Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09


bushsls of whsai, THAI y. Ne gsfalths largest
wheat producing eountry 10 he world In the
sane year canada produced s. Ooao00 bushels
And yet re, producing 456. 00oQp bushelss are
afraid of caaada with her fiillls s6.000.00o
hushsls- II yoa taxa cut q lhe Canadian
product onenintk, OF 1000 600 hubhels. for seed,
that leaves Canada oniy sz.0ooop0 bashelz to
feed her own people and for ssTert. And jet
gentlemsn tall the farmers Of ne United States
that they are protested beeauss 90 levy duty
| Of 70 cents per hnshel On wheat Gentlemeu,
you do not dsesive anybddy By that
wheat was exported from ths gnited States
10 Canada. heard the Hons Frank Hnrd st
l Trenton, N. J., on the 27th Of January 1857
make the statement am about 70 read, and the
gentlsman from Massachusetts (Ar- BarnetE
heard It, too. Mr.. Hurd said:
81 remember the time when this country
shipped millions a bushels OF grain snnualiy
to Canada. A number Of our hrms In Toledo,
Ohio grew rich out Of the trade with Canada
| under the reciprocity treaty. Nov Canada has
/ specific duty Of % cents on your wheat syoW-
edly for the purpose Of rssaiiation-
Now gentlemen talk about the price OF wheat
and We have heard . great deal on that subject
The gentleman froni PennsylyHnia (Nr- Sceta
gave an illustration the other day that-Ought 70
| be an answer to every gentleman upon the other
| side on this question Of the price Of wheat.
The value Of wheat Is hked In the
n
Of every bushei Of wheat or grain in
Canada, In Kansas, in New York. in hassachn.
setts, or in any state 10 fxed By the markets OF
the world, plus the cost of the trsnsportatIou
that Is necessary 10 take it to the center OF trade
The price Of wheat in canada ia controlled hy
its quality or grade and the Locality at which II
il offered for sale just ~ ii Is in this country
Mr.. Morgan-And the center OF tradeis where
the surplus goes.
Mr.. Hatch-Thers il vhers the surplus goes
The gentleman from Miehigan CIR. BuTrows),
in the very eloquent aud classical speech that
he made few days ago stated thar only about
10 per cent. of the products OF the farmers OF
this country were exported Yes; We do not
export much OF the peas and straw
berries and ssgoobern peas and all that;
bat why II not the gentleman candid and frank
enough in his statement 10 say 10 the house and
to the country what proportion OF the great
carsal crops ara exportedf
4 Mr.. Chairman, threeteuths Of all the wheat
keravR in this country il expsrted. Between
1876 and 1880 enethird Of ths entire crop Was
exported. q little over enehah OF the tobseeo
crop ia exported and shout ssventsnths Of the
| entire cotton crop. OF all meat products from
per cent. TO 10 per eent. and OF pork products
| alone 10 per cent. is the average for the LAST
twenty-five wears, and within that time it has
reached n total export OF 20 per cent We have
exported in one year the product of seyen mill
ions of hogs. As
/. Inere are o RoOu many Things IN tnAt tAAte
that were never raised for export; they sre
strietfy for home consumption in the immediate
family that raises them. A very amalt portion
OF perishable vegetables and fruita 60 abroad.
But ths point want to emphasize right here i
this that the farmers Of Missouri and the AissIs-
! siPpi valley have the price of their great prod
ucta fixed by what that surplus brings in the
market of the world. Liverpool Gxes the prizes
! Of wheat for the world, and il amHses me to fnd
gentlemen upon the other side, GlInest with tear
in their eyes, pleading fare pfotectiOH freu
pauper labor OF Europe in hehnH Of their rieh
manufacturers. Have you ever Saeard one o.
them say q word about the cpapPsr labor O.
Europe as It affects the agricultural classes o.
this country?
Mr.. Biggs-Not one.
II Mr.. Hatch-Not one, says my friend from
! California. know it: not o9e, Not one word
is uttered or one thought givep ID behalf Of ths
! great masses Of our people who are the bulk o.
the laborers of this country, the agricultural
masses Of our community. And what sort o.
: | competition do they have to meetf Mr.. CHAIR
: | man, here is q table embodied inEa crop report
; No As, Of the department of agriculture, and
,, ON page $50 find atabuIated fisf Of the wages
Of agricultural laborers IN soms Of the counfrfe
producing wheat. Listen t6sft Indias tha
i produced in 1887 25g. 900 600 hubhels Of whea
TO throw upon the markets of the world, in 1888
paid for wages (reduced to dollars and cents il
our currencs) S238 month and In 1854 1t wa
iust 81 month.
am sorry the gentleman from Michigan CIR
Burrowsl is not in his seat. 1 think the clima,
. Of absurdity was reached in that gentiemsn'
: remarks vhen he sald the wooleH Industries o
! the United Statea-and I want to quote hi
7 exact words as I find them ON page eleven Of ii
! printed speech. He says: "The great wool
. growing interest Of the country, 9 matter o
!. prime interest to all civilized people, only il
! the infancy Of its development"
The wool industry Of the United States enl
y In the infancy of Ia Development We hax
8 heard . good deal Of ''infant industries," hU
{ this is carving it further than thought gen
. tleman would have the temerity to do on thi
floor. have not tims to go into all that ha
|. intended TO say upon this wool question; but q
I q representative Of the western farmer, wool
Z grower myself to about the same extent a. prek
. ably an average Of SO farmers out OF 100 in th
Mississippi valley, I declare that the farmers Q
theMississippi valley today, sfmest unanimously
it reduction upoa the manufactured wO0len good
. Of the country. Give rs . reduction Of manr
!. factured WOODEN goods; give us i
Y to sell our products and the America
: farmer will undertake., wherever IL ca
2 be proftably done, to grow vaol N eompetitio
3 With any ether country in the verld- ExeeE
= upon the plains Of ths territories and states
y the far west the growing Of wool o. matter {
9 profit il not an indastryi II Il simply an inc
= dent upon the farms.
Y The farmers in the Mississippi valley kee
70 small focks Of sheep for their value in the ma
at ket a mutton, and the wool erep is simply =
g incident e that industry.
= IN support Of these positions I will appea
= two articles from the Chicago Tribune Of recess
i date, carefully prepared. ably uritteA e.
ae strengthsasd by 1nqasstaned fasta and figures
= suTTRR EAMURB OF THK MGHwOOL TARIFF
u aThe chief reduction effected By the Mills bi
Is ii, putting wool On the free List. No 9th.
hs single item Of the BILL save that sugar. veal
= Head TO reduction Of over 81 600 600 Of reyenu
while the free listing Of wool viii Of itself al
n down the surplus revenues over 81, 600 600 an
q lead to the chsapenfng Of clothing more tbs
q one hundred millions year. Pree wool. ther
T fore, must be considered the distinctive feafu
" ofthe biiI and the ultra protectisnists whoha,
3. Ernade this provision OF the measure the
"A strongest attack should be encouraged To- ca
= tinue ths light on the ground of their own choo
~ ing.
:. aNo tariff ID more unjustifshIe than that I
Ii raw woel, and the pretenae that the leyy ops
n atea to protect and benefit farmers ia airaad
i dispfoved by incoatrovertibis facts. Eagerl
he seeking to make handle Of the Kool tariff, B
~ xen. S.ntaoaN AafsAHaskHa q