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Show Leaving Farmers Unprotected Deprived of Their Home Market Be- cause of Free Trade Consld- eratlon for Foreigner - At this time, when the air at Washington Wash-ington Is so full of schemes by Democratic Demo-cratic statesmen to "help tho farm- ers" In tho emergency which hns tee created by the great European war, it may be in order to inqulro what has been accomplished In tho way of aid to tho agriculturists since the Democratic party camo Into power pow-er In the nation. It la all very well to talk loudly of securing foreign markets for our farm produce Uu. should we forget what has been done to deprive American farmers of mar-kcts mar-kcts at home and to permit injurious foreign rivalry? An interesting publication put forth by The American 1'rotec.tlvo Tariff League may help to answer tho question. ques-tion. This document uses no arguments. argu-ments. It simply presents tho facts In the shape of a comparison In which the schedules affecting farmers In the Payne Aldrich and tho Underwood Tariff laws are placed side by side, so the difference can bo seen at a, glance. It would be well for farmers farm-ers to glvo careful study to these figures. The Items nro too numerous numer-ous to be reproduced hero In full". But a few typical Instances may be cited as Illustrating tho spirit of the whole "revision downward," which struck with especial severity at the farmers. Hero aro somo samples, the first rnto being that under tho Republican Protective act, tho second sec-ond that fixed by tho Democrats: Animals for human food, 20 per cent; free. Rncon and hams, 4 cents per pound; free. Barley, 30 cents per bushel; 15 cents per bushel. Buckwheat, 1G cents per bushel; free. Buckwheat flour, 2S per cent; free. Butter and butter substitutes, 0 cents per pound; 2 1-2 cents per pound." JLV Cattle for human food, less than one year old $2 per head; free Cattlo one year old and over, valued not over $14, $3.75 per-head; free. Cattle Cat-tle valued over $14, 27 1-2" per cent; free. Cream G cents per gallon; free. Milk, 2 cents per gallon; freo. Eggs 5 cents per dozen; free. Fresh pork, 112 cents per pound; freo. (All meats come In freo under tho Democratic Demo-cratic tariff.) Potatoes, 2G cents per bushel; freo. llyo, 10 cents per bushel; bu-shel; free. Hyo flour, 1-2 cent per pound; freo. Wheat, 25 cents per bushel; freo. Wheat flour, 25 per cent; freo. Wool, ranging from 3 to 3 cents per pound, according to quality; all freo. These nro a few Items but they eervo to show tho general trend of Democratic Tariff legislation as at feeling tho agricultural industry. Tho effect is to favor foreign producers directly at tho expenso of tho Ainer-' lean farmers. Tho commodities mentioned aro raised by our near neighbors, who havo profited Immediately Imme-diately ana Immensely by tho "open door" to our markets whllo retaining I'roteptlvo duties on their own products, pro-ducts, other countries havo also reaped vast hencllt, particularly Cuba tl"e imports from which, under tho reclprci-lty urrangement havo tho additional ad-ditional advantage of a 20 per r.ent redurtton from tho regularly sched U'd duties. Other provisions of tho Democratic Tariff act could bo mentioned men-tioned proving tho unfairness of the way in which American farmers havo been treated by tho Democratic Tar-It Tar-It misers; hut theso will servo to, rrovo the purpose that animated tho wholo proceeding. Troy, Now York fc, Times. |