The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-08-19
AsTRIDE AN OLD HOBBY

4 who, no matter what text he took, fin.
ally landed on Baptism, till the
members said, "Dat niggah has shore
got watah on de BRAIN"
o Republican editor talks lifelessly
on any political measure, but mention
tariff" and he's off. Yes, "off" is
right. Witnesseth the following from
the columns of the DeSoto Republican
which weekly weaves g coronet of re-
nown for Three-Ball Art, the Usurer
from Trenton, and gives Harding a
place on high at the right of sthe
throne:
A protective tariff is not only justi-
fled but necessitated by the fact that
in many other countries the standard
of living is much lower than in Amer
lea, and thee ost of production of
goods correspondingly lower That
being true, if there be no protective
import tax, the foreigner can market
his goods here, thus depriving the
American producer of the work and
wages incident to production. Every
dollar sent abroad for foreign goods
is dollar less in circulation here and
dollar more for the upbuilding Of
the industries Of our commercial riv-
ais. 1t is merely question of i'm
posing an import tax that will en-
courage buying at home.
"a protective tariff is justified and
necessitated by the fact that in many
other countries the standard of living
is much lower than in America"
That means nothing if it doesn't
mean to say the standard Of living of
Labor.
If the tariff is for the laborer in
stead of the manufacturer, why is it
that labor still has to labor. never
earning an ease and competence, en-
abling the laborer to retire in luxury,
but the man who employs labor has
grown into millionaire off the tariff
teaS?
Why, under the Mckinley tariff, did
Mccormick, Deering, ct al sell the
American farmer a machine for $48
and ship this same machine to India,
5000 miles away, and sell it there for
$28? This proves that they could
have paid labor as much as they did,
robbed the farmer of at least $50 less
than they did rob him of, but there
would not now be so many million
aires in this country, nor so many beg
gars.
Why did the "Steal" Trust sell their
stuff rs per cent cheaper in Europe
than they did to their brother Ameri-
cans, then shoot down. the poor for
eign devils at Homestead, Pennsylva-
MIA because these poor devils asked o
living wage? ..
Yes, the tariff is for the laborer,
and the Republican spieler and law
maker is thinking of the laborer when
he makes gouging tariff to dig the
life out of the American purchasers
purse.
Like Kelly is!
Then he says, Imposing an import
tax will encourage buying at home"
If he will put it, "force the buyer
to stand and deliver to a robber baron
more than things worth" instead of
"buying at home, we will say it's
true.
If one tries to rob me IN MY OWN
HOME, would shoot him as quickly,
if could, as | would if he held me up
on the highway. A robber doesn't
deserve the treatment of a guest when
l catch him prowling through my
room at midnight.
The Republican policy is to hold up
the buying public at the end of tar
if gun, for the benefit of manufacture
ing thieves, and then try to popular
izc it by calling it encouragement to
buy at home"
There is as much reason to build
tariff wall around Dexter and COM
PEI all the inhabitants of Dexter to
buy from Dexter merchants only, as
there is to build tariff wall around
the United States and compel the peo-
pie to buy from American thieves who
hold them up with every purchase.
If Dexter, st. Louis, New York can
grow without tariff wall and be-
come great retail centers while the
people exercise liberty of trading
where they please, America can grow
as manufacturing nation, and retain
the same and even better standard of
living without tariff, for there
would be less millionaires, but more
people wearing better, but cheaper
clothes, etc.-Dexter Statesman.
Rub-My-Tism is a powerful anti
septic. Cures infected cuts. old sores,