The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-06-28
War Upon The Farmer.

To enable the farmer to pay the following
list Of taxes our despots now boldly ann ounce 9
that they mean to stop imports as the i'm
ported goods is payment for our produce.
This will bs ruin to the American farmer
who will have no market for his surplus.
The controlling elements in fixing the
price of farm products, are the worlds sup
ply and the worlds demand The prot &C.
tive tariff fixes the price in this country Of
what the farmer has TO buy.
Chains are taxed from IL cents to q cents
per pound. Any man can weigh his chains
and see how much tax he pays on hem.
The same is true as to nails, bar iron, steel
beams, eto.
Screws over one-half inch and less than
one inch in length are taxed 10 cents per
ID. If less than half inch in length they
pay a tax of IL cents per lb.
Railway-bars, steel or part steel, weighing
n ore than Is lbs. to the yard, pay duty of
E$l7 per ton if imported.
:. Should American railroad-cars be re-
Paired In O foreign country, the duty on the
cost of repairs is so per cent.
Hoe nails Of wrougl iron or steel pay q
tariff tax of 4 cents per Id.
Polished sheet iron or sheet steel is taxed
y cents per pound.
There is now tax Of q cents rer lb. on
copper. =,
Wrought nails are taxed four cents pei
pound.
Lashs are taxed Is cents per thousand
laths.
Iron hinges are taxed 81 cents per ID.
Cut nails are taxed II cents per lb.-St.
Charles Til nes.
Cowdrey's Famous Questions.
Following is the series of questions that
Mr.. Robert H Cowdrey suggested sometime
ago, asking some protectionist to answer,
viz: sn-
Have you ever seen laborer who oared
a nickel whether he worked for a protected
or on unprotected employer?
Have you ever seen laborer who expect
ed to receive more wages from protected
than an unprotected employer2
Have you every seen protected manu-
facturer who paid higher wages than he was
compelled to? .'." !.
pay more wages than moderately wealthy
one? d,~ %~@:'."
Have you ever given more for anything than
You were required tot =. ~
No; and, furthermore, if you should, you
would call yourself q fool.
II. then, the unprotected manufacturer
pays just as high wages, and still is able to
make profit, by Y hat method Of reasoning
do you arrive at the conclusion that the
protected manufactures pays higher wages
because Of protection9
And if the protected manufacturer does
not pay more than the unprotected one.
what becomes Of your protection tn eories?
II is your or swer that protection raises
all classes Of wages in all occupations?
If that is it, then, as labor is not protected
from foreign immigration, you must Of
course include the raising Of oil wages in
all countries. Now, if that is true, then
how about the pauper wages Of Europe?
If you say capital will not be invested
unless it is protected, how do you explain
the fact that il is being invested in unpro-
tected industries? 80 -........
Rprotection prevents US from selling in
foreign markets, does not protection make
less work instead Of more?
If there is free trade in labor, and high
protective prices for those things which
laborers must buy. Is not the laborer being
robbed instead Of benefted2
If protectionists desire to pay high wages.
why do they always employ the cheapest
labor they can find?