The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-02-24
ssPUBLIO lGATTER" AND FAR


lGER0.
A llllnOlo Farmer Explains the
Situation.
State Senator z. d. whiting, : lIlo-
|on9 Rspublican of Illinois, and farm.
y known throughout the entire boun-
]arioo 81 that STATE. be- been delivering
! lecture 70 farmers % the tAri9 ques-
lion that bee eroused wtdeeproad atten-
lion among ths sgricultprel classee o. u.
|inois and Central and Nosehern ln.
1Iaoa. The lecture d entitled "Ihe
Decline of Agricultural Prosperity, It,
[huse end Cure" and Wa publjohod IN
Iull 60 the Chicago Herald, from whose
report we make the following full sum-
nary and commend Il % the favorable
Of everybody. NJ. Whiting
aid:
sArrieulturs Il suffering blight, and
among the causes II the protoctIvo tari4
Dystem, which gives bouDtIes % certain
cjasees st the expense of othoro-tho
burden resting finally mostly o. pro-
ducere. National taxes have grown
since 1850 more than 1vefold. Now
1l0O. 900 600 annually, and moro, oan b
dropped from this vast sum. Ihis should
b : boon 70 Z tax.riddeu people but
strange doctrines are preached rom
high sources. Instead Of cheaper sugars,
lumber. clothing and necessaries Of life,
relief q to b offered In cheap whisky
ana tobaccoi This ludicrous proposi.
zion proves 70 b made IN earnest, and
unless vigorously opposed Il may sue
ceed. Manufacturers do not wish to
psnder TO evil, but they aeek 10 hnd
some excuse and necessity 10 keep the
hieh tsria intact throughout. The pres
a. biah protective tariff had : patriotic
begipning. The great demands Of the
treasury IN the late var led TO imposing
direct taxes on The goods Of our own
fscturers. simultaneously the
present high tariff was imposed - .
compepsation. After the close Of the
var the direct taxes on mauufseturoe
we're repealed, but the manufacturers
we're fortunate enough to retain the wss
tsriG. This gives the Treesury more
money than ID needed. The lowering q
national taxes should b bleesing. The
removal of the extra war tsriG b . nat
oral sequence, and would greatly relieve
coneumers. But the original doctrine oi
,protection 10 infant Industries II now "a
|bo eupersoded. Perpetual protection,
ana he higher the better, is the new
Ido~ma. The iron and steel interests arG
fhe centro Of : vast tariff confedoracy
scn1rinR tho indOroemeot e. IL country
% thic doctrine. It. effect upon egri'
culture 10 already seen u the etatiotiol
nov Riyon. ! will here give one more
ibriu9ing the fact nearer home.
I Belore the enactment Of the preoeu
hi9h tariff the State Of Illinois Wa loo
eSinipR upon Massachusetts n wealth
q may we'll b supposed from nstura
causes. Since the war-taria enactmen
the case 10 reversed. In 1860 the PEI
capita wealth Of Nassachusetts was eoe2
That Of Illinois was sos. In 1850 4es
oechusetto had ipcreaaed her per captti
10 el,6oo, while Illinois bad reached bu
q .Oo6. while Illinois, with her gree
natural adlvsutages, had doubled, Aaeea
chusetto. with her sterile coil and rock
advanced 1eC per cent Massachusett
claims that Illinois shall pay fcr be-
goods I price sufficiently high to max
| % the difference OF wages between thi
country and Europe. Let me inQuir!
'IWho q 70 pay TO IllinoIo farmers the dtf
lferenco between farm wages here ami
! Arm wages 10 the Old World2 II W
should grant the claims OF Nasoachuoott
20 beIp her pay laborers, 20 per cent tas
M viii smpiy cover The case, = that .
'IabOut The amount that the cost q Ia0o
bears to the prico Of the manufactures
goods. The other - and more pe
cent. exacted BY the present tari6 y per
haps 10 furnish the money they SEM
4 West and invest IN mortgages . o.
'librmo.
4 Our manufacturing friends srs pro
1lll6c 10 theories to psrsuade % q con
thine The system. Their politepees !
Imoet romarkable. Il u said that uni
form politeness % speciss o. gpdlines.
'IIt may not make man : saints but
! viii make him lovely sinner!
u Protection b for our good they 81
Dus. we want g also for the good 9
our Workmeu. Il makes goods highcl
J Dbue then We pay Il in better wages.
makes goods lower, % the farmer get
: q benefit. The foreigner pays the duty
|, liz you DO not wish 70 pay the duty. Gu
|goods made q home This jump
when seen together needs 20 repI!
-lOuo matter may % vguuleteus ASs
s|be illustrated on lumber. But : te'
!. ..|ieus Of thousands 60 into the treasury 9
s|lmported : lumber, but millious 90 jns
1.-The pockets OF the lumber lords By oein
from Canadian competItio'
s|jrhe power ofthe lumber lords Was 80
the rebuilding Of Chicago sfter q
! 6re. Though Chicago politics Wa pr
IN nroctjce. che becoming ire
.';!ltradsr 6or : year Cosgrsss granted the
I.reQuest On I'll things save lumber-tl
s.shing Of all others most needed End mo
iust 70 b put On The free liet: The Inn
I.Ibor kingo were TOO much Tor Cnioog
: ana . their tariff sxsctIone and thc
|trust oomblnations remained 70 tax q
2 wet millions and hurry the destru
|tion of our forests. The Gbiyering "a
|neers o. Dakota and Minnesota, stIu
lllng with small means . pho!oog ~
r,|WIves aud children from the for
}. storms, must continue % poy tho bon
Atlty. who knows how many % that tho
,s|esnd OF more who sank iotO The ous
,e|6or Winding sheet were Lost for ~
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