The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-05-07

is what the price will be at
home less the freight. So, as che
tariff reformer says, let us put the
manufacturer in a position that no
will lie able to manufacture moro and
need more laborers, and by so doing con-
sumo more of our agricultural products
and not ask the farmer to sell his
products at Liverpool prices, but at
American prices. Then the Western
farmer will be able to pay off the mort
cages on his farm. To-day, under the
great benefit Of high protection, the
farmer is not even able to pay the inter-
est due on the mortgages.
"Protection puts the chief burden on
the foreigner" says the protectionlst.
The idea that the exporter pays tho
tariff is so utterly false and ridiculous
that don't believe any one honestly
thinks that such is the case. Every one
knows, or should know, that the ex-
porter is not going to dispose OF his
goods for less than cost We believe
that the American manufacturer gets
his profit and adds tho tariff as profit,
or puts it in his cost so as to blind the
American consumer-as in the case OF
22-shot cartridges. The advance on the
material to make 10000 cartridges was
60 cents, but cartridges advanced $3.75
per case. Better cartridges are made in
England, but they are kept out and the
present advance is kept up by tariff OF
as per cent. An Illinois farmer went
| to Chicago short time ago with car
| load of stock, and while in Chicago
wanted to buy pair of ''Sunday-go-to-
meeting pants" He found what he
wanted, and the price was s. per yard,
and he told the merchant he thought
that was too high. The merchant re-
piled that the goods were imported and
that he had to pay 81 per yard as tariff.
The farmer goes to another store and
finds what he supposes to be the same
thing; the price is the same. He asked
the merchant where the cloth was man
ufactured, and was told in Philadelphia.
"Then why dc you ask me 50 a
yard for this cloth? You do not have
to pay 81 tariff on it per yard" The
merchant replied that the i'm
ported goods sell at s., and they
might just as we'll get So for theirs
would like to have Mr.. Morrill,
tell who paid the tariff on that yard Of
cloth-the exporter or the consumer:
Mr.. Morrill, evidently feels very unsafe
about the American people wanting sc
much protection, and is trying to worl
on the American voters to have pro
lection, not because it is for their bene
fit, but simply because it is American
(at presently and free trade is English
The American people don't want FREE
trade for the benefit of England or an,
other foreign country, but we do wan
tariff reform for the benefit of our owl
people. Mr.. Morrill, says that Mr.. Glad
stone was Southern sympathizer.
What has that to do with tariff reform
We are not going to fight the war owe
again just to please the Republican
, party. feel sorry for the old party
The people are beginning to understand
: that the 6. o. p.s plan on the tariff ques
p ton is for the benefit of the monopolis
and trust makers, and not for the farme
! and consumer. They will make on
more grand effort and tell the people t
vote as they shot, and do hope the
n will, for every man shot as he believe
n was right and best for the country an
n the people, and if they will vote thu
: way they will vote for tariff reform
The manufacturers made a thousan
/ million dollars profit last year. No
v the farmer and the consumer want to |
o placed where they can have some prof
y and | believe tariff reform commencin
4 with free raw material will be a gre;
J. benefit and blessing to all.-Rohert l
Mott. in Chicago Herald