Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-16

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pair
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sl~ns 70 the 8zsy- II the price 10 iser~asra
By the xmsans Of the duty. ealsce dr~ss<s
COST nsxking In Eaxlznd And yet the p<c-
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Eaxsaai sAan here. AID this IL srse Of all
sssyls cresan soofs 4 stz3 dress eza be
bsagh; here ~ io~ a. 10 e<uss. And sA~ duty
10 IL c~z.~. Thss On tine tA~ory tAAs the dais
10 TAR Ia Englxnsf these DRESSES are zirsn
a@ag ansa s e~ass . yard boazs fog taking
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An sxxmple ewes Rso<e astonishing 10 fozna
/ Ia the fact that whfie chlsroform ID Subject
10 duty Of 80 esass poxnd. the domestic
a-sssss Is selllag in sAls country fog IS esass
a psast. 90 seta~ily fog Is eeaxsa reansa lsss
than the aury
| Turning 70 hardware ve dad she present
\ price Of steel rsils in this ecznsry "a SIS 9
ton. The dsfy 10 eli and she freight - So
together making sfs.5o. the txx on imported
rails This dedar:<d from ss5 besses si5--
50. whieh shoasd be the British price Of steel
rails, IL the Presidents theory II correct
Bat the British price is, in fact. $50. instead
Of $3.50
Furshsr, the steel rail industry in this
country was bails up under duty Of SIS .
toa. In i.s5 steel rails were sold here for
sz7. Just one dollar Less than the original
duty.
| Take another illustration The price Of
| cut nails in PhilzieiphiA Is ~ GO for q keg
Of 100 pounds. The dusy on cut nails Is
sl.z5. II the above proposition be correct.
cut nails should be bought In Europe for IS
cents key. In fact, they cannot be bought
anywhere on earth for less than sl-3o key
Again, cut nails have been sold In this
country a. low a. OIL IS key of 100 pounds.
while the duty was $3.50 a keg. Thus &C
corsiing To the Democratic circular, Gu,
nails must then have been purchAsable in
Europe for IS cents keg.
Three ply carpets are sold in England al
"a. Sd, or e. Ia cents a yard. Add so per
cent. taxes" to this and the price would be
% 81 cents per yard. Yet You can buy bet
ter and more artistic carpets at Dobson's OF
SIoanes for 50 l-2 cents per pard than you
can for the same money in England"
| Very plainly no citizens Of this country
have stronger reasons to support Protee-
ton and oppose Free Trade than the farm
ers. BY fostering and building up Ameri-
can manufactures, the farmers get for
lower prices the goods they purchase, and
at the same time secure home markets for
their own products, which enables them to
sell without heavy expense of Transports
ton. The large numbers Of persons who en-.
gage In manufacturing industries greatly
lessen the number of farmers, the result OF
which is to prevent the OVERRIDING of farm
ing and the over-stoeking the American
markets with agricultural products, which
would largely reduce their price. Thus
glut, stagnation and low prices would
come TO the farmers by Free Trade, while
giving the foreigners the monopoly of the
goods the farmers need to buy, in the end
brings up the cost to the purchaser. Thus
no class of men Is more sure to suffer by
Free Trade than the farmers. This Is the
history of Free Trade in all countries OF
varied resources, with rapidly increasing
population, requiring "A diversified indus
try.