Daily Republican., 1888-06-19
Am nxaLusH woEKaAN SPEAKS.

Mr.. Hatch, chairman Of tbs AgYioui-
tural Committee OF the House, might
have made . good speech had he taken
pains to inform himself. or course 1t
10 not expected that the chairman OF
the Committee on Agriculture should
know anything moro Of agriculture
than the fact that sheep, herned cattle
and horses do mot grow on bushes.
When Mr.. Hatch said that protection
did not benefit the farmer he probably
did not know any better, vet he ought
to have known better. He ought 10
know that the low price OF the great
breadstuf staple 10 wholly due TO the
increase Of wheat production in India,
where labor receives o very small wage,
reducing the cost Of production far be.
low what It 10 or can be in this country.
This With the profit on exchange be-
tween London and India, enables the
English merchants to import and soil
India wheat much lower than we can
afford TO export. Our only grip OF the
foreign wheat market lies In the ina
bility OF the eastern growers ct preseat
to supply the market. But tho effect
ef prod uction By cheap labor has been
felt here for some years in the gradual
decline OF prices. II 10 believed that
1 ~ - ohtf y uu6ANtuu VI . lew Yt0I8
when the India whekt crop will 80
nearly supply the European demand
that prod action for export here will
nearly cease. But for the duty laid on
foreign wheat. osrgoes OF India wheat
would BIS landed hero to-day and sold
in competltion with the home product.
Beyond this wo may ssy but for the
rapid growth OF skilled industries here,
the bone market for wheat would be so
greatly restricted that the surplus
would have to be exported at loss II
exported at all
The Workingmen's Association for
Defense OF British Industry last year
sens Its secretary, MT. a, j. Psstider,
TO this country to study the condition
OF our wofkingmen under projection.
In March last Mr. Pe'tifier wrote TO the
tearetary Of the Home Market Club, OF
Bridgeport, Connecticut, his Views and
conclusions. He says that he came to
tae conclusion shat any person who
hss 10 earn q living In America a. q
producer must frst become oraEy before
hs becomes free.rader, and the farmer
M ust be the craziest of the whole lot to
think OF suoh thing" Again, writes
Mr.. Pettifsr, eff 1t is your surplus
revenue that is causing the trouble,
seun " 10 some freetFade country. You
never knew one of that kind TO have q
/ surplus"
Had Mr.. Hatch called In some such
witness instsad Of deivinR for decA ..
ed bones In revenue tariff graveyard,
he would have saved the pitiful exhibit
he made of his want OF knowledge in
bis speeches. With q daty of hfteeu
cents bushel imposed on imported DO.
t'toes. the foreign producer cRn lay
down his crop on one OF our whsrves
cheaper than we can produce potatoes
aud tell them In the bin. And he can
do this because we pay 100 per cent.
gre Ater wages for farm labor than is
paid In most EuropeSn countries. The
farmers IRE already asking nm increase
OF duty on root crops, and they ought
to succeed. Every interest should be
protected. Whether o man rAisee pota-
toss or makes silk GOODS, he 10 entitled
70 defense againss cheap labor, and
without protective duties such defense
cannot be had