The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-10-10

1T off ship board and place it on the
cars to taken home. Mr.. MrSrar-
ran who has been thinking along tho
free trade" line of argument is just
as firmly convinced that would just
be the very best thing the farmer
could be permitted to do. Both be
lieve they can give convincing lea-
sons that their view of the matter
is right. We have tried the highes;
kind of tariff-or rather several of
them-for nearly thirty years and
are dead sure the policy of protec-
tion hasn't mended matter with the
farmers, for they are in worse fix
than they have been for 100 years
Free trade on the other hand has not
made the farmers rich in the British
Isles. But high tariff on bread
stuffs in England would have made
the English landlords and farmers
if the former didn't rob the latter by
high rent-rich, because the popula-
ton of the British Isles consume
more than can be raised at home,
and all other classes of consumers
would have had to pay the farmers
more for food than they purchase it
for abroad. The conditions IN this
country are exactly reversed, or were
so years ago when we consumed
more manufactured articles than we
produced, and produced more food
than we could consume. Conditions
are so entirely changed at present
that it is impossible to reach
any sound conclusions by re-
ferring back to certain periods
to prove that q similar policy
would evolve like results at the
present time In our opinion these
references and comparisons which
are made by tariff debators on both
sides, are not worth cent to lead to
sound conclusions, but are all the
time misleading. We believe that if
every custom hous was shut up that
our manufactures would not be driv-
en- from the field, but after a short
sharp struggle, they would take
possession of every market in tic
world and drive British commerce
from the ocean. And our reason for
this belief is that this country has
more raw material than any couDtry
on the globe and the English have to
buy their raw material for manufac-
turing largely from other counties.
and their food also; and if our folks
were put down to their best. and on
their metal they would beat the
na'ions of Europe to death. We
have everything that all Europe has,
right at our fingers, end in the way
Of raw material and FOOD products,
and in addition to all these in the
greatest abundance, we have capital,
skilled labor and machinery, the
former by hundred Of millions and
the latter of the very best quality in
world.
On the other hand we belieye that
tariff of a hundred per cent on the
average, would not break our farm
ers or build up our manufacturers, if
other condition remained as they
are. 1t is the great money trust
that has robbed the producing classes
Of Europe and this country. and if
that was broken up-completely ex-
termina.ed-our farmers, wage earn.
ers and manufacturers would prosper
under any condition ofrevenue laws,
under high tariff, low tariff or free
trade. The tariff has been used as a
sham and fraud by politicians.
The rich manufacturers are cheating
the farmers now. They are selling
goods 20 to 80 per cent lower in
Foreign countries than they are to
our own people al the factory door.
Let US concentrate our forces against
The money trust, the robbery by |
lsury. Break that and relief will |
come, but never. never thro' any
,arff laws.-ED.
A. j. Pennington, w. NJ. Knight