Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-22
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a. an expedition, not merely Of the meth
Dd- = bich he thinks should be adopted,
bnt-of tFiose which he actually adopts in
hi. work Of instrueting young men at
Williams. Prof. Perry illustrates his
eandor and the Judicial quality Of his own
mind by saying that 4'Proteetion has never
get attained 10 hi. country TO the dignity
u au opinion" and by charging that ''the
protectionists have never yet been found
heie who we're willing to pay protective
tariff taxes Themselves, and who did not
avoid and eyasle all such taxes a. fell upon
,enselyes while az the same time prais-
ing the operation Of such taxes a. could
~ thrown In their own behalf on the ig-
noraHt and helpless masses" Tina. reads
Ike an extract from a leftover campaign
.pesch Of last year. Passages just as
iuminou. and edifying could De- shipped
bv the score FROM the speeches of Mills
and Breckenridge. But Prot Perry goe.
on to Indicate the kind Of preparation for
citizenship which he thinks ought to be
IN lde 10 every college:
1T you'd seem as if II sere the duty Of
every economist in the land, duty that has
NOT been neglected at Williams certainly, to
call attention to the gradual bat memorable
impoyerishment Of the entire agricultural
population Of the United states under the
operation Of tariff taxes, shich are designed
10 raise the price srtiiciaily Of erythlng
~, farmer ba. IN buv ana which deprrs. III.
rice enormou,ly BY shutting OF hi market
of eyerything the farmer has 70 sell Farm
,,, has be.n made unavoidable bv stringent
and monstrou.ly unjust laws throughout the
limited State. So far a. it now appears,
there IA not A single prosperous farming
community within the broad limits Of this
land There cannot be under our domestic
"on"poy ies's ''i, M
-s..c, ,ba, NOR than three four,h. Of the
valuable lands Of that State are IN
der mortgage, and that its agricultural
popu'h'l'n n"' aieapy "se'."'N az, ,h
,,,,a.,ti.,s fr,n,e sbow. rho re.uIts of
csu.es exactly fitted in their own nature to
produce them. 1t IS probable II not Ger
Nl"' "nei aoo"e a, p'1P n4I., T.. Wv
N, do, marriage a, in IIIinni, fl i. no bet
ter at the East The auctioneer. hammer
has BEEN remarkably busy this present win
YER ~ H'o'A'Is ." u''p., ,,elDs
/, Now England il !, still worse. williams.
town itself does not support one-half as
many people rom us iand' as "Id rory
49,. -, -. ~. ras,t..n1 c. ,,b;ot
once maintained lusty and thrifty popula
ton, are growing up to forest again Farm
ing isho more profitable IN the neiRhoor
W' - 49, '"a' y" ."u ,,
other river in the world than il ia on III,
hil-ides of Vermont and New Hampshire. ="
Thi- extraordinary flrrago of exaggera-
tions, mi-.taternents aud rank partisan
ship rmanates not from free trade
stump speaker, but from a man who fills
the chair of History and Political Econ
omy ina leading New England college.
What does Prof. Perry mean by saving
that $50 far a. it now appears there is not
a single prosperous farming community
within the broad limits of this land :"
Perhaps This is the way that it appears
To Prof. Perry in his study, but if he
would 20 West and take a look At things
he would find scores of such communities.
Prof. Perry states that three-fnurth- Of
the valuable lands of Illinois are under
mortgage, hut according to the report of
the STATE Bureau of Labor Statistics, Just
puhl- she'd, the aggregate Of farm mort
cages in that State is only ten and q half
per cent of the assessed valuation, and OF
in the state. These mortgages, in the
great majority of cases, do not imply
financial disaster, but an extension Of
operations and improvements, the money
borrowed fer which is returned mauy-fnld
10 he Increased value of the land. That
eminent free trade organ the Boston
Herald, stated editorially months ago that
ia" Western farmers we're undoubtedly
pro~periug. Is was shown by the rapidity
with which they were paying off their in
drhtedneSs. 4, .f"a JplrBf
with such nonsense ard mi-rcpresenta-
ton ~ the above teachings of Prof. Per-
". j. to be- wondered that many of our
most Intelligent business men and manu-
facturers are getting tired of giving their
money 70 colleges where the Free Trade
horcsies aud absurdities are taught. The
Williams professor seems to have drawn
literally for his facts and opinions from
the New York Times the New York Post,
and other well-knoNn organs of British
THEORIES and interests These papers for
campaign purposes last year picked up the
item about the Bu Ks county farms. and
similar bogus facts touching the high
government taxation on agricultural tools
which foated through all the Free
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