Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-29
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1ettse. For example, the American
runs ssed In the recent armor test,
proved NJ superior 10 the lest gums o
forsien make, while the armor plates
made from American steel were dem
OnstTated 20 b the best in the world
alt0Y thorough tests side by side witt
Engfish and other European plates.
Question No. ~ Why. Is II that American
shapplng intesesta . declined during tn,
psft0d Of protective tariff?
OF course the question refers to ship.
ping In the foreign trade. It has de.
c1ined because It has been the single
one among oil varied ind ,strie,
which has received no protection. The
branch Of our shipping which has hceu
Ing tfad0, has fiOurished and fiou,i,hes
to-day equally with our other protected
industries.
Question No. h 1.-THE duty . not added Il
The cost wherein does The tariff benefit ,he
farmer in the sale OF his productions
BY creating . market for him 10 sell
his products in, and by restricting do
nestle production and foreign imports.
while continually increasing the demand
for what hc has to cell.
Question No. ~ Why the abandonment OF
Eastern farms with protected labor In the neigh
Because there IL 30 much better and
cheaper land out West. Eastern farm.
we're discovered. After that event the
Eaaknpn En~nn>~ fcscJ - 4. &C.: .l-
tan to 70 West" whore they could get
any quantity or the best land for lie
asking. But, "a . matter Of fact, the de-
serted New England farms are few,
For lot il not be forgotten that MANY OF
the rocky hills of New England are
moro profitable to the c~ultivator than
the fertile fields of the West. Why?
because Of those same factories with
their protected army of consumers With
IN easy reach
Question No. 90 FIT IL the objec, of tina tariff
2 protect laboE. could the tarsff be greatly re-.
/ 0uced ana still AFFORD protection?
In some instances, yes. But what
benefit would 10 derived through such
reduction, Take wire nails, for in
stance. The duty on them is 2 cents a
need DO at present, because the nails are
actually selling for II cents a pound.
What harm does the duty do? II abol-
ished probably not q nail would be i'm.
ported. Why not abolish il? Probably
because NO n ever thought it worth
while TO ask for its abolition. Congress
did not act without q reason in framing
the present tariff. Every change of any
importance was made at the suggestion
OF some person or persons, after argu.
ments pro and con had been heard, No
one asked for the removal of the duty
on wire nails, for the same reason, per
hapS, that no one asked for q law
against spots on the sun. No good
could possibly result in either case.
QUESTION No. 81. DOES not the rebate clause
IN the Mckinney law GLOW our manufacturer
American. when the raw ms'eri II'i is Imported 1eun ?
Yes; and thereby enables them some
times to find q market in a foreign coun-
try which they otherwise could NOT find.
That 10 to say, II is the means of bring.
Ing additional employment to American
labor In making the goods to 20 abroad,
and brings back to the country the
money paid for them by the foreigner.
while not . hair OF anyone's head in
this country IL harmed by the transac-
ton. It Eives our manufacturers prac-
ticAlly oil the benefits of free raw ma
terials, aud bids them capture the
worlds markets If they can, while it
Keeps the bars good and high around
our y markets in order to hold them
surely for u v people anyhow.
Question No. 81 With a bounty OF 2 cent, a
pound on sugar, which must be paid out OF the
unised states Treasury, where does the saving
- the consumer come in through free sugar?
It comes in this way: The evenue
L 3pnrN thn Aevtvy an s,~~ n- --i---
amounted to about SO, Zoo, 900 a wear.
which was oil paid By the CONSUMER
The bounty paid on sugar amounts to
q ,O0O, 900 1 year. The difference. S4s.-
100000, 10 the saving to the consumer.
Question No o. Has the Mckinley tariff
caused the price Of cotton to be low2
No. No more than it has caused the
price Of Shakespeare autographs to be
high. There are very few Of the auto
graphs Of Shakespeare in existence;
hence they cost Q great deal. There is
more cotton in the United States than
there ID . demand for throughout the
whole world; consequently the price of
cotton ID low. The Mckinley law had
NO more to do with that than it had
With the color of the moon.
Question No. o. What has been the direct
nsnens 70 the American farmer b., the placing
~ = - uusy VA teks! Tin WOuiu De the Re-
suit II the duty were abolisheds
In 1880 We imported II, 962. 752 dozen
eggs, valued at $l,5S4 ,OS9; in 1891 We
imported 4,263,375 dozen eggs, valued
1t 1888 ,407. The difference betu cen the
amounts imported in these two years
Z ,609,37 dOzen-meaeures the larger
market for eggs which has been fur
nished to the American farmer; and
the difference between the values of the
eges imported in these two years
l,06O ,592-measures roughly the value
Of that market to him. The direct re-
suit Of the Mckinley duty on eggs has
thus been to put $L05O,502 more into
the pockets Of the farmer than he re-
ceived the preceding year. If the duty
were abolished, by that sum at least
would he be the loser.
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