Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-09-14

mis- country. Now they sell for $l.25
y yard. Column after column could
be filed with articles that have dc.
cl'ned in price il the SANE way Yet,
10 the taco of I'll these facts. the Free
Trader shouts "The Tariff 10 tax"
Gail It y tax. call il by any name that
suits your fancy. 1t 10 paid BY the
countries from which manufactured
articles are imported, or the importers.
Mr.. Crisp says the "farmer 10 not
benefited by tho Tariff, since the sur
plus OF his peoducts, sold in FREQ fo:-
eign markets, fixes the prices 1t home."
Let US xam,n~ the condition of the
farmer ~ compared with twenty years
ago. The barns, in many instances,
are more comfortable to-day than
houses were twenty or thirty years
ago. Then they vera driven to
market upon . heavy lumber wagon,
'osd-d with produce. Now they go
in huggirs and carriages, and the
market wagon follows. Then tho
harness used upon their teams was
composed of duck backbsnds, and
trace ohains-chains manu- actu,e ed in
FIR. e-Traie England, almost ex.
clus,v+ly by women and children,
where strong woman who 10 an. ~x-
pert, working thirteen hours . day at
the forge, can earn rs cents per day
are used now only for drawing the pillow.
Then harvesting WAS accomplished only
hs the use of the soy,h-; now his
grin 10 cut and bound into uniform
sheAv' 1t the Same time aud by the
aame machine. Then he plowed his
corn with bull tongue making single
burrows 1t q time; now he rides
and plows four burrows 1T . time.
Then the wife and daughters went to
the field almost ~ regularly Is the
husband and brother, and with bare
feet, too, aud performed mans labor;
now she scarcely performs the duty OF
making her own clothing, il accom-
pI,shed. and often the leader of
saoie,y.
There arc exceptions to tho rule,
but the most shif,lsss are no worse to-
day than they were then. while the
industrious live in = manner within
keeping Of tho progress of t,me. IL
seems that the Free Trader wouli see
the fsllacy OF his statement when in
one breath hn denounced Tariff be-
cause it 10 injurious to the farmer. and
in tho next sentence curses Free
Trade because i, fixed prices at home.
VIZ. Crisp told u that "the Tariff
does not produce wealth." Another
assertion e at would trouble him to
explain. From 1860 to 1880 the
increase of wealth in manufacturing
alone reached the sum Of IS 264, IRA
39G. Duri,g tho same period the
incre ase in agricultural pursuits
amounted TO &5367.875,2O6. Doe.
that look ~ though the Psotected
manufacturer was robhing the farmer,
or that tho Tariff does not produce
wealth.
W. will 60 further. Let 10 see
which produces wealth tho more
rapidly, Tariff OF Free Trade? The
entire wealth Of England in 1887 va.
43 500 millions Of dollars. Her total
increase Of wealth from 1870 to 1880
was $3.50, 600, 0OO,or about Z 7-l6
per cent.
Tho entire wealth OF tho United
States in 1887 was 7,475 milliens Of
dollars, and her total increase Of
wealth from 1870 TO 1880 was $l3,.
573, 4Sl ,493, or an increase more than
80 Per cent.
IL the Tariff burden?
Again Mr.. Crisp told US that "The
American l.borer 10 forced to pay
tribute to tho projected manufacturer"
The figures given below indicate
the average daily wages paid for dif>
teren, classes of workm-n during the
same period in America and Eng.
land:
America psya gas htters per day ~ 20