The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-08

-Four" so called i'll Chicago, exert u much
cattlo aud hogs thnn I'LL Europe combined. Tho
products OF tho farms of Iowa last year, ac-
cordiug to the best estimates made, reached in
value tho enormous sum OF s3cI 600, O1u; of this
ca, imHLc wheat amounted to Id, u0D, UuJ, or about
4 per cent. of tho total. All these products eX-
cept wheat, ahouS which there may he n %diarute,
are sold AT u price tixad exclusively by The home
market as distinguished from the foreign mar
ket. We have ceased to te ~ wheat producing
state. Two-thirds of The counties i'll this state
do not produce Wheat enough 10 supply their
population with breal and seed for tho crop to
be planted the next yenr. There nre duties upon
wheat, barley. oats, hay, fiaxsecd, potatoes and
tali, and yet We imported from Cunntlu II mil
lion dollars in value lust yenr. With u duty on
hops OF eight cents u pound we imported in
1883 S3,5OU,OJ0 i'll vnlue, large :mporlutions OF
barley. potatoes, etc., I'LL from the Dominion of
Canada
Here, OH the north of us is a grent agricultural
region, bordering for 1000 miles. havirg to u
considerable extent the same production and n
kindred soil, with II population of 5000 OD seek
ing IL contiguous, unimpsded market of IS, 100,
,No, with lands now worth but little more than
hnlf of ours. and TO he made equal 10 ours in
vnilc, il this policy should prevail, and vet this
is tho policy of the Democratic party in this
State. You ask, what Is il that fixes he price of
these farm products l hive described. L answer,
IL is the home consumption OF u, 5000 U OF peo-
pie.
IN 1870 the States of Michigan. Wisconsin,
Iowa. Minnesota, KANSAS, and Nebraska. all of
them a part of tho territory of Michigan in 1884
except Kansas, had IL population of 2.5OO.OoO.
In 1870 these States will have IL population of Mt
least l2,UuDOJU, an increase Of 5UJ per cont. i'll
thirty years, the great body of the population
being agricultural. froin le.Q to lS06, az shown
by tho census, these States iieve Increased in
wealth from $50, COZ. 600 to six Thousand three
huiitifed and scvcnty-tive million, which 1t is safe
TO say is now more than 500 WI 100. OUo, largely
in nsficultufal products. 10 achieve this grand
result debts were incurred, IN; these are rapid
~ passing away, as shown last Year in the re-
port OF tho Democratic Commissioner Of Agri-
culture, after ciireful examination.
About ) per cent. only of our u.Ticulturn,
products. including cotton, goes abroad; aII the
rest il consumed at home. III We could secure
this additional consumption by diversiiicntiom
Oh e!ilployiielits. al our agricultural products
would be consumed ut home. / ain for extend
ing our markets abrond by I'LL legitimate meth
outs 10Y aii our irod,ictions' but not ut the ok:
people oM the lace OF tho globe trs so we'll
clothed, so we'll fed, so comfortable In their
homes, have s,ie!f educational advantages us do
the people of this country. Whnt is this home
market of ours? The census ;n.ias tell the
story. Since 1870 we llnvo added to orr p61;..
intion nearly rs many people IT'S now live in En-
llnnd and ales Noollier country SO increases
IN population and wealth. Orr population in
$50 was aS.O0O,0J0; in 1870 IL will be $1,000. 900
i'll 1900, 80, Oou, 900, iLnd SO on us the decades come
ald 90.
Edward Atkinson, the statistician, estimates
That We actually consume of provisions alone in
the United States ut least $1,000, OOo, 0DO i'll yulur.
To suppose for u moment That the price of these
IL controlled i'll IL foreign market seems to me an
absurdity.
The rnnid growth; of the Northwest in populn-
tiol, production and wnnJth shows tlpt npli
culture has shared in the 9, ;cral prosperity of
the country: In lsuu We hui IL lhr!tf Tor ~ rove
nue. only. IN ls6l the policy OF protection wps
the settlcl policy of the nation.
But III Is not alone III tho States / hive named
that agriculture hms grown. relatively il has
largely Increased throughout the agricultural
Stltcs. The Products OF ngriculture hay, in
creased from tsO to -four fold in the production
OF cereals, cattle. horses, hogs and sheep, and
increased the home markets us we'll 5y ille
growth and development oil manufacture. DIR
ing this period agriculture has steadily and con
siaintly declined II mo trade England.
WY thisg growth and development? Ii, is h.
cause uadef our system II homo lnnTket is ouud
for more thtl. ninety per cent. of Tho products
Of the farm. ltsi,'s market is to continue, the
three millions of w.arkers liz our MANUFACTURES
sngtnining ut least tel millions moro depend.
ent ,uLS1 them, must con. inue their work ut
such .eAsoiis!,le wages us viii enable them to
children, nld lay ats something eac,. year for
old ago or nisfoItuAe. II England anu Europe
shall be allowed, u1iiinpesW.. our msrkct for
their goods and wares producea ..yson u scale OF
wages about one-hnlf that received i.cre, it il
manifest TINT our workers must lc nut prscti-
Gully on the saine scalc or the workshops OF thu
United State must be closed. Ii they are com
PEELED to accept European wages their ability
to buy the products of agriculture will be
diminished one-ialf, or What is worse for agri-
culture, nany of them will become TURNER'S and
thus competitors insteni OF purchasers of furnl
PRODUCES. The policy of tho Democratic unrtv
iS to increase the number of farmers Oyodi,ri,,y
bread and meat.
The policy OF the Republican, pnrty is to di.
versify clnployMents md industries, md thus
ind a market constant ami sure ut o,r own
doors and III our own country tor farm products.
This home lnnrket for farii. produce has Greatly
dese.cl,ad under our present system, and il
certain 10 continue 10 increase if the polirv IL
not changed, ~ proposed by the Democratic
party.
1t is u blessing to us al Iowa that our lands
are not divided up into great Estates, but that
our farms IRE OF convenient size and TILED by
their owners. This method of farming requires
adiyefsifcation of products. For these q home
market is of i~nestimnble value. so " a sbnnII
rather encourage III increase of manufncturcs
in our State " consume these raw product;
rather than to rely u.:on u shifting aud chang
ing upon conditions absolutely beyond our
control.
COMPARE RATES or DUTY.
An examination of the tariff scbedule VIII
show that under lie existing thrift. tnkius ali
our imrortations into tho account. the ,ute OF
last year was 30 per centrum on The vlluo OF all
OF ae!6. the average duty on I'LL imrortutiens
was ~ per centuln. only 81. per cel.tum less:
OF tho duties collected last year. 81 per cent. of
60 o pe m' cent Mns c amty n, non, tma susar; ", which paid
highest rate of I'LL duties on the schedule,
brandy alone excepted. Take on the sugar duty
than under the tariff of 1916. OF an tho duties
Collected, one-half comes from thfe. ARTICLES
sugar. wooden goods. and silk the w,-,len goods
pensfve, and are worn only by those who receive
large incomes, and think they can afford these
lnSnrie e I Take OF tho duty on sugar or greatly
family in the land. 1 will discuss that G mes.
ton a little later.
1t is said i'll the Democratic platfcrm that, tho
tariff fosters trusts. which arc rhc Legitimate
results OF our present tariff system." Trusts.
iaying ior their object the arbitrary increase of
JIIGB ON MIG mngnnnIu N G r,A rIL.t, -, t1,---.,
troll OF markets., cannot be too severely con-
9emned. And II it be true; us stuffed in the
Democratic PLATFORM, then tho tariff should bic
so modified that these trusts cnnnut be the
legitimate result of duties imposed ,,,on ur.
tioles imported into oar coun Iy. Trusts nre
not tho legitimate result of cur tn-itf system.
III il is clearly shown from tho fact TINT they
exist evcryw lierc-are found more extensive ii,
iroe.trade ENGLAND than in protected France,
densely populated regions on the continent as
they are III our own country, and are said to
be more humorous. They aro of recent growth.
The first one of amy great magnitude. in this
country. is known as tho Standard Oil Trust
an organization to control the price of crude oil,
the manufacture of refined oils and the sale OF
rope. Did it originate i'll tho tariff? Tho cotton
seed Oil trust has grown up within o few years
and controls e inc manufacture and sale Of cotton
seed OIL. lg 1T the result of tho tariff? TIL
whisky trust organized for the purpose Of con-
trolling the amount Of whisky produced each
year and the price Of the product has tho tariff
any influence In maintaining 1t? 1t is said that
there is Q trust controlling tho production OF
anthracite coal. limiting the output n fixing
tho free list, and there il no combination In
bituminous coal upon which there ia q duty Of
seyenty-fye cents . ton. So might name many
tration. None Of the articles produced undo,
these trusts have any relation to, or are, In any
WY controlled by. tariff duties. but have grown
our own country. b only other Rreet trusl
ttot ] can now think Of 20 WhaS 70 knoVn e ~