The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-08-11
Tariff. Our party supports that, you UNDER

stand"
FLETCHER doant seem to think So" said the
man. "Ae holds Duet tibet Dsilas is a liar"
''All to further his own ends" laughed
gent 70 he fooled BY these manufac,u rer-. who
hopo ny keeping your Wages ut this ridicu-
lousy low figure, % become millionaires.
Fietcher's obisot is to get all he can out OF you
for be :rarly pittance. He spends moro on u
horse every year than he does on one OF his
"Colonel Ogilvie," said Jenkins. you are
IN Engiishman and a scholar. an can tell ma
Just what is meant ny this tariff talk. You
Engllshmen hold that it is tax on US poor
men, don't you?"
"Certainly it Is a tax" responded Ogilvie,
use is taxed, for you really pay the duty at tn
Custom House. You do not suppose we
English manufacturers are going to be fools
enough to do it? We intend to get it out OF
lou consumers every time. Your triflin
protective tariff affects US very little, but it
lays heavy burden on every American ciii-
zen.'
''Wore derned fools. then, not to keep 10
our own market, manufacture it all here, and
leave your tarnai foreign ,rash alone," said
Colonel Osivies polished boot that that gen.
iloman Involuntary drew back step.
''Supposin'." said jenkins, ''ws do not get
enough factories a%oin in this country 10
elotae all our own people. run our own rail.
roads an make everything we want for our
selves, an don't want Your foreign goods
hen say We put On u good stiff tariff to keo
am out, an only let them things in free as we
cant raise or make ourselves, would you call
that tariff tax2'
''Why. can't you see. my good man." an
swered O,ilvie, "'that you po Or workmen would
have to pay just the same. Mr.. Fletcher, for
instance, caun0t make anything in his factory
As che p as it can be m ade abroad. and ii you
buy OF him you must pay what he asks. or, In
other words, you are taxed to the amount OF
eisn price. and 1t is so on all manufactured
articles. You pay moro for your coat, hat and
try in the world"
lis materials, like coal, iron an other
things: much harder to git at hero than in En-
gland2" asked jenkins.
mo. think not" replied Ogilvie.
Then why is tho manufactured article SO
% UGH dearer here?"
"Why, men like Fletcher pay more for labor
and ask outrageous prices for things" said
Ogilvie.
A light came into Jenkinss eyes.
'Oh. that's 1t. is 1t, it Is the price he pays!
Then to have things cheap here, labor must
be cheap, an US mon would be ground do yn
to the price of them foreign iaborers.
guess I'll vote for high wages, sir, an let
the cheap English clothes go!"
Tho farmer laughed uproariously.
..rhet's it. Jenk. an ii ye g,t good wages.
yell buy of US, an we'll buy Of Fletcher, an
1t will all come around In 'imel Them big
men Mt Washington amt so for wrong. AFTER
ALL. They got to hev revynue to run the,
ere gol darn-d Government OF thelrn, an ii
they do mt take it Duet OF them foreigners
In dewties, why the farmers an factory men
ill hev TO pu, their hands in their pockets
an help along. We'd think we was taxed
then, l guess. By gosh but believe Fiet.
chers Eight. an, y tariff that gives you big
wages 10 buy with, an me- market here a,
home. amt u tax! How can it be when
things 10 cheaper than they was ten years
ago when they come in mos free2 Toll en-
TO explain thet."
As nobody explained, and COL Ogilvie and
Lemuel Buckthorn lett, the meeting Mt the
corner store broke up without further con
|troversy.
TO DE CONTINUED