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Show -wv -run AMnt.Ka are. The Tariff lit form, a pamphlet published pub-lished in New York, says: Of all the humbugs that have persistently per-sistently buzzed about the ears of the American voter, the worst is that one whose song has ever been of the great "home market." To-day, after a whole generation of protection, the farmer has fewer people in the U. S. to feed in proportion to the crops he produces, than lie had in 1S50. Or, to put it in another way. After the mill owners have fooled him for thirty years in pretending to give him a home market and make him independent independ-ent of foreigners, the American farmer is now, under the high protection, more dependant than ever upon foreign for-eign markets, and is forced to find sale abroad for a larger proportion of what lie produces than lie was in 1S50 under the free trade tariff. The article then goes on to show by actual facts and ligures that its position posi-tion is true, and f arther says: The "Home Market Club" is composed com-posed exclusively of manufacturers, is located in Boston, and i3 supported by an assessment upon its members in proportion to the capital invested by each in his business." "We see, therefore, it is not the farmer who advocates or believes this "home market" theory, but those who are squeezing the life blood out of him. |