Telegram-herald., 1890-04-08

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fSrrnsr's snrlre 0utnl rsprss~nss e@Pis<l
II nos mare tan 60 or 50 ard Ia aired
help ~ be should fe,ga.rs any oen and
doss work, fesd and cloths himself &C
eoTclEg 70 tAs indian fsshlsns for a.
average throughout ths whs@< growing
pEoviness. on zboas sz.6o per month.
This hslax DsEnoSTsEio aatho<ixy AID
from the hSghest source svsi-Aoss, -
saLSoisns 70 cause SO taqsiry on tls pars
Il the intelligent farmer, where = hs
going ~ fnd market fos hts produce
unless he finds II at hOLnsl
From the foregoing statistics. tAksa
under Ds1ocrsElc authority. We must
nnd;
Frst-fbe foreign market cannot be
relied upon by the farmer for Ihs dis-
possl If his surplus produce.
s-cond-fie must have rrotecssse
tariff 10 enable him to control the hoas
market, and 20 secure living com
psnsatioa for the results Of his labor.
II, thea, tariff Is needed rs direct
protection for the farmer. ho~ much
more il IL peeded 20 rctsin, eocure and
build up for him a reliable home market.
and which he has absolutely under his
tonrop
The Eree-trader holds up 20 the farmer
some garment and says to him that were
il not for our iniquitoas tsrif 1t might
DO purchased for less money, and
then says 10 him, You have been robbed
by Just so much Is the tariff on that
article; what the farmer needs Is Free
trade.
Though the assertions be faise IN fact,
yet with this he stops
The inquiring farmer asks him what
he means by Frso-trade. He answers
that he wants the privilege Of going into
the markets Of the world and buying
what he wants where be can get it
cheapest, and of bringing it home with
out having TO pay duty 70 the govern
ment. thus greatly enhancing its cost.
But this is not all. Were that the end
OF Free-srade, were there no evil conse-
quences to follow. we might be led TO
welcome il.
But what means Free-trade but to buy
abroad what we now buy at homer
A shipload Of foreign made goods ie
brought into our markets for sale. II
may be of clothing.
The material is wool from sheep grown
in Australia, Syria or Buenos Ayres, in
stead of America. 1t means also 10000
I days Of labor taken from the laboring
/ people Of this country and gwen 10 for
eigners. The money paid for the cargo
| has gone abroad, instead of being re-
tanned at home in the channels Of trade.
The day laborers Of this country have
just so much less purchasing power to
buy the necessar;es Of life for themselves
and families.
This system continued, and the hun
| dreds OF thousands OF them now en-
! gagged in manufacturing industries, with
their families, are driven to other means
| of support. No vocation is open to them
except 10 become producers; and hence
those who are now consuming the farm
ers' surplus products become, instead,
producers themselves.
There is no vocation more vulnerable
to the evils of Free-trade today than that
of agriculture in the United States.
The history of our country shows it.
Thecondition of the world outside afirms
it, and statistics, though dry and unin-
teresting, with observation, reading and
| common sense, prove it.