The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-23
THE GREAT ISSUE sIMPLIFIED.

ions connected with the tariff issue 4
hat the humblest reader may read e
With the spirit and the understanding. d
There is no apparent effort OF style IN '
Mr.. Grissom's work. He writes with =
the earnestness of simplicity which !
ought to characterize the patriot who
ieals with questions vitality touching
he public welfare. Moreover, he does
discuss the tariff issue from a par
tisan standpoint, for he makes no men'
ton of either the democratic or republi-
parties; and while the logic of his
is prominently democratic,
he leaves the results entirely with the
reader. He DISCUSSES nOthing-with-
holds nothing 1t is manifest throughout
that his purpose has been solely to
inform the people. by means of primary
statements of fact, as to the truths OF
the protective tariff system. The
authority for all his figures is given,
and finally there is no escape from the
deductions drawn by him from
premises admitted by all.
Mr.. Grissom brings home to the
farmers, in a striking way, the causes
of their heavy expenditures and loss OF
corresponding profits. For instance
here is an illustration Of the catechism:
O.. When we import goods from Europe do
| 500 .aod tho pnnnev In nav for themy
A. No. We pay for them In articles we
export chiefly farm products.
O, Then $1,000 worth OF Missouri wheat
will buy u. 900 worth Of English goods in
Liverpool?
A. Yes.
O, How much will 1t cost to get these
goods into Missouri mean how much will
the tariff be on that quantity OF English
goods?
A. About fifty per cent.-ssy $500,
O. Then It will take $500 worth Of wheat
more. to pay this tariff?
A. Yes.
O. And so it will take 81 500 worth oil
Missouri wheat to buy 81 900 worth OF En-
glish goods and get them through the Ne"
York custom houser
A. 1t will.
Q. But suppose the wheat Is sold IN Bos:ol
and the goods bought In Boston. how will !
=. be thenf
\, A. Just the same, except that In the form
er case the $500 duty goes to the government
and In the latter 10 the Massachusetts manu-
fac,urer. In either case 1t takes $3.50 WORT
, OF Missouri wheat to buy 81 900 worth o
, goods.
O. Well, suppose the farmers Of St.Charle
D county should pool their wheat crop, LOCO,
900 bushels, send 1t to Liverpool In charge o
one of their number, with instructions I
sell It and Icy out the proceeds In certal
8 accessories. He sells the grain for $1,000. 90
n and Invests the money In goods, as directed
would the goods In this case be required Il
pay import duty?
al A. They would.
. q. But the duty on them would be $500
600, and this would increase the cost
D .00O,0 o.
A. Yes.
IL O. And beside, It looks like q tax OF $500
i 900 on the st. Charles county wheat crop.
le A, II Is q tax OF half o million dollars {
d the st. Charles county wheat crop.
,t O. But what does all this mean?
A. 1t means protection-i; means that Il
farmers Of st. Charles county shall not tai
the money they get for their wheat or o'h
u produce, and spend 1t for necessaries OF III
re without paying 30 per cent. OF 1t In the shsl
m Of protection TO the favored manufacture
10 Interest.
In O.. What was the wheat crop "f Nilsson
ri last year?
A.. Something over 20. 900. 600 bushels.
O. What was II worth?
m A. At TO cents a bushel-S14. 900 900.
=. O. Then. II this wheat cannot purchase
much American goods by 80 per cent. rs
can of English goods, here 10 3 tax Of 81. OO'
q 600 on Missouri farmers on their last yea
DIS wheat crop?
IT.. A, That Is what IL comes to.
Mr.. Grissom thus takes up the t
on binding wine and shows it to b'
masterful robbery:
@. Is 1t true that there Is . protective d.
ho on binding Irvine used by the farmers
ed binding their sheayes Of wheat and oats.
A. II is.
an O. But this looks like q penalty on
no. farmer for raising wheat and oats.
A. It Is q penalty on him,
Q. What IL this penalty?
ow A. Forty per cent. on twlne and TIVE
- >, DER cent. on the manila It Is made Of.
takes $4,000 tons q year to bind the crop
the country, winch. at mahufacturers' pr
tDe 10 cents q pound. is worth $500 q ton, or .
mt 900 600 for the whole. One-half this Is I
TO lection. 1t is at least half q cent per bus
me which. on the Missouri crop for 1889. 22.0
900 bushels OF wheat and 3S 900 900 bus
OF oats, amounts to 1900. 000.
per @. Is this In addition to q fair price for
81 twIne?
A. Yes. The whole cost Of the twIns
~ the Missouri wheat and oats crop Is 5000
ah- and one-half this is for protection.
er. @. Do you mean to assert that the farr
j, q Of Missouri have TO pay a penalty Of S3Ot
,srs for raising wheat and oats?
I'M. A. Yes.
,,lv The home market question is
which at times puzzles many PEG
The claim of the protectionists is tn
hon protective tariff builds up a he
and market, and that Without such pro
ar ton our manufactures would su
lied Now, what is a home market, and
u.s." pays for protecting it? Let Mr.. G
VIII som answer:
anu O. You will certainly admit that 1t ID
the and Just to keep our home market for
five own people. and not to admit foreign r
10 the benefits OF It without paying for Il
A. What do you mean by our /
ave market?
In @. The markets OF our W country.
raj A. Would you exclude foreigners
buying In our msrketsP
~ q. No. not that; but exclude them
.ros- selling In our home market.
70 Of A. II they bring their goods here, ~
/ set do they want TO sell TOT
,ded Q. Our people ! suppose.
,ba A.. What you really mean, then, by
bidding foreigners to sell In our home n
'" cts Is forbldding our own people to b
our markets, unless they buy home
goods Nc any price the home manutact
may please TO charge. Making a fore
foau nav for the privilege Of selling In our IN
and IL only a round about way OF making on
ally ple nav for the privilege OF buying In II
Am. the cost falls upon them. at last.
@. How can that be?
700 A, In this way; we charge the Cans
'0o' o. a barrel for selling salt mackerel
ONE markets. The Canada ns pay il and ad
The the price-makIng a go barrel OF ma