Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-16

plate manufactures in this country
will be of immense benefit. We have
the tin, the iron; we can build the
mills and the machinery and get
thousands at work in the new indus
try. Who will regret it?
In regard to eggs, potatoes, farm
products, ETC., we suppose that
"Farmer" will not claim that the
New England markets would be i'm
proved to the Vermont farmer by let
ting in the products of Canada and
the world duty free. We take it
that the price of eggs, potatoes, veg
etables, apples, cattle, ETC., would
not be enhanced by letting all Cana
da in free. If he thinks SO he is
free trader, pure and simple.
The prices of the articles mention
ed, like all other things, are largely
controlled by supply and demand,
and while it is true that the potato
crop was short last year, it is also
true that a small per cent more of
this product sent into our markets
would lower the price greatly. If
the Canadian farmers with cheap Ca
madam labor can give such surplus
of potatoes that they can ship into
New England at say 40 cents a bush
ell delivered in Boston a thing that
might be possible without tariff-we
do not see how the Vermont farmer
could sell his tubers at 70 cents a
bushel. What is true of potatoes is
true of eggs, both of which articles
are selling high.
The Mckinley tariff is not very
old yet, and it's effect on the WOO
crop can not be fairly determined al
this time. The history Of a WOO
tariff has been that it increased pric
es, and made sheepgrowing more
profitable. There has been no WOO
sheared since the new tariff came int
operation. Wait little Meanwhil
figure out how far wool would hav
fallen below present prices had it no
been for the tariff.
ssFarmer'' closes with two assump
tions and a question. He assume
that the tariff is not to be a tax, AM
that prices are not to be made higher
and then wishes to know what goo
the tariff is anyway.
We will answer by presuming
case: He is farmer and lives /
Derby. His business is general farm
ing and market gardening. His bac
, pasture runs up to Canada line. H
has good buildings, he fences his field
and his pastures, ,all except on the Lin
45. where he builds no fence. He is
: ssdemocrat" and free trader. A
the rights he possesses he accords
= the world-his Canadian neighbol
included. His pasture on the Cans
dian side is open and his broth'
J., farmer on that side pastures his cattl
sheep, pigs, hens and geese on I'll
free traders lands. Having tt
free traders principles, he generou
lv accords to his foreign neighbor
his own right. Government mea
while has left the fences of protectiC
down, and all the Stanstead peop
and the Potion farmers come over
. Derby and Newport with vegetable
apples, currants, potatoes, ETC., wit
out a cent of duty to pay, and o
free trade farmer loses his market
in fact there are so many cabbag
= and apples offered in the hor
markets that ssFarmer" can't S,
his own at all. His business is rui
ed, He is no better off than his Il
eign neighbor. His pasture is f
: bare by his shiftless neighbor aero
= the line. His strawberry patch'
81 his fruit garden, his milk prodl
have become practically prolific
because of his own foolishness a
the free trade fallacies of his count
II But enough.