The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-01
JOB PRINTING

Our agricultural sections, too, are
about equally as poorly of. Farms are
deserted to-day in England just whom
Mr.. Morrill, says that "home manufac-
turers planted in every State alongside
of the farmer largely save in distribu-
ton" Why then are these farmers in
New England giving up farming, and
why did the farmers of the State OF Illi-
nois lose $40, 600, 900 on their corn crop
alone last year? Mr.. Morrill, knows that
the market price on the farmers produc-
tion is made in Liverpool, Eng, and as
he says Every ship load of wheat or
corn exported tends to reduce the price
abroad" and what the price is abroad
is what the price will be at
home less the freight. So, as the
tariff reformer says, let US put the
manufacturer in a position that he
will be able to manufacture more 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 protectionist.
The idea that the exporter pays the
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 the tariff as profit,
or puts it in his cost so as to blind the
American consumer-as in the case oil
22-shot cartridges The advance on the
material to make 10, 900 cartridges was
so cents, but cartridges advanced S3.75
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 81 per yard,
and he told the merchant he thoughs
| 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 do you ask me 81 a
yard for this cloth? You do not have
to pay 81 tariff on it per yard" The
merchant replied that the Inn
ported goods sell at So, and they
might just as we'll get 50 for theirs.
I would like to have Mr.. Morrill,
tell who paid the tariff on that yard OF
cloth-the exporter or the consumerP
Mr.. Morrill, evidently feels very unsafe
about the American people wanting so
much protection, and is trying to work
on the American voters to have pro.
lection, not because it is for their bene-
fit, but simply because it Is American
lat presently and free trade is English.
The American people don't want free
trade for the benefit of England or any
other foreign country, but we do want
tariff reform for the benefit of our own
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 over
again just to please the Republican
party l feel sorry for the old party.
The people are beginning to understand
that the g. o. p.'s plan on the tariff ques-
ton is for the benefit of the monopolist
and trust makers, and not for the farmer
and consumer. They will make one
more grand effort and tell the people to
vote as they shot, and l do hope they
will, for every man shot as he believed
was right and best for the country and
the people, and if they will vote that
way they will vote for tariff reform.
The manufacturers made thousand
million dollars profit last year. Now
the farmer and the consumer want to be
placed where they can have some profit,
and believe tariff reform commencing
with free raw material will be a great
benefit and blessing to all.-Robert ID.
Mott, in Chicago Herald.