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Show CONSIDER THE PRODUCER FIRST. bother trade be good or bad, the radical difference between free trade and tariff reform remains the same namely, that while the former is conceived con-ceived mainly in the interest of the consumer, the latter Is conceived mainly In the interest of the producer. No thinking man requires proof that the producer is of greater Importance Im-portance than the consumer, hut for the benefit of free traders it may be explained that the consumer, as such, is of no value to the country, but the reverse, since he or she is only another an-other month to feed. On the other hand, the producers, who Include, directly di-rectly or indirectly, even working-man working-man in the country, not only maintain main-tain the consumers but thev and the alone, have created and can Increase In-crease the countr's wealth, and cou-st cou-st quently each one's share of that wealth. The producer, in short, is all important If it be well with him It will be well with the consumers and with the country as a whole That is the principle which has been grasped and acted upon in every ev-ery other clvillted country, and It Is the principle which, sooner or later, must be accepted and acted upou here If we wish to maintain our place among the great industrial nations Ceorge M Giles in I ondon Standard. |