The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-02

Our agricultural sections. COO, Gro
about equally - poorly Of. Farms are
deserted to-day in England just when
Mr.. Morrill, says that "home mannfac-
turcrs planted In every state alongside
Of the farmer largely save In dis:ribu-
ton Why then are these farmers in
New England giving M farming, and
why did the farmers u the State 81 ILL
nois lose $40. 900. 600 on their corn crop
alone last year? Mr.. Morrill, knows that
the market price on the farmers produce
ton is made In Liverpool. Eng. and -
he says: Every ship load Of wheat or
corn exported tends 70 reduce the price
abroad" and what the price Is abroad
Is what tho price will be at
home less the freight So. as tho
tariff rcformer says. let AZ put the
manufacturers In . position that he
will be able 70 manufacture moro 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 tho Western
farmer will be able 10 pay of the mort
cages on his farm. To-day, under the
great benefit o. high protection, tho
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 50 utterly false and ridiculous
that ! don't believe any one honestly
thinks that such is the case. Every n
knows. or should know, that the ex-
porter is not going 70 dispose Of his
goods for less than cost. We believe
that the American manufactures 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 OF
22-shot cartridges The advance on the
material to make Ia, 1000 cartridges was
80 cents. but cartridges advanced s.. 70
per case. Better cartridges are made in
England. but they are kept out and the
present advance Is kept up by a tariff Of
As per cent An Illinois farmer went
to Chicago q short time ago with a car
load OF stock. and while in Chicago
wanted to buy a pair Of Granddaughter
meeting pants" lie found what no
wanted, and the price was 81 per yard,
and he told the merchant he thought
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 IL the same. lie asked
the merchant where the cloth was man
ufactured, and was told in Philadelphia.
Then why do you ask me 50 .
yard for this cloth? You do not have
to pay 81 tariff on il per yard" The
merchant replied that the inn
ported goods sell 1t So, and they
might just as well get 81 for theirs.
/ would like to have Mr.. Morrill,
tell who paid the tariff on that yard Of
cloth--the exporter or the consumer?
Mr.. Morrill, evidently feels very unsafe
about the American people wanting 80
much protection, and is trying to work
on tho American voters to have pro-
lection, not because Il is for their bene-
it. but simply because IL Il American
lat prcscnt) ind free trade Il English
The American people don't want free
trade for che benefit Of England or any
other foreign country, but No DO want
tariff reform for the bene1t o. our own
people. M. Morrill, say1 that Nj. Glad
stone va 3 ''6ou1hcrn sym~pathi.oE.''
What H. thot - 40 Min tarf1 roform1
We 40 not Goln4 % light tho WI over
again 1ust % please tho R~epublicsn
party. I losl sorry for the old Marty.
Ihe people ~ ~beginning p understand