The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-12
TAGGING AND IWlNE.



Jute bagging and iron ties are
essential 10 the proper and economical
marketing Of cotton. the staple crop 81
the South.
Twin. Is just as essential 70 the
proper harvesting OF wheat. the staple
cropof the Northwest.
The protective tariff on bagsing Is
"a per cent; on Irvine II Is 40 per
cent.
BY tho Mills bill bagging was placed
on the free list. and the duty on twine
was reduced 10 p per cent
When this question came before The
people the coiton-panters voted 70
sustain the Mills bill. but the wheat
farmers Of the Northwest We're 50
afraid OF the southern brigadicrs'
that they could not trust them even 70
reduce taxes. and 50 the Mills bill
failed. and the farmers North and
South were handed over. body and
brooches. one 70 the twinc trust ana
one to the bagging trust.
| Last autumn the bagging trust
robbed .'undcr the forms Of Inv the
\ Southern cotton planters Of about
/ $1,000. 900. and they are preparing TO
4 repeat the game when the cotioE-pick-
| ing begins.
\ The Irvine trust" Is now getting
ready for its harvest. IL has not only
secured control Of the twine product
but also OF the raw materials from
which il i made This raw material
hemp is now taxed S2j a ton; the
..rcbcl brigadicrs" proposed 70 put i
on the free list but the plutocrats de-
feated this proposition. and now nc
relief is possible.
We do not think the trust will bs
able To put the price up 70 p cents fo'
such an advance would lead TO heav,
importaiions. and. AZ with copper. de
feat the purpose Of the combine stil
tie fact remains that under the protec
ton Of the tariff monopoly has beef
established and the Western farmer
must pay the piper. Tbs following dis
patch from Minneapolis is worth re
producing:
SLOWLY nus euFctN tHr uiH''H~ y" ~ 49,
tightening its coils about the farmer. AircAu
The eject OF il is seen here IN Minneapolis
where most OF the Irvine in stock has nee
bought IN Tor the trust. and now lies IN MI
neapolis warehouse and where the price ia
already advanced materially. An agent OF "
Dakota Farmers Alliance, which last yer
pourh, lis Irvine direct from the factories. VI
sent East to contract for this year supply u
discovered that the whole output h1u rec
bought UP BY the trust. Further be disco
e-ed that the Nv ne which last year could
bought for ne cents pound would co
twenty iive cents this year. The only remas
ing plan left the farmers l. 20 boycott the iris
, ana this they seem inclined 20 do. Minnca
oils tw me dealers are IN the same nix a. y
: the farmers About two months ago your
man. dressed as frontier farmer. came re
And bought Up an the fwine ~ the hands ~ Z
dealers II was discovered 100 late that
: WAS an agent OF the trust hut the twine y
: been soli. The local dealers nre now kisklt
7, while TIE twinc. nye hundred thousand ia
OFT. - packed away. II the farmers get
!. Irvine il IS likely 70 have bad eject upon
! wheat crop. as that can not De harvested ~
good cond ton without the use 81 Nv ne
! This il one result Of the defeat OF
: Mills bill and Of the election Of y
4 Harrison: the strike mt Fall River
q another: the Reading failure Is
= other. For four years longer the ~
: pie must bear the burdens OF viii
: the Mills bill proposed to relieve the
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