The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Pertinent Questions Answered.

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wo abolish indirect ts1stion, direct taxation
must take its place. For We must raise money
somehow to defray the numerous expenses Of the
National Government. Direct taxation would
county. town and school taxes which are col
loctsd directly, now do. Above all classes
farmers do not want change to direct taDa-
ton.
In ;ehat sOsy does the tariff oen5 farm 1aborers nas
scork BY the month";
1t keeps tho swarms Of laberers in tho cities
employed In factories and elsewhere who other
wise would descend on tho country districts in
countless numbers. each in search Of 1ot.'
Cultivatng the land is the ultimate refuge OF
men when they are driven from other employ.
mehts: with three men looking for one job On
every farm In the country. how would the farm
laborer fare?
The Free Traders say that it is mans natural right
to buy and sell wsercrer he to and 10 intent r. with his
right by placing dsty or imported goods unjust Is
We sh all answer this question by quoting tho
words OF Prof. r. T. Ely, one Of the most prenf-
nent economists in the United States. In his
book on political economy. Prof. Ely, who 10 not
q Protectlonist. says:
'It is frequently alleged that Protective Tar
Ms are a violation Of an assumed natural right
Of every man to buy his goods whsro no will and
to sell ais product wherever he secs tit. unsrSm-
meled by human laws. This argument based
on natural right, nay DO dismissed A. . "deg-
this sort OF reasoning. High sounding phrases
arc substituted for arguments. and under their
cover opinions are thrust upon others without
real effort to substantiate them. How prove
the natural right? 1t does not appeal 70 the
majority Of m ankind q thing right in itself to
buy and sell where ono plea sos, regardless Of
tho common veal, and all history IL AGAINST
such exorbitant claims Of inSividuallsm. It ap-
pears to most men that the public welfare must
decide questions Of this nature. Protection 10
thus called robbery, because 1t Violates an as
In mi tn bnd
that arguments OF this sort should cease TO Be
heard 81 frequently"
What The difference bet,uern admitting paspr labov
free. or admitting the product Of that labor?
place IN obedience to the least change or dtIsr.
encs In Price. Labor. which Is man. is bound to
his native soil by tics Of kindred and association
which wiz keep him at homo in spite Of very al
luriss Inducements held out In . foreign land.
me difference 10 precisely that between an In.
sensaee bale Of cloth and q sentimental. shrink.
ing human soul. great difference IN wages
may exist bsiweep this conatry and France, yet
Frenchnon will prefer. rs they actually do pre-
fsr to stay IN beautiful France at less than half
tho American wages. Human nature itself pre-
vents loyoling of wage rates In the two coun.
tries. II is altogether different with the pred
ucts OF that French labor. which neither feel nor
would flow to this country In o defuxs 10 lopg az
price, hors were . half Of one per cent. dess the
cost OF transportation higher here than in
France: The result must be q lsvellng Of wage
ratios Of the labor employed In producing the
goods In the two countries. By preventing this
levei1ng competition OF products the Tarin pre-
vents reduction in American wages even
though labor Is admitted free.
Whys the Democratic party 50 oppoe.d 10 Protective
Tariff?
All men and even animals fear and hate what
ever they do not understand. A horse not
broken to the presence of Z grIst mill, q buzz
saw, threshing machine or = locomotive fears
and hates It. He will smash everything to which
ne ia attached to get away from it. He does not
know that each OF these things ts doing moro
rapid and effective work toward feeding and
sheltering him and ais owner than he can possi-
ply do himself The buzz saw cuts out the
boards which make his atable, the locomotive
draws to distant markets the crops which he
draws only to the depot. the threshing machine
separates the grain he eats from the straw, and
tho Erist mill furnishes broad to those who feed
him. All are as benefoent 10 him as his mas.
ter . most kind caresses and far more efficiently
serviceable. He hates them simply because he
does not understand them and thinks rnnciful
dangers or crueities are connected with them.
The FESTIVE horse wants tho locomotive the
buzz saw. the grist mill and the threshiug ma.
chine all repealed, because no hears their clat-
Tor, but his reason is too single and simple to
comprehend their utility. As the Democratic
party gets broke to the Tariff II dislikes 1t 10 S.
The cure is to hold its nose right to the Tariff
until it quiets down.