The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-29
The help was to be limited to the time


of experiment, the period of infancy,
and then was to be withdrawn altOgeth-
er. Hamilton, in his celebrated report
on manufactures, says: 1.-The continu-
| ance OF bOunties on manufactures long
| established must almost ALWAYS be of
questionable policy: because presump-
tiOn would arise in every such case, that
there were natural and inherent imped-
| iments to success"
And Clay, called the father of the
protective system, said in his speech on
the compromise tariff of 1888 What
| Is the principal which has always been
cOntended for i'm this and the other
house. After the accumulation of cap
| ital and skill, the manufactures vii
stand alone, unaided by the government,
| in competition with the imported arti
| cles from any quarter. Now, give us
time cease all Quotations and agitatiOns
for nine years, AMI the manufactures in
every branch will sustain themselves
against foreign competition"
All the infants Of HamiltOn's time
and OF Clays have come to maturity
and even to ripe old age since, except
these protected infants; they seem To
have found that fountain of perpetual
youth i'm vain search of which Ponce DE
Leon lost his life, for they are as young
as ever and as unwilling as ever to
escape from the coddling arms of gov
ernment and walk alone.
The farming interests of the country
were assured that they, too, would be
prOspered by protection, not indeed inn
mediately, but ultimately. 1t was to
build up for them a home market, and
this, 1t was insisted, must be built up or
our agriculture would suffer, as it could
not hope long to dispose of its surplus
productions in the markets of the world.
says Hamilton in the report from which
how fast and how much the progress Of
new settlements in o United States
must increase the surplus produce Of Il Q
soil there appear strong reasons to
regard the foreign demand for this sur
plus as too uncertain reliance, and to
desire q substitute for it in an extensive
domestic market. To secure such a
market there is no other expedient than
to promote manufacturing establish
mentS."
THE FARMER MUST WAIT.
In 1924 our agricultural exports
amounted to SAT 600 900 and Mr.. CLAW
said that they would probably never
exceed that sum thereafter, and so to
save our farmers from ruin there was no
resource left but to build up a home
market by protecting our manufacturers.
But the home market, like the maturity
OF our infant industries, is as far away
as ever. We exported of agricultural
products in the eleven months ending
May, 1894, more than $500, ,0OO, 600 worth.
Inc benefit OF protection is a present
one 10 the manufacturer, for the farmer
u u nes IN tne distant future. The farmer
Is askeo 10 walt In patlence and with
ialtn, put the manufacturer Is In this a
Methodist ana says that now is the
| Inns in)ustice 10 the farmer culmina-
ted IN the Mckinley bill, against which
| the leader OF the republicans, James & !.
biaine. was forced TO protest because 1t
dla not open 70 our farmers market for
single additional barrel of pork or
pnshel OF grain. 10 meet this criticism
nrocitv cionso ' s,os adSaS .S SoyTS.ao, ;s isc,
for roc;nroc;t,, vas n.uou auu A",s piosluou
o,,,t.; p'uy, '..y, IvwevoI, Will tnoss
~. u.oS ~ ~wnos1 cnIo, neou was not Oh
W. asiicultur"i prouucts, Dut OF our
u,aisulac.uIes. ,,;tn II was reciprOcity not
~.u W. cusCOMeIs III Europe, put WIN
." vt couPetICoIs III coutn america. Inc
,Sn;o,, ,IC;o y, 1 eHMPSIS M 10 tne countries witn
t.a.a e,o.;s s". en.cr into .eciProcas
,nate,;n1u axo .Is"t,ons, SHOWS expOLtation OF
hawe ~n otnor ~ JULY ntyant .att tna Mntcn coul Ia
for,os ~ 70 VS0 Sn'a.,, . . Iilan " DIInk u,e
.;t! neaos tno Son poaIu anu 80 III closer
GEUul0aIon VIII Our Larns Ior the
;n mu.'taI ;s.,,n' .naa ne.' exP9Itations Oh iarm-
faEs,nars fE ns tSa s;. min ei1aD,u W.es,; .,ie
nrni',oo ,Ut,.at o "a s0m.o .s nc puD,C n.I W "
tho., oo,,IS ISS ~ c..u Son 90 eliCloIty a.
oy couN 70 Piouuceu III tnS Onitet'
SsoS, anu Iiis is IN part, AZ least, re-
siEnsloio Ior tue sIeady decilhe IN the
tH,n Hoo ofo,s;n.s ya W"t. Al .'o iIonGI Pieceuunr
o,;ds .no S,oSs.on vi MI: i&Iilsoh 10 tne
PoS'uenCy "nes1 III tll1 CnicaRo marke'
hg ta,gSS Sd., .5om Si.Oi 70 Ill, while IN Octo'
This was one Of the fruits Of r. n rs scheme ,
of reciprocity which meant mora ems.
TONERS for Olir manufacturers and more
lcOmDetitOrs for our farmers ''>
A.o,Lo. 80. ,.,.....:.A -.
,ha,out .ei 4; ElOSs i.!usuco 70 Ine Iarmei.
;.nas % ~ ou, uin system IL tllat y
DuHen OF our customs duties: operating
nnrraS, III .nS1 rssPec' precisely as IL duty % OF
CORRESPONDING magnitude were ievieC
UPON our agriculturai exports. IL Oul
s;as,. taIleIs calnou on tnelr trade RELATION:
uIIectiy anu witnout tne lnterventioh o.
Iuc Miuuio uloii ILLS wouiu Oe very ap
harent to them. Inc intervention OF
lhe middle man does not change thu
! essential nature OF the transaction. Il
y,,"s YOU wese you,Seit s TO 10 take lne sufpius;
hora .wota Sa yu". .,,a.n ,a I'D " u,VstRool ano
nnoSS SXon"so s,n ., u.e9 toI Iiio Iulmgs yo,
neu e M ~. .i1 couliOiC Anu supsIStenC'
VI yOuI Ianliy you WOuld De compeilet
ere you couIu iand tnem 70 pay triDut'
% 70 Ine CusuOm mousse. win the result IN:
.mo PuicnnsnE power OF your product'
w"u De tno,TDy iesseneu 70 tne exteh
Vi JUG uaA. Ing Ouruen OF an exPor
uuy YOU wCui1 sec at once Out VIVA
attiS tho ts,;s !. Wi whether tne ulx Is iaia upol
! vo,, hr;mH EcI, n.,n ~ ~ upyn .ao 'n""s
YOU orihg oack nome IN exchange.
A miller once agreed to grind all whea
; brought to his mill without tOlling II
> But his customers soon found that the!
q got no more flour than before. The.
! accused the miller OF falsehOOd, but h
Insisted that he turned all their whea
into the hopper without taking toll
! "HoW comes 1t then We get no NOR
! fOurr
) because" said the miller, II tOlle,
r the Hour"
You are in the case of the man VIII
! takes wheat to the mill and brings bacl
flour. 1t costs you just as much, wheth
a er you are taxed coming or going
q whetner the miller tolls the wheat o
\ toils the hour.
but It Is said the one undeniable effec
= OF the tariff Is to raise the wages of tn
= American laborer, and to remove tn
, tariff, 1t is said, will reduce the wages O
= our labOrers to the level of those of tn
, pauper laDOrerS OF Europe. 1t Is no