| Show 1rotrctiou to Farmers Pititlons and memorials asking Congress to accord the same protection protec-tion to those engaged in agriculture agricul-ture that Is given manufacturers r being scut to Washington One memorial as for a duty ot half a cent a pound on potatotsandonions fifteen cents a pound on turnii one half cent a pound on ca > Uigc and sauercraut live cents a dozen on eggs etc Some bean growers in New York want specific duty of fttycentsa bushel on beans Complaint Com-plaint is made that the duty ou wheat and oats is so small that the farmers gtt no benefit and that it should gL 1 largely Incrcacd I is astonishing in view of all that has been aid ami written how profoundly ignorant the masses are ou the effect ef-fect of tariff laws Thcrearegrain growers who nally believe that a duty of fifty cent or one dollar a bushel on wheat would make the business profitable A man of any intelligence knows that a tariff tax ou foreign wheat whether small or large is no benefit to our farmers It might prevent importation of wheat from Camilla 1 but this would not benefit farmers on this side of the line because the price on both tides Is determined In Ijlverpool where both find a market for their surplus What benefit accrues to the farmer by imposing a duty of twentyfive cents bushel on potatoes We had adutv of fifteen cent and three years ago when there was a general failure of the potato crop thousands bushels were Imiorled from Holland Hol-land and Germany The duty was collected but tho only way that our potato growers were aUected was that they were compelled to buy with the duty added te the price They had no potatoes 1 to I hut were i irchafers A duty of fifty cents 1uhelon beans might enable en-able our bean raisers to get 2 1 bushel far their crop but u beans are consumed prlnci > aly by the I < oorthc tax would levied mainly upon wage earners for the benefit of the bean grower A duty of five cents a dozen on eggs to protect Amorieiu hell from competition com-petition trill the l pauper hens of other countries To prevent Germany Ger-many from flooding our country with sauerkraut we must protect our Dutch cabbage growers by ins oslngaduty of half a cents I ounJ on the imported luxury Our farmers far-mers ought t have learned long ago that they are not benefited by a luty on agricultural products and they should Rive consideration to tIns articles they buy and not to what they 1 as a means of saving and a source of profit They hoiiM concern themselves in getting the tax ofT their farm implements their liardnareand theirclothlng instead of seeking the imposition of a tax on wheat potatoes cabbage aud eggs I they coulJ combine and orginlze an eg or bean or kraut trust they might get under the shelter shel-ter of lie mill law and rob their countrymen but unfortunately they arc two numerous and too widely scattered to avail themselves of this thieving d le We wish that some of los farmers alliances which are passing resolution in favor of a tariff to protect formes would fur muUle a schedule auj let us uUUh it In the inyutrcr We are stirs 1 would greatly interest our readcre Cincinnati fjiquircr |
