HOW 



WESTERN FARMERS 



ARE 



Benefited by Protection. 



DAVID H. \MASON 



TARIFF EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN. 



COMPILED FROM EDITORIAL ARTICLES WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE 

 INTER-OCEAN DURING 1874 AND 1875. 



He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searchethhim. 

 -Proverbs, xviii. 17. 



Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good. First Thessalonians, v. 21. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 



CHICAGO : 



No. 460 WEST RANDOLPH STREET. 

 1875- 



