South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07

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his cupboard; on the clothes on his
back; on the looking-glass on his
wall; on the salt and sugar on his
table; on the needles, thread aud
ribbon In his wife's work basket;
on the harness on his team; on the
twine that binds his sheaves OF
grain; on the blankets on his bed;
on the paper he writes his letters
on.
A. Yes: all these articles are
protected by duties.
Q. But here are sixteen different
articles, ali absolute necessaries,
and it takes sixteen different man.
ufacturing establishments to make
them-and do you mean to say
that every humble farmer in Mis-
souri, actually pays taxes to sixteen
different manufacturing establish
ments every year?
A. Yes.
Q. And he cannot get these ne
cessaries OF life without paying such
taxes?
A. He cannot.
Q. How much do these taxes
amount to?
A. We have estimated them ut
$50 a year--and the estimate ia q
moderate one.
Q. How many farmers arc there
In Missouri?
A. Probably $4,000
Q And each of them pays an
average of $50 q year, in tribute to
the protected interests?
A. Yes.
Q. That makes how much for
all?
A. $1,000, 900.
q. Then you estimate that the
protective policy costs the farmers
Of Missouri about $4,000 900 a
yearp
A. Yes--at least that.
q. How much do the people Of
Missouri pay per annum, for the
support OF their state government
A. About 50, soc, 900.
Q. Then, the farmers, alone, of
Missouri pay to favored manufact-
urers five times as much as their
state government costs?
A. They do.
Q. What does tho national gov
eminent cost?
A. About $f35, 900, 900 year.
Q. What is the Missouri peoples
share of this?
A. The population Of the whole
country is estimated at IS, 900, COO;
and the cost of the government per
capita is therefore about So. The
estimated population of Missouri 10
2, 700, 600; and 81 per capita makes
So, 100000 The Missouri peoples
share OF the cost of the national
government, therefore, is IS, AGO.
600.
@ These two sums-$2, 500, 900
and IS. 400, 000-added together,
make $4,000, 900; and you say the
farmers of Missouri alone, pay S17,-
500, 600 o year to favored manu-
facturers. Then the farmers of
Missouri pay in the shape of pro-
lection to favored manufacturers
more than twice as much as the
whole people of the state pay for
their state government and the
of the United States
A. They do.
MISSOURI AND MASSACHU-
SETS.
q Are the nine protected man.
nfacturing states growing rich fast
Or than the farming states?
A. They are.
Q. L. this due to the protection
policy?
A. 1t is.
q. Is it not due ia some measure
70 the greater industry a nd fruoal-
ty OF the people Of the Eastern
states?
A. No. Take Missouri and Ma.
Iachusetts-one q representative
larming state, the other a renra-
tentative manufacturing state. for
comparison. The population Of
Missouri 10 very largely of Easter
'rlgin, and its farmers are fndns.
'rious, thrifty and frugal ss anv
people IN this countFy--snd tbev
nave the advantage Of q rich soil.
'asily cultivated and very produe.
i've. 1t is seven times &c largo a. l
Massachusetts, and has q third /
arger population. Itis an a0rl- |
cultural state, and farming ia ita |
thief interest. It's farms. imnle- !
nents, machinery and live stook |
we're valued, IN 1880, at e49O GOO
100. The whole number of nor. !
ons engaged in agriculture waa 4
1000; and the value of All its I
arm products was coo. 600 600
u s273 per hand. 4
NOW take Massachusetts,. II ba.
300, 6O6, 600 capital invested H.
o1anutaotnring--a third less than
aissouri had invested in farming.
nd Il had 355, 900 persons ompIov. 4
y IN manufacturing pursuits
bout the same number that Mis-
our had employed in farming
Up TO this point, the figures are IN
nVOr of Mfnoo,.-s n ~