, 1890-04-17


report says that the committee mas
given most Of It's investigation to the
existing conditions OF agricultural and
kindred matters. Referring to the Wide
spread depression of this industry the
report says The enemies of thu protec'
tive system have no word Of criticism
for the real causes OF the agricultural
depression and no suggestion OF relicii
but Selling the present favorable tlinc,
they solcmnly charge that the decline
In our market Is solely due to the tarli''
They are pleased to ignore the fact tha'
one OF the purposes OF the pro-
tective tariff Is to hinder still larger
importation oi foreign products ana
thus save the market from still greater
depressions. But your COMMITTEES are
sensible of the importance OF this IN
dustry, and, prompted by the single
motive to lift II to higher level a.
profitable employment. believe they oncr
In the bill all the relief which tariH leg
lslation can give to IL. \ critical exam
ination OF the subjects shows that aEri'
culture suffering is chiefly from damag'
ing foreign competition IN the nome
market. The increase In the impofta.
has been enormous, amounting from
$40 OOO. 90 then TO more than $3.50, ,OOJ, 90
In 1850 Tho worlds market, to which
the advocates OF tariff for revenue
only invite the farmers OF ths
country, is to-day crowded with the
products ofthc cheapest human labor
the earth affords. All over the old
world there Is u rush OF this surplus to
this market, and IL Is TO such u contest
) Nt flN.N Tr.s NF. ia
agriculturists. With the foreign grain
markets under the sway OF such opprcs-
sive competition, with the foreign cattle
and pork market depressed and Oh.
structod by various ruinous measures OF
restriction, and with foreign agricultural
products Crowding our home market
your committee have recommended an
increase upon agricultural products.
with a view to increasing the number oil
gainful occupations open to the farmer.
BOUNTY on stLK.
The committee recommends bounty
to the growers Of silk. As q duty of 81 per
pound would be required to protect
American silk, the committee has de
cided that so high n duty would embar.
rass the silk weaving industry without
sufficient reason, and 10 foster the in
dustry as much as possible offers the
necessary dilieIential bounty of 81 per
pound, or about 10 per cent protection
on recled silk.
The report says; To produce our
annual importatlons OF reolcd silk will
require the work Of over 5000 persons
in different branches of the industry.
To produce the cocoons necessary to
supply this silk will give temporary, but
.l.4snF FNna aNN Ia. ha /.
lies of half a million farmers every sea
son.
To encourage to production OF cocoons
and give direct announcement to the
producers the committee has also pro.
vided bounty of 7 cents per pound on
fresh cocoons, the bounty to continue
for ten yenrs.
THE TOBACCO IspusrIY.
of the internal revenue sections the
committee says that they recommend
the repeal Of all statutes imposing re
strictions upon tho farmers and growers
Of tobacco 80 that they may sell their
ppoducis with freedom.
ETFECr ON THE IEvENUEs
In conclusion the report says: The
advance of the duties on agricultural
products are, for the most part, on ar
ticles which the country can produce 10
the extent OF our wants. The increased
duties will reduce the importations, so
that The revenues will not be increased,
and our farmers will have their own
markets. The same result will follow in
other cases OF increase, and whero tho
revenues In special cases are increased,
the increase will bs far less than indi-
Gated by a computation based on the
theory that the importatons will con
tinue as large as under smaller duties.
AsUNBER OF cHASaES.
The bill as submitted with the repor,
shows a number of changes since It was
laid before the full committee. In the
ease of nickle ore q proyiso has been at
tached requiring such ores as contain
more thaa por cent of copper to pay n
duty OF ~ cents per pound on the
copper contained.