San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-13
PROJECT THE FARMERS.

The time ia rapidly approaching. II Il
be not already fully come, in which the
American farmer will need protection
against the wheat growers Of India rs
imperativcly rs any manufacturing in
dustry Of this country needs protection
against foreign ptuper labor. Year by
wear a steady entertainment has been
made upon our foreign market until,
from the report Of The Agricultural de-
partmcnt, il appears that the India
wheat grower can lay down his wheat
in New York Mt u cost considerably be-
low that ut which the harvest Of our
great northwest can be laid down upon
our own eastern sea board The pros
poet, to say the least, Is not over en-
cOuraging The efforts OF spectators
in years past forced the prices Of wheat
to such high pitch that England was
driven from our markets and forced TO
make provision for her grain supply
ell ewhere. For some years this supply
was very largely drawn from Odessa, on
the Black sea. The attention Of the In
dian viceroy wSs finally directed to the
fertile valleys and plains Of northwest
India, and the culture of wheat was en-
couraged. Year by year the yield hiss
increased, until now India has hundreds
Of thousands Of square miles Of her up
per provinces under successful wheat
culture, and is supplying the Liverpool
grain dealers Mt a rate that deiies Amer
lean competition. The only question is,
OF the extent of the supply. This wheat
region, of Dude and the northwest prov
inces, comprises about 75,OOOOOO acres,
capable, under good agricultural appIi-
ances, of producing from l5OOODO,OOO TO
| !. jOO,00O,O 900 bushels every year. The
cost of producing this wheat
and laying it down in the Delhi market
il nearly $500 per quarter, OF eight
bushels, less than American wheat can
be bought for in the Chicago market to-
day. The transportation rates from
| Delhi to Liverpool are about $500 per
| quarter. Rail and ocean freights from
| Chicago to Liverpool, about Sl.95 per
quarter. Cost of India wheat at Liver
pool is about $500 per quarter. OF
| American wheat about $1,000 per quar-
ter Deducting the ocean freight from
| New York to Liverpool on American
wheat and adding it to the charges on
India wheat, we find that the Indian
wheat can be laid down in New York
at about 30 cents per quarter cheaper
| than American wheat grown in our
western grain fields car be laid down
| there. As the arts and industries Of In
dia improve, and agricultural lmple-
ments of improved patterns are intro
duced, the balances will grow steadily
in favor Of the India product. There
would seem from this presentation Of
| the case to be no refuge from the newt
able, for our American agriculturisrs.
| bat that protection against which our
democratic friends kick SO nightly in
the prOfessed interests Of the farmer.
| Within the past two years the sentiment
OF the farmers of America has changed
on this subject very materially. The
inaliRatiOn among them towards protec-
ton grows stronger year by year; and.
| as there is no class Of our citizens more
ready to consult their own interests, it
may be accepted rs fact that the day
has passed in which the farmers Of this
country can be counted among the sup
porters OF free trade.
LOOK through the LIGHT columns for
the names Of the candidates. They are
many and varied. As to political com
peXiOn YOU will find them OF all shades,
from the dyed in the wool democrat 10
the of color republican. Outside OF the
state ticket there is not Il republican
candidate before the people Of BeXar
county.
SAVERS delivered his lecture on the
Blair educational bill at the courthouse
last night and also said that the public
debt must be reduced. In this matter
he was wise. But his reference to the
wool matter was not SO fortunate, for
his few hearers had memories and his
promises NJ two years since on wool
matters did not materialiZa. Joe, how
ever, is safe for two years more, and he
| knows it.
GALVESTON has been struck again By Il
furious gale and the waves are beating
against the sand bar city with terrible
force, right in the teeth OF the Rorther.
The water is washing over the docks on
the bay side and pounding the vessels
with destructive force. Barges laden
with cotton are submerged and the cot
ton will be ruined. Galveston will need
a sea wall around her to keep her from
those periodical storms which seem to
delight in raising cain all along the coast
in general and around the Island City In
particular. New Orleans and the whole
Mississippi coast have felt the effect, of
the gale, also, which there comes prin-
cipally from the east and is accompanied
by binding, driving rain. Little damage
has been done in the Crescent City, but
the marshes in the rear Of town are all
overlooked. Lake POnChartra in Is filled
with water from the gulf; the Lake and
Shell roads are both under water. Mieul-
burg and Spanish Fort are both flooded.
The water is q foot deep on the railroad
track at Shellsburg and the people are