The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-23

But IL the laborer stopped 70 think be would
snswrr. The state OF Iowa II full Of working
men. Tho greet body Of these men work on
lama and IL shops that aFe mot projected By
tariff laws and the moment you raise the
wages in your factories above what theeo
msa in unprotected work are getting, they
Will all apply 70 you Tor places and when yon
mad you can rot your help In your protested
bublness = cheap . your neishbor can gss
ht4Nnprotected business, unless you are
bpttet man than hsvs evee found II this SCI
Dsh world, you wilt hire your he at the mar
ket price and pocket ths profits Of your
Eow ssutlemsn you hare only to enlarge
this oaee / have supposed 70 make IL cover
the whole tariff controversy OF The present
time.
We produce and send abroad ~ average of
neskiy II not quito three hundred million dol
I4fs worth Of exports every year.
OF this onOrmus quantity shout three
fourth0 are agricultural pFoducto' Before
the home market can become OF any greater
vAlne 90 tho farmer than foreign market Il
must become large enough to co:spme MI
this surplus and require ltttle moro 20 - 70
give him market not fully supplied. Then,
and not till then Oan he N bio own price On
his own products.
II you could this day stop the opening Of
another farm in the United States and -
every young man - be reached his majority,
and every foreigner - he landed upon .ur
SHORES TO work - q anufacturng y0u would
uovAf livo 70 $50 the day whea The home
markot Of this country would catch mp with
the present production Of agricultural pro
ducts.
But this you cannot do. Farms WI con-
tinus 70 Increase . fast - factories and
neither you nor your chilnren NOR your chill
dren's children will live 70 see the time when
49, United Safes OF America Will not
pr0du0o moro OF the PRODUCES OF the soil tAan
her people can consume. Nature has do
sHne1 this country for tho pfoduction Of
nod. No must cootinue to md foreign
market for our surplus. What We ell q
1dsne viii brin4 just What thas surplus
q worth % oend abroad. The puyChaeer for
III breden market will pay no moro than be
esu a4ord 10. The purchaser for the home
market no moro than 10 V Obliged 20; and
!osach Will pay the same price
Ard % Of the lsborsr. He must compete
With thoss ensayed In unprOtecssd lines OF
work sud with ~ laborors OF oil nations who
GONE 70 our shores. The manufacturee will
et4D1o the open market, will hire the cheap
ct help ho can that Is capable of doing his
work, ana whether his profits arc grsAt or
smAh Will make no difference with the price
b. will pay, for that will oe measured BY HE
necessities soue. In every phase in which
this question can be considered the mAnufsc.
turer ID the ono party that derives 0ene nt
from ; protective tari6. AL others s0fRer
from IL
but the extent Or our saRerlsg IL not meas
urt q BY the extra price We pay for iari6 pro-
tactsd goods. II Il wore w could stand this
witnOu serious complAint.
Speaker OF the farmers interest In this
matter land his interest 10 the interest OF
everyone u Iowa, for his business 10 the
Foundation Of all our prosperity have said
AhAA 49, As~~u -
aillions In value OF Agricultural products
each year. II We did mot purchase from the
Countries 70 which ~ 50 nd thote products W
shonld b compelled 70 bring back With No
the money We resolved for them. Gold II tho
only money rec0g aizsd ~ such by business
mes OF dlGerens q atoms In their transactions
With each 0rhsr. IL We conld draw three hug
dred millions OF the gold Of the world lotto
this counsry every year In exchange for agri-
eQilnral products. We would exhaust The cup.
ply OF other nations In bris: time and bank-
rllOt them all.
II viii b seen, therefore, thar che intercst
Of the psopie OF Iowa and OF the manufsc-
t9tSfpepect Ours to have the largest foreign
tfade practicable, theirs 20 have tine least.
\ ut this ID not the only place where tho in-
forests Of these two glasses cOnfiict. The
lower tho tariff 70 kept on protected goods the
the cheaper they viii be, and, therefore. It II
.sr,s,ch :. nc.s hia Tre hs.hsr thn 100
~ nivher the Drioe of rnods. ~ the - M.
factnrsr'a rrofta ars iacre assd a the tarin
| 0oes up.
w 40 thss brought to face great prob
lem. For nearly thirty years 70 have nvsd
under syseam OF tariff taxation such - no
other natiope 80 endnrad.
n Emo tiune althnaas n r.nnh,ican il ~.
am mani "a have meAe .larminr etridsa
tovarda that atatinction = Clsaees that 49,
evor exisfed In the mon nronounced mon.
archies az the old World.
Alre.dv 4 fev thousa.A nam control -
huIk Of this narIon veslfh. Even nov -
liner Of eocial csst are "a oisarly marked n
democratac America n thev ~ IA the nsish.
6ornood al thronea "a csatles where pover
and wealth arc alike Inherited commodi,aes,
Tssrs l. NOT ,odav upon Ill the prsiriss Of
The .s:' y :. "a the . :nor: Of sst s: s
- nbose hsnds are Named Win hone.s
.eeii thas oould enseP TIA cnarmed CIRCLE Of ehe
ohildren Of vsslth IN : slnGle CIV OF ~ esas
n thsv triod is thev vould b shnnned "A =
nfs1e,1s and driven from tts borders Ike 4
1tld beast. And whyp Tor no ssason ON ear.h
excent that ona elaes n enoruoasiy rich. and
IA other COM osrsaiyeiy pooe. "A vet me
the dauxhters Of the horss Isech thsse rsoip
ients Of oon1so&ted wealth still cry, ''Givs,
nve.''
In 1855 - peaa into the treasury az the
Unttsd asases 4. 10 shane ~ 6u,ies coiIact.d
tn,onrh theae lavs. NOR tha. Sal an. zoo.
Ia iSSS. mDre than ~. oOO. 900. Il isS;.
NOR than e2lz al 3. OOI. Ia 1858. mora a -
M I'M. m. ~ n lsso. mors thnn xsaS.-
|. oO0 nm.
n thia had bean col,ected Ia the form OF :
dIrect ~ addsd "a .hose - .iready nav N
that eveev naa Gould havs knnvn iust what
v.s netns srnntnd fron ~. n vnnid ~ ~
nrndnos6 ! ssorm az innirn a,ion thst "a "a.
I.scalrarsv 40 sarth conid hnvastood m r.
fnre. M K ~ heen taken from "a l. 4 vav
esss = ~ nne nndarstood II.