The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-29
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What tho TAriff is poina, and What Free
Trade Would Dorr-home ferllnent pp
serVatlona on tho Single TaH Theory and
How II Would Work.
Rn, NEws-D DEMOCRAT. How could
absolute free trade aud alngle TAX bene
iit tho lab0rer, the farmer hnd the aver
age business many First, because y
tariff for any purpose redueeh prodne
ti0n by lesaening tho demand Tor the
products OF labor, This leaves the
lab0rer tho farmer and tho average
business man Ut tho short end, no u
speak
10 this your experience, or Is II not Z
Speak light out Ia the meetlngi Again
tho natural productions OF labor are u
produce wealth, for the lahOTers' own
bBn6lit aud the more wealth labor pro
duoes, tho better for tho lah0rer II he
can got his share OF 49, The more
wealth that labor PRODUCES, the better
Tor all Glaafta OF mell engaged IN legltl'
mate business, II they can get their
share df the wealth produced,
Now aB the natural functions OF Ia.
Dor 10 10 produce wealth, and
10 all wealth ID produced from
the natural resources furnished
by nature, OF which wo have an abund'
anee In this oOuntryi then should not
the lab0rera, tho farmers ana the aver
age business man, have an abundance
OF wealth,
And what do they gain by tariff,
that bringa the foreigner 10 this oOun'
try, 10 produce the articles they buy, ~
the advance cost OF one dollar, when
with free trade tho foreigner would
stay Ia Europe, manufacture these
articles aud sell the same 10 them for
90 cents, aud save them the expense Of
collecting the tariitY Would II not b6
n benefit 10 all classes, II while 0ngaged
In their natural ayOcatl0na, IL they
could buy the foreign products they
need, for one'hat they buy home made
prOductsY
And why does not the labOrer, the
farmer aud the average business man
OF this country, have all the wealth they
needy And why are not more laborera
engaged In producing wealth from the
natural resources turniahed by nature =
All, here is the rub,
Tariff has enabled capital TO force
labor from itB natural functions and to
become capitals slave,
Tariff has enabled capital 10 gather
the fruits OF labor aud 10 monOp0izo
the resources OF nature aud drive labor
from natures gifts,
Free trade would reduce the cost OF
living Onehalf. Free trade would In
.yauaa tIa nauauuu fnr lha ,.pndnatu az
labor because by lowering the price you
increase tho demand OF anything that
people want 20 buy. And single
tax would free the natural resources
from which all wealth Is produced.
Labor would then naturally return 10
ita legitimate functions, The lab0rer,
the farmer and the average business
man would then have what nature IN.
tended they should have, and capital
would then seek employment from
labor ita natural employer,
Say not 10 me that single tax would
distress the farmer Under our pres
ent system OF taxation the farmer as
the principal producer Of wealth, pays
the bulk OF the taxes. AS all taxes
must be paid out Of the actual wealth
produced the producer must furnish
the wealth out Of which they are paid,
aud II the reasoning power Of the farm
or does not teach hlm this, his expert
ence will.
With the single tax syslem, the spec.
ulator and the capitalist holding land
worth from $1,000 10 Sl0OO0O0 per
acre would pay from $50 TO $1,000 tax
per acre; while the farmer holding land
worth $50 per acre, would pay 81 per
acre. That would be the pro rata were
the taxes, Say 2 per cent on land values.
A. j. KNIT,