The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-08-09
The Potato Crop of Maine.


!..M !! M!.s !.!t ,FE!t gI.H ~ .tMptHAII"
il'isI AMOS.
Farmers Will io we'll, when invited 10 sup
| PORT that Democratic party which has been
pushing toward free trade articles duriu. the
| past monfh~. TO con-jsier the effect which the
| removal ~ our ttr;l POTATOES Wouli have
| on them. Last NGal : report shows that Maine
produced III 50 ti,ll .0lo bu- hr> of these Npg,
| tables. an aliOnut greater Than all the wheat.
ry,, Indian corn. oats aud barley produced
he"r ,luriGG the same season.. ~ On@ will
| pretend thai the money received fox lLi> crop
was cNorbilant. the general opinion being that
| tie average price. - per h,s>hai. is cutie as
| small a> our farmers should he offered. But
| in spite OF the tariff lar.e importations of po-
tatoc> were made from the provinces and else
| where during the past year, showing that these
| foreigners can raise their crops, ship them to
| this country. pay the duty of fifteen cents per
| bu>hcl imposed by our customs. and then pro-
| ltably compete with the home product. Now
remove this duty Of fifteen cents per bushcl
which Nova Scotia farmers are obliged to pay
| right out Of their pockets Oh all potatoes sent
into thl> country, and il is plain that instead of
the average price hcirg - cents per bu>hcl it
| can be Just II cent> lower, or 70 cent>. without
affecting tho net receipts OF these rival produc
er~ in the least.
There is no chance for misunderstanding
this matter. The effect ot ih> tariff i to ill.,
crease the receipts of the rarmel of this crop
- cents for every sixty pounds of potatoes he
puts on the market. and in lSSt this increase
amounted to the tidy sum of S91,,1o0. The
question which every tartncr should ask him.
self when going to the polls this fall is Wheh-
cr he wants the price of his main crop reduced
fifteen cents per hu>hel. If hc can afford the
loss Of one-quarter of his income from this
course he may Vote for Cleveland and Mills.
Bath Times.
An English vessel is to ,lred.e ont New York
iIarbor Under contract with the Cleveland al
| mn>tration.
Advice> received about i!c fire. in Port ;u
Prince. lIayt say that the loss Of the i,h inst.
was $3,O00,oo1.
Major General Mar>ena E. Patrick. governor
of the central branch OF the National Soldiers
Home, is dead
A girl in Bridgeport. Come tried to kindIe
fire by pouring oil on it out of Il can aud was
burned to death.
Two murders We're committed by masked
men in Ireland. sunday, two farmers being
shot while at work.
Reports from the \rctic and Japan Sea Whal-
ing fleets up TO june 10, are that each had Sc
cured onv Y five whales.
In Il typeWriting match at Cincinnati the win
ner wrote 500 words in 30 minutes. an aver
age of over 9i words per minute.
The Chinese are said to be iiocking into this
country across the border from British Colum-
bia after being landed at Vancouver.
thousand miners. employed in the coal
mines at st. Etienne. France. have struck, and
| it is expected that the strike will spread.
The men who robbed the express Office at
Portland, Oregon. of $4,000 have been arrest
ed. They were both employees of the company.
| The significance of the recent meeting of the
| two Emperors is declared to be this-both
monarchs desire that universal peace may
reign.
| 1t is stated that the Canadian Pacific will buy
| the New Brunswick Southern railway, thus
shortening the distance from st. IIyacinthc to
! st. John.