Sharp County record., 1890-11-27
oNt-SI0ED FEoso.

,y, ana coll,psed, ssS]
When Pres dent HarrI,o,
Haute, Ind, he had so's 'sOa s's,]
about prosperity. Bp, v'aag ~ n
that the President refs,,ss sis ~
' a ones ded prosperity. ~ aS's]
prosperity E4 much as Car p1i, u
House of Representative r' hest n
one side when it serves ss1@ 10 Il
best and ignore the othersssas.,. as n
1t was the prosperity rS y, y ~ 4
facturers ia that the presiss,,a /. ~
lie said; 81 was told as 'fa' a
your sity that there w,s IN
wheel in Terre Haute." '' 'a
Precisely so; but the d.,
very wide the mark when h. '''' ~
this that everybody else ras ~ a'j as'j
equally well. 1T is va,r y'
SO generally shared By all all s's p'sP
= Do the td farmers think they ", ~, =
in 1T. too? Is not the cOnt,,'' ''''
Gus TACT? Our high prOtect s'.l's o,I.'
lntendent of the Census, Ro5ssS Ss,s
ter has said on this subisss S' .
American farmer is lust ',' NJ. asi
through b the gloomy ya,lav sv' }
t mes" and yet Porter iuools, Is
figures and proves to his 'Sr''s o"'
tion that "the direct bepest, Y
farmer) receives from the prs,.''l
are far in excess of the benss,' r1S
by any other class"
This talk about the farusy,,
ity in the home market, as n. =
protection, is, however, breaIi,,I
all along the line, from East !
The failure OF the protected bar,J
ket to bring prosper ty to him =
felt in the East 1t began !, 4
cline OF New England farming 4
and in the desertion of New
hill farms. Right in the uiir'
greatest manufacturing conr,|
this decline of farming has r
The census just taken Shows n A
townships adjoining the prncI
featuring cities Of Connects
lost about 10 per cent Of thet,
tion in ten years.
In the State of New York tb
have failed to share in tbp
prosperity that the Presidential
Already in 1887 Mr. ]. R. Da.
high protect onist statisticn
Department of Agr culture, nu
follows: "New York farmers N
in debt than they were ten VI,
The average depreciation d N
lands is fully one-third in Ia
Probably one-third of the isru
State would not sell for more (;
cost of the buildings and othan| |
ments. Thirty per cent Of al
arc mortgaged for two.thiMis
estimated value"
The protectionists always I'D
same answer to these facts-tl \
ern competition, they say
But how does the mattersaht
West? Take Ohio, for inaa
correspondent Of that high tah
the New York Tribune, wIhl
to break the force Of the recent
lished facts as to the decline
farming population Of Ohio Ml
to make admissions which liny
case fatally. He had to admit
farm values of Wayne COungh
off six per cent. in ten years d
the loss of population is still m
Every county in the Weseva
he says, shows q loss Of pplf
the agricultural districts hi
these facts the TrIbune's cor'al
makes this sorrowful sdmISla
one denies that there has been
cation OF the farm lands oiths
the last decade. {" Then ccns
and-dried explanation, "the ~
of the cheap lands Of the WaV
Apparently we are not yeln
West. Let us try Iowa IA
sioner OF Labor Statistics IN ~
has just made public some ~
Startling character. lie @
answers to his inquiries iron
ers Recommended to bin y
persons
He finds that ''seventysl =
of the farmers OF the Sta@m
ed by pressure OF their deSu
ing their grain and other I'a.
the best market prices Bgn'
have lost their farms by na'
closure since 1880" Thlfge
cent. of farmers children @
Of school flfty-cight days ,' ~
year to do farm work. vow y
farmers report that since
products have been s0la ''"
OF production. 4 ~
But perhaps our cheel'u' Dc, ,'.or '
ist President looks sun 'al",
lln.l that "this prosperity ss,
shared in by ALL Kansas a''," ''1
are still further West N's
paradise of home market P's'
farmers in these two S''ss l'S,,|
here that the mortgage vS' 4, ~.
RAPIDLY rv,S Iva acquiring p0sse',.'', !,
and estab lshing o sysN" .a
Irish landlordism9 IS " Nv Nv i
greatest urc strength as 'Asd n, d'',., s',,, -
Of the hard times wh''N '''
upon tho farmcrsy Z, A., pss}
Whore, then, VIII ,''n',,,l Wv %
that protection IS dl'''TTS~" T'~
nnon tho farmers ."
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