Telegram-herald., 1890-09-27
BTHE FARMER TAxEDs


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The Free traders Aesuzl peaon that IA
rs aassace II tecss-.n 8 ls''ls ce-llsl ID
ksas8t 81 tAsiE Drese-s FElcee ~ rcrelsa
Laarks5s = errosleels sl-4 aaTe4sozable.
A uasf powerful o. Ia rezeia6 down
PRESS u gods aseei 49, eesD tbs car
taslnleaE ~ thar rlzrzs-s IA the eics-Hg
q American poF-4 kS4insz tAem tns
smallest demand Tor Nay article beyond
tas a0rrlal supply al@ays Alzs the effees
ef A5nortaasl1 eisFAs-ns Prlees- Tbs
truth q tAis . continually a1Esslence'I
II tie business world Il Eo~ cur
tazi1 lz~s we're repealed. sAsreoy open
tag up an Immense aeW market Tor for
sl.sn goods, woait not prices rise abroad
The question wAs 2sssd q TheDas q.
caearaaan, that s'rse-tradoF q Free
TRADERS. who wolld, II he could, abolish
every tari1 lag Instantly, and his
answer, publicly given before = Largo
aadisnce, Was that with the total aboli-
tioa q the tarin prlces would SO advance
Ia other countries that domestic manu-
iactuFers would Be enabled % dispose Of
thelr output very ns.lrlys II not quite, a.
the cd nglres.
The London Financial Tines % June
SD adds its testimony a. - tae eject OF
American Protection in chsa9snlng
pri-ss abroad It sEys.
The eject OK Protection y 70 teach na-
tive makers to Manufacture on the basis
Of arsihclaIly enhanced prices, while IL
forces ousaids competitors 10 cut down
expenses 70 the bono
II II be trus that domestic goods ara en-
hauoed IN prioo % the consumer BY the
amount Of the tariff paid by like articles
imported from abroad, provided irnpo
tati0ns actually take place. thsa. indeed,
he farmer Is the most conscionoeless OF
sxtortionists. For, by precisely Tho same
lozac employed By the Fres-trader in
proving that tho farmers arc unrisht-
eol.ely taxed % the amount OF si57 ,oo9, =
COO. il can DO shown that tho farmer is
the recipient Of AZ extortion from the
other classes OF as fellow citizens OF
several times that sum. Compute the
duty on the whole Of the wheat, corn,
oats. barley, beans. peas, potatoes, hay,
live stock. butter, cheese, poultry. eggs,
sugar. nee, rnolasses, and in fact all
farm products which are marketed with
in the boundary lines Of the United
States upon which thsre Is a duty levied
when imported. and IL viii appear that
the vast sum OF money which the asri-
eulturlsts obtain by taxing the rest OF
ths community viii. by contrast. make
the ualtrv x45l. 600 COO which. ACCORDING
70 the Free-traaers. they pay seem ike !
mere bazateus.
Nor Is this enhancement IN prics
which the farmer receives through tbs
operation Of Protection n rlre creation
Of fancy. bat its exclamation calls for s
somewhat more reasonable line of argu
rneut than that which was borrowed
from Free-trade.
Ase small demand beyond the norma,
supply largely increases prices so a sup
NV only a little bevond the ordinary de
mand abaormaYlv depres.es prices. Now
suppose that our farmers had 10 deuenC
mon the foreign market in which I,
sel their products. and suppose that
million or 30 Of men and their fa1niHe,
be driven ont Of manufacturing employ
ruenfs. where they had been consumer
OF farm products, into agriculture.
The consequence would be that th,
amount which Is now turned OF on Z,
the foreign market would be so largel,
increased "a to drive prices down ruin
ously low. But BY encouraging and pro
tecting manufacturing and its concom
liant host of bread and meat consumers
thus keeping up healthy and certain
home demand Tor ths farmers product