y "fRe reduction of duties would In my opinion,
improve the condition of the working classes. En-
larged markets would give them steady employ
ment. Considering the increased purchasing power
of the money, they would earn more than they do
now. The needessnesS of protection to keep up the
price of aber is thus manifested but it is essential
the large profits of the monopolist and trust COM
panies. The first effect of diminished duties must
be increased purchase of foreigngoods. This would
result in increased rateof foreign exchange, and
necessarily in stimulation of exports. In this
way the balance of trade before Long becomes
must correspondingly grow, We would buy what
We could not produce economically, paying for it
with products We could furnish TO advantage, The
balance Of trade cannot long incline more to one
side than the other As our country is now circum-
sianced, the best stimulus that can lie applied toour
beat our inventors would be put upon their mettle
and would attain greater triumphs than ever before
placed upon the free list. An obvious effect of this
would be TO make manufactures flourish. Prolee
ton of crude material is least important 10 the pro-
dueers and most injurious TO the consumers. The
reason that manufacturers don't generally join in
the demand for free ray material Is that they are
not entrely free agents, Many interests must com
blue Themselves, to stand or fall together in order
10 coInmsnd Legislative strength enough TO enable
them to fleece the public,
Protection is the father of mlllionaires and pau
perS, and the question simply is shall we continue
thus TO labor and trade TO fill the already
flowing treasury vaults and pockets of the million
astrous commercial reyerses? 1t should seem that
every one must know by this time how tariffs are
peot 10 reap The benefit. Protection is asked for H.
liant fndustries but the larger they grow the more
is demanded. 1t is eternally din1ed into the ears
Of the WorkingWan that all this is done In his inter
est Who Is to teach him the truth that protection
is always q tax upon labor, not upon capitals The
political speaker is generally demogngue, How
the Chicago convention has played upon our preju.
dioes pasipg hope of winning this falls election
upon being able to pull wool over the eyes of the
people especially the workingmeni But all are be-
ginning TO understand that tariff duties are tax
upon the whole community, and that they neoes-
sarily bear hardest upon the poor. The working
man eats as much and wears out as many clothes Us
the rich man, end therefore must pay the taxes
which should fall upon tie capitalist 1t is demon
slrgb1e that the duty cannot come from any other
source than the pockets Of the consumers. The bur,
den of it must fall indirectly il not directly upon
labor. The theory that higher or lower scale of
wages is going to have any effect upon exchange is
essentially absurd, toF no country eau buy goods
produced at the cheap labor cost without paying for
them in goods produced at the dearer labor cost.
Balances always paid i'll goods, never in money.
"Our workmeD, and indeed public opinion 81
most everywhere, oppose free whisky. Temperate
people oppose il; drunkardls many OF them, oppose
1t In the hope to remove q dangerous temptation.
Tha battle ir cheap liquor as against ohoap neees-
saries Il losing one The Presidents qualities adj
dress themselves directly and Enthusiastically to the
natural intelligence of his countrymen. Probably
no one has ever lived who would be described by
greater number OF fairminded persons in nearly the
same terms" =
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