Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1890 — Protectionist Advice. [ARTICLE]

Protectionist Advice.

The American Economist, the organ of the Chinese Wall tariffites, insists that “farmers should as far as possible diversify their products and develop their raw material into more perfect forms.” In illustration it shows that a bushel of corn delivered at the seaboard is wo r th only 50 cents, whereas if it is converted into 124 pounds of pork it will be worth $1,25 or into*.23 pounds of starch it will bring $1,38 or into four gallons of whiskey it will realize $6. The Cleveland .Plaindealer says that the lesson of this statement by the Ameri: an Economist is that instead of shipping 50 cents worth of corn to the seaboard farmers should coi vert it into $6 worth of whiskey. Then, we suppose, the home market theory will come into play, and to carry it to its logical conclusion the farmer will get drunk on his own whiskey and so forget the mortgage on his’eornfield. ‘ Go to C. A. Roberts for a fine line of buggies, carts and spring wagons.