Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-16

class We do not hesitate to include Gov
error Cummins, because IL he had his
own way he would destroy our pro-
tectiVc policy by radically changing 1t
FOR the benefit of foreigners and some
selfish home interests. that they deal in
genoralitics and carefully omit particu-
lars. Tho Evening Post illustrates this
trait in the above extract from its col
umns. What are the tariff burdens
which now rest upon Western Indus
try? In what way is the West now
burdencd by any of the schedules of
the Dinghy tariff? All of them work
ing together, have been powerful factors
in creating for this country In the six
years since they have been in force the
most marvellous and most general pros
perity that this country has ever known.
The West has abundantiy shared in this
prosperity No Western industry has
been oppressed by the Dingcy tariff;
all Western industries have been helped
by 1t.
1t is true that some Western and
Eastern agricultural implement manu-
facturers, not satisfied with the control
of the magnificent home market for their
products which they have long enjoyed,
and being themselves free-traders, would
still further increase their profits by
charging their foreign markets through
reciprocity at the expense of their own
countrymcn who do not make agricul-
tural implements but who do make other
things. I;ut these cmbodmcnts of the
most brazcn selnshncss that the world
ever knew can not truthfully say that
the Dingley tariff has been burden"
to them. 1t has immensely helped them,
and well they know il.
But tho Dingley tariff has not helped
selfish agricultural implement manufac-
turcrs or other selfish interests in the
East or West to close American iron and
| al t1,,N, D.,
reciprocity to substitute the wool of the
Argentine Republic for that Of American
farms. or to substitute french gloves
and brushes and glassware and other
French products for the products of our
own factories. All these and similar alb
sent features of the Dingley tariff are
not burdens" AS well say that the
laws which are intended to restrain the
enemies of society from the commission
of crime are burdens"
In addition to controlling the home
market absolutely. and charging for
their rcapers and mowers and threshers
and plows and cultivators such prices as
they care to exact our agricultural i'm
| plcment manufacturers have been stead
ny extending the foreign market for
! their products ever since the Dnglcy
| tariff became law. as the following
official figures will show Our exports
of agricultural implements amounted in
tho calendar year 1902 to Sl7aSi .t97, agains,
$le,7l43oS in 1901. sl5.97Ao oo In 1900 sl3.5A.
52i in 1S99. so,0733Si in 1895, and $500, sol
in 1897. To increase these exports more
| than threc-fod in five years does not
look as if our agricultural implement
manufacturers had been carrying many
burdens in their export trade unde,
tho Dingley tariff.
We do not believe the West wants
the froe-trade policy of Grover Cleve
land. or any policy approximately it. II
be substituted for our present protective
policy Under this latter policy it has
no Tariff burdens too complain of
only tariff blessings to be thankful for
Iron and Steel Bulletin."