The Bottineau pioneer., 1890-08-09
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Edted By the Pioneers Agricultural
Correspondent.
war Upon The Farmer.

War Upon The Farmer.
tn following is from A. B. Farquhar 4 Co.
manufacturers York. Pa. /
"The fact is that our protective laws are
monstrous swindle upon the agricultural
community. As manufacturer l was in
,clined TO say nothing upon the subject, for
The reason that it was natural to suppose il
anybody was benefited it was the manufac-
tuiing class, to which / belong. But, as
have explained in this Record article, the
farmer Is being destroyed We are killing
the goose for the golden egg. And honest
II believe now that it is to the interest of the
manufacturers themselves to eliminate the
protective feature from our tariff laws.
"CertainlV our manufacture are sold
much lower abroad; we could only need
protection to get better prices from our
custo omers at home We do manufacture
and sell in Canada. South America and
Europe many agricultural implements and
machines, and could We have free raw
material and the commercial advantages
which free trade would give us, America
would become the great manufacturing
emporium Of the world, and the farmer Of
course would share the prosperity, since he
would have less to pay for everything and
ret better prices for all be sold. Go on
with your good work When the farmer
begins TO thinx and rise up against this
swindle, il is doomed =
When this protected manufactures testi6es
that tour manufactures are sold much lower
abroad" than at home, that the protective
laws made for his special benefit are "a
monstrous swindle upon the agricultural
community" and that their only object is
TO ret better prices from our customers at
home. no reasonable man can possible
doubt than he Is telling the simple truth.
IN. Y. World I. e. Wilson.
The following is from the pen Of Mr..
Blaine the great apostle Of High Tariff, Of the
Mckinley bill, he says.
But there is not section or line In the
entire bill that will open the market for
another bushel Of wheat or another barrel
ofpork.'
Our foreign market for breadstufs grows
narrower. Great Britain is exerting every
nerve TO secure her bread supplies from
India, and the rapid expansion Of the wheat
area in Russia gives US . powerful competi-
for in the markets Of Europe. Il becomes
us, theriore, to use every opportunity for
the extension II our market on both Of the
American continents.
And he might have said that the McKin-
ley bill declared war not only upon the
farmer but upon Car ada which last year
Imported s. millions worth Of our goods
but By this Ubiquitous law would be pro-
hibited under heavy penalty exporting thsir
produce TO our markets.
The FARHERs' BoYcorr.
Boycotting towns, business firms manu-
faoturers, etc, BY farmers. Is an unmistak-
able evidence that "the times are out Of
joint" and to none has Il . deeper signif-
canoe than to the business men who are in
direct communication with farmers. Tha.
Is the most healthfnl and prosperous com-
mnnity where the productive and consump.
tive forces are the most equally divided, re-
iatively speaking. Under normal trade and
financial conditions such divisions will bs
fairly equal, mads 50 BY self-interest and
the instinct OF self-preseryation. Antagon
ism between country and town, between
farmors and local tradesmen or mechanics
is the result Of q cause, the unwholes0me
def0rmed child of . depraved and yicioul
parent. Before the birth Of class legisla
tion and the wealth csntrAlixing forces i
sngendered: before the existence Of On
aristncrAcy Of wealth, obtaining ito support
from productive industry by the fabrica'
/ tion 81 mythical values and the organizing
OF capitalistic conspiracies, there was no
thought of farraying the country Against il
villages. nor the farm against store or shop