The farmer and mechanic., 1907-03-12

two Works that favored Il Protective
Tariff. i system of corruption ana op-
preston. while SeVenty-elEht stood for
ErCc Trade. since then SCoundrellism
and robbery have taken on Nasrer
proportions. and the advocates Of the
robber system have multiplied ana
fattened vastly upon their plunder.
These fellows now pratc OF the fallacy
# Free Trade, ana rejoice in their
raScaly plans for depressing and in
juring the masseS-thcir system being
10 rob million in order to enrich five
hundred, or Il hundred millions to
make great fortunes for a few thou
sands, and high wages for a couple of
millions employed by them. Trusts are
foStCred by, the robDer tariff system.
The people need to understand the
workings of this dangerous. infamous
system of taxation. High tariff cuts
off all foreign competition, and com
pcls the home people at large to pay
a very heavy advance upon most ar
tclcs manufactured in this country.
The domestic product is greatly ad-
Nanced in price by the high tariff tIA
Hence the tariff is the p1rcT' rG tr.1~t-
generally, and every thin& G.ans the
tariff is much cnhan .eG ia ~ Tn
tariff is simply i giant r93bea ana
plumbers for the heneni f tnr
millions Of toiers in our lIni.
\ new book is out that is IHe,g to
attract some attention. IL = on no
Tariff and the Trusts and contains
3S3 pages. price $50. It is by
lawyer OF New York city. who wears
we'll known name. Franklin Pierce.
| know nothing of his antcedentS. but
suppose he Is a relative or descendant.
it may be, of that true. manly T\eW
England Democrat President Frank
lin Pierce. 1t is, as lis title indicates,
discussion Of a very grave leading.
and most important subject. If lt can
help to DESTROY or retard even the
workings of the most raScally thicf
and oppresSor in all politics the huge
Robber Tariff Tax that - grinds the
faces of the poor it viii be a most
wclc me assistant and defender Of the
People Whatever viii abate the
grinding power of the Republican
tariff or help to limit its dcstructivc
agency, must prove n very great help
indeed to the country ana viii confer
i Tremendous blessing either curtail-
ing or destroying the rcmOrScleeS
danning power Of the Trusts. the ma
lignant enemy and curse of these Uni
ted states. Mr.. Pierce emphasizes the
great important truth. that the ma
chinery Of ur country is 50 great 50
important. that it really more than
doubles the producing power Of Amer
lean Workmen. and thus places the
productive power vastly beyond that
Of any European nation In fact the
was years agJ estimated to be fully
equal to one million men. The tax or
tariff charges placed by the govern
ment upon the American people use
leSslX and most unjuStlly. are enor-
nous indeed, as the foreign produc-
tons imported. upon which the Amer
lcan consumers must pay a great tax
Is the amount imported absolutely de-
mands. It X some S1,00G.000. 900 that
+ covered BY the high tax levied upon
them. Mr.. Pierce tells how the tariff
tax has grown SO large until now the
average IS % per cent on perhaps -
0VO articles. while 100 per cent or
more IS villainOusly fastened upon
many other products the Americans
use and have to pay for. With extra
tariff tax Of robbery and ruin how
can there be fairness in dealing and
any thing else than real oppression
and scoundrelism? The book is clearly
helpful and resourceful have
merely glanced at an item or two The
tarlH is a great, unmolested cancer.
ana should be ripped to pieces. As Nj.
Pelrce soundly contends it is the
fountain of all the expressions thar
fall upon our country Think of If
that II head Of a family must nav
IN state, county and municipal taxes
Soo, annually. that he must paw not
80 man sl9V. yearly. in actual tax
upon his purchases for his family the
tax levied upon him by the l.. : Gov
ciinltht under the present huge, Re-
pupllcdh robber tariff. You pay not
IcS' tlan three dollars taken from ytlI
ny The vile opprcssor called a tariff
" 'ef" YOU arc forced 10 pay under
,He state laws enc dollar for annual
- aNeS You pay it just ~ surely i'm
ne llrSt instance as you pay the state
t3N under its levy. Strange to eav
mere are people II intelligence ana
fesrectability that sec no harm in the
ariH tax that robs aud sins. Sir Wal
.cE scott lHmortalized that great rob
Der "f Scotland whes he made him
he hero Of one Of his very lannon's
scotch novels. The eminent I:urIisb
poet Wordsworth visited Rob Row
-iraNc, and wrote a poem Of real
pertinent. impressive lines am tha,.
MT and fit the High Tariff robber r1E-
;als of this country:
The good old rule
9ulliceth them. the simple plan