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Show I- ai nw i s n, The Tm-il'i f'otnnieiit i,,r ,,,, ,cnefilH the ; r.-i r m i r receives from a reasonalil" tariff. Secretary of AKririilluiv .lard ' i lie l-ect-n I Iv said. j 'It would In' ill the hichest decree iinwlie fin- farmers to laiiMch an at-tail; at-tail; on I he tariff withoui carefully ! I'll isiilcri n u the possibility tlial in the tiear future they may need it tnoiv than any other economic group in tlie country. I ant obliged (0 dlsMcnt slroiijjiy from tln doclrne that the tariff la of no benefit ( the farnicr at the pr cut tine'; and I am Htill more strongly convinced that the relative re-lative advanta-e of tariff production will Nwinq defiiiliclv lo the side of :i rif-ii 1 1 lire, as I he dependence of niir farmers on foreign markets grows less and that of ivir industrialists becomes greater. "What wo should seek 111 dealln:; with the tar.'ff on n gricult ural pno-ducla pno-ducla .s to insure the home market, so far as ios.iible. lo the American farmer. lie should have effective prolecllon ai:alnsl foreign competition. competi-tion. Among the chief reasons why tin' I'niled Stales Is better off than foreign countries are that labor Is here paid well and that there ls little ii nom ploy menl . This l.s of direct benefit ben-efit to tigrlcnll lire. lOven n very Utile reduction In food coiihu nipt ion i per capita, which would come from lowered wages or unemployment, would speedily pile up bigger surplus of farm products than have oppressed ngrlciil I u re in recent yenr.s. |