Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-07-17
TARIFF DOESN'T
LOWER PRICES
New Law Does Not Work Hard.
ships On The Farmer

| NSe viz AOA0 OA1l
knows which it isis evidently
from its political influence He Is
not caring to any extent, contain
ed an article in its issue. of last
Wednesday which was about a.
full of "hog-waSh" and political
buncOmbe as any dream ever
conceived by the irresponsible :
Teddy, and indicated that the PEI
son responsible for the same. had
either been hitting the pill" or
the jug with a little more thahthe
usual regularity. =.
The article warned the readers
of the paper of the baneful's ef-
fectS of the tariff to the farming
industry of the country. and told
them that the only. remedy fox
this awful i'll was to be found in
the close confines of the Repub-
lican ballot, and as an illustra-
tiOn of what the new law was do
ing for the producers of thecoun-
try cited as an example the pres
ent low prices of wheat, and also
the price of the same for a time
under the Cleveland adminiStra-
ton, but it obligingly failed to
give any of the low prices for the
same product at different times
under the protective tariffregirne
If the editors of this aforesaid
Republican-Bull Moose sheet will
only take the trouble and use the
intelligence the good Lord has
given the average human being
10 look it up they will find
that there have been fully as
many years of low wheat prices
as there have been under Demo-
cratic, and the same amount Of
grey matter in their heads, If
properly applied, will show them
that there is absolutely no dan
ger of the Canadian farlprr be-.
ing chump enough to ShlpS his
wheat into this country wEcn be
can secure higher prices right in
his own country, and the Cana
dian market has been ranging
from three to ten cents higher
than the market i'm this country
ever since the passage of the new ,
tariff law. As Argentine and
other foreign countries will ne
yer ship enough wheat into this
country to make dent in the
market, and as the Canadian far
mer is not fool enough to ship
his wheat into this country at
loss, it is useless for the ReI.ah.'
lican brethren to attempt %
flaunt this red flag in the fac6
of the voters today. 1t might
have had its effect in ancient
times when the news of the day
was only written on tablets Of
stone, but with the daily market
reports in the home of pracH-
cally every farmer the scheme
has lost its pull.
1t might also be we'll for the
editors Of the same papers to ex-
plain in a reasonably satisfac-.
tory way, why, if the new tariff
law is going to work such a hard
ship on the farmer and grower.
the prices of cattle and live stock
of all kinds are as high as they
are at the present time, and WIN
all of the authorities along these
lines are predicting that these,
prices will 80 still higher. II was
freely predicted by the sRepubH-
cans and Bull MoOSers that the
importation of cattle from Ar
genline and other grazing coun-
tries would quickly put stock
raising among the Improbable :
industries in America. and the
Democrat man. has curiosity b
know why this has not beendonc
instead of the price Of cattle ad-
vancing all the time as il has been
doing. There are a. whole lot of
things that the publishers of the.
aforesaid article might explain
with a little more detail unless
they desire the voters Of the coun
try to regard them as real poll
tical jokes and we would be more
than pleased TO have them take
up the question in detail. Tie
ordinary human is always seek
ing for more intelligence, and if
the publishers have anything
along this line that is really Of
value they should turn loose Of
this information for the benefit
of the general public, but it is TO
be hoped that they will not stIb
their toes and fall as flat as IL
their last explanation which fso-
ed to explain.