The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
THE farmers THE SUFFERERS
BY THE TARIFF.

I reckon you know that the farmers IN this
county pay uinc. tcnths oi the taxes citizens en-.
gagci Va other pursuits which are ten times o.
profitable are taxed only ono tcnth. call Il rob
berry What do you call ~ i II not possible 10
rght This cruel Wrpug' In my humble way have
often called public attention tn this fact aud prD
du.rd the proof ani suggested the remedy I have
called attention 10 the fact that the farmers constl
tutc q majority Of the voting population " our
county, and have m consequence tho power Of cf
footing the pnc'ly for great Wrnnvs. II l. doubt
lc.s that with u knowledge " this Tact rupadon.
GnrHyl. in his Inaugural made the declaration
that tho farmers o. we'll o. the ncgrDr, need The
s,hu0lmistcf n order Ia vote int"gcntly For their
instruction I viii call attention Ia the following
hrp; The population Of tho United States T.
about iiWo.up. Of whom one bal! ar' females, aud
nhout iapil0ll nw In tlrir minority. leaving the
voting population at about iiuoo0Di ui whom
1929 arc adult male laborr. ms shown by the
late census. they. Of cIuric. constituting little
over one hall oi the voting population. ny the late
ccu,us there wcrc i.nls,pl7 farms In tho United
States. containing aaa.osi ~ acres. valued ~ 4.
~ upal5d with sNA o., invested w AfminEr N.
ulcmcuts. and with 81. ~ igt0f Invested IN live
stuck Allowing so annually IN each farm lahor
e. would leave N pr cont Interest on agricultural
Investments ny tho late censls then VEN 2ia.si
manufacturing c,iah i,hmcni, IN ihr United stni1.
villa capital of si7p0f736. which consumed
si.ag. F1 iiaof raw material. Tho products amount
ell 10 nGp,ilptpL 1hcw wcu .Uli.iri male
laburcr. employed AMI the total amount Of
whr.s taid nil.nN7o. II win thcufofy
apf,raf that the net pridtl oi thrsc manufacturer
w,r, over ~ pr cent. the capital oi The farmer.
n,uInr profit NJ oniy 81 pct rcut, while that oi
the manufacturers uclicd pruht IT over % per
cent, AMI yet those manufacturer rr'iulfr tn
farmer a. hcaf the hurirn ~ IN prr ccnt pro
/ ~ laHWH Ii
eau labor. The question would naturally arise.
| hoW much would these 5Oploo0 oi farm laborcr
| have puntri by that tartar Ani huW murh even
| DO thpso .gs,uloui manufacturing hhorcrs ptudt
| Wh,n their treatment has been such ns W mnk,
an Official hur'iu fcpori that they blushcd Cot
their native tate Of Massachusetts,
Tbs above Is an extract from letter by
the late Judge Jcrc < BLACK, Of rcnnsyl.
yania. 10 The L1Hcasd hic'igmoT written
In iSSa II is q plain statement OF facts,
aud. showing the inequalities Of the robbcr
wartariiI, proves also that President Garfield
WIS an honest and ouispokon ircc trader,
because he was a farmer aud his heart was
iull Of sympathy tot that oycr-burdcncd
,lss. No one Of our statesmen, since
Jefferson. was moro popular with the
masses than Judge Black, who was 10
true 10 honorable aud NJ just that hc
could not fail to do justice to political
opponent The eternal vcriiics and cqua.
tons Of law and justice were a. slccplcss
scniinclsi tho heart and mind Of this In.
comparable Iurisi, Who regarded his party,
Nv organization aud its principles as
substantial agencies for good purposes.
and not ior mere personal OF partisan
triumphs. To him "thc CREATES, good Of
the creates, number" was the swelling
and unsatis6cl cry Of the toillng millions,
on whom MI the burdens 81 government
rest As Ationcy.Gcncral Of tho United
States, and later Secretary Of state. ~
Chief Justicc Of Pennsylvania, and one Of
the fin, II not thc ilut lawyer Of his time.
he was also one oi tho ripcst and best
equipped Of our statesmen, man Of
memory ~ extraordinary U Macaulay's,
aud possessed of q marvellous gift oi com.
mon scnsc. No man better understood
the progresses Of development by which
these States grew aud this Union came
into existence. and mo- one. not even
jefferson himself. better understood the
limitations Of our dual system Of govern.
incni or the rights OF the people under
them. lie was, therefore, among the bit
forest opponents Of class legislation, and was
Justly indignant and impatient NJ the rob
bcr.likc lengths TO which the Rcpu blcan
party had carried protective legislation
knowing cities well, Judge Black knew
| the county better, because he was always
! a countyman, and II was his pride TO mnl
himself among the farmers. lilo spok'
for them aud 10 their interests. therefore
rs task con amofc, The extract We re-
! produce above makes this plain, and ais
. that the intricacies Of trade statistics wcr'
"a easy Of solution 10 his mind as tic Sub