The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
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to COnDln6 anu TX IlVlnS prices Oil GIf0
products of their labor Deprive any
class Of this power and they are ave
This is the condition OF the American
farmer. The money lords would de
prive the nanufaci urers of this prlvl-
Iege and place them where they have
| the farmer. TIE farmer is getting his
ewes open and he sees it his right and
duty to combine with his fellow
| farmers and place himself where he
t can protect his interest by fixing a llv-
! ing price on his products.
How should we adjust the tariff
when we have a surplus? Such things
| as we cmnot produce should 60 on
the free list lfret trade, for the tariff
is q tax to the extent of the tariff
levied. If there is still q surplus, then
| such things as we can produce but not
in sufficient quantity TO do us should
! be for revenue only. II there IS still a
| surplus, then such things as we can
produce in sufficient quantity to do US,
make the tariff productive as it IS to
! dav on hundreds Of articles that are
| selling for less than half what they did
| in 1865. Free trade at home or home
| competition will regulate the profits.
eve challenge any Democrat or Re
publican TO dispute this prOpOsltlon.)
If the profits in any one line is higher
than another, capital will seek invest
ments there and this will continue
until the profits are no higher than in
any other line. (Mr. D. and R., will
you dispute this prOpOsition0 Put
INTO power q party of the people and
| they will repeal the Infamous highway
| robbery credit financial system and
| substitute full legal tender United
| States notes in their place. Then each
year issue three hundreds million OF
the same kind Of money and put it
into circulation by paying a portion Of
the expenses OF the government.
If we had a billion dollar Congress
two hundred millions of dollars. Tois
would call for a readjustment Of the
| tariff. A party OF the people would
| readiust the tariff to suit every indus
try. Experience has demonstrated the
truth Of the following AKIN vice. 1t is
dear to buy anything away from home
you can raise on the farm This
AKIN holds good as 10 the county as a
wh0le-that 1t is dear to buy anything
| of foreigners that can be made in the
United States.
Give us a business Congress free
from the domination of the money
devil, and they will appoint business
men on committees Olnveetigate every
| article on the second list (such things
as we do not produce enough to DO u.s.
and if by an investigation it is found
we can produce sufficient to do us,
! transfer it to the third list and recon-
mend necessary legislation to accom-
plish this end with least expense to
the people.
TIJ-o -, IND ,-II,I to 4--O ia ~O
ties make much racketD The COM
mittee will ascertain if there is suffi.
cient deposits in the United States to
supply the wants of the country. They
will ascertain what it will cost to man
ufacture tin in this country and what
it costs in England. If on investiga-
ton they find England has been prac-
ticing extOrtiOn las she always does
when she has the opportunity they
will transfer it to the third list and
recommend necessary legislation to
secure the people from extOrtiOn. The
difference of the English wholesale
price in tin and the price to the
American consumer is two hundred
and fifty per cent. The American
manufacturer can pay the higher wages
of this country and sell for less than
the English furnished tin. No com
binatiOn or trust should be allowed to
put the price beyond reasonable profit,
The extOrtion Of English manufacture
ers, when they had a monopoly, is
notorious, Take Bessemer steel as an
Illustration. AS long as the English
had q monopoly they charged Ameri-
can consumers three hundred per cent.
over and above a fair profit, or one
hundred and fifty dollars per ton.
American iron men experimental on
Bessemer steel and found they could
make it for less than the Eng|ishmen
furnished American consumers. They
went before the American Congress-,
proposed, if they would levy a tariff,
to furnish American consumers Besse,
mer steel at less cost than furnished
by the English. The American Con
gress levied a tariff Of seventy-fve dol
lars per ton on Bessemer steel. The
American manufacturers furnished
Bessemer steel at seventy eight dollars
per ton. The tariff was reduced to
twenty-e eight dollars per ton and Ameri- |
can BesSemer steel sold as low as
twenty sever dollars per ton, or one
dollar less than the tariff. WHY could
American manufacturers furnish Bes- |
me steel for one dollar less than the
tariff levied on the imported article?
First: We had the raw material, the |
skilled labor and machinery to produce
all we consumed. Second, free trade |
CT competition at home forced the
price down until the profits on BESSIE
mer steel was no greater than on other |
industries. Third, Bessemer steel had |
passed to the third list and the tariff
had ceased to be q tax. Bessemer com |
munities would ascertain every article
that would be transferred to the third
list. These committees should sit be-
tween vacations and have every
pre- aratiOn made for Congress to act |