The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-18
sFAUNTON. VIRGINIA. OCTOBER IS. 1888.
j ,hn Roach on Protection ard
Farming

Advocates Of the British Mills ill never
weary OF telling our farmers that Free
Trate with England is the surest road tt
a:r cnltnra! prosperity. BY way of cor
rtctye 10 free TRACE fallacies on this sub
j CT, we hereHiib sth nit the testimony Of
an intelligent farmer, given S ptember A
1859, before the Senate Committee on Ed
ucation and Labor.
Senator Cal. OF florida, asked the wit
ness: VIII you tell us how a protective
policy makes 4 man a good farmer ~
The answer was 1T helps to make him
) II proftdbie farmer, and he cannot be a
good farmer unless he is a profitable tar
ner. Therefore, | say protective policy
does tend to make him good farmer, |
have looked INTO the matter Of my own
Investment Of capital in my farming. and
| | ana satisfied that am correct about it.
Il owl a farm Of 200 acres 300 acres of
| it in forrstan 400 acres under cultivation.
On these latter 4D0acres | raise wheat rye,
oats, corn. hay. apples, watermel0ns pumps
KRIS. green-eorn. eggs, pork, and good
many other things. | nut to myself the
/ question. Whether is it better for nle as a
farmer that We hould have Protective
| Policy Ill this country OF Free Trade and
considered it AID counted it up in dollars
and cents. | said, What have | invest ed
here on this farm? First, there is the
land: next. what IMPLEMENTS and aids do
TO-
rhe first thing that find is | have seven
horses for use On the farm | put that
down, estimating what these horses are
! worth. Then l find | have ses EN- sets of
harness and spare set, and put those
DOM at their value. / have three lumber
wagons, and put them down at cost
Then | have three yoke of oxen and SO
many carts, and put them down at cost.
Then | look at lIy plows and harrows and
| put them down. and also nv moving
machines and reaping machines, aud what
ever other machinery Or implements |
have, I put them all down and sum up
their total cost. and opposite TO that |
set down the mere Used cost of those things
TO me over and above what they would cost
ne if | had the privilege of buying them
| free III the markets of the world under the
Free Trade policy. i say. this is what
these things have actually cost me, and
! that is what they would cost if | were free
10 buy every oue Of them in the cheapest
market in the world. ana the difference is
the Increased cost which have to pay
because of the tariff. Then begin again
Wi h the list and | ask. WoaEC BUY
these horses in England or iii any foreign
country : ANA the answer is. raise
them myself and would raise them in any
event, and if did not raise them ! Ger
tainly would not go so far from home to
huy them. SC that Free Trade in horses
would be Of DO benefit to ne, | ask the
same question about my oxen. and the
answer is the same. Then come to my
moving machine and MY wagons, and
find that the cheapest and best wagons in
the world are made here i'll America. and
the same IS true of the moving machine
and the other machinery and implements
| use and | tind on the whole that the
margin [ would save, as farmer, in these
things. II We had free trade would be OF
very small benefit to me.
''Then pass to the things which
would or might bay abroad. / might buy
my harness cheaper in a foreign country
than at home but every good citizen has
an interest in seeing his neigbbor thrive
and If | DO pay a little more for my bar
ness at the corner of the cross roads thar
| would have to pay for il abroad / have
the satisfaction of seeing my neishhor TIE
harness maker, doing well, ana of seeing
his wife and children better fed, better
clad. better educated. and better provided
tor ia every very. from the pro 1ucts Of hi;
labor, than people iii that line OF life art
prov ided for in any other county IN the
world
One Of ny farms is in Dutchess county
Eve miles nor h Of Wappirg4 rs Falls All,
six miles south of PoughkeensIe. pha
little stream, Mapping + river, rolled OF
for ages, no snan knows how long, unit
uuder the iuliuelce of the Irote civ
policy dam was err cted ,taetOFi and mill
, were built.and a population grew UP aroun
these factories and mills. In the sam
way in iaonghkeepsie blast furnace va
erected anJ that drew an additional pop
. ulation; and 50 | find hat my 401 acres Q
land between these TIVE places, while as
. tai m it may pay tae Only per cent on th
capital Invested, has actually increase
100 per cent. in Its value us real estate
owing 30 the establishment OF these indu:
| tries al these points and the home market
} they create. That is the general adval
tage OF this home market in the profitabl
. managc meDt of my farm. One of my me
, comes in ana says, | want $40. | want
? go down to the town to get spokes put i
my wagon. say to that m w, have &C
no money for you to-day, you must get
off the farm; what have you to sell? Il
goes cut into the orchard and he fac
some good fruit, Wrndfalls. If they wei
left there they would perish, and it wnul
. not pay to SEND them TO a dis ant m lrk =
but he gathers them up and puts Them
,. a basket ready to be tax Il to this hon
. market Then lie goes out and gAthrl
+ some wattrnielOns, then he gathers soa
G ears Of ice grean eorn, and when he HI
them al in his wagon be starts down
: the village and sells them to the wager
= maker. shoe. or harnessmaker at first eos
;, and pays for the work that he reqnir
!, done. SO that home market consume
those farm products which would othe
wise perish. and saves me the none
which | would have to pay for the wol
that [ require done if those factori
which !aa.4e chat home market did n
! exist"
: The witness who gave the foregoi'
: plain, straightforward testimony was t.
= celebrated irishman. John Roach.
', Diseased nature oftentirnes breaks fort
u in strange srGpt ious. " aud the result of
II all is pain. Now SAlvAf ion Oil will g l