The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-10-11

ftt~ Raw Materials ssss against the
! i@ "''F a"d f"r thr HAT
| t 'A"rc "s. rivnt, aG A"h-, tn. rrople
] "'"Id fT"-r"r ua'i"r the M~sn--t Tarta
/ 'h- w"rtA cs~r ~s"--A Rich ssd later
! s-5laG Discussion.
J. .Gtor CAa,A~fAN: While on my
Ny to the State Alliance ou the 18th
LIT August last. between Selma and
p. Raleigh, heard conversation be.
'"",n CONNER, lal drummer aud
All old farmer.
the drummer. with considerable
I dignity, asked the old farmer where
! Ht, all ot these farmers golnEs" The
/ '-rw. said, To IA, State Ali
ancc."
/ Ine drummer replied. u thought
/ The Alliance was dead"
1 The farmer SAID "Not quite dead"
TIL" drummer sand hc thought the
/ Alliance Was a very good nrganiza-
ton until ID went into politics.
The farmer remarked that the Al
/ lance did not have Ia go into poll
| 'i,>, II wa M politics from the be-
! Aiming. He told the drummer that
/ iu the declaration Of purposes of the
/ org tnlZatlou the very first dcrlara
/ non - to labor tor the education OF
! the agricultural classes IA the sci
euoo of economical government, IN "A
| non partisan spirit. The farmer said
that the farmers were IN the science
| of government without going into
| politics. Politics is the science of
/ government. The farmer sand To the
! drummer lyon see that the Alliance
was IN politics from the first" 10
winch tn" drummer made no reply.
The drummer. with IA con-ldt rable
AIR of dignity, remarked, "Ah. We
| will settle all this contention very
soon. The tariff hll will pass IN Il
few days and that will settle it."
The farmer said, YES, thar will
settle the farmers. If | read the ball
right itp.ts nearly all raw material
and farm products on the free list"
| sThe drummer, seeming 10 have
considerable tariff knowledge, said,
But you must remember that all
the import duty ever paid on farm
| products did not amount To "A hill OF
| beans"
The old farmer said. "Sir, you are
very much mistaken. Before ioln-
cd the Alliance did not know any
! thing about the tariff or much Of an
! thing else about our public affairs.
But have been reading up for the
last few years and | am able 10 tell
| you positively that you are wrong.
| Let me give you fact TO disprove
your statement. The Dominion of
Canada paid IN one year, on one AR
tlcle, eggs, duty to the amount of
| 500 900. That Is over half "A million
DOLLARS
The drummer looked at the old
farmer in establishment and said,
NO, did not know that"
The old farmer said. why, SIR,
from the 2nd day OF March, 1861 To
the present time, farm and truck
| products We're protected with duties
as follows: Horses and mules valsed
at $50 pay a duty of $50 per head;
if valued over $50 they pay an ad-
valorem duty of 30 per cent; cattle
one year old and over, $40 per head;
cattle under one year old, - per
| head
The drummer opened his eyes wi
der, and Il did not know
| that
The old farm Il continued, Hay
pays a duty of - per ton. Broom
corn pays duty OF IS per ton Hogs
81 30 pei head. Sheep, one year old
or more, II % per bead; less than a
year old, - cents per head. Barley
80 cents per bushel. Buchwheat,
ID cents per bushel. Corn, - cents
| per bushel. Corn meal, 30 cents per
buskel of fifty-siX pounds. oats, -
cents per bushel. Oatmeal, one cent
per pound. Rice, cleaned, two cents
per pound. Rye, ten cents per bush
ell. Rye flour, Onehalf Of one cent
per pound. Wheat. twenty-five
cents per bushel. Wheat -four TWEEN
ty per cent al vaiorem. Butter and
substitutes therefor, six cents per
pound. Cheese, SIX cents per pound.
Milk, five cents per gallon. Beans,
forty cents pen bushel. Peas, forty
cents per bushel. Cabbage, three
cents head. Eggs, five cents per
dozen. Honey, twenty cents per gal
lon. Hops, fifteen cents per pound.
! Onions, forty cents per bushel. Po-
tatoes of all kinds, twenty-five cents
per bushel. Bacon and hams, i've
tnts per pound. Beef, Mutton and
pork, two cents per pound. Meats
of all kinds, prepared or preserved,
twenty per cent al valorem. Lard,
two cents per pound. Poultry, live,
three cents per pound dressed poul-
try, live cents per pound. Tallow,
one cont Il pound"
AT this point the drummer's eyes
fell and his under lip dropped, and
he said, ~ did not know
that"
The old farmer said, "Sir, you do
not seem to know much about the
tariff. | will make you PROPOSE
ton, | will name twenty-five articles
aud if you will tell me the amount of
duty collected, and how it is counted,
for every article you are right ] will
give you one dollar. if you will give
me five cents for every article you
miss"
WELL" said the drummer, II
think you would make money!"
The farmer said "You seem not to
know anything about the tariff, and
a man ought not to talk about
thing he does not know any thing
about
The crowd commenced 'au hing,
, and the drummer at once get u and
went to the smoking car. As the
drummer left the oldfarmer asked him
to stay, saying that he would like to
talk finance again with him after
| they pot throuph with the riff Rut
the drummer did not stop. He had
started out to stuff the old farmer.
but soon found that he had struck
the wrong man. Before he tackles
another farmer he will first find out