DOES PROTECTION PROTECT THE FARMER? 121 



In fact, the admissions that are made by protectionists 

 as to the continued failure of the Eastern farmers on 

 account of Western competition, are a tacit acknowledg- 

 ment of the opinion that the manufacturers of the East 

 have not come to the aid of Eastern farmers, as yet, 

 though the manufacturers have been receiving aid from 

 the farmers for a century. 

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