The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20
the FARMERS INTEREST
TO SEE TO IT THAT NONE BUT
PROTECTIONIsTS ARE ELECT
ED TO CONGRESS.

the hills of New England, on the pa
rairies Of the middle west, or in the
valleys Of the Pacific coast feels little
interest in discussion OF u pr Elective
tariff on dyes, tin DR. numerous other
commodities with which he has only
a very indirect dealing. AT first thot
the inclination o. the farmer would be
to assert that his only interest is to
get what little I'm he needs as cheao!.y
as possible, and that he has ont inter-
lest whatever in dyes as he buys none.
The first and ill-considered view
would not be long retained by a man
who thinks, for he would Immediately
realize that every time he buys cloth
he pays for the dye that is in t.. He
must also realize that if he is to have
the utmost advantage for the market
for his surplus fruits and vegetables
there must be provided an adeq 'a'e
and certain supply Of tin plate, from
which the canneries can provide re-
ceptacles.
But the farmers interest is even
more close than this. He not molly
buys material in which, dye stuffs are
used, but he. sells. his commodities t.
people who r engageii inrthe dye in
dustry and in the numerous articles in
the manufacture Of which dyes are
used.
For reasons: which will be readily
apparent, the tin and dye indust Is
present a particularly valuable lesson
in. American economic policies. j.
case of dyes, we have recently had q
demonstration of the vital importance
of.a home-supply. the easesof. til
we have demonstrated i'm the las
twenty years that by mean Of, q pro
tective tariff we can build up an in
duStry Of our own and thereby secur,
the product at a less price than w,
had been paying to the foreign manu-
facturer. These two commodities me-!
be taken as striking illustrations o
the purpose and effect Of a protective
tariff. Innumerable other conn obi
ties are effected in a similar manner
although circumstances have rot i'm
pressed the facts so forcibly upor. GU
minds.
The Republican tariff act of 1Ss
placed the first protective tariff Hut
]. on tin plate. Prior tofthat tire "
had been importing practically all {
our tin plate. Immediately VIC bui
up a tin industry of our own and PIT
duced at less cost than we hat bee
paying the foreign manufacturer. 4
a result, we are now not on' rrt
ducing all the tin we need oursclve
but are making heavy exports to otf
er countries.
When we placed a protective tart
on tin we failed to take similar actio
in the case of dyes. Consequently W
continued to bur- dyes from German
and when the war broke out it four
us without any dye factories of OF
own. Every one who has had occs
sion to buy cloth since the outbres
of the war, more than three years ag
has paid excessive prices because
our neglect. Moreover, we were hal
dicapped in the manufacture of M
nitions because We had not bull! up
chemical industry Inch could ne rea'
lily utilized for thu. purpose.
With these two illustrations in min
all those who believe in "Ameri'
first" should determine that henc
forth they will vote for no man for
seat in either branch Of congress wi
fails to pledge himself to work al
vote for a comprehensive protecti
tariff system, which will build up
this country every industry which it
practical fo1 us to establish and mai
tain.-Wilmington (Del.I Journal.
Art Of Egypt: