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Show RELIEF THROUGH TARIFF. Now that the elect;on is over, our statesmen of both parties are anxiou to do what they can to remedy the situation of the farmers. All sorts "of schemes are being brought forward and it is evident that something tangible tan-gible will be accomplished either in the short session of Congress now upon up-on us, or in an extra session to be called after President-elect Hoover takes office perhaps in both. It is to be assumed that among the remed:es to be employed will be additional addi-tional tariff protection for the farmers. farm-ers. In bygone years the free traders trad-ers have been industrious in tebVng the farmers that they did not benefit from the tariff but were penalized by it. But the disciples of free trade were unable to fool the farmer on this score. It is easy to prove that the agrculturist is helped both directly and indirectly by the tariff. A a con- erete example of the direct aid given giv-en him, the following is taken from the Deadwood, S. D., Pioneer-Times, on the sugar tariff and it is to be remembered that agriculturists in many Western states are beet growers. grow-ers. "The tariff on sugar is very important im-portant item to the Black Hills and it will increase with the development of new beet growing territory in and about the Belle Fourche irrigation project and the Rapid Valley. All contracts with beet growers in the past have been based on the probable price that will prevail in the American Ameri-can market when it is placed on sale by the mill owners. These contracts name a minimum payment per ton for the beets, and have a chedule attached at-tached which guarantees the grower additional sums dependent upon what the f'nished product eventually brings." There are many other instances. The interests of the country get protection pro-tection against imports as do the poul-trymen, poul-trymen, the sheep growers are g:ven protection from importations from Australia and the cattlemen and corn growers know that they are interested interest-ed in keeping out the cheap products of other nations. In fact, our tariff ae-ainst Argentine corn, beef and other products, is one of the ch'efj sources of irritation against us in that mportant South American republic,! but we cannot abandon this trriffj without sacrificing the Amer:can grower. Now in many instances the tar'ff on the importance of farm products pro-ducts is not high enough, and Congress Con-gress will doubtless increase some of the schedules in its farm a'd program. pro-gram. This will be of considerable help in the rehabilitation of agriculture. agricul-ture. Bvt the farmer is benefitted indirectly in-directly as well as directlv by the tariff. tar-iff. he tariff protects the home market mar-ket for the American producer and assures the American worker prosperity pros-perity through the highest wages in the world. This g'ves to the farmer the best market for his produce that the world affords and the farmer know-s this. Nor is the agriculturist penalized by the tariff. Practically everything used exclusively on the farm comes in free of duty. The list includes plows, harrows, reapers, threshing machines, cultivators, cotton gins, wagons and other machinery, binder twine, fertilizer, building materials and so on. j The logic is inescapable. The farm-1 er benefits both d'rectly and indirect- ly from the tariff, and he is entitled to higher rates whenever these are necessary to protect him from cheap j products from abroad. j |