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Show H,l NOT A FALLACY B The cold theory of free Till dc j not cover a, mu'tltudo of conditions H that surround the peopto of n ojntry M sparsely settled. A fanner bltuato.1 Hi In un exceedingly tortile glJ.i waj H be nblo to produce wonderf.-l crops-o! M wheat, corn and oats with llttln label H -but of what valuo to him outside H of the few bushels for his own aanla H would the crop be unless hocould H find market and could thm xchango H " his products for things he did Kl PJ produce. To do this to nn idvantMO jfllM -ho must bo near tho rallroa or votci B carriage privilege or close to a city. B? It Is readily seen that such Is tho EB; cnso CVen when the products have K a world wide mnrket, but It Is fro- M fluently In theory lost sight of when H the hundred nnd one things that poo- H pie use aro considered. The nearer M a population is to tho farmer tho H better advantngo ho 1ms In tho re- l turns for his land, labor and ability. j Tlllg princlplo Is clearly shown in ' ,ho land values of a state or nation. VVJ; Uan(, near a, city may have tho samo i productive iutillty as land twenty or thirty miles awny but Its real value H to tho owner Is not tho same for the Hj land near tho city has a protectlvo 1 market for Its crops ns against tho B far away land. Now If the farmer H hy submitting to ntax can induce a B grenter population in the vicinity of B his farm ho Increases much tho vol- B ue of his land. It Is better for tho H American farmer with his diversity B of products to have a Now York and H Chicago in America than a London B and Liverpool in England. Wore one M third of our thrifty city population B of the United Stntes to suddenly bo B hnnthllated tho whole farming popu- B latlon of the nation would feel In a B material way tho financial effects in B tno ilccreaso In tho valuo or crops B aml lands. In otller worlls t0 brlnB B ,,uul nrul Population together means i B activity nnd that results In prosper- BSBj Ity. The protectlvo thrift hnB no pSBjl doubt, been Instrumental In the en- I B i tabllshment or great Industries which I pSBj, have given employment to people ntvl i I thus Increased tho population of cities j BBfl; In this' country. BBl Tno Bo called fallacy or protection BSBJl could more easily be exploded If there I KBL were not millions ot acres of land In B 'he United States unsettled and un- H cultivated, millions and millions of BB tons f lron ore coa'' 8a"' leaJ' zlnc BSBJ and other natural resources undevcl- BB opec . If tho land did not abound BSBJ with the elements utilized spell wea- BKBJ ther and prosperity to term a ro- BSBJ tectlvo tariff n fallacy would bo mora SBJ consistent. The princlplo has a far- BBt ( ther reachng effect that could be II- BSBJ lustrated by ten Industries ono :if SBJ which wan protected nnd the othors BB1 not. Surrounded hy Immense- undo- SBJ veloped resources the economic effect BSBJ or helping one Industry that uses mi- VAS tlve material would not be tho samo VftVt ns to placo tho ten Industries In n BBW thickly populated and highly dovcl- BSBfl oped lslo Uko Great Drltaln, Ireland pVapJ ' and Scotland. Thoso countries hnvo H mom population thhn can find em- VBV ploymeut. Utah needs population VApJ nnd cnpltal to utlllzo tho present BSBs sources. Tho policy that would do- BSBfl Velop and nmko Utah great and pros- VApJ perous might bo unwise tor England. VftVj Tho womlorful growth ot population BBvB and wehlth or tho United Htatea In VAK tho Inst century does not Indicate tho VApJ protective tariff to have been a fal- VaVJ lacy. In our own Cnclio valley tho VsVl Increased value of lands and growth VsVB of towns slnco tho establishment of BbAVB the sugar factories does not spell SBV tariff fallhcy for It will bo genentl'y BbAVK conceded that without the protectlvo PBBB.' tnrlff nn BURar ,lu' inetorlps wou'.u BbAVb' not havo been established here B9B9B9B9B9B9BBBBj'' |