The Jasper weekly courier., 1892-07-22

4 TsslH Joker Talks whsn rroserslss
will Help the fsrmer.
Hon. r. q. Horr. the tariff joker Of
thc New York Tribune. said recently
In reply to = question from the BOSTON
Question club:
II tlonot claim that the tariff on wheat
IN the United States at the present
time will have very much bearing upon
IT. price 50 long - we export that arti-
Gle largely. A iariR on that article
just now has very little effect, ror Wa
the tariff placed on wheat with view
of Affecting il price materially ~ the
present time. such. however. was not
the case with most farm products The
production Of wheat in the United
States. In excess Of our own consump'
tion. Is glowing less and less each year.
There has been . decline Of about TO-
900, 900 bushels year for the past ten
years In little while the entire
product Of wheat in the United States
will be consumed by our own people.
The moment that that point is reached
the price Of wheat will he affected by
m attempted importation Of wheat
from abroad. When that time arrives
the farmers Of this country will need
protection against the cheap labor Of
India and Russia"
other republican authorities aSrce
that the tarifE Is practically Of no ben
eft 20 the farmer as long as he has 70
sell surplus abroad. but that il will
benefit him when enough foreigners
can be imported TO eat up his surplus
here instead Of in Europe. and they arc
doing their utmost 20 bring about this
happy state Of affairs They watch
with ghoulish glec our dwindling cx-
ports Of agricultural PRODUCTS, which
were e73O. 900. 900 in 1851. and have not
reached e643. .000. 900 since then The
American Economist Of March 4. 1892,
said: I'VE are approaching very close 70
the line where. under normal condi-
tions. our own people will consume all
our farmers produce" and finds conso-
lation in the fact that there sre mo
more suck vast tracts Of unoccupied
wheat lands as were brought un-
der cultivation during the last
twenty years" II thinks that
consistent protection for few years
more will place our farmers in posi-
tion where prices Of their produce will
be regulated independently Of Liver
pool. Russia and India. When that
time comes. and II is close at hand.
farmers will be more than ever inter-
ested in protection. Again on April
8, 1922. in trying TO explain how tariff
could benefit the farmer in the sale Of
his products, II the duty is no. added to
the cost. II made this explicit and in
structive reply. by creating market
for him to sell his products in. ami by
restricting domestic production and for
eign imports, while continually increas-
ing the demand for what he has 70 sell"
What strange. distorted. selfish. un-
American and unpatriotic minds these
dycd-in-the-woo protectionists have.
Instead Of being proud that our farm
ers are able to produce more than we
need and have q considerable surplus TO
sell abroad. they are ashamed Of the
fact that in spite Of the thirty years
existence Of their system to build up
manufactures BY tearing down agri-
culture. our farmers are still able to sell
something abroad. These ''consistent
protectionists" would have each farmer
make all Of his own tools and surround
himself with enough servants and poor
relations to consume his entire product
lie would then be ''independent- and
have ''home market and enjoy that
prosperity that Is the goal Of protec-
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