The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-25
In a Dilemma.

,ejs hbor has gotten his viSiols0 disturbed
md distort. 4 by the free trade blood pols-
ming that lie can see nothing straight lhd5
eates to that subj ct. He assumes that
here is All immense surplus OF farm pIo-
lucts shipptd across tie waters. when IN
act the home market consumes i'll OF our
wheat product bat s yer cent.
He institutes a comparison between Tie
manufacturer with a $40 900 plant and aiar-
ner with COO farm, and draws upon
lis imagination for the comparative re
suits Of their operation. The Fjnddcdt0r
cannot be ignorant Of the TACT. lis stated
oy expert statistcians. lhat nine cut OF
zen men who engage III manufacturing
fail. and tli.bt not two OF ten ialmei8 TAN.
At the end of The year. the iuGicious man
ager, with $40. 900 farm, has more clear
profit than the tradesman in most any
other branch of business. He lives more
is less harrassed by business
cares. and enjoys life more nationally than
any other class,
But why expose the taliacious dtdGc~
tions of the Vindndtor ? We have done
this so often That our readers are fully
but it only makes our neighbor
more persistent and illogical in lnventlng
new forms of eXp' essing what it has ex-
pres ed and We have refuted before. The
evident purpose is to delude the people
into the belief that they are paying enor
nous taxes to the gOvernmtnt. 1t VIII not
stick to the facts. 1t runs eff on theo-
ries When 1t is pointed out that all the
articles " hich go into the use OF the lam
ily or farm are from 33 TO so per cent.
cheaper under the present protective pol
icy than they were under Democratic
tariff legislation-th the average returns
from the farm, including wheat, corn,
oats, cattle, horses, hogs. sheep, wool,
butter, eggs, poultry, and the whole line
of products incident to the farm. yield
more cash revenue than ever b>fore IN
the history of farming, the Flndacdtor
flies off Oh theory, and Il fearful lamen-
tati>n over thigh taxes. y DIS result Of the
protective policy. If IA family pays six
cents yard for calico, which is dutiabe
when imported from England at 5 cents a
ward. where does the tax come ia? II q
farmer pays $l.25 for a sack for salt, which
under Democratic legislation cost him
Us, where does the high taxes come in y? II
he pays 33 per cent. less for his axes, his
chains, and all the forms of finished iron,
l. ia lnUiz LAT ion
for revenue only" where does the high
tariff tax come in}
We confidently make the assertion that
there is no branch of business under the
sun where $4,000 investment judi
ciously managed yields more comfort
and content ment-more genuine, tan&l
bic prosperity and benefit than i'll the
farm, We may take the whole ramlilca
ton of business the merchant with ms
ledger and credits: his sight drafts and tar.
dy debtors: lis mist ortunes. with the nu
ID. rous drawbacks in his operations, and
all through the business category. and Dot
ote of them derives as much from his in :
vpstment at the end Of the year, as the
fal mer with a similar amount of capital
invested, and not one OF them does not
have to encounter more difficulties and
disbursements: .erdnre more az Xiety
and loss of rest than the farmer.
1t is not the tariff tax" that the farmer
feels, for there is no tax upon what he con
sumes, but it is the Democratic State
tax that presses upon him, and it is the
dissatisfaction with that, which the Fln-
djcator, in support OF its 'rulnous free
trade notions. strives to divert to the pro-
tective policy.
But why bother with the VmdicGtor and
Tucker? They are both for free trade. but
will deny it. They are botf, in the effect
of the views they maintain, for foreign
interests against home interests, but Will
deny it. They are both against the Blair
Bill in supporting Cleveland and the st.
Louis platform, but will deny it. They
are both for turning our busy industrial
districts into abodes for bats aud owls, in
supporting free trade, but will deny it,
But the memorable logic of their positions
Is lIjdu way. ditt why NotIoo oNLy wa
of it
The farmer knows that the only taxes
which disturb or annoy him. are the State
taxes-tllat the only taX-gatherer that he
has to hustle around to satisfy is the Dem
ocratic State tax gatherer. He knows
that the Democratic party is the power
that has managed the affairs of the State
from time immemorial He knows that if
was that party which piled up the State
debt-that expended $l2 900 900 in digging
ditch called a cannl and then gave ii
away. He knows that it was that party
which inaugurated costly patch WORK
system or want of system of railroads, to
build up Richmond. at the expense Of all
the rest of the State, and that it was their
lavish expenditures of the peoples money
that the people are now suffering under.
No. 1t is not the tariff taxi that the
farmer feels. None of it, for there is OF
an article that he uses that was ever in g
custom house. or come under custom
house laws. They are all home made-the
output Of factories built up under the pro
tective policy and costing here 33 per
cent less than ever before in his Or his
fathers life time.
But we caunot waste space and time or
the Indicators fallacies. 1t knows the
straights into which it's party has gotten
and it knows that the American people
and especially the peop'e of the 10th dis
trict will not approve the Mills bill when
its real purpose is exposed. They are OPP
posed to free trade, and the Mills bill and
Tucker are for it. They are in favor Of
national aid to public education, aud the
Democratic platform and Tucker are .op
posed 10 it, if Mr.. Tucker is sincere in
supporting the platform and Mr.. Cleve-
land. lie cannot serve two masters. Ii
he is sincerely in favor of the Blair bill,
then he cannot be sincerely in favor OF
the Democratic platform and the election
of Cleveland.
And that is about the dilemma the
Tnpdieator and Mr.. Tucker are trying to
wriggle out Of,
Don't Be Distressed.
A communication in the Dispatch of the
18th, written from Point of Forks, Flu
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