The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-10-02
NOT A FAllACY

The cold theory of free -rAI' acS'
NOT cover a. multitude OF conaiuohs
that surround the people of olh'ry
sparsely settled. A farner s'u"'''
IN An exceedingly fertile fegi)h may
he able to produce wonderful crops u
wheat, corn and oats with it'll" 'ape'
hut of what value to him ontsine
y, the few bushels for his own wants
would the crop be unless he coo'u
and market and could tn m xehapse
his products for things he ala "l
produce. To do this to an idVah''se
tho must be near the railroad or water
carriage privilege or close to a city
It is readily seen that such Is the
case even when the products nave
a world wide market, but 1t Is ire
ouently in theory lost sight OF ~heh
tho hundred and one things that peo'
r,a use are considered. The nearer
a population is to the farmer 'he
better advantage he has IN the re-
Turns for his land, labor ana aplhty'
Tho principle Is clearly shown IN
the land values of state or natioh'
Land near q city may have the same
productive quality as land twenty GU
thirty miles away but its real value
IN the owner is not the same Tor the
land near the city has protective
market for it's crops as against the
far away land. Now il the farmer
nv submitting to tax can induce
greater population in the vicinity OF
his farm he increases much the val
lie of his land. 1t Is better for the
American farmer with his diversity
of products to have New York ana
Chicago in America than a London
and Liverpool in England. Were one
third of our thrifty city population
of the United States to suddenly be
snnihilated the whole farming popu'
lation of the nation would feel In
material way the financial effects in
the decrease in the value of crops
and lands. In other words to bring
land and population together means
activity and that results in prosper
ity. The protective tariff has no
doubt, been instrumental in the es'
adjustment of great industries which
have given employment to people and
thus increased the population OF cities
in this country.
The SO called fallacy Of protection
could more easily be exploded II there
were not millions of acres of land in
the United States unsettled and un.
cultivated, millions and millions OF
tons OF iron ore, coal, salt, lead, zinc
and other natural resources undevel'
oped. II the land did not abound
with the elements utilized spell wea'
Their and prosperity-to term pro
tective tariff fallacy would be more
consistent. The principle has a far.
Their reaching effect that could be IL
Illustrated by ten, industries one Jf
which was protected and the others
not. Surrounded by immense unde'
veloped resources the economic effect
of helping one industry that uses ma
tive material would not be the same
as to place the ten industries in a
thickly populated and highly devel
oped Isle like Great Britain, Ireland
and Scotland. Those countries have
more population than can find en-
ployment. Utah needs population
and capital to utilize the present
sources, The policy that would de
velop and make Utah great and pros
porous might be unwise for England
The wonderful growth of population
and wealth OF the United States II
the last century does not indicate tn,
protective tariff to have been fal
lacy. In our own Cache valley tn,
increased value OF lands and growtl
OF towns since the establishment O
the sugar factories does not spell
tarin fallacy for II will be general
conceded that without the protectiv
tarin on sugar the factories won!
not have been established here.