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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
October
Year
1890
Copyright
Public Domain
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Paul G. Mehlin. IS THE TAK1FF A TAX. Well, Tes ; it Taxcs Foreiguers for the Privilege of Selllng Their (Joods in Ou r Markets. (From a peech In the Canadlan Parllaraent by sir Jiihn A. Macdonald, Premier.) Suppose the man has 100 acres o the Caaadian side of tlie line and 100 acres of land on the American side of the line. Suppose he growa 1,000 busbels of barley on eacli of li is farms. He takes his 1.000 American busliels to the American inarket and gets $1 a bushei for it. He takes li is 1,000 bushels of Canadian barley to American market and gets but 85 cents per bu3hel,because he has to pay 15 cents duty for taking it across the line. How can it, in tuis case, be said that the consume r pays the duty ? It comes out of the pockets of the Canadian farmers. Paul Q. Mehlln. Crofutt's Overland Gulde to the West. Oofutt's Overland Guide, just ssued, írraphically describes every point on the Union Pacific, ''The Overland Route," between the Missouri River and the Pacific Coast. Persons shou'.d not start West without a copy of this guide in their possession. It furnishes in one volume a complete guide to the country traversed by the Union Pacific System and cannot fail to bc the greatest aseistance to the traveler. It is for sale on trains on the Union Pacific, or by enclosinjr $1.00 to the undersigned, a copy will be mailed to any address in the United States. E. L. Lom.w. Geul. Pass. Agent U. P. Ry., Omaha, Neb.

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Ann Arbor Courier