The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16


A com nonplace everyday liar soon
becomes known and loses all power to
infiict harm either upon society or the
individual. But we have recently drawn
attention to species of liar so high
toned, SO self poised so princely in his
large mindedness. his big hearted disin-
terestedness. his plausible insistence
that a thing is which is not, that we in
stinctively recognize his capacity for
evil and our right and duty at all times
TO lay his falsehoods bare. Such liar
is our distinguished contemporary. the
New York Herald.
There is scarcely an issue of that pa
per but contains misrepresentation of
some kind on the subject of protection,
and frequently cunning twist of ideas
and manipulation of words, apparently
intended TO mislead the very people
whose vital interest in this question en-
titles them TO have the facts set clearly
before them. In recent issue we find
this, for instance:
Though we in the United States
have recently lowered our protective
tariff somewhat. it is still Unfortunately
high and presses with most unequal and
disastrous effect upon agriculturists,
who can sell their cotton for only 5
cents and their wheat for only so cents,
while they must pay prices enormously
and disproportionately higher for their
clothing and other articles Of consump-
ton, all for the protection and enrich
ment Of a few manufacturers, monopo-
lists and trusts.
Here is an attempt TO make farmers
believe that a further reduction of the
tariff will advance the prices Of things
that they produce and make lower the
prices Of things that they have to buy
The bearing Of lower import duties on
the prices Of the two commodities cited
by The Herald, cotton and wheat, has re-
ally acted disastrously upon farmers
disastrously upon cotton farmers be-
cause they have shared with labor the
reduced basis of prices necessary to en-
able the manufacturer TO meet the prices
Of European goods in our home market;
disastrously upon wheat farmers be-
cause Of the tremendous shrinkage in
the domestic consumption which has
been cut down through the prostration
Of industry generally, an incident Of
tariff reform on free trade lines
How will The Herald advance the
price Of cotton TO the farmer by reduc-
ing the price Of cotton goods? Wheat,
under the present tariff rate, is being
imported into the country and sold along
with our wheat at the same price. How
does The Herald propose to advance the
price of wheat and at the same time
lower the cost TO the foreign producer
for entering our market? Will not our
wheat under such an arrangement have
to fall to the price of the foreign article?
Why does not The Herald tell the
wheat and cotton farmers the truth
about their clothing and show them how
much more they are losing on their crops
than they are saving OH their clothes I'M
der the operation of free trade tariff?
This does not suit the purpose of The
Herald For some reason it wants a still
greater reduction Of duties, and it is
bending every faculty at every sacrifice
of veracity and Of moral dignity TO Sc
cure it's end We advise every man in
the country who lives by honest industry
TO discredit the sophistry of this in
tensely false representative Of the free
trade interests i'll America.