Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-30
II BENEFITS FARMERS.

weary of telling our farmers that free
trade with England is the surest road to
agricultural prosperity. By way of q
to free trade fallacies oa this
subject, herewith submit the testi-
mony of an intelligent farmer, given
Sept. 4th, 1883, before the senate COM
mittee on education and labor.
Senator Gall, of Florida, asked the
witness -
'Will you tell us how protective
policy makes man good farmer?"
The answer was:-
ut helps to make him profitable
farmer, and he cannot be good farmer
unless he Is profitable farmer. There
fore, say protective policy does tend
TO make him good farmer. have
looked into the matter of my own In-
vestment of capital In my farming and I
am satisfied that | am correct about it
II own q farm OF 700 acres, 300 acres
OF it in forest and 400 acres under culti-
walton. On these latter 400 acres raise
wheat, rye, oats, corn, hay, appleR,
watermelons, pumpkins, green corn
eggs, pork, and good msny other
things. put to myself the question,
Whether 1t il better for me as farmer
that We should have protective policy
in this country or free trade )" and | con-
sidered it and counted il up in dollars
and cents. said, What have invest
ed here in this farm? First, there is the
land; next. what implements and aids do
l require 90 work my farm successfully I?
The first thing find is that / have seven
horses for use on the farm. I pns that
item down, estimating what those horses
are worth. Then find have seven sets
OF harness and spare set, and I put
those down at their value. L have three
lumber wagons, and l put them down
at cost. Then have three yoke OF oxen,
and 80 many carts, and put them down
at whst they cost; then L look at my
plows and hsrrows, and [ put them
down and also my moving machines and
reaping machines and, whatever other
machinery or implements have. ! put
them ell down end sum up their tossl
cost, and opposite to that set down IL Q
increased cost of those things to me. over
and above what they would cost me IL /
had the privilege of buying them free in
the markets of the world under the free
trade policy-I say, this is what these
things have actually cost me, and that
=. IL. /.
is what they would oostif we're fsee TO
buy every one OF them in the cheapest
market in the world, and the diff renee
Is the increased cost which have to pay
because of the tariff. Then I begin
again with the list and esk-wouid l
buy these horses in England or in any
foreign country? And the answer Is, I
raise them myself and would raise them
In any event, and II DID not raise them
certainly would notgo 30 far from home
to buy them, 80 that free trade IN horses
would be OF no benefit to me. / ask
the same question about my oxen, and
the answer Is the same. Then l come to
my moving machine and my wagons,
ano nad that the cheapest and best
wagons IN the world are made here in
America, and the same Is true of the
moving machine and the other machine-
ry and implements use; and 1 find on
the whole that the margin would save,
as farmer, In these things, IL we had
free trade, would be of very small bene-
ut TO me.
ihen pass 10 she Things which l
would or might buy abroad. might
country than OF nome; but every good
citizen has sn interest IN seeing bis
nelgnoor thrive and IL GO pay little
crossroads than | would have to pay for
1t abroad have the satisfaction OF see
ing my Delghbor, the harness maker, !,
doing well and OF seeing his wife and
children better fed, better Glad, better
educated and better provided for in
every way from the prodocts OF hts
iapor, thsn people 10 that line OF life are
proviaed Tor In sny ether country In this
woflas aI .L3
one OF my sarms IS ia Dnchess
county, hva Miies noftn OF Wapplngers
Fails and six miles sonsh OF PouRh-
keepsie. lhatiittie stream, WappIngsr
river, rolien on ior ages, no man knows
now long, nntii under the influence OF
the protectve poiicy dam was erected,
taotorlee aha mills were puiit, and @
populasion grew up around those fac
sofles ana rnilis. 1n the same way In
Eousnkeekaie plsst furnace was
eteotea anu that Grew an aoditionai
popuiation' ana 30 nnd that my 40o
acres OF lano between tnese TWO places /,
~hile hs IhIm ~ may pay mo only
per cent on she capital invested, has
eosuaily increased lVo per cent In its
value as real aatste' owing 70 the estab :
lisnment OF tnese industries a. these
polnta anu tue nome markets they
ofeate' 1hst 10 the general advantage i
oerive from pfoseesion. if
Les ms liiustfate noH tne aavantage
OF the nome mafket IN the pronsable
management OF my Iafm;-One OF my
men comes 10 ana says; want 9lu.
Want 70 go down 10 she Town 70 get
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