Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-02

the sentence In which this error occurs
l. remarkable for careless reasoning a.
well AZ for careless statement. One of
th. principal arguments against excess
I've freight rates IL that the loss which
they yi.lt upon the shipper IL so much
greater than the profit which they Weld
Ia the roads. An exc~.. ~ = cent or
two per hundred pounds IN railroad
rate might suffice Ia make for the for'ner'
at cfiilal time, the difference between
prodt and lO... aud. II II we're
against him. might for,- him to give az
the struggle for existence La Maine sn'i
remove to .ome other state, leaving hi.
once smiling acrr. untitled, and deprr-
cIstIny IN. y,lu. ~ fiunlng property
generally Ia their nei,,hborhood. The
gain "a the railroad company In such q
case would be represented by only lev
dollars, while the loss io the farming
community would amount to hundr'sls
And while the advantage gained by thr
railroad company In such ease u NJ
hest bat temporary. the disadvantage
entsile,i upon the community coDilnun
to operate q. long a. the conditions thst
produced them srr miintainci. The tr-
fircilon I. an ob,iou- one that by 10"
exercise ~ a liberal policy, calculated
Ia develop Instead ~ restrict the re-
source. ~ the country tray.r-ei by thsir
lines, railroad Manager. might Ia the
.ni ~ Ike more money for their stock
holders, besides winning blessing. in-
stead 20 mil.,ilction. from the comnnni-
~ AZ large.
The theory ~ the editor of the Argu
l. not warranted by the conditions which
actually exist. How msnv of the sou
aud daughters of New Englsnd farmer,
forc-d by the unprofliablenc.. of thr
farm. to SEEK employment elsewherr'
hay. found work at good wages IN tn
manufacturing e.tabli.hment. of Lswis-
ton, Auburn, BIddcforl. lowell, Law.
renee, LYNN. Manchester, Fall River an ]
score. ~ other smiller towns ] thlnh
the maiority ~ workers Ia all these go
Establishments arr .upplie'l from the rural
district. ~ New England, and they are
mostly women, Who through itraighien'
rd circumstance. sr, Obliged Ia leave
their once happy rr~.lies, not ouly tn
support ,hem.elye., bat ~ help the ol !
folk. AZ home. Abolish the protective
tarlff. and our market. will d. deluge
With cheap good. produced by the star'-
ing labor 10 Europe. Many lines oi
manufacture which now flourish In this
country will become unprohtable. Two
third. ~ our factorie. will bc closcd,
and the reminder will be Obliged to
cut down wage. - Ia 20 per cent. The
operative. who are able Ia rrtsln en-
ployment will be forcc'i Ia accept com
pen,atIon that will barely provide them
With the n.cs-sirie- ~ lifc, leaving no
surplus, q. now, to bc u.ei IN procuring
comfort. for themselves aud In helping
needy relatives. Hundred. ~ operative
nov prontably employed viii BE- turne'l
out II work aud thrown back upon thc
farms. ani the Maine farmer, With les
..ned resources, caused by the siOppagc
~ remittance. aud by the decline In th.
m,rket value ~ hi products, which
would Inevitably follow any ChsCk io
the Industrial prosperity 30 the country .
would In many case. find hlms.lf With
NOR. mouths to feed than before. Vet,
a. Ne have seen, he would not e.capc
hI. share of th. barien of federal taxi
tInn. which I. nov coll.tssi by the opcF-
alton of the .ams tarif that protests hlm
aud hl. family from th. black horror oi
cheap foreign competition. Not enough
thti by the discrimination 81 the rall.
rnid. be- has been exposed Ia uneln'l
comp.titlon from the West, our fr,"
trade friends would tear down th'.
friendly barrier which shuts out unequal
competition from the E,.t. Attacked
from, front ani rear Al the same time,
the Maine farmer would have NO choice
bat 90 give up q hopeless struggle
az tin.t o,srm ,.iering misfortune, an !
.csk final refuge la the poorhou.e.
4. 4. CHAPMAN.