Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-10-15
FOES TO TRADE.
BAD ROADS. HIGH rREIGHTS Ta-Te
TAXES AND TARIFFS AGa THE
ESEMrEs OF ISDCsTRY-Hov THE
FARMER EARNINGS ARE DEPOSITED

IN CUSTOM HOUSES.
The typical protec,.onis,s are queer
Sc. From Mckinley down, they all
Continue IL cry, .We mus. protect
American Industry as If they alone,
and not all Americans were in favor Of
ans and every policy ,ha. will protec, aud
tecett our own people and country in
preference 10 al other peoples and ccun-
tries. Bu. a, the same time i. is clear
tia; their sc.lons-when they come TO
substitute actions for words--that they
have 10 correct idea of what industry s
Doubtless. some Will say. Nv bat an un-
founded aud !mpudent assertion !"
What tree trade le.' Bu, let us
reason about il little aud see wherein
is The truth
Industry consists Of two factors, or
there are two elements in il, One is
production derived from two Latin
words, pro, forward, and dueere, TO
'ead), meaoing, in this connection, the
drawing out OF materials or Products
from natural resources, and the t6tner is
exchange, or the selling of the things
without both any more than a man get
along With only one leg. For example.
# d farmer grows IL, 900 bushels of corn,
and needs only 1000 iorrhmsclf, family
and animals. and cant exchange or sell
the other 5000 he might as well not
have raised it. lie can eat corn, burn
it for fuel and make whisky OF 1t, but
he cant clothe himself with corn husks,
ploW with q corn stalk, wear corn
shoes, and the like. To get these other
things he must sell or exchange bis
surplus 5000 bushels; and he must be
stupid who does not at once see that
the greater the facilities afforded dim
for exchange, sueh as good roads,
bridges, horses anl\wa9 ons, cheap aud
swift railroads AID steamships, low
tolls, freights and :ases. the greater
will be the opportunity for exchange
and trade to advantage. On the other
hand, poor roads. unbridged streams,
few or no railroads or steamships. aud
high tolls, freights and taxes, all
tend TO restrict or destroy trade and
the opportunity to sell his 5000 bushels
Of corn to advantage. A twenty per
cent tariff tax may fairly be considered
as the representative of a bad road;
fifty per cent, Of broad deep river
without proper facilities for crossing;
a seventy five per cent, Of a swamp bor
deriug such river on both sides; while
hundred per cent. duty, such as is levied
on blankets, window glass, cotton ties,
and the like. eau only properly be com
pared to baud Of robbers, who strip
the producer OF nearly all he possesses,
making him thankful that he escaped
with his life In short, there has never
been case IN all human experience
when the removal of restrictions
natural OF lezislative-on trade did not
result in the extension OF trade to the
mutual advantage Of the great majority
OF the people concerned. The man who
can get law passed that viii! enable
him to tax trade or exchange, always
sees an advantage 10 himself 10 the re-
| stricted trade that will result. So also
does his brother IN. law who sits behind
bush On the road, with gun, and
tells tue farmer who sold bis surplus Of
| 1000 bushels OF corn. "YOu ca6t pass
unless yoa give me biz part OF what
you received for it IN exchange. But
fancy some farmer pro.ec.ionist saying,
There IS no one sitting behind bush
for me. | don se- him Neverthe
less. he is there al tue same.
| Our farmer sells his 1900 bushels 9
corn in England AL, as ile wants ,ntn :
| Yotb bar IA.