The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-10-25

borers had not been neglected either.
Their wages had been increased and the
number employed greatly enlarged; in
almost all avooations.
This ought to be enough OF Clcveiands
good old Democratic times to satisfy
even Prof Wilson: but one more iic'n
ann ! shall leave the good times u
Grover alone. In the early years Of the
lSos the Dcms., yelling tiieir thipats
raw about what they claimed to be a
great avance in tile price, OF tinware N
conecqus nee Of the duty put on ain plate
by the Mckinley law. The truth of the
matter is that there never has been a
day since 1850 that the price of tin
ware has not been as low or lower than
1t eyer was before; because OF the maxi
ing of tin plates In this country's rem
dcring It possible for the various ar
ticle of tinmare to be made here at
home as cheap as or cheaper than, they
could be brought from Europe and sold
here. 80 MIR. Farmer you see that
tariff duty on an article which can re
produced here. does not raise Nhe price
on that article; but. duty on one that
cannot lie produced here in sufficient
quality to supply more than a very
small per cent Of the demand, Will iu-
crease the price Of such article. As Gn
instance Of such effect you only have
10 remember the wilson German bills
tnking sugar OFF the free list of the
Mckinley law. and p'Ittng a duty on it,
Just here | wish 10 ask the pemipublo-
cratic editors of the Herald &c If they
can tell me what carried the high price
of coffee.
Now for IA few items in regard To
some of the good old times OF long ago.
prior To 1861. ! contend that the ad-
vance in price of farm products from
not due to the duty on those things as
much as to the duty on the manu-
features which caused the factories in
the L. :. Therefore the increasing i'm
migration which would naturally in-
creaep the population. making the
ket facilities 30 much greater here
A.. those farm products. -'--.----a---
Now as to the effect OF the tariff
duties on tle products of tire factories.
When ! was little hoy, during Pres.
Buchanan's administration. as the small
boy usually does, I wanted "A store hat.
something finer and as Thought. better
than the straw hat my mother made
for me. Having received "A quarter Of
dollar from my uncle sent my money
for what we called a '.pameeter' hat.
IL was made Of strips of wood. i sup
pose palmetto. Anyhow cost % cents.
I can get much better hat now FOR
from 8 to 10 cents. not because of the
tariff directly raising or lowering the
price but by It indirectly bringing
about the production in this country.
l WAS too young to know much about
prices then but remember some of uhein
and my father and older brathers haze
told me of some Of them since. ! call
to memory that my father purchased
sometime during Buchanan's admins
/ tration, a farm wagon. two-Eorse size
which cost him 3li5.OO. 1t had wood
axles. the skiens being strips of iron
about one or one and one fourth inches
wide fastened ut the small end OF the
spindle by an iron hand about one inch
broad. The boxing in the hub consisted
of a MARROW iron hand in each end cf
the hub. A much better wagon in every
respect.e except quality of wood-ithe same
quality of wood would cost now four or
five times as much now as II did then
can be bought now for so. to So. IN
the way of farm implements there Is
scarcely any comparison.tne quality bein
No poor and the prices 40 high then
while the quality is so high and prices
80 low now.
remember of my father selling p
crop of good tobacco In 1858 or . at 3
cents per pound Cor leaf and one-ha'f
cent per round for Tugs and It was good
tobacco too.
| remember the first felt hat ! ever
had. II was made Of very coarce wool.
Such hat can be bought now for IS
cents. but 1t cost then. under Buchanan
administration. 500
Brown sheeting called dOmestic) cost
at retail then. 10 cents per yard by .he
bolt and II or ~ i-2 cents in smaller
quantities.
should like to know IL those Dem
ocratic editors know Of an article that
can be made in the United States IN
sufficient quantities to come anyways
near supplying the demand that Us not
cheaper than before there was ever
any tariff duty put on this govern
ment. II they do they will please name
>, 1t giving the price and date. My Oh
servation and Information from history