The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-26
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Too late To get legisiatively into the
Senate tariff bill, the farmers and
stock-raisers Of Chittenden county,
Vermont, members of both the great
political parties, recently petitioned
congress for more etiectual protection
of American agriculture against for
eign. and particularly Canadian, com
petition. Their plea is in behalf OF
the farmers Of al the United States,
who. they say, rallied in the last
presidential election manning the POI
Iisical earthworks and rifle pits and
successfully defending the home mar
ket against domestic and foreign as
saaita
In behalf of the agricultural inter
est, these Versnonters claim that the
farmers of the United States are album.
dainty able 10 produce all the iood
and materials for textile fabrics con-
sumed by their eountryfnen; thas the
independence of the nation and its
economical well-heing make 1t the
pse-eninent duty of congress 10 tnors
enghly protect American agriculture
against both the frauds and the en-
croachments of speculative foreign i'm
porters Of the products of foreign soil.
They declare that the protectios, given
10 them By the tariff of 1ss3 has been
Inadequate hy reason OF the great diff
ference in farm wages here and
abroad hy REASON of the insutficienry
d the duties on farm products mn
posed BY that tariff, and the numerous
gaps therein from oversight III It's
framing, from errors in revision and
ffem hostile Interpretation by the
treasury department. In earnest
words, that will doubtless have echo
IN the next congress. they declare that
Important farm products are undersold
IN many of our cities BY the products
osfereign labor; that onions from Spain
md Egypt are emptied by the cargo
INTO eur markets rs far west as Chi
eago, that tobacco raised by coolies IN
enmatra. and imported fraudulentiy.
srssens the due reward of American
'ohseec farming; that wool clipped hy
ssves, by conyietS, and by human
creatures scarcely less degraded. from
sheer hersscd without cest on untaxed
and, IN perpetual summer, IN itocks
fas OF thousands. absolutely kills
sooi growing by American farmers,
NO sends their sheep TO the slaughter
" millions. that potatoes and cab
eages IN great cargoes from foreign
hssds worked hy women and children
eonle here as ballast in British trainp
'eamers, as also come hy ship loads
aned eggs from Holland, cattle from
.sxieo, snd harley from Canada.
Against the extensive fraudulent ina
oriaiioa OF horses and cattle on the
Saag pretense that they are for
eFeeding purpose" only, these farm
e aagriiy ask effective protection.
Ana otherwise specifically. thew de-
aand duty OF N cents a bashel on
saney. proportional increase on
Aass. = cents huShel on potatoes
- onions, two dollars a hundred on
,seoAgv, three dollars a ton on hav,
ssh's pound on hops. % per cent.
" ~ eeahs and peas. FIVE cents dssen
- ssgss 20 per cent. on fowls and
sss' 70 per cent. on vegetables in
natural state or in salt or brine.
a.. Asso demand such an increase Of
on imported fax ana linen
49, As VIII essectuallv encourage in
-. oantry the growth and prepare.
- % max fiber and the manufacture
W linen. = '''s
separate paragraphs these Yer
- = sarners demand tsse restoration
ne protection given 70 Anerscan
s.s. growing by the tariff of iss7. with
nsrns amendment u meet the
-. feeen, forms OF foreign corlnets-
srs Hnderyalustson. and tricky
n 1sn also 10 repeal al the Internal
~ ~ tobacco. and n prevent inn
h M foreign leaf tobacco suitable
osh..1 aprers, AZ any duty imposed en-
Leaf tobacco.
n. ss1ese Vermont aericasturists after
- Tssslng of their fellows throughout
4 nited States II is manifest that
No. could have their way. the inn
oh OF CREST ship loads OF Fgyp-