The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-06
TO THE FARMER.

The demonstration of silver caused
the products Of labor to fall in value.
Thus. 80 years ago, the average price
OF most farm prOducts was double what
II has been in recent years.
The Republican speakers claim that
the farmers are compensated for this
loss by the Dtngley bill, which. they
say, protects and raises the price OF
the products Of farm and factory.
The DlnSiey bill does raise the price
of all articles made in factories con-
trolled by syndicates or trusts.
But the Dingley bill does not raise
the price of articles produced on farm
OF field or orchard.
For example: Sugar, a protected,
trust-produced article, sells in England
for cents per pound. In America for
cents per pound.
Or, by the hundred weight, in Eng
land, $40; in Utah (average), 5000.
Now, consider q protected farm pro-
duct. Wheat, like sugar, is protected
by the tariff; but unlike sugar, the
protection does not operate. For the
production of wheat is not controlled
and regulated by a close corporation.
We export wheat. and the price we get
for it is the London price, less the cost
of freight, commissions and insurance
between here and London. Wheat sells
in
London at 81 per bushel
In Utah at 90 cents per bushel.
Cutlery of all kinds is protected, and
is made under the direction of the
undergraduates. For example: The
best (Sprock's) razor sells in
England for So cents;
In America for $3.50;
Or, by the dozen, in England, 1854;
BY the dozen in America, $40.
And the same is true for all kinds OF
cutlery, ironware, tinware, brassware,
etc.
Potatoes are protected also. They
sell in Utah at from 10 cents to 40 cents
per bushel;
In England, at from 40 cents to s125
per bushel.
Brussels carpets and all other car
pets, oilcloths, rugs, etc, are protected.
They are made III mills owned by
trusts. The finest Administer carpets
sell in
England for from 81 to SIPS per yard;
In America, for from 81 to $3.50 per
yard.
Horses are also protected. In the
European markets. ordinary horses, Of
the size, appearance and value of our
western 'cayuse" ponies, are auctioned
off at from $50 to $3.50 each. In Ameri-
ca they are sold at $25 to $50.
Clothing is also protected. A suit Of
the finest West-Of- England cloth. or of
/
tricot or serge, may be had, tailor
made. in England. for 500:
In America for S3S
Linen handkerchiefs: England. II
cents each.
Linen handkerchiefs: America. Is
| cents each.
Straw and hay are protected. Straw
sells in England at from S12 to $50 per
ton. In Utah at from 81 to So per ton.
Apples sell in England (average) at
2 cents apiece;
In America at less than cent apiece.
The best grapes sell in England at SO
to As cents per pound;
In America at 10 to 20 cents.
Farmers. be not deceived. Protection
does not and cannot help you. But pro-
! lection can and does help the trust
produced articles, and you pay the bill
You pay 50 cents for a silk tie. Essen
TALLY the same tie sells in Europe for
cents. But when to meet the interest
on your farm mortgage you have to sell
your last COW for $40, it may console
you to know that that COW would sell
in Europe at open auction for at least
$40.
Everything the farmer has to sell he
sells at the worlds cheapest market
price.
/ Everything the farmer has to buy,
! except shoes. he buys at the worlds
highest price.
The protection of the trust-produced
manufactures is real and genuine.
The pretended protection of the far
mer is the most impudent piece of DO
! litical buffoonery that ever disgraced,
| by its general acceptance, the intelli-
| gence of a free people.