The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-04-08
The FARMERS AND TRUSTS.
High Tariff Prices for Necessaries AMI
Little Protection on Farm
Products.

some republicans in Minnesota am
other states bordering on Canada are
very anxious for reciprocity with can
ada. but the American Ec0nOmis, de-
nounces this reciprocity as "a means
Of adding 70 the profits ~ the mil,ers.
the Job0ers and The railroads. and
selfish. senseiess scheme Of cheaper
ing the domestic market for farm
products. The Economist also claims
% would break down The price az
Wheat az Minneapolis. and for precise
ly that effect and for taaf reason The
Minneapolis milling corporations AM
the Twin City da.iy le@ arapers airs
urging reciprocity with an their might
and main As every farmer knows.
this rude reasoning is based on the
suglositlon that the price OF wheat IL
h1ed IN Minneapolis according 10 tns
amount OF wheat received there But
the facts are that the pIice OF wheat .
controlled by the COMBINED crops %
the world and the demand tor the sur
Plus. after our own AMI other home
markets are supplied Those coun-
tries like England Viii n do not raise
enough wheat 10 supply their own peo-
pie buy what they need from ths
United States. India. Argentine Rus
STA. or any other country that has
surplus 10 sell The demand for that
surplus fixes the price Of wheat al
over the world. and the Canadian
wheat has but Sigh. influence TO
rutG Il
wheat does not come through Mime
apolis. where most OF II would bs
ground into -four in American mills,
II would be shipped TO eastern Canada
and either made into -four there OF
shipped direct 10 England In any
event. the most OF it reaches Englans
and completes in regulating the price
that is paid the world over
The American farmer las been bad
iy treated by the protectionisis He
has TO pay high tariff prices for all he
buys and has but little protection on
what he raises The Economist knows
this and must bolster up It's protection
fallacies By its pretended anxiety for
the American farmer The Protective
Tarff League. which supplies the non
ey 10 publish the Economist. is com.
posed Of eastern manufactures. r0s'
@. whom are now organized nto trusts
and combines which are bleeding the
farmer al every pore anu their anal.
ETY. expressed through thtii ORGAN. The
Economist for the pro. ecrion Of th
farmer is like the love Of the lion for
the lamb 10 make a good meal o.
This contention amongst the repub-
lican pr0tectionists on the virtge o. reci-
procity. which. by the way. was ia.
vored by Blaine and urged by AsKia-
ley. and was part Of the political creed
Of President Roosevelt until the s-anj
patters forced him 70 yield % thel.
~do nothing policy" Is favored by
many republicans. who sec that nr0tec-
ton cannot long exist rniess some Ok
its barriers TO trade are lowered The
democrats may accept rsciprocity as a
means 10 break down protection. but il
is not the democratic way 81 curing
the evil Of monopoly When thu
farmers are relieved from trust exac-
lions by the tariff being reformed 50
that the trusts can no longer charge
them much higher prices here than tbs
same trust productions are sold for
abroad. the wheat problem will be set
lied al the same time All the farmer
wants is 10 be allowed to buy In tbs
cheapest market and sell in the best
market the world affords The farme..
with the trusts removed from bis bark.
which are now riding him 70 Els undo
ING. Will then have equal rights with
the monopolists who are how enjoying
special privileges al his expense