The broad ax., 1904-10-15
FARMERS BEAR BIG LOAD
mey Fay Mors for the Materials Thsy
Need Than Their Competitors
IN Foreign Lands.

41s M1A N1o owns f4rm should
consider very carefully before voting
next November which Of the two chief
candidates for the once Of president
WtLls according to his announced pol-
icy, best serve his interests. The
platforms Of the two parties AFFORD q
fAtr chance to choose between Parker
and Roosevelt The policies have been
clearly defined, and when Il e. once
determined on which side q mans in
terests lie, the choice should not be a
dincult one. The democratic party IL
pledged to revision Of the tariff with
view TO restricting the rapacity Of
the trusts.
The trusts have grown to such pro-
portions under the favors conferred by
the high protective tariff. that II Is
costing more to-day In this country
TO i've on Amesican-made goods than
II costs ON the other side Of the world.
Let US quote few figures to show the
farmer how he IL 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 $s76. . difference Of
II per cent
Sledges, which cost the American
farmer at the rate Of Is cents per
pound, can be bought In Ladysmita
for is cents, again q difference of III
per cent
Crowbars, which sell here at the
rate Of six cents per pound. are sold
In South. Africa for I've and four
tenths Of cent q pound, another diff
ference Of IL per cent.
Sh0vels, which here cost $&25 per
dozen, can be purchased In South Az
RIGA for $7.42, again q difference Of IL
per cent.
The steel beam pillow for which the
American farmer Is asked $11-5o, can
be purchased in South Africa for
$10.s5, again . difference Of IL per
cent
The churn which the farmer uses.
manufactured in Boston, costs him
Sa.47. In South Africa he could buy It
for 81, % per cent. less than Il asked
him in this country.
A corn shelter, for which he pays
$40, can be bought at Cape Town for
$50, q difference Of 20 per cent
His grain mill, which costs him
S1lee In Boston, where 1t IL manufae-
tured, can be purchased on the other
side OF the world for 1890, . differ
ence Of II Per cent
The Boston corn planter, which sells
here for SIS, II sold TO the South At
rican farmer for S1s, difference OF
Is PER cent
A ian min. for which he pays $21s0,
a sold 20 the farmers Of South Africa
for s17.ee, . difference Of n per cent
Cultivators, for which the New York
state farmer pays $3.50, bring only
$40 in South Africa, IL psr cenE I'M
der the price obtained here.
Horse shoes, for which the American
farmer Is charged six dollars, 50 to
the South African farmer az t4-so' =
difference Of n per cent
A two-horse pillow, for which IN iris
country the farmer Il asked Vs. can
be obtained by the farmer down IN
Cane Colony at e4.15. . difference OF
Is Per cent
Tba farmer who has what BIN Nye
uaed to cali one Of these upright
farns. and wants q side-hill plov.
pevs ss.77 for it. His brother farmer
e sorth Africa who has IN upright
farm. eets 3 sIde-hil pillow for se.sl-
4 differences Of Is per cant
e there road work TO Be done ,zs
80 1900 : heavy road ploW. ne
pays for Il 5000. Roads IN South A. A.
rica are made with the same Dow 49,. -
which the owner pays ss.ss' olhsl
ence Of 20 FER cent
The New Englsnd chilled two-norss
NOV. for witch the American I-lln =.
navr - %. IS sold 70 the farmer -