Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-17
The Farmer Protected.

IOe prluctpol DcmOctbbic 6TRumcut
against tariff is that 1t is q protection
Of one class at the expense of another;
that while the workers in mines and
manufactories are benefited. the gres
agricultural population of the country
10 grievously burdened without any
return. This argument proceeds up
on the supposition that the farmer
receives no protection, the tariff
schedule being arranged to include
only such articles as are produced in
mills, shops. mines. etc. If this were
true it might afford some reason why
the farmers should favor free trade,
but it isn't true The farmer is pro-
tected along with all other classes OF
producers; his staple products upon
the sale of which be depends for his
profits, are oil included in the sched-
ule Of dutisble articles In order to
compete with him in the American
market foreign producers are CON-
PEELED to pay tariff duties according
TO the following rates, taken from the
oficial list:
Different kinds of live stock, 20 per
cent I'd vslorem.
Beef and pork, Ct. per pound.
Hams and bacon, Q cts. per pound
Extract of meats. 20 per cent ad
valorem.
Cheese, 4 cts per pound.
Butter, and substitutes therefor,
cts. per pound.
Lard. 2 cts. per pound.
Wheat. 20 cts. per bushel.
Corn. oats, rye and barley. 10 cts
; per bushel.
Barley. pearIed patent or hulled. !
ct. per pound.
Barley malt. 90 cts. per bushel
Cornmeal. 10 cts. per bushel.
Oatmeal. ct. per pound.
Rye -four. ! ct. per pound.
Wheat -four, 20 per cent. ad valor-
EN-.
Hay. - per ton.
Honey. 20 cts per gallon.
Hops, 8 cts. per pound.
Milk. condensed, 20 per cent ad
valorem.
Potatoes, Is cts. per bushel.
All other vegetables. l9 per cent.
cd valorem.
Fruits. % per cent. sd vslorem.
Vinegar. "A cts. per gallon.
Flax straw, IS per ton.
Wool ct 80 cts. pound or less, 10
cents; ct over 80 cts. Q pound, IL cts.
Flax, not hackled, $24 per ton.
Flax, hacked, known as dressed
iine." $40 per ton.
Sugar cane. 10 per cent. sd valor-
There are other products of the
farm included in the list but those
sbove enumerated are suficien: for
the present purpose. 1t is thus seen
the American farmer is not only Civ
en- . home market, the best and most
convenient market in the world, by
the protection and preservation of
American industry, but this market
is secured to him against all compe-
tition from abroad; it is ell his own
The projection is not merely nomi-
nal 1t is . positive and direct bene-
6t, and its removal would prove dis
sstrous. For instance. take the tar
id Of 90 cents bushel of wheat and
our large cities and manufacturing
districts would be speedily flooded
with wheat from across our Northern
border, millions OF bushels of which
10 In store in Manitoba, waiting for
such N opportunity, nor is it certain
that the tariff Of 90 cents will avail
much longer to keep them out.
The orator or writer who says the
farmer is not benefited by protection
clearly doesn't know what he ia talk
ing about, or else is trying to deceive
Either directly or indirectly no
clsss of the population is more inter-
ested in maintaining the protective
system than are the tillers of the soil.
-Emporia Republican.