Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-09-18
RESULTS OF PROTECTION.
Higher Prices on What Farmers
Ssll---Lower on What They
Buy.
Cheaper Groceries, Clothing and
Farm Machinery, and Better Price
for Corn and Other Grain.
SPEECH OF HON. JAMES r. WILSON.

SPEECH OF HON. JAMES r. WILSON.
The Senate, as in Committee of the
Whole, having under consideration
the bill Oh. X. 9416) to reduce the
revenue and equalize duties on i'm
ports, and for other purposes-Mr.
Wilson. of Iowa, said:
Mr. PRESIDENT: / have listened to the re-
marks of the Senator from Arkansas Mr..
Berry, with definite attention, and am free
10 say with some degree Of distress. Ii Is
always au uncomfortable thing to me TO find a
Senator cndC ayorng to discuss question In
respect of which he has so small an amount OF
definite Information as seems to have been
possessed by the SENATOR from Arkansas. He
started cut with the general stttement that
ali OF the beneficial results arising from tarii
system were absorbed by the manufacturers.
lie took the precaIt.on to state in substance,
IL not iu terms, that he was not definitely in
formed as 70 all the details covered by the field
OF the subject which he was discussing, aud
de:tre now to give him rome of that definite
Information which may relieve the distress Of
mind under which he has labored.
have in my nnl an artc which appea AIRED
In tbs Fort Dodge. Qowa) Messenger OF April
~. 1899, and which propose to give to the
Senator from Aiklnsas during the few re-
marks shall mike, in order that he may take
II with him to the privacy OF his room aud
he has not been able TO derive from his studies
OF this question.
know very well the author OF this article
De is a man of honor and good Standing
IL his community, and / have no doubt has
written the truth. The article is as follows:
ave are very far from affirming or believing
that our social order is perfect There is
rlurh inequality and injustice In the distrlbu-
ton of burdens ard rewards. But the import
snt question is whether matters are growing
letter or worse. Are the rich growing ri her
end the poor poorerl Are the tru Is and mo-
nopolies of which We read so much making life
harder for the man who works by the day or
the month, and for the farmer VINO must sell
his produce In competition with the worldi
Are the inequalities Of life becoming greater!
Are the poor more in the power Of the rich
than formerlyi Is It true that none of the in
Creased production Of civilization goes to
labori These are the living questions. Facts
nre better than opinions, aud we have gathered
few facts that are very convincing.
PRICES IN 1880 COMPARED WITH 1890.
What better method Of determining these
"a nstions is there than to compare the present
with the past in cold tigurcsi Do the wag g
Of the working man buy more or better food,
clothes, comforts, and luxuries now than
formerly, or do they noti II not, then 1t is
hue that lie is not getting any benefits from
the development OF the age But IL We lin a
general reduction in the cost OF what he has
to buy 1t IL evident that he is being bcneillcd
by the increased production,
We have accordingly applied to one MGR
chaut in each line Of trade In Fort Dodge I r 4
comparative statement Of his retail prices now
| and In 1850. We have chosen the year 1850
| Tor comparison instead Of one more distant
because we wish to show the con plratvcly
recent reductions. II 1870 or 1850 had been
/ chosen the comparison on all manufactured
articles would, Of course, have shown much
greater reductions. We have endeHvored TO
| procure strictly fair statement, requesting
| that care be taken to compare art,GCe of the
| same grade and il possible OF the saEle brand,
and to give the cash price in each Gaze. There
are sometimes so many grades of be same
article that some confusion may sris3 Gnless il
| Is borne in mind that the 1850 and 1890 prices
| given are for one and the same graJa In some
| cases, where there are many makes and grades
and prices, 1t is more Intelligent % give the
| percentage of reduction on all.
| FARM IMPLEMENTS.
| Let us take up the case of the farmer first
| as he is the largest factor In the 10 va agitation
| of this problem. There have bes n great for.
| tunes made in the manufacture of farm i'm,
| plemrnts, and much talk Of confines and ex
| orbitaLt profits. Let us see whether the mil
! lionaires have been able to absorb all the bcne
fits of inventive skill and large Production Of
these implements.
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