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Show WHAT FREE TRADE TARIFF HAS DONE Taken Away Home Market for Home Products to the Extent of Hundreds of Millions Here are a few things the Democratic Demo-cratic Anti-Farmer Tariff bill has done and not one ot which would havo happened under a Republican Protective tariff; 1. Allowed the free Importation from Argentina, alone of nearly $12,-000,000 $12,-000,000 worth of beef and about $3,-000,000 $3,-000,000 worth of mutton and pork. 2. Allowed the free importation of over 50,000,000 dozen of eggs from China. 3. Allowed the free Importation ot such enormous quantities ot butter from Now Zealand and elsewhere of butter that tho Pacific coast market was glutted and the butter whs sold so freely in Montana that for, the frst time In history Montana butter producers had to sell some ot their product oulsldo ot the State. 4. Allowed tho freo fhjportatlon ot livestock from Canada to the Pacific coast points to nn extent that hns reversed tho trend ot recent years and is making Pacific coast points a poorer Instead ot a better market for Montana producers. C. Allowed importation of structural structur-al Iron .and steel until American mills are running at less than CO per cent ot their capacity, with over 200,000 steel and .iron workers out ot Jobs. It allowed British mills to capture cap-ture tho market on steel cotton ties for tho Southern States; It has allowed al-lowed Texas to buy on Its streets -tftUroaA. equipment in Birmingham and h permitted British mills prsc; .UeJaUjttr monopolize the Pacific coast markets for steel and iron. This list couid hp extended but it would prove no more than, the above. The point Is that the Democratic tariff tar-iff bill has taken away & home market mar-ket for home products to the extent of millions of dollars. What has Americans or America gained In return? "" |