Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-24
When the "horny fsted sons of toll of


When the ''horny Asted sons of TOLL of
Highland and Virginia and the whole coun-
try think over the subject in all its bearings
and its comprehensive meaning, they will not
hesitate to say that they prefer their own
country and its development and power to
that of any other, and will, with singular
unanimity, enter their protest at the ballot
box against that policy which would give the
preference and advantage to foreign coun-
tries and the people thereof, to their Own
Valley Viayiaaioa'.
When the farmers of Highland and
Virginia and the United States think over
the subject, including the millions of
mortgage debts hanging over the farms
of this land; when they come to ask where
are the high prices for their farm products
that were promised them through home
markets springlng from the High Tariff !;
when they come to think and ask where
has all the money they have been working
for all their lives, and earned too, gone to;
when they come to know that all of their
earnings have been silently gathered into
the pockets of great millionaires, or Into
treasury surplus to be expended in
soldiers pensions aud the like; when they
come to see how everything they wear and
use is taxed by the general government
and that money taken out of their earn
ings, they will vote with singular una
nimity against the system that has kept
their noses to the grindstone and mort
gagged their farms. When they know. as
shown in the New York "Herald, that
they never get wtat they pay for, but only
a portion of it, they will realize what a
High Tariff is. The N. 7. "Herald"
gives some excellent illustrations Of where
the money of the farmer of Highland and
Virginia has gone to, and how much more
under High Tariff he has paid than
just protection would need:
If young farmer buys 500 worth of
implements to start out in farming he
gets $55 in machines and s45 in tariff wind
pudding. With the Mills bill passed, he
could get horse and harness. as well as
his implements, for his 500.
If the farmer purchases barrel of salt
for ST. he gets 81 cents in salt and pays 36
cents in protection to companies In SYRIA
cuse, Warsaw and Saginaw.
If young man buys suit of clothes
Tor S23 the amount of protection he pays
for is SO. The clothes without protection
would cost $14.
If he buys a 81 hat he gets 40 cents
oe lot TO oF
lection.
If young couple just beginning house.
keeping buy yard of Brussels carpet for
81 they receive As cents in carpet and IS
cents in protection-or say for a whole
room, $12 worth of carpet and $10 worth
of protection. With free wool $1S would
be saved.
If the young woman pays 50 for shawl
she gets So worth of shawl only; the other
So she presents to the manufacturer to
''protect" him.
If she buys dress for $1S she gets $1G
worth of dress and Sc worth of protection.
If, however, she wants pair of shoes,
which formerly cost $3.50 to $3.50. she has
only to pay $3.50 or $3.50, according to
quality, because some of the ''protection
has been taken off hides from which the
leather in the shoe is made.
If she pays so cents for an iron pot or
pan she gets 80 cents in goods and 20
cents worth of protection.
If she buys a clock for So she receives
So worth of clock and 81 WORTH Of pro-
lection.
If she wants sewing machine and
pays say 800 for it, she gets Sill worth of
sewing machine and So worth of protec-
Jion.
If she pays SIG for watch, $12 repre-
sents the timepiece; the other 81 60 to
"protect'' somebody.
If she buys lamp for 81 there is IS
cents in lamp and As cents to keep the
pot boiling" for some protected" indi-
vidual.
If she has to buy range or stove for
$25 she gets $17 in goods and So worth Of
protection.
If she buys a dozen steel knives and
forks for $3.50 she gets about So in knives
and 81 so in protection.
If she buys dozen glass tumblers fol-
81 she receives in glass SIS cents and As
cents in tariff
How many farmers of Highland and
Virginia are going up to the polls and vote
| with singular unanimity" for system
| that makes them pay these prices