The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-06
CHILLING THE FARMER
rBe Mockery of Protection to armS'S
in the Mckinley Bill.

Congress is going 10 uo 80 +bo
= e tho farmer let's see what the
%cKipIev bill proposes in the way ol
~ the wealth, producers and con.
alulnS 'I I'd how the Doodle element
sunt0 - instated the dom .nant party IS,
IN return, through the commute VI
Wavs and Means, fostereo TO PerPe1u,
afo The monopolistic dynasty. Inere
~n1or was such a bare-taced, auuS-
CONS, nor a more hOcWs Poc~s arrahge
went TO hood wink tn tollers OF Ine
land than this bill affords. 80 tnin,
indeed. is the veil that DISCUSSES Cne
attention that it is an Insult 10 'n9
most limited intelligence, and snoulu
oro1,so more than ever the dormant
o~neroieg of all who look for a reIor.
nation of such glaring wrongs as G "a
s~beet.anchor of their grievances 10
make the cheat all the more Taxing
the subsidized press have chlme1 III
bv denominating this infamous OIL @S
the " Farmers Tariff.
Suppose we make a running survey
of this bill in order to discover now
far it deserves the appellatlon OF tne
nfarmers' tariff" 1t is going to re-
store the duty on hides solely to gratl,
fv the greed of the great cattle ana
beef combine of the West, regardless
of the great leather industries OF tne
country, and, what is OF still greaUe5
importance, to consumers. 1t Woulo
)cTinnle all and destroy many OF u
leatPer establishments, and thus give
foreign capital and labor a large por,
tion of our leather supplies. All our
shoes, harness, betting, etc, are no"
made by Americans out of American
leather, solely because raw hides were
made free by a Republican House.
Senate and President, some Is years
AGO, and now it is proposed to destroy
this home industry that supplies our
entire home market and increase the
cost of shoes, harness, ETC., to all con
sumers for the benefit of a cattle mo
nopoly at home and OF cheap LABOR
abroad. -,
It is proposed also to impose l2C
per cent. increase tax on tln-plate
solely to crafty the greed of a little
combine of spectators who demand
prohibitory duty to enable them x
foster a tin-plate monopoly upon the
country. This proposition strikes
directly at IS, 900, 600 of consumer
of tin; it strikes at nearly 500, OOC
makers in tinware, roofing, etc; i
taxes the poor mans kitchen and Ill
dinner bucket and imposes an onerou'
tax on the people by enhancing the
price of canning products which ente'
largely in the consumption OF tn
poorer classes. These industries ar
now taxed over Sc, 600, 600 for til
plate, when we have no tin lndustr,
to protect, and the proposed lncreas
would multiply that tax to $4,000,
900, (think of it, will YOU, all o
which would fall upon American in
dustries.
Indeed, the enormous increase Q
tariff taxes made by the new bill seer
especially directed at articles of ger
eral or universal consumption. Tn
farmers are Knocked with large il
creased tariff taxes on farm products
Horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheel
which are not in competition wit
ours, are increased, as r wheat an
hops, both of which we produce an
must sell abroad; and eggs are put u
largely because the importation hs
reached about one egg to every Is {
20 people. Collars and cuffs, of IN
versal use, are put up immensel,
and manufactured hemp, fax and jut
have from 35 to so per cent. adde
for the people to pay. And to a
these increased taxes on the necessa ri'
of life, the present enormous tax c
woolens, which are worn by ever
man, woman and child of the cOuntr
are increased to an extent that W.
aggregate millions to consumers, an
carpets have an extra tax of five cen
per ward added. And Gust think
it, will you? a farmers tariff"
deed !"l The new tariff bill increas
the tariff tax on imported corn. Al
that is called protection to farme
Wl6Q the w 0SL6Iu .-Lu1CL0 dAS Jul
ing corn as fuel be ause it won't be
the cost of shipment to market W
there v g such a mockery? I.
farmers who produce corn have sol
go 900, 900 bushels on their han
for want of buyers at living pric,
and yet a tax on foreign corr til
wouldn't come to this market If
could be shipped free and admit
free of duty, is called protection
farmers Is any farmer fool enou
to be bamboozled by any such insu
ing humbuggery as this, and which
palmed off as a farmers tariff"
that? This is throwing "poor dos
bone" with a vengeance, and if
gnaw or nibble at it, in the least,
are indeed the most asinine gun
that ever breathed the breath of Ii
And again, the L. v tariff bill