Nevada County picayune., 1890-05-21
THE FARMERS AND POLITE
 CAL PARTIES.

declaration of purposes of the Ali ance, and asking for MT. Cleveland s views thereon. Below is Mir. Cleve- lands reply:
 ''NEw YORK, March 24.-J. A. Hill, Corresponding Secretary: Dear Sir have received your letter, ac- companied by copy of the declara- ton of principles of the Farmers Alliance. see nothing in this declaration that can not be fully en- dorsed hy any man who loves his country, who believes that the object of his Government should be the freedom, prosperity and happiness of our people, and who believes that justice and fairness to all are neces- sary conditions to it's useful admin istration.
 ''lt has always seemed to me that the farmers of the country were cs- pecially interested in an equitable ad- justment of our tariff system. The indifference they have shown to that question and the ease with which they have been led away from sober consideration of their needs and their rights as related to this subject, have excited my surprise.
 Struggle as they may, our farm CTS must continue to be purchasers and consumers of numberlcss things enhanced in cost by tariff regulation. Surely they have right to insist that this cost shall not be increased for the purpose of collecting unncc- essary revenue or to give undue ad- vantage to domestic manufactures. The plea that infant industries need the protection which impoverishes the farmer and consumer is, in view of our national advantages and the skill and density of our people, a hollow pretext.
 Struggle as they may, our farm CTS cannot escape the conditions which fix the prices of that product, and according to the rates which prevail in foreign markets, flooded with the competition of countries en- toying freer exchange of trade than we. The plausible presentations of the blessings of home market should not deceive our oppressed and impoverished agriculturalists. There is no market for them which does not take its instructions from the sea- board; and the seaboard transmits the word of the foreign markets.
 ''Bccause my conviction that there should he d modification of our tariff laws rose priacipalIy from an appre- citation ot the wants of the varied army of consumers, comprising our farmers, our artisans and our work ingmen, and because their condition has led me to protest against imposi- tions, l am especially glad to see those sections of my fellow w-country- men arousing themselves to the i'm portance of reform.
 "lours very truly,
 'GRovER CLEVELAND.
 The farmers of the West have al- ways proved the main stay of the Re- publican party. They have furnished it's majorities; and in return for the favor Republican legislation has brought the Western farmers to the brink of ruin. Our high protective tariff, for which the Republicans arc responsible, has injured the farmers in many things and benefited them in nothing. The "home market" cry is fraud and a sham; as the prices of the great agricultural staples are fixed in foreign markets, protective duties cannot protect ar- ticles the farmers export as surplus crops, and because of the tariff they are compelled to pay excessive prices for nearly everything they buy.
 The political home of the farmer is the Democratic party, which labors to remove the letters that bind com merce, and to reduce the tariff taxes to revenue basis. It is not sur prising that ex-President Cleveland marvels at the indifference of farm CTS of matter so vitally concerning them, - Arkansas Gazette.
 It Costs to Be an American.
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