The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-22

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Tribune. Sir: Will Mr.. Horr please
explain to me through your valuable
paper how the products Of the farm,
such as oats, wheat, rye, barley, corn,
hogs, cattle, and garden vegetables,
were benefited by the Mckinley bill
or high protective tariff? Yours
truly, CHARLES G.. DAHLaREEN.
Ogden, Utah, Jan. II, 1894.
The people who cultivate products
of the farm are always benefited by .
protective tariff, both directly and int
directly. On all articles which they
produce and which are produced
abroad and shipped into this country,
such as barley, hay, cattle, onions
and a large number Of garden yege-
tables, they are benefited directly,
because duty on such articles pre-
vents their home market from being
ruined by large importations Of SINH
lar articles from, abroad. On oats,
wheat, corn and hogs, which are
largely exported from the United
States, they are benefited Indirectly. !.
A protective tariff builds up man
ufacturing industries and furnishes
labor for a large number of working
people at good wages. The more
people who work in making articles
not produced on the farm, and hence
who consume the work of farmers,
the better it is for the farmers who
produce such food. If such indus.
tries were not built up many of the
mechanics and operatives would be-
come farmers, too, and would not on
.ly raise their own provisions, but
would raise a surplus, which would
tend to glut the whole market. @
No nation ever did or ever can be-
come very wealthy by depending up
on agriculture alone. The greater
the number of things produced in
any nation, the greater will be that
nations prosperity. The people of a
country should produce. everything
which can economically be produced
within it's own borders. Where goods
are made abroad and sent into this
country, they take out of this Nation.
the pay for such goods. It is better
that our own people should manu-.
facture the goods and keep the mon
ey in the United States. ~, #
It is especially better for the
farmers that such should be the case.
Home industries build up a home
market, and the home markets Of the
United States have Been a 'iidGtc much better
than all the rest Of the markets Of the
world. Our people have been paid
large wages, and have thus been
able to buy large amount of stuff.
It is the fact that our markets have
been the best which has caused such
a fierce struggle on the part of Eng
land and other foreign nations to get
possession of them. They have the
markets Of the rest of the world now.
and they are by no means satisfied
with them. That is simply because
the people of the United States have
been the greatest consumers of the
earth. Congressman Reed stated in
his recent speech, that the 100000
people of the United States in point
of consumption have equalled 7OO,-
100000 of the consumers of the rest
of the world when the whole people
of the world are taken into account.
The figures were startling; and yet,
upon careful reflection, I am satisfied
that he is correct. Why should he
not be? A man who gets from $1.50
up SIS day can purchase for himself
and family ten times as much of the
of life as men who get only
from 7 to 60 cents day.
No people on the face of the earth
are more interested in having good
wages and good markets than are the
farmers who produce food for the
people of the world. When necessity
compels people to economic in their
living, it is amazing how small an
of purchases will sustain life.
In all countries where wages are low,
farm products are also very low. "a
man in India lives on s cents a day,
because the wages he receives COM
pei him to do so. The laboring men
Of the United States have been 5ex-
pending from $3.50 toss a day, be-
cause they have been receiving that
for their work and they have
been ableto pay out that amount for
p !. .