The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-10-15
FARMERS BEAR BIG LOAD.
They Pay More for the Materials They
Need Than Their Competitors
in Foreign Lands.

Inc man VINO owns farm should
consider very carefully before voting
next November which Of the two chief
candidates for the once Of presidenr
vii, according to his announced pol
icy, best serve his interests. The
platforms Of the two parties AFFORD a
fair chance to choose between Parker
and Roosevelt. The policies have been
clearly defined, and when It is once
determined on which side a mans in
terests lie, the choice should not be q
dihcult one. The democratic party is
pledged to q revision Of the tariff with
q view to restricting the rapacity of
the trusts.
The trusts have grown to such pro-
portions under the fayors conferred by
the high protective tariff, that it is
costing more to-day in this country
to live on American-made goods than
1t costs on the other side Of the world.
Let us quote few figures to show the
farmer how he is paying more for ma
terials he needs on his farm than is
paid by his competitor abroad.
American-made axes and hatchets,
which are sold in this country for
$50 per dozen. can be purchased in
South Africa for $e.75, difference of
IL per cent
Sledges, which cost the American
farmer at the rate Of Is cents per
pound, can be bought in Ladysmitn
for 16 cents, again q difference of IL
per cent
Crowbars, which sell here at the
rate of six cents per pound, are sold
in South. Africa for five o. and = four
tenths Of a cent a pound, another diff
ference Of IL per cent.
Shovels, which here cost $S.25 per
dozen, can be purchased in South Az
RIGA for $7.42, again difference Of IL
per cent.
The steel beam pillow for which the
American farmer is asked $11.50, can
be purchased in South Africa for
S1O.35, again q difference Of IL per
cent.
The churn which the farmer uses,
manufactured in Boston, costs him
S2.47. In South Africa he could buy 1t
for 81, % per cent less than Is asked
him in this country.
A corn shelter, for which he pays
$4.20, can be bought at Cape Town for
$3.50. a difference of 20 per cent.
His grain mill, which costs him
S1466 in Boston, where 1t is manufae-
tured, can be purchased on the othe:
side of the world for 1890, q differ
ence of II per cent
The Boston corn planter, which sells
here for SIS, is sold to the South Az
rican farmer for $1S, q difference OF
Is per cent
A fan mill, for which he pays $2LSO'
is sold to the farmers Of South Africa
for $3.50, q difference Of Il per cent
Cultivators, for which the New York
state farmer pays $3.50, bring only
S4.20 in South Africa, II per cent I'M
der the price obtained here.
Horse shoes, for which the American
farmer is charged six dollars, go 10
the South African farmer at $4-SS' .
difference of q per cent
A two-horse pillow, for which In TINS
countrv the farmer is asked $5z5, can
be obtained by the farmer down In
Cane Colony at s415, difference Of
25 per cent MN Ma
The farmer who has what Bin Nye
used to call one of these upright
farms and wants q side-hin ploW'
nays ss.77 for it. His brother farmer
A South Africa who has an upright
farm gets a side-hill plow for JOEL
a difference Of Is per cent
Is there road work to be done me
t,-ne- needs 8 heavy road pillow. he
nays for IT 5000. Roads in South AZ
rics are made with the same plow; ZOE
hi the owner pays $3.50. diner
ence Of 20 per cent ho-se
The New England chilled tWo-norS Ss
Nov for which the American larm =,
nays $40. is sold to the farmer u