The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-05
WHY HOGS ARE HIGH
PEOPLE HAVE THE MONEY TO
PURCHASE MEAT.
Weli-PaId American Workers Are
Able to Eat All the Hogs the
Farmers Can Raise-Some
Pertinent Facts.

The Iowa farmer Is Selllng MS hoeS
at nine dollars per hundred or more.
What enables him to receive such
price?
The answer is that the people OF the
United States are practically all en-
ployed in occupations which give pack
fair returns. The people have tne
money with which to buy pork.
Why do the people Of the United
States have plenty to do?
The answer Is they have plenty 10
do because they produce nearly every
thing which they wear or use. Ihey
do not import from China, Japan ana
India the products of the cheapest
labor in the word.
If the American ports were all
thrown open in the interest OF the
consumer to give him cheap goods.
the consumer would be the first man
injured The consumer Is carried IN
the Imagination as a man who draws
a salary. II all our manufactured
products were made in other lands.
he would not be drawing salary.
He would be out OF employment.
Under no circumstances could he COM
pete with China. Japan or even France
or Belgium.
Why are cattle and hogs cheaper In
Canada than in the states? The an
swer Is Canada does not have people
enough to consume he own products.
She must ship abroad. Give Canada
people enough to consume her own
products and certain classes Of farm
ing will be Just as profitable In Can
ada as in the states.
When the Canadian farmer has all
he can do to grow the necessary prod
ucts for Canada he will become
rich man.
Why Is cattle and grain growing
in Argentine and Australia not cs
profitable as in the United States?
The answer Is the farmers OF Ar
Eentine and Australia are compelled
to ship all their surplus products
abroad. II the people OF Argentine
and Australia were in sufficient num-
bers to consume all their own prod
ucts every farmer in those countries
would grow rich.
The question is now up to the
American farmer relative to the sur
render OF the American market to the
foreign manufacturer.
When that is done. the American
farmer will find himself on an equal
ity with the farmers In Australia and
Argentine. They have plenty Of prod.
ucts. but no consumers.
BY the influence of the free traders
there Is no duty upon the higher
priced gloves for ladies. As a conse-
quence all such gloves are made in
France There is a protective duty
on mems gloves, and they are made
in America. The manufacturers OF
gloves for ladies are growing rich on
the open American market. The
large department stores in New York
and Chicago are the manufacturers
Of gloves for ladies and their fac
tories are in France. hey are ma
king millions out of their free-trade
privileges. This same thing would
happen in other industries II put to
the test. The only difference would be
that II free trade were adopted in re-
lation to all manufactured products,
the American market would not be so
good as It is now, for the people
would not have the means with which
to buy.
The Iowa farmer would be broken
hearted II he were notified today that
the price Of hogs had gone down to
$3.50 per hundred. The Iowa farmer
had better think this question over,
regardless Of any particular friends
he may have among the politicians.
What is friendship to a farmer
when the price of his hogs might go
down from 50 to $3.50?
II the Democrats visit the penalties
Of the lower tariff on the people OF
Iowa, they will soon be found praying
for the rocks and mountains to fall
upon them to hide them.-Des Moines
Capital.