The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-02-27

w w 0Vh pi'A"N bl'N " s"aNf ANNfaa -
your columns 10 say few words 10 his
fellow farmers, In these piping times
when a farmer must stint aud save, 10
make ends meet, 70 simply avoid the
hand of tho sheriff, and actual want TO
say nothing OF comforts and luxuries
In life when by inceasant tug and toll,
he ia able TO realize 2 to8 per cent on
his Investment, aud 10 expected 10 pay
o per cent on loans or m0rtgagei when
no may cat what no cannot sell, Tor II 10
hard enough 10 sell the best product ut
even q mock pIice,)i when one third OF
all he can acquire goes toward direct
taxation, and about 3 8 of his cost Of
living, goes toward Indirect taxation,
either toward the support OF the gen
eral government, administered with
the utmost extravaganza, or toward
the "bounty" secured by the monopo'
list, through the workings OF PrOteo-
tive tariff. Then, we think, II 10 time
for the farmer 10 stop and think, think,
without prejudice, tOhat on earth Is the
matteri Our soil 10 good, our crops
are abundant, We are at peace with all
the world, we have the best form Of
government on earth, we have the very
best railroad facilities, and yet farms
decline below their valuation for tax.
aton," and the farmer 10 In dire distress
What, we ask, is the matter, II the
above introduction does not give the
matter9 Ia II western over produc'
tlonP The great '0est has been opened
10 settlement lol these many years,
and railroad facilities In the west have
not increased more rapidly In proper
tIon, than the whole population OF our
whole country, And AS the times have
been getting gradually worse during
the past decade II is but reasonable
TO expect, that, under similar ctrclm-
stances, they will continue TO become
more aud more strained during the
next decade, aud certain ruin impends
over one half the farming class, at
least, The robber tanif has cut of our
foreign trade Mckinley and his dis
clples admit this fact virtually, by
their advocacy Of the establishment OF
a home market, as ID remedy for our
present predicament.
We need not banker after q home
market 80 long as we have good
foreign demand; and we have had this
80 long as our robber tariff was not
prohibitory In many cases, and almost
80, In all others. II foreign products
are debarred from entering our ports,
neither will they bring US their cash In
exchange for our products. This Is 80
plain, that u wayfarlDg man, though n
farmer cannot be fooled therein.
We heard q prominent Republican
say with regard TO the Mexican tariff
on United States Pork. "rhey are only
Furnishing their own people, France
tried to retaliate that way, but her
people would not stand II, they would
hay 10 our pork" OH consistency thou
art n Jewell. In Mexico and France the
tariff is n punishment TO the people, but
In these United States II is q benign
blessing, even the very "Angel Of Pro
lection" The difference In this, when
Mexico imposes a tariff, the Mexican
pays. When France imposes a tariff,
the French pay II; but when the United
States imposes n tariff, the foreigner
pays II. SO says the Major, and who
would dare TO doubt his wordp
Now II there be an honest Republi'
can, TO whose notice this may come, al.
low us TO illustrate thus; Suppose the
city council Of Canton ordered q toll
gate at each Of It's approaches, and Inn
poses a toll on, say potatoes. Now sup
pose we can raise potatoes nj 40 cents
aud have small margin. Say the toll
be 30 cents per bushel; now the ap-
preaching farmer Is accosted' "How
many potatoes Answer, "20 bushels"
"You pay $40 TO enter and SELL" He
pays II; and what win he be obliged
10 do neSt2 lie must sell them at 20
cents per bushel. Any fool can see that
the farmer does not in the end pay that
80 cents. Now there Is q patch Of
potatoes, just inside the limits. This Is
protected, and will seize the opportun.
ity TO sell at 30 cents, for there is no
lower competitor; and is just 30 cents
ahead of the outsider In his profit per
bushel. Now TO make this so plain
that the wayfaring farmer, though an
errlng man, sometimes, cannot be
fooled therein, let us further explain:
City Of Canton represents u s. A.
Potatoes represents foreign product
Toll gate represents custom house.
Toll represents tariff.
The inside patch represents the pro-
tected lords.
The people Of Canton pay the toll
when they buy their "taters" We pay
the tariff when we buy the protected
necessaries Of life. The inside patch
owner gets the benefit Of the amount
the toll would equal on all he produces.
The toll goes to the city Golfers. Now
what 10 this toll forp
1st. 10 Hll the city Golfers; to tempt
the greed Of officers and induce extrav-
agance,
End. To protect the owners Of the
inside potatoes against the cheap out
side potatoes, which the city folks have
no BUSINESS TO eat unless they want TO
pay rs much for them as the protected
lord Is willing 10 raise "taters' for.
But you say so cts. is too high, 80 say
we all. but II is Just q parallel for most
of our tariff schedule, which ranges all
the way from 25 to IS per cent. on the