Alpena weekly argus., 1890-07-02

could want but this bein' Mikes
night he didn't bring no candles, givin'
out as an excuse that we would have
to 90 without candles one night in
every Eve, cause one candle in every
FIVE was took by the tariff. He said
that 20 per cent duty on candles
took one-fifth of them, and we would
have to be lighted tonight by the
iffulgent rays of the blessed tariff
| don't mind arguin' at Philo, and
the other protection cranks, but |
amt got nothin' agin 'em, and | think
its cruel to make 'em take their own
medicine.
So we set around the stove in the
dark there and told about dreme
l had one night along in cider-makin'
time. l dremp tina was tariff all
round Sloshin' Township. and every
outside man had to give up dollar
in tax for every dollar in goods he
fetched. Now at the Point tha is a
four-mill, a sawmill, woolen mill
and a cider factory. So when l tuck
my apples away,.lI found cider sellin'
at 20 cents gallon instead Of ten
cents like it used to, and that suited
me first rate; but when the cuss that
run the mill charged six cents gal
lon for maxim, instead of three like
he used to. it wasn't so funny. But
the miller paid me $50 for wheat
instead of rs cents, and that put me
in good umer agin. "Harraw for a
tariff" says |. tuck my
wheat money-a hull pocket full
and went to the wooden mill to buy
some stockin' yarn and jeans for the
boys pants, but soon found that cash
only went half as fur as it used TO,
and | wasn't so stuck on the tariff as
had been. So it went all around.
got twice as much for what / sold,
and paid twice as much for what |
bought. Everything seemed fair and
even, but | couldn't see as eny body
got ahead none. But l had heap
of corn and baled hay to sell, so |
luck a couple of loads to the Point,
but they didn't want none. Tha had
all tha wanted, and set up there on
\ ton of timothy and began to see
what the farmer was goin to git out
,f this fair tariff law. Tha wasn't no
help for it. l had to haul my hay to
Fulton and sell it there for just the
price l used to git at the Point; then
| could either buy goods at the old
ow price, and pay the tariff on them
when crossed the township line, or l
could 60 back and pay double. l
.ried to argue with Doc Bailey, what
,wns the plow factory and most of
he woolen mill, but he sed that he
,ad to have the tariff to keep the
blow men and WOODEN men from other
townships, from comm in and sellin'
,gin home industries. | asked him
where l came in OH that argument,
md he sed by his bein' able to run
MS mills, and keep a lot of men en-
ployed, and tha eat up lot of bread
'tuffs. maxim a market for me. But
told him | hadn't found market
when l wanted it, and had to sell my
nay and corn outside at free trade
prices, but must pay protection prices
for what bought. And I'll be shot
# he didn't say, "What you need is
higher tariff, so we can pay better
wages to our men, 50 they can eat
MORE"
"What | want" sez |, "is to sell
ny grain and produce for what it is
worth, and buy the things for what
;ha are worth, no matter where sell
Dr. who buy of. You won't make
40 contract to pay your men eny
more if the tariff is raised and your
null blamed township don't eat half
If what we raise. We've got to sell
more of our stuff outside at outside
,rices you sell all of your stuff inside
It inside prices, and have to fetch
lOthin' across the line"
mo, we don't sell all of our stuff
nside," sez he. "We sell lots at Full
on and other towns"
"What for ?" sez |.
"'Cause we want to; cause tha's
'rofit in it" sez he.
Gall right sez l, eff tha's profit
fter you ship it away tha's profit at
ome at the same price. Pm agin
our tariff" and | thought giant
allied Majority come along with a
lub called common sense and he bus
ed the tariff fence wide open, so
oods could come in and goods could
o out at what tha was worth, and
ur business men quit settin' around
nd bellerin' for "pa" to come In and
AXE care of them; quit bellerin for
pa" to drive away them other bust
ess men that wasn't afraid to stand
p and put trade on its merits.
"Idon'tthink American factory men
,ould take no advantage If the tariff