The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-29

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the poDulation of the United States.
Does a tariff on wheat and corn enable
the farmers to fix a price on the prod
,,ots Of their labor7 Every intelligent
pon,hlica Knows the price of thelr
exnorrable products are fixed In Europe
and the tariff levied on wheat and corn
does not add one cent In value TO a
r,,lion bushels. They know we are
in debit 10 England and that country
fvns the price on cotton. They know
hat England is a m nufacturlng coun-
try and her great wealth IS derived
from this source and it is to her inter
ost to secure cheaper raw material and
cbaaner food TO feed her labOrers. They
know by the demonetizing OF silver
and creating a demand for gold they
have doubled the demand and pur-
chasing power of gold since 1865, and
tn s enables England to buy twice as
much cotton and wheat with the one
hundred and thirty-five million dollars
of interest her subjects receive
this country every year. Does the Re
publican party offer any rel for this
oppression? Not any. We will pay
one hundred dollars to the first
who Will put it on exhibition. The
Democratic party has adopted the
financial policy of the Republican
party aud is trying to Outbid the Re
publican party for the support of the
creditor class of England. They pro
pose TO lower the tariff and reduce the
price of goods so the farmers can buy
cheaper. They say, will this help the
farmers to fix a price on their coCtOn9
Will it prevent the manufacturers of
England from fixing a price on their
cotronG One hundred dollars reward
to anv Democrat who will show how 1t
will do it. How much cheap cotton
goods can the cotton planters buy sell
ing cotton for six and seven cents a
pound that cost nine cents a pound to
raise7 AS long as the farmer sells at
less than cost they cannot buy cotton
goods even though they sold at one
cent a yard.
The writer, when a boy, shipped a
carload of sweet potatoes to Chicago,
and when returns came in 1T read IS
cents for expenses. I could not have
bought a smell of sugar out of the pro
ceeds of that carload of potatoes if
sugar had been one cent a ton. You
want the tariff so adjusted that the
farmers can ship their produce in
ships and receive their value in foreign
goods. Don't you know, under exist
ing circumstances. the farmers are not
able TO ship anything7
Suppose the railroads and ships
would agree to ship and wait for re-
turns. Here is the result. One hun
dred thousand bales of cotton at seven
cents net three million and five thou
and dollars. Cost of raising at nine
cents a pound, four million and five
hundred thousand dollars. Loss on
cargo, one million dollars. These cot
ton planters would be in the same fix I
was in on the carload of potatoes They
would not buy one yard Of cotton with
the proceeds, even though cotton goods
was one cent a bale. This is not all
but the country would lose three mil
lion and five hundred thousand dollars
of gold that would have remained in
this country if the goods had been
bought of home manufacturers. If five
million bales had been shipped out of
the country on the same terms, it
would have taken out of this country
one hundred and seventy-five million
dollars for foreign goods that would
have been received in tais country if
the goods hid been bought in this
country.
The Democratic party is the cham
pion of the English financial system
that ties us to the tail of the English
kite, and is the advocate of a tariff
policy that would, in a short time, de-
plete this country of all our gold. The
Republican policy would cut the dogs
tail off inch by inch, and the CIeve-
land Democratic policy would cut the
dogs tail off just behind the ears at
one blow. The statement is true, and
we will pay any Democratic editor one
hundred dollars to disprove iE. What
the farmers are interested in is in plac-
ing themselves where they can fix a
living price on their produce. They
know that as long as they have to sell
at less than cost, they Cannot buy
anything out of the proceeds. Chrys
talize into law the spirit of the Alliance
principles and the farmers can fix a
Living nrica ON hia nrOdncA- The farm