The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-13
down EAST FARMERS.

/ have been spending my vacation in
Maine. The old farmer with whom /
boarded was an active politician, and
he and l had many discussions One
day l rode over with him to the country
store, a mile or two away, and while we
were there another farmer came in and
greeted my host with, We'll, Miller,
are they going to pass this tariff bill?"
II dunno" said Miller Looks like
it"
well sir, said the newcomer, ''if
they do, I've voted the Democratic tick
et for the last time.
why" asked Miller.
Because, was the reply, 'if it passes
I'll have to sell my flock of sheep I've
boen getting % and 80 cents a pound
for wool. but if this bill passes won't
get more'n 15 or 16 cents, and ! can't
afford to raise wool for that And that
amt all, he went on. Il can't get so
much for my produce if they let the
Canadians bring their stuff in here free
or at a lower duty than they pay now .
do You think that no duty or low
er duty on Canadian farm products
would affect you very much:" asked.
well, should think il would, was
the reply. Some things 'twon't inter
fere with, but it will make big differ
ence in the price of my eggs and pota-
toes and turnips and hay and such stuff.
They ought to put up the duty on hay
if anything There's too much Canadian
hay comes in here now. And as for tur-
nips, you see, st. Andrew down there,
just across the line, is a great place for
turnips, and if them turnips didn't
have to pay a duty it wouldn't pay me
to raise any.
do you get pretty good price for
your produce now:'' | asked.
We'll, he said, there hasn't been
as good a market for them as usual the
last year, the times are so hard. A good
many mills have been shut down for a
longer or shorter time, and that's made
money pretty tight. -
well, then" / said you farmers
have as much to fear from the shutting
down of the mills as from the coming
in of Canadian products, haven't you:"
More. We cosldn't sell anything if
the mills didn't run Who'd we sell tor"
That's Just il, | said. You see,
you get just as much benefit from the
tariff on manufactures as the manufac-
turer does II there wern't any facto-
ries, you wouldn't have any market for
your produce, SO you profit by the tariff
on manufactures as well as by the tariff
on farm products. You need a tariff ON
both to protect you.
"Well, that's so, he replied, Though
! hadn't thought Of it before. dunno
but I'll vote for protection anyhow,
even if they don't put wool ON the free
hist and make me sell my sheep"
There's no doubt that they'll make
wool free," 1 said, though didn't
know before that free wool would affect
Maine much. 1t is easy enough to see
the danger from the coming in of Ca
madam produce under low duty, but
didn't { suppose they raised wool here. "
They don't much. he said, though
I've got small flock Of sheep The
wool hasn't started ON my sheep yet
this year, though, and my wife says it's |
because voted for Cleveland and free |
wool"
"Shouldn't wonder" said
II should think those western fellers |
who raise wool would kick more'n we |
do, though, the old farmer continued |
II guess they do, replied 'Pe-
titions against free wool have been |
sent to congress from 35 states and ter !
but the people are not in it
with this congress. The trusts have the
inside track with this administration.
just here there entered man with
. Cleveland figure, who. I afterward
learned, was Democratic politician Of