Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-10-25

doctrine Of Protection il its application
to The UAited States and to expose the
fa'lacics OF its adversaries. We can
give here only few extracts from the
report We commend the whole Of it
for careful study. especially by those
wh, may YET have any doubl Of The IN
portance Of sustaining our Projection
s. stem.
1t is printed in the Congressional
Record OF October stu.
HOME MARKET FOR FARM PRODUCTS
The comparative treatment which is
indicated by contrast between the duties
on rice and sugar, and the placing of
| beans. peas, meat, vegetables, aud
| Other Northern agricultural products
on the frea- list, does MT deter the snp-
! pDrters If this bill from making earnest
I appeals to farmers, As class fer sup.
port This appeal il based upon the
theory that a Protective Tariff can MOI
aid tue farmer Id securing better prices
or a wider market fer his products. but
that it does impose higher cost upon
every protected manuf tctured article
which he buys 1t might be an adj
vantage to an individual farmer if he
were able 10 buy the protected manu-
featured product which ha consumes,
at the prices they could b. purchased
! for in England or Germant; but if all
! the farmers should purchase their
supplies Of these articles at the lower
foreign price. relative conditions would
Change Mt once.
! Ii these goods we're all purchased
abroad the destruction of Il large por-
ton of the domestic demand for farm
products created bv the artisans and
mechanics employed in manufacturing
industries would follow, and a very
large number OF persons now engaged
in other pursuits would b. obliged 10
seek employment in agriculture. If, on
the other hand, these NJ lnuf ,ciures
should b. purchased of domestic pro-
ductrs at the lower foreign pric'. this
would involve, as we have shown,
reduction OF the earnings of operatives
aud mechanics to the foreign level. and
the consequent reduction of their ability
to purchase farm products from the
domestic supply.
An addition Of ) cents per day to the
wages OF the workipgmcu oil the coun
Try would furnish "A market within our
own territory equal III extent 10 the
value of the surplus agricultural pro-
duets now annually exported. If the
earnings oil all persons engaged in use
fut occupations ia the Unitrd States
should be reduced 10 the level Of the
earnings Of the same classes in Great
Britain. the purchasing power of our
people would be reduced more than
$4,000, 900 per au.um, or by sum
equal 10 the value OF II our agricul
tura products in 1880.
No class OF people in the United
States have an equal interest with the
farmers in The diyer,ifieitna of our in
duslres and in the development of
manufactures, for proximity To prOht-
able markets gives increased value To
labor and TO land and is prolncts.
We append 10 this report, Exhibit u,
u statement showing the production,
consumption. and expectation OF cereals
from 1910 10 1887, tor The purpose of
| indicating the relative value To farmers
Of the foreign and home markets From
tbs table 1t will &c seen that our total
annual exports ii all cereals would
bar, Il supply domestic consumption f1r
three weeks. Ii the per capita con
sumption BY our people had not been
greater in 1887 han II VAS ia 1860 our
surplus for expectation would have hcen
at least five hundred million bush l.
greater than il Was This Increase OF
consumption per capita is owing TO the
I IL s.ff Of,
people. If the acreage and production
of c, reals should remain stationary for
"A ear and a half we should then have
no surplus for expectation. The com
petitioH i'll wheat growing which has
been developed in Indla, South Amer
les, Australia, and in the British pos
sessions III North America. likely is TO
make unproii' able the production OF
This cereal for expectation by our peo-
pie. and to cause the wheat grower of
the Northwest 10 look to an enlarge
meDt Of the q rtain and rcmunerative
home market. This enlarged and
profitable market can only be secured
by increasing the number If people en-
gagged in ether than agricultural pur-
SUITS, and by furnishing TO all increased
employment without diminuiion of
wages. To cripple or manufacturing
interests and rednce the purchasing
power Of our workinomen will result
IN augmcnting the number of compeli-
tons IN the field of agrieuli ural produc-
ton; and the increased supply could,
in that event, only find a market in
Europe by enforced competition with
India ut ruinous prices. Wheat can
I t.,t.l a I
the central provinces of India Mt as low
a cost for transportation rs from Chica
90; and Indian wheat can be delivered
IN New York ut less cost for transport
| tation than from the whcat-helds of
Dakota.
1t is for the highest interests Of the
American farmer that the number of
our food consumers rather than Of food
producers should be increased, and that
the general prosperity Of all should be
secured. 1t is true that the decline in
prices OF agricultural products has been
very great, but the value of these when
| measured by the value of clothing.
flaming utensils, or other necessities of
Il farmers life. IS much greater now
than in any OF the years pre- c,eding
! 1860.
| MISLEADING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE
MILLS BILL.
These statements in regard to the
| average ad-valorem rate imposed by the
| bill, and the percentage of reduction
made by il. are misleading and dcccp-
tive The average percentage Of re-
ductlon made by the House bin in tariff
rates can be estimated by a comparison
| Of the amount which was collected with
| existing rates upon the importaions Of
| the articles named in its various sections
! in any given year, with the amount
! which would have been collected on the
! same importalions if the rates pro-
I posed bad been operative. The rates
imposed BIZ three schedules Of the ex-
isting tariff, namely. +, II, and l. TO-
bacco, wines and liquors. and siks) are
/ not reduced or changed in any manner
| by the terms Of the bill. In the other
schedules the duties ON "A large number
Of articles are lift unchanged, and
these, together with the schedules re-
ferred to, should not, of course be taken
into consideration in estimating the
percentage Of reduction of duties on
rates
The value of al the articles upon
which the rates Of duty are changed by
/ the bill, and which are alone affected