The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-02-20
Tarin Talks.

with your products protested . mine
are" the mill owasr says to the Republican
farmer, lyon can rob the people a. easy
q I do. You vste for my Protection and l
will vote for yours" The wish 10 father
to the hope. and the farmer has 4 duty put
on foreign corn. wheat, milk. butter. eggs,
fruit, etc. to keep out the paupsr from
products Of Asia, Africa. and Australia.
The farmer does not understand that 4
d1ty alone cannot protect sxospt the main
supply is imported. the market price here.
the foreign price with the duty added and
The domestic production 20 small % not 70
sfsst this vote. The moment too Amsri.
ens begin to compete their Protection
dissppssrs and the price drops to the
foreign rate without the duty. Now enters
the trust, the combination. No industry
can b. protected whore It supplies the
home market in whole or part il thsrs 10
any eonpstitien or without . trust. More
than n thou 'and persons cannot form .
trust that will have any p~ermsnesney. The
smaller the trust the better the protsetion
afforded by it ard tho tariff duty, but shs
duty has NO value without the trust or the
trust without the duty. The forty.nins
sugar rs6nsrs, I've linen mill ewne,s,
'wsnty.ons stss,.rsil makers or l04 hs.
makers . 'orm . trust. but the sigh,
million farmers cannot. The profession
Of the few machine owners (14,5OO organ
lied IN over $50 trusts) 10 genuine and
worth 80 10 500 per cent; but the protection
offered the farmer 10 fraudulent. II will
not enable him to steal from his country
men, u csat. The whole effort Of the
Protection buueo ~stssrsr. aud what their
organs are hired for-is to make tho dis
honest Republican farmer relieve that hs
ean steal from the buyer II cents Pc,
pound or grease wool; il duty Of 81 cents
II levied on the foreign, just - easily -
the half dozen manufactures Of screws
steal 6 70 IL cents per pound because .
duty Of 6 to II cents per pound is levied
on the foreign. 1t blinds bis eyes to the
fact that il requires both the trust md the
duty TO have the protection, and it offers
the duty alone ~ Protection. IN. Y. World.
"Csn any zane man believe that . tax
levied for the benefit Of ten men. for the
special object Of enabling them to charge.
more for the product, 10 levied for NO ether
purpose than to reduce tho price! The
Republican editor rays it IL. Has the
price ever been reduced in any protected
manufacture o. the result Of protsction7
What projected product do VI supply
cheaper than England. How can Pro-
lection benefit . man., Why should hs want
it. If it compsls him to sell below tie price
hat Free Trade would compel him to sell
At? 10 any man such 4 fool - to advocate
that which will reduce his profits. Can
the Republican editor believe that the
protected manufacturers ere such philaa-
thropists - the world never saw before in
it's history-in business for fuu, to reduce
their ~profes-snd that while Free Trade
keeps the price high they want it low! Or
does he know them to be . gang Of thieves,
willing to share their plumber with him.
TO id nit. even for the sake Of An argument
thst any Republican editor does not know
them to be thieves is to violate the 6rst
principles Of comma sense. As we'll
admit that q professional BURGLAR II en-
gagged in an honest occupation. and that
the advocate Of burglary might be we'll
meaning and dsIuded. No advocate Of
THEFT 10 ever deluded. No advocate Of
Protection IL ever deluded. What he 10
after whether he 10 . burglar or . pro-
tectionist 10 the property Of o.Lsr men, to
enjoy ami use it when he gets it,"
James Fleming.