Fair play., 1889-06-15
The Protective Tariff.
tFrcn the iJ.>oto N"w-.l

The Democratic party IN the ia>'
election fought it, political fight from
behind a breast wrrk at Tariff re.
.lurrion:" the Republican party. from
behind an rinhanhucni of high pro.
,ccri,c tariff" Which was rj@hr
which j. right! There are question:
which must be answered. We must
prove to- the misses that the Dcm.'Tai-
ic belief was RICH, before we can again
@" forth upon the political battle field
with even II hope "t victory. Til"
farmer and stock .ai-rr hv faI-itN ing
figures. nave been ni:>lrah. How !:
/ There i tariff nn " heat which arnrl,
pr"icci- The farmer. j. the objection
We meet with. But ily dear farmer.
there i u" wheat shipped int" ihi.
/ country We have a surplus and we
! shipto other countries. No wheat
/ from other countries comes into cont
petition in this country. with wheat
raised here and so tariff laid b,
| United States authority cannot affect
! the price of wheat. Your wheat after
| leaving This country finds its WAY to
! Liverpool anl London where i, sells in
the same market, ai the same price
that India wheat sells ai,-comc> in
direct competition with whra, that j.
raised b, labarcr> who work for from
ten. to seven cents per DAY. The
speculation in bu,ing wheat in the
American markc, is governed bv the
current price of " heat in the cities "i
London and Liverpool and where is
your protcciion:
This country raises its own pork and
beef and IA surplus over. This surplus
is shipped to foreign countries where
the p:ic" per pound is fixed. And
protective tariff of 800 per pound
you'd not raise the price, nor fill the
United States treasury. for there
weuld he none shipped in 1" pay the
tariff or To come into competition with
that which i. here What is the effect
of protection ON the wooden manu-
taciurcs! or WOODEN goods worn
in ,his country not more than nmc-lali
of the WOO! is raised here. These j. a
tariff II about 10 crnis per P"nhd "n
washed wool and , l-2 cent. on nm.
washed wool. The rn,nuiart"rrr. "i
the tniirh States must aud Il" g., int"
foreign markets trr their r,w uunirrial .
They buy the wool and pay 10 cents
extra on ever, pound f,r HE privilege:
then how can the, r"nnIr'" with the /
of Britain " hen .hr raw /
mat..rini costs them ,n"rr.-iru c.n,- |
per pound more than il docs the Brit !
i-h manuiac'ur,r: Vet the farmer i !
not prnirrtrd l., this tariff far h" pays
in the purrl asr- =" hioh that he ,r-
turns all that protection gives him in =
wear.
All II. nc the shores Of Lake Su.
,,criur there are Vast copper uinr-
right ~ our door. anl Vet on account
If The Tariff the M ,nu!nr:urr- in
forcing countries can bay the raw
r"ppcr cheaper than IN American
who rr-iI..- here in the
very state TINT this metal i mined.
and in consequence of :" d"Irg ca
more rIn apl, aud thus
Indrr>c.i IL III our market P,oi,ctipn
:" called. Is - theory Supported b,
pillars of >"phi>tr, and when the
mind OF the inas-r> enlightened by the
carin.s of rXpr:irnrr is u" longer
,cf"".ed, this structure will Naui-!,
lwav in thin air. nj :ra.lr. hr
bv The immutaii" laws at
Exchange. The law of supply AMI
demand will regulate ia" p,irc Of
ahnr and ia" prices %! AL lc,.riu"di'ir>.
Thc mathematical imp">-ihirnr-- of
otherwise regulating the price of
,hor and articles of commerce will be-
cen by nj.