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Show T.AKII'K ,1X11 Til 10 I WF.MEU The old familiar falsehood con-tlr.ae.; con-tlr.ae.; to be repealed, that farmers buy under h'gh tariff price", and sell in almost free trade markets." President C'oolidrie, iu li s recent Chicago address, made complete refutation re-futation of the charge that Ihe tar, ft is directed both ways to the detriment detri-ment of the farmer. The facts found in the tariff act i' self show that the lnr.e portion of thing? the farmer consumes are free from duty, and the large proportion of thing'; he sells are heavily protected. pro-tected. What do the free trade advocate? i"nnt done with Ihe tariff? Do the.' want wool to compete with free wool from abroad? Do thev want fre--. trade in fruit and dairy produpts? The President showed from the records that dutiable goods which the farmer consumes are only 12 per cent of our total imports, and farm expenditures ex-penditures are iir-roised only 1.1 per cent by these duties. The free trader would save th-. fri'.ner this 1.3 per cent of tarff and Ttiin the farmers home martlet lv rcd .i.ci; ,t farm pr;r.en and lowering standards of livrg on farms, by sub-jectin.g sub-jectin.g him to unrestricted free trade o- |