The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-21


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Professions 10 Initiate On Deallng Oae Jos
sios % che Farmer-1ss Cs Nave Ueel>
Jerry's "fsir heal"
Uncle Jerry Rusk Il still pursuing III,
will-o'-thc-wisp protection Tor th<
farmer" His latest efYusion shows thai
no has gotten down 70 tho root Of thu
matter In one respect 81 lcast--hc feels
that tho farmer 10 entitled 70 - much
projection - anybody else. Hero Il
what he says:
! Gay THEY'RE entitled % the same measure
of protection a. che other fellows n they
don't get Il Ire not fair deal ehnt's all
We'rc getting pretty tired OF rocking the
cradle Tor some 81 these ak foot whi>kcr.d
infants. while cur infants don't get any
rocking ~ all Upicss our infant does get
the same amount % rocking w.'rc going 60
ret rivhs mp In our wrath nm not only Kick
the SIX 'iootrr out 81 the cradle but smash
the rockers. don't you understand. We
must all be protected alike 20 the same e.
tent
All very true. Uncle Jerry; but how arc
you going TO give the farmers this "pro-
tection:" The duties which Mckinley
has put into his farmers tariff will
never do any farmer in this whole broad
land a pcnny's worth Of good Ifcven q
few farmers along the northern border
should be enabled to sell few more
dozens OF eggs. few more bushels Of
wheat, or Few more pigs there 10
absolutely no guarantee that they will
get one cent more for them than 1t
present; for the quantities imported are
so insignificant that to debar them from
entrance by means OF high duties can
not possible affect the prices with US
We now import one bushel OF wheat to
every 3 600 that we raise; shut out that
oae bushel and how much Will that
raise the price Of the 5000 bushels?
Absolutely none at all.
The same thing is much more true OF
corn. We imported only 1926 bushels
last year. nearly every bushel OF which
came across from Mexico at FL Paso
Texas Mckinley has. however. come
TO the rescue Of the farmer BY putting
up the duty on corn in order to shut out
that pitiable sum Of l. 026 bushels Will
any farmer he better of now?
But the protected manufacturers buy
from the farmer?
Yes; they do-and at the lowest free
trade market price. How long will our
farmers continue 70 be hum bugged BY
this home market" nonsense. The
home market for farm products is sim
ply and only small part Of the worlds
market in which the prices Of the
worlds market for farm produ cts are
going to prevail, however high McKin-
ley may pile his duties on those COM
moditieS
This call for protection for farmers"
Is one OF the greatest humbugs OF the
age-and that for the simple reason that
there Is absolutely no way to protect"
the farmer. You can hurt him by pro
tecting other people: but you can't help
him by protecting him. That is All
poppy-cock.
But Uncle Jerry is right in saying
that the farmer Is entitled to the same
measure Of protection Is the other fell
lows!'
or course; nothing could be more Just
But let US suppose that such q scheme.
in which all could be protected alike
to the same extent could be put into OPP
GRAFTON. Now. then. how would fair deal"
hicha- nr,css - o.oss 1870 - 1919 ~-~,s
ufactnres-or elss e r,..rs rosh;.-
- III n 10 m.crssc.,-.- - :, -
benef,ted ~ re cv,ers - i, ooo a. -
PROTECTION thev can 80 thei~ .~.rs
nro6t orIv ~ * /. er;r. hi,h.r $1,000 y
their consumers who ara 1aruo1~ tho
$3.50 800 '1' ""o 80 '~so'y 'ne
No. .h.c ". \. . -.
bv making the s.fair deal" II = clear
Il 600. 900 to counterbalancc thor loss