The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-28
FARMERS PSOTECrEO


1t is a tri1e and true s-ying,
Figures Noa't lie;' It S ellally
ture, however, that there is MOTH
ING unuer the sun to Keep liar,
ai.d an iguoiaht man. fr5m figur ny.
Th s is emphasized by Il Wisconsin
farming the farmer, free trade apos-
tie, who applies himself to the un-
easiabie task of trying to fan the
pass .ons of the Wisconsin farmers
by species If demagoguery to
y h,ch mono other but mountebank,
it cal chariatan, or one colossally
ignorant of the primary principles
1 economies would stand coniesse
in having INDUCED.
The man ignorance. or his d
cit on to impose upon the ere
dulity of those who are Him
formed, is amply Illustrated by L
i,aten.ent he utters with the OBJECT
j Few of lending Clarity to the
ailult es---in his mind of the
ew tariff bill, sand the most pert
ent paragraph of the STAT ,ment
eads as follows:
IF the gu on 500 worth of
ogs which the IA ner sells amonnt
- SO, AID the duty on 500 worth
+ manufactured art IS which he
uyi also amounts to $40, then.
far as the far er and manu-
eturer are concerned, there is
o unjust disc iinnation. But ii
he duty on 800 worth of hogs i
10, and the duty on 500 worth of
manufactured articles which he
must buy amounts to $50, then
.here is an unjust discrimination
against the farmer"
AS a matter of fact, the new
tariff bill exacts no tribute from
the farmers of America for the dis
posal of anything they may produce.
Quite to the contrary, the tariff
bill guarantees to them protection
against the flooding of their home
markets-the markets to which they
are rightfully entitled-by the prod
ucts grown in foreign countries
by labor that is eking out the most
miserable existence in the annals
of history. That's for that
Neither does the farmer pay, for
anything manufactured in the
United States, a single copper in
the way Of duty. Things manu-
featured in the United States and
sold in the United States are not
subject to a tariff tax, and re-
CARELESS of what the commodity
may be the purchaser pays no
duty.
1t is true that farm products,
grown abroad, before they are per-
mitted to be placed on sale in
this country, in competition with
the products grown by our farmers,
have an import tax levied upon
them equal to the difference be-
tween their cost of production by
cheap labor and the cost of produc-
ton by decent, well-paid American
labor. This is likewise true of
manufactured goods of all kinds,
and unless farmers and manu-
facturers, alike, are disposed to
sacrifice the welfare of the Ameri-
can laboring class, and urge that
the gates be thrown wide open for
the ingress of unlimited hordes of
proverty-stricken immigrants, will
ing to work for a mere pittance to
keep soul and body from being rent
asunder, it is certain that neither
the farmer nor the manufacturer
of this country can cope with the
cheap production of foreign coun-
tries.
1t is admitted, as very probable
truth, that there are some in
equalities existing In the tariff bill,
/. e., it is not perfect, but as there
is nothing of mans devising that is
perfect it is not to be expected
that the work of arranging tariff
schedules would prove to be without
| flaws.
When American wages are low
cred to the rate paid abroad, or
American mills are closed, the farm
er's chance of selling his products
to the home consumer is lessened
Farm prices must come down ac-
cordingly, or the stuff can not be
sold. That's for that!
For the first time in forty years
two brothers met In Jail in an
Arkansas town, after having been
thrown in for getting drunk. To
preach to those gentlemen that it
is wrong to fill up on moonshine
would be talking mere moonshine.
Congressman Fordney, one Of the
authors of the new tariff bill, says
that prosperity is right ahead of us.
Mr.. Fordney had best lend his best
efforts, right in the emergency, to
help all of US to catch up with it,
too.
You have the right to do as you
please, but adherence to the doc
trine of "buy it at home" means
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