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The Tariff and the Farmer. 



CoNTKOL OF Supply. 



Various devices for regu- No control whatever, 

 lating supply to demand. 



Method of Sale. 



Practically a one-price sys- 

 tem, with price advanced 

 as high as the market will 

 bear. 



Every kind of price fixed 

 in each market by chance 

 and degree of competition. 



How Pkice is Held at a High Aetificial Level. 



(1) By associated effort 

 destructive to home compe- 

 tition. 



(2) By the interference of 

 the national government 

 which prevents foreign 

 competition. 



(1) No associated effort — 

 in no way held up. 



(2) No aid received from 

 the national government. 



The Position fok Associated Effokt. 



Ideal. (1) Divided into 

 hundreds of groups, with 

 competition confined to 

 those of the same group. 

 (2) The groups centrally 

 located, individuals in touch 

 with each other by the use 

 of modern facilities, and by 

 printed price-lists. 



Impossible. (1) No divi- 

 sion into non-competing 

 groups. 



(2) Completely isolated 

 from each other, and scat- 

 tered all over the nation. 



