Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-05


BY order of the State Central and County
Committees:
PHILIP d. LAIRD,
Chairman.
J. I. FLEToHALL, Sec'y.
THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF
When Mr.. Blaine proclaimed the doc
trlne of reciprocity" avowedly upon the
ground that the Mckinley bill does "not
open market for single bushel of wheat"
and that the home market is not able to
take all the farm products raised in the
country, he fatty contradicted the argu-
ments with which protectionists Especially
Mr.. McComas) have hitherto maintained
their position, and practically conceded, /,
what leading Democrats have uniformly
contended for, that re ef can come to the
farmers0nly Nro9gk9 lsanioR Of our foreign
trade; and n looks now as sii1the Republi-
can party would be compelled to accept
this conclusion and engraft the principle of
reciprocity, as defined and limited by the
Secretary of State, upon the tariff legisla-
ton. 1t is difficult to understand what diff.
ference there can be between free trade estab-
lished by treaty and free trade established by
statute, so far at least as the United States
is concerned, especially when we recall the
fact that the largest purchaser of our farm
products abolished all import duties nearly
1ifty years ago But, be this as it may, the
fact that mainly concerns us is, that in his
letters TO Senator Frye and in his Water
ford speech, Mr.. Blaine comedies the neces
sty Of tariff reform, and the only difference
between him and Democrats is as to whether
this can be accomplished best by treaties or
by laws OF our own enactment 1t would
seem that when an evil is once recognized,
the country having control of the remedy
should apply it promptly and fully. To
await the tardy processes of diplomacy, and
subject the interests of our own people to
the whims, the prejudices, the traditions, the
environments of other nations, seems like
trifling with those who are staggering un-
der a burden of taxation which becomes
heavier every day because their ability to
meet il is daily weakened by the tariff tax
itself. We believe, with Mr.. Cleveland, Mr..
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and cannot, in the nature of things, afford
speedy relief to the people. The countries
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extended as well as Others. The relief To the
6,rmer is To he round to a large extent-
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vast importance to the cause of tariff reform
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zionist as Secretary Blaine and by many
leading Republicans Senators, that the finan.
cial situation of those engaged in apricul-
tural pursuits is due to trade conditions
which result from a protective tariff, and it
follows from the concession that the farm.
ers have but one thing TO do, and that is to
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