The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-10-12
ANSWERING A"oLoBE" CONuN-
DRUM.


Southern interests at the expense Of
Northern interests. In what particular
does il do this? Mr.. Dunnell should ex-
plain.
For fear Mr.. Dunnell in the hurry of
his campaign work will overlook this
tritling matter, perhaps it would be we'll
for us to undertake the enlightenment
of the Globe. In the first place, no one
can successfully deny that 1t is the man
uiacturers against whom most Of the as
saults Of the Democratic tariff reformers
are made. President Cleveland set the
fashion in bis celebrated message, and
every small-calibre Democratic editor
and orator has taken up the tune of de-
nunciation of the "monopolistic manu-
facturer." This being the case, if it can
be shown that the manufacturing inter-
ests of the North are far greater than
the South it will plainly show that the
efforts of Mills and the other tariff re-
formers are more directed at Northern
than Southern interests. We therefore
call the Globes attention to the following
statements, based upon the figures of
the last national census:
The products of manufactures in the
State of Ohio in 1880 amounted to $685.
305. 800, while the value of the products
of all the manufactures OF the late Con-
federate States, namely, Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, was, in
the same year, only $240, 544, 295.
If We were to compare the great man
ufacturing States of Pennsylvania. New
York. New Jersey, and New England
with the South the contrast would be
more apparent. For example, the prod
ucts of manufactures in the State of Mas.
sachusetts in the year 1880 was 1851 ,5l1 ;.
4S4, while the products of all the manu-
features of the sixteen Southern States
was in the same year only $631 ,40l ,105
The value of the products of the man
ufactures of North Carolina in 1880 wal
only 20,0S4, 237. The value of manufac
tured products of New York and New
Jersey in 1880 was 81 1886, 012, 1882, beini
more than double the value of the prod
ucts of manufactures of the sixteeI
Southern States. These comparison
should be sufficient to show that any leg
islation which has as its immediate ain
the destruction of manufacturing, woul'
| be much more detrimental to Northern
than to Southern States. 1t should b.
mentioned here that in several Southern
States, notably Alabama, Georgia an,
Kentucky, since 1880 there has been
considerable increase in manufactures
But it should also be borne In mind tina
in those cities where such industries ar
being started, Chattanooga, Birmingham
Atlanta, etc., the sentiment for a proteC
tive tariff is very strong-indeed, the Re
publican party predominates, 80 tn
Globe can not obtain any prestige for ii
reform" theory from those facts.
But the Globe says Texas growsa lot {
wool, Just as does several Norther
States, and it reasons that the removs
of the protection afforded farmers wi
be as hard on the Southern as upon tn
Northern competitor. Not 80. In 1SS
the area of farms in the late Confederat
States was 179, 554, 1865 acres, of the az
gregate value of 81 ,229, 95S 1924, while tn
entire area of farms in Ohio was onl
"a, 529, 226 acres, and the aggregate valu
thereof was 81, l27 ,497 1853, only $102, 461
271, less than the value of all the farm
in the late Confederate States; an acr
of farm land in Ohio being equal in va
ne to about eight in the late Confederat
States.
The area of farms in Indiana and Ker
lucky were about equal, the former cor
tanning 20,656, 259 acres and the latte
81 ,941 ,974 acres. The value of the Ian
in Indiana was more than double that {
Kentucky, the former being $685., 236, i'll
and the latter $299, 29S, 63l.
Thus it is plain that the Norther
farmer has much more to lose by re
duction of tariff on farm products tina
the Southern. Besides, there are som
other matters right here that should b
explained. In Texas the farmer grow
his wool upon land worth but about
per acre, and the product is of the poor
est and cheapest quality-one whic
does not come into competition with fol
eign wool at all. In Ohio, grazing land
are worth from $50 to $75 per acre, an
the wool grown there is of the BET
grade, that whichls directly intereste
in being protected from competitio
with the fine foreign wool. This wi
show how the reduction in the wool tai
if' is directly aimed at the interests Q
the Northern farmer.
But does the Globe not know that upo
sugar the Mills bill retains duty of G
per cent. and upon rice of 100 per cent
Will it point out two products of North
ern farms or manufacturers that are 8
well cared for? These two items alon
show that the Mills bill is directly intend
ed to protect the Southerner, Will
the interests of the North are throw
open to the assaults of the foreigner.
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