New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-08

ury this afternoon accepted el1so0 Of bonds as fol-
lows: Coupons, four. 5000 at 1ae I-2: 1000 at
1873 49, $500 at 126. Fours registered, 81 900 at
lee Ia four and halls registered $1,000 a. lo' "a
FARMERS AND THE DARK-LANTERN' BILL
DAILY GRfsT OF PETITIONS AGAINST IT-KAN-
sAs AND TEXAS INTERESTS COMPARED.
WASHINGTON, May fspeciaD.--Not day now
passes when the House Is In session that pettonse
are not received from farmers in different parts of the
country protesting against the Dark Lantern bill,
and praying that the duties certain agricultural
products be increased. April II, for example. petit
lions that sort presented from farmers In Penn
sylvanla New-York, Maryland and Massachusetts.
April IS such p,ttions were presented fror Wis
cousin, Vermont Ncw-Hampshire and New-York.
April IL petitions found their way into the petition
box Of the House farmers in the States Of Alabama
New York Ohio Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, Vermont,
Indiana, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania
General Ice, who presented the petition from Fair
fax County Virginia, wrote the back Of the paper
that he did by request" In the last three days
twenty-one petitions received from twelve diff
fer.nt States These petitions and all others re
latng TO the tariff sent TO the Ways and Means
Committee, the free trade Democratic majority OF
which has formally voted TO disregard them. But
the same men will declare in their speeches as
Premier Mills did in his Speech that the farmers
demand such legislation his bill proposes
The bill reduces the duties number Of agr-
cultural products and transfers others from the dut
ablo list the free list. That Is the Democratic
answer TO the farmers petitions. Mr.. Perkins, OF
Kansas represents Of the largest agricultural dis
tricts in the United States, district which cast 36716
votes In the Congressional election against 4e1
votes in the district represented by Premier Mills
According to the latest Official statistics the total
value of farms including buildings and fences in Mr.
Perkins's district was S27 1856 ,053, against total
Of S23O08, 904 In Mr.. Mis's district The total
value Of 1--we stock the former district was 81 4ses24
against 1892 in the latter district, and the total
value Of farm products se7 In the former and
81 in the latter II will be noted that there Is
more than OoO difference In the value Of farms
and buildings and only 1855 difference in the total
value OF agricultural products but the figures prove
that Mr. Perknss constituents have little more stake
In tariff legislation than have the farmers who are
represented in Congress by the Sage OF Corsicana
Comparing the States OF Kansas and Texas in the same
manner, finds that the total value OF farms and
buildings S235179, o36 In the former and $11o,
46e586 in the latter the total value OF live stock In
Kansas 907 149, and In Texas $50 3o7 os7 the
total vaIue OF farm products In Kansas
$50 24O 361, and in Texas seo.2o4329;
Now Mr. Perkins favors the protective system and
Is opposed to the Mills BILL and he is supported In that
attitude by large majority Of the people In his dis
he quoted several passages from President Cleveands
free-trade message Including this sentences Those who
buy imports pay the duty charged thereon into tho
Dnblc treasury but the great majority of our citizens
who buy domestic articles OF the same class pay sum
approximately equal to this duty to the homo manufact
urer.s
Mr. Perkins, taking tho President at his word
submitted statistics OF agricultural products subject
to duty and showed that II the lattcrs theory Is
true tho farmers OF the country derive benefit sup
posed profts"-amountng TO the pretty sum OF
81 EOS 954 1874 per annum for such duties.
Among the letters received by Mr. Perkins from
farmers in his district in opposition to the Dark
Lantern" bill Is one from ". II. Harper, OF Mound
Valley, which reads as follows:
My Dear Sir; What will the Democrats and
Mugwumps do with the tariff this session OF Con-
CREST As you know, am farmer and quite an
old man and have lived in this country a good
many years when we had Democracy and free trade,
and know what they are. In those days drew
tance of furty-fve miles, and sold 1t for 33 cents
bushe and took calico at 30 cents yard, and very
common brown sugar at IA cents pound; and, as
is generally known there is much sand In Vncennes
and the merchants were troubled with optical de-
usons and could not tell the difference between COM
mon brown sugar and yellow sand. and as result,
when would get homo we would ma our sugar
hadIv mixed with sand Remembering ali this. say,
as an old farmer may the good Lord deliver US nom
Democracy and free trade