The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-23

| mere paper performances. To expect benefit
| from such tariff y Ike but ding mill III
above the dam and expecting IL 70 bo turned
| BY tho water that has passed.
| What u true or the great staples have
| cited ID true in greater Or less degree q I'll
AGRICULTURAL products. We have now full
command or tho nome market To limit our
foreign trade will mot give the fa1mer cor
ner on tho American market but will, BY
combining the surplus, gl0tit ard oause d.
preston of prices.
Nj. Blaine, whom tie republlcass OF Iowa
three times supported for the prssidoocy in
the national conventions, reoiprocasss thsir
good viii by vigorous protest asxinst the
Mckinley bill. II will not, he says, Opon .
market for single additional bushsl OF grain
or barrel OF pork. He knows anA % delaroo
tnat for those articles OF which - produce o
surplus we need NOT . restriction Of tmpogte,
but an extension Of exports and that tariff
on such articles 10 false prctenss aud caa
serve no purpose but 70 mislesd or dseelvo.
The granger ss his nrst appsasascs Ia POLL
tica recognized the truth that IL selling his
the tnings which y needed for M daaly uss,
be was in eject maki0g m exchange q tho
products Of his labor Tor the product Of some
one oise's labor. The josbers ana the meg
Chants through whose hands the products
pass. be lookep upon - nero middlomen col.
lea,ins toll % both sides and q saeA 80 =
th9 exchange and whose services should tnere-
fore b. dispensed with g faR - possible
Acting ID this visw, let W put tbs ni6Alsus0
out Cf the question and follow tho farmer -
he sets out With his products for maskes, sells
them, buys what he wants and returns - h1e
homo.
Suppose be u eugascd in raisis9 corn and
ser~1sS a. 4 nsaa eA1a -
charge this Tor clothing for btnsslf and
family, for household wares and for 1mple-
menss OF hts Industry. He takes hio core -
New York and ands shss 10 can ct u 81.
change tor IL certain amount Of tAo con.
m0dities he needs, but not - nuoo - -
wants, not - much q hs shinO 10 Should
have for his years work. TIE money Ds30o
OF his c,rn In Liverpool 10 the same . tho
New York price with freight a6dsd. He can
therefore take IL to Liverpool without risk.
for II he can do no better In excbsoRing IL for
commodities, he can sell for cash and buy the
Articles he wants In New York on he way
back. But arriving In Liverpool he Ands that
he can get about 80 per cent more Of Whist ho
needs tban was offered hin In New York.
Foa the same am0ut OF corn that In New York
would bring him In exchanee . SUIT Of clothes,
in Liverpool he gsts the suit Of clothes aud -
overcoat, and 90 Il runs throughout the llst.
He makes his exch sngo, GcttsnG what 0o con.
ceives TO be fair pay for his years WORK. one
half more than be could have Sotten in New
York but no more than b has earneA.
Hut ON his return, ~ he comes Into The
home port he IL met by m oHcer, WHO exam
ines his purchases and demands Of him tax
equivalent to 50 per C-ut Or their value, and
thus 81 one stroke ha lOse0 al the advantage
he had gained and one third Of the savings 81
hts years work Is taken from MIN. In e.
PLANTATION he In told that that DO cann0e b
- ~ D ID ~ -
cause that 10 70 The Injury OF the manufs -
turer wao dOes mot wi.h biz produces brought
into competition With the cheap proAn0ee OF
English labor. The EnGlish goods ars 10
cheap, Vt is said. but the farmer rsdsc ss and
finds that this Is only another way Of sayin9
that American farm PRODUCES aro too dear
You ask too much OF my clOthln9 II oxehe1eo
for yonr corn, SAYS the manufacturer. You
ask too much OF my corn for POUR clofhing.
10 the reply Of the farmer. But alas for the
farmer. the N annfacturer has been before
hand with him, he hN enlisted The powers
OF Cove nment on bis side and DO comes out
OF the contest In triumph because, @ - has
said, thus saith the lay.
It IL true that each individual farmer ean.
not effect bis own exchAnk~s In Tho way I
have indicated. The midd.emen Intervene
and II there are not too many OF them aud
they do mot toll too heavily - the di6er0as
co.. mOd!t'es pass In exon sDgO through their
hands. they perform 8 Osefui and economical
function. but their iniorveuti0n does not
change the essential nature Of the teansAo-
ton. The sale OF corr BY tho farmer and klts
purchase OF other articles OF 7n1ereha0dioc
with tho proceeds constitute barter . truly
rs II IL we're ACCOMPLISHED BY more primitive
and direct methods and Is applle1 % this
Vet OF barter. the stats0ent that IngliAh
clothing IL too cheap, - but = o0uvetst ~ ~
statement that American CORA . NO 1ear.
Irx - vnu ~ 49, HAnA -
Rnglish operative u mot pssd onayKh = The
CDnveree 81 tho proposition that tA0 Amer
lean farm r IL paid too much ard tho erect
o. the tariff is to luatf4e them by r.du-inn
ths earnings Of the farmer 70 lover lsvel.
Such 10 the necessary eRecs % tASt0s up3n
the farmer. They cA. not secure Tar him Z
c1rner Of the maraet In which be oells while
they can and do corner the market - vhioh
he buys.
The advocates of protection are rslucfapt
to confess that the surdcn OF the tert6 fails
50 heavily aud almost entirely up0n the
farmer. but the truth vas brought out II {
striking Wv during the AebAtaa 10 The house
on the Mckinley bill. Ne Bland. of Mis-
souri,, proposed ~ amendments 20 thu hill:
First. Tbst where any mesrasndiao Imported
into this country was shown - have been
purchased BY the exchange Of prcducte. or b.
| the prOsSeds ri the salo Of farm products,
such merchandise should - admitted duty
| free. second, That farmers might oegania1
aud establish agencies for the purpOso ex
porting. selling and exchSnsin9 the producer
OF their farms and be permitted % imnOr,
duty free 81 b com moditics - thev procuTed
By such sac or exchanRo Aorosd. provided
| the came were for their own no and con
l sumption, md not for sale In enmpefiliOu
| with wares produced In this countSy.
Mr.. Kerr, : repu 1lcAn repressaeatlve frou
Iowa. oppose tbs and said thar III tn DROP
ositsnn was adopted ID would ahaliah OGr or.
| IN ystem altogether, and would tako Awas
/ from Us all the revenues received from tnai
system. This - Mr. Hland pronptly polntsd
| ont, wAa m admission that the farmers sup
| port the entire tariff systen. lt = IN .
| mission OF .rythin9 that have uodestake1
| to show. IL admits that our expoFts Ase q.
| By the sale OF these we pay for even con
! modltiss ~ We import: that By i0peeing 1
duty upon the imports ~ dimiuish to tn
| extent OF the duty the net returns or pso
| Ceed0 Of the exported farm produces, ard b
| dimintshing these rsturns wo reduce tho 81
| fective price paid to the fa1mes. Il % Jus
the saue ~ II . duty were lald upon TN
farm products % they ware expoeted. IN
duty would be An element In their est Jus
| - TRANSPORTATION 10, and like to transports,
tion, IL would b at the cost Of ~ fArnoe
We do not sand corn cut wisAo1t intenaina
| TO bripg something back. and what di9esonel
10 Il whether the tod 4 taken co0iAe Or %
ipg7 You take wheat . : mill and bsine
back dour, and Il matters little - you
whether the miller tolls the WhoAt q
whether he tolls the hour.
Il II claimed. however, that while to 6rol
effect Of the tariff may b - havo indicated
the tendency 10 70 huild up n Arkse = hoal
for farm products and Anally % lsevs nesur