Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-27


Gall men, sun-crowned, who live above the Cog
In public duty and in private thiRking"
FARMERS AND TAXATION,
"Whosoever makes two ears of corn on
Gwo blades of grass to grow upon spoe
OF ground where only one grew before
deserves better of mankind and does
moro essential service TO his county
Chan the whole race of politicians toe
gether. Dean Syifte
Since Adam was turned QUE OF Che
Garden of Eden there has been a pers
petual efforS on the part Of his posteri-
ty to evade and render pugatOry the
primal command. @In Che sweat Of
thy facs shalt shoU cat ::breadS" The
strong have eternally preyed apop the
weak and Che crafty have eternally vies
Gimized Che simple The whole prob
dem of life has been and is TO shirk bur
@ens and impose them upon others withv
QUE aegag& 60 justices ia 9ormey ages
@ass we're she eesult o9 this problems
an6 zs ~as ehi0 ateee disregard OF JUS
9ice thas caused Che United States 20 re-
9ea against English eulea ana thus gain
neg Independence ana get Che protecs
Gionisss elaine shae high taxes protect
Sabosb 8es ss go back othe years 1856
and 1869 and see n the cheapness Of la
Dor as that time was charged TO Che low
9ariff0 We and the esi1 charged to the
slave 4abos Of Che south and that it was
Shisassae that gave birth to She repub-
3ican party and mads 10 successful in
$780, AG tfas time hesepublicans did
no8elaim that the low tariff had any
Shing 60 do asith the pricS Of labors
Everybody knew &hatlwas Che matter
fog free white labor waS bpought into
GompetitionWithch cheap slave Tabor just
as che free american laboS Of to-day is
brought SnSo competitions with Chinese
and othes foreign paupeP dabos when
is is allowed to- come to this country.
If the farmers and labofeys in general
wiH consider &his matter Shey cae see
what effects the price of Tabor now and
Svill find it just as have saido Why
do ous laws restrict foreign immigra-
Gion3 Because We can't afford to work
as cheap as Che Cinnamon and Dther
foreign 9aborerse Now &e all know
this and whae Is the use of the republie
cans claiming that Che tariff protects
SaDos @heiR they know Il lat is oppresses
every &in6 oe Yabos ana especially Che
safmesso IT there is any class Of men
Whose interest the Jaws should protect
@ il shag class ~ho Gill the soil ana
'anake Gwo ears Of corR and two blades
Os grass 60 grow where only one grew
4eforeS@ They are Che men who bear
Che heat and burden of the days who
are not scheming for the enactment of
laws Go protect them as the expense of
eheir aeighborso ana whom 0ux tariff
Jaws rob ANA wese designed 30 rob.
When the farmer earns dollar and has
occasion TO spend it he must pay an ave
erage of AZ cents ON the dollar TO the
manufactures fos Che privilege Of buy
eng wha6 he aeeds: ip case 2e should
buy Che fOreign article then the AZ cents
goes into Che tseasurSe 9 have heard
republicans say on the streets of Deigh-
tOa that the consumer did not pay the
duty but thas the importer paid it; now
lee us see who pays ito Suppose man
wants suit of clothes that costs SO in
England; whelb shat suit reaches this
country the importer pays tariff duty
of Sc which is added to the original cost
$40, making it cost $16, and now the i'm
porter must have profit so we will add
35 peg cent? which is little enough fol
his profit and the freight across the
water, which makes the suit cost the
wholesale dealeE $20s when Che retail
merchant buys it he pays the wholesale
dealer a profit of 20 per cento making the
suit cost him ga, to which he adds &c
Per cent for his own profit and the man
is compelled to pay $3.50 for q suit the
original cost of which was Sla. If VIZ
buy suit manufactured at home NC
pay the same price f0S the same quality
of goods, for we have shown the Aom,
manufacturer just what the English
suit will cost US, which enables him tx
sell his goods at che same price, Thi.
is the protection that we heap 50 mucl
about. 1t seems to me that any schoo
boy eight years old could ten chat tn,
consumer pays the tax, and when I heal
man say that the consumer does no