The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-02-09
LETTER FROM \
Crawford, Tex. Dec. %, SO.
EDIroR LEAuER

The once white cotton fields
have all disappeared, and given
place to the brown colors OF de-
cayinc We etatior. The lines and
channels Of commerce., have. tor
several months. been crowded with
the hard earned products of the
many, once white, cotton fields.
The laborcr. who produces this CT
tcnsiye article Of comrne~cc, re-
csives as his remuneration, from
eight TO nine cents q pound tor IT,
here in the home markets; and
from thence, it passes into, or
through the hands OF at least tw"
ether dealers before it reaches the
SympAthizing hand of the manu-
t%acturer. Those middle men make
more money. AS cotton brokers,
than the man who labors from
April to December in producing 1t.
When the manufactures gets hold
of it, with pauper labor, ne can
manufacture the cotton cloth very
cheap; and after paving the cost Of
its manutaturo, and adding to that
his profits, he lie still not satisfied.
but cries aloud to the government
for protection against " foreign
manufacturer, who cannot even
compete with him; aid thon he
ships his cotton cloth down south
to the men Who produced the raw
material. Now then, how much
does he pay for his cotton back IN
clothl A blind man could easily
tell ysu this. lie pays the prohl'
Of those middle dealers. OF both
the raw cotton and the manutectur
cd goods. beside" the cost OF lis
manufacture, the manufacturers
profits, and a high, a very hig''
protective tariff, which would make
his cotton pants, which he wears IN
the fields, costs him 40 or 50 cents
mound. This anawers the reason
40 many poor people throughout
our land and country. The people
will never remedy this by legisla
ten, for the Legislators OF the Prv4-
ant age OF the world, are generally,
corrupt, or too easily brlbed'lo
make laws beneficial TO the great
majority OF poor, laooring classes
Of people. Money runs the govern
,ncnt-its own way.
When the people go back again
to the use OF the old spinning wh'ci
and the old wooden loom, which
long ago, sang and ratified "roun"
manv Of our fire sides, when We
were only lads and lasses' ana
manufacture their own wool and
cotton into cloth, from which they
can make the wearing apparHl d
the household, they will then have
better times and be happy. 1 II
be free trade. The people
then get out of debt, cant
understand why some people, whr,
like Jobs turkey, are very poor,
md who buy everything they cal
and wear, can stand up aud prcacl'
protective tariff. Every one knows
that the manufactures will not soil
or his goods for less than their coe''
and a good profit besides; and OF
course their cost, means that the
Iaborer gets Ills wages. II so, the
manufacturer ough; to be satisfied
The people can't afford to pay him
NO o than their cost, and hit
prsfits. 1t is injustice thon' 70
them to pay the governments to
protect that man. 1.-The can't com
pete with foreign countries, let him
90 at something else The farmers
Of the United States compete witt
the farmers Of all foreign countries,
but YOU don't hear them crying Tor
protection; and II their occuPa:0rS
do the same, don't protect Il
lew to the dstrimento Of many. The