The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-08-31
gHiT DOES FARMERS BUY
WHICH HAS BEEN BOOSTED
In PRICE BY TARIFF


ID Wheat has gone down. The price
Il everything the farmer has to buy
bss been put up by the blessed tariff"
% the New York Times exclaims,
edtorially. This statement OF the
New York Times is almost as far from
the truth and facts as the average
EDITORIAL utterances of the New York
World-whicn is an awful thing to
say Of any Newspaper.
The price Of everything the farmer
has TO buy has not been put up by the
urlfi. The following is the proof:
The farmer buys agricultural i'm
Elements, all of which are on the free
list under the republican tariff. Not
only agricultural implements in whole
Or part but all repair parts Of agri-
cultural implements are on the free
ht
Tho farmer buys binding Irvine. All
binding twine is on the free list I'M
der the republican tariff.
The farmer buys fertilizer. All
bones, bone dust bone meal, bone ash
and animal carbon suitable only for
hrtlizer purposes; ground or un-
ground, manure and all other sub
stances used chiefly for fertilizers;
potash, potash salts and phosphates'
al Of which are used in fertilizers
all these are on the free list under
he republican tariff
The farmer buys building material.
Building brick, cement, stone, shingles
pckets pailing, hoops, slaves of wood
all kinds, logs and timbers, either
IA rough or hewn, sided, square, sawed
OF planed on one side, sawed boards,
plants, and other lumber used for
building purposes are all on the free
Lat under the republican tariff.
The farmer uses leather gloves; he
wears boots and shoes; he buys har-
ness and saddles and leather Fly nets
Cloves made wholly or in chief OF
lmther, all leather used for harness
o. saddlery, leather for shoe uppers
'hoe vamps, soles, leather shoelaces
boots and shoes made wholly or in
chief Of leather. hides Of cattle from
mich leantre is made-all are ad
nitted free under the republican tar
II
The farmer uses wnetstones ant
ZONES. They are admitted free under
tlerepublican tariff.
The farmer uses horse pads. The!
vesr admitted under the Fordney-M'
lumber tariff. The farmer uses barbe'
nfe in fencing and for other purpose
Md It Is admitted free under the re
publican tariff
Tais free list eliminates very larg
Nfcentage Of what the farmer buys
Aprices Of any of these articles hav
gone up, 1t is not due to the tariff.
Goal, both hard and soft, slacf
COKE and all compositions for fuel l
which coal or coal dust is the prir
opal materials, are admitted FREE
therefore,, the tariff has not increase
we farmer's fuel bill and Is not n
sponsible in any degree for the hig
price Of coal.
Obviously, If wood and lumber al
" tae free list, any change in the CO..
y household furniture and other a
ucies made of wood which the farm'
Ouys can cannot be charged to II
Tariff.
After eliminating the farmers bull
ny material. his agricultural impi
Ments, his barbed wire his bindli
WINE, his fuel, his fertilizers, n
ieather goods of all kinds, his 1ous
%id furniture and whatever oth
wmodities he purchases in VIM
wood enters, what is there left
Marge up against the republican ia
H. Il
Whatever is left comes under I
justification of manufactured articl
ready for consumption, or manufa'
9ed articles for furtner use in man
lacturing.
The theory of free trade. and
oaly virtue It has, is that 1t perm
afge imports of goods which by
srlng into competition with non
made goods, keeps down the PR
according to the free trader the
ser the imports the better for the G.
.amer. The following is a table sh'
ms Imports of manufactured go'
ready for consumption" and ma
iactured goods for further use
manufacturing." This table is cop
from the reports Of the Departhl
Commerce for the years lndlca
Me years being fiscal years emu
Juna On.