The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-23
4 sTUPENDoUR HoLDUP.

OIuf Larson. "A hardwar" dealer Of
Lyndon, nan. makes the following
Interesting contribution to tari!l
literature through the Common"r:
In the March 18th issue Of The
Commoncr, Mr.. Harry Boarman Of
Washington makes Il few remarks
concerning the tariff robbery that
the American people have endured
n long tim" and are now called upon
to endured In more aggravated form
than ever for ut least four years
more under the mOnupollstic trust
wOrshiping administration Of Mr..
Taft and his cabinet, made up
without single exception Of old
cunning, skilled and uuprinciplcd
corporation attorneys whose lives
have been spent in defeating the ad.
ministratiOr Of law aud Justice, and
keeping our rich malefactOrs out Of
the pcnitcntiary where they in all
justice and decency belong. BY
virtue Uf such mems works and the
assistance Of the corrupt machine
ridden republican party our laws and
courtsarc now become til" laughing
stock Of the civilized world.
very much doubt il MIR. Boar
man or the majority the Common
cr's readers realize the magnitude Of
this stupcndous hold up that We nre
forced to stand for. TIL" writer has
spent several years in the employ Of
the International Harvester trust,
the last four years Of which ! spent
having charge of "a large territory
for them in northern Europe, quit
ting their employ about seventeen
months ago, am now engaged in th"
hardware and implement business
here. During my trip. to Europe |
sold tu European dealers harvesting
machinery +. O. Il. carI at Chicago
as follows: Finders Sj3, mowers
~, hay raicS -, and rcdpcrs for ~
less than they ar" sold TO American
dealers, besides selling the Europe
an trad" special, stronger made aud
more durable machine than dum"s.
tie types, in order t" handle the
heavy crops raised over there and
comprehensive the substantially built
European machines. Here the trust
is free from any such competition as
our tariff imposes II prohibitive duty
on machinery, namely $50 on n self
binder. All other American manu-
about the same ratio, for instance,
certain Waltham watch movement
which costs here $3.50 is sold all
over Europe for ST., and | might go
on and mention hundreds Of arti-
cles. The fact is we can manufaC-
ture goods cheaper here In the
United States than they can in Eu
rope in IA great many instances.
Therefore there is no need of any
tariff, only for the purpose of rob
bling our own people for the benefit
of few undesirable" citizens.
In Denmark, Norway and Sweden,
where worked, the railroads are
owned and operated by the govern
ment and although 1t costs more to
operate the roads there than here
the nominal first class passenger
fare is only sevcn-cighths of one cent
per English mile, and freight and
express rates in the same proper
ton; nevertheless the roads are
aiyearly dividend, II portion
of which is divided among the en- |
ployes annually, who are also pen
stoned for life after serving the
the government in this capacity for
certain term of years. Nice com |
parison, this, here in our boosted !
advanced civilization-the govern |
ment In the hands of the republican !
party serves the Office of the high |
wayman holding up the people while |
the trust robbers go through our
pockets.