Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-21


pie believe that he can operate "a railroad bet
terthan Vanderbilt Are veto fOrsake the
old party because Nickel CHAN thinks he
knows more about the tariff than our oldwar.
h oHes. like Sherman aud Nj DRILL and Blain cl
Are we to foBal<e the old party becauSePoNy.
erS tells the popleif he's elected governor lac
could turn the leaves upon the corn stall ks
into grecnbacks and the gol den ears into sill.
Verdollars The answer must be No.
Old, time tried pru Ciples are worth more
than these new tangled ideas. Old. time.
tried patriotism isworth more than the dis
ruptin & influences Of falsifying demagOgues,
TARFF HELPS HE FARMER.
God gave TO tOthepeope Of Nebraska q soil
well adapte q for the raising of iaxseed as
well as corn. Yet we seem never tOhaVe
found itout, until afterthe war tart II came
along, and a tariff Of 70 Ocen Is per bushel was
put u pOn fiaSeed and atarif of % cents per
gallon on linseed oil.
Clark w oodmanOf Omaha, believing tia at
the farmers Of y ebraska could prOftably Gle.
vote a portion of their lands to I hc raising OF
fiaxsecd himself purchased the seed in Is 40,
loaned II QUITO the farmers Of this state, and
eneredintO an agreement with umber OF
farmers to purchase all the tiaxseed they
raised. In 1870, under the benchcient
protection Of the tariff, he concluded to
embarkhis money in the building of linseed
lworks, in the city Of Omaha, nvestin 81
capital Of S3O,OO0 That little plant has
grown from It's small begin ming, until, today,
ithas aCapial OfSl, 10000. It's great mills,
smolestac ks and warehouses tower upabovc
the suTou ndng structures, sothat the I'm.
rnensityof the Institution can be seen from
every hllsidO of the city.
During these twenty years growth, that
Institution has purchased from the farmers
OthiS state 100000 bushels of faxseel, a nd
has paid to the farmers therefOrSS, SUOOO in
money, Durin z theS g twenty years 5000, OW
acres oflandhavebeendevOt Oted [ tOraiS ing fl AK.
seed. 1t was the divertmg. of six mil
lion acres oflan d from the raising OF cheap
corn tOthe raising of new product, which
DrOu ght abOut u new sOurceof venue and
created diveSitie ed in terests,
During this same twentyyear, this in Sti-
tuition has furnished cmpl loym c mt for vast
| mum Der of mechanics and skilled laboreT,
and paid them the sum OF -, ,OOO, It's
none V has gone forth to buy machineY, thus
| adding to the labOring interes Is of the iron
indu tries. It's none yhaS gone fOrthtO pur-
chase lum Der tobuild it's big Institution S
| thus tributingto those who delve in The
| deep forest ! has paid out Its money to
| skilled artisans, who reared its massive
| sruc tures-thuS 5 giving empoy rnent and dd-
| ing to the revenue of the carpenters.
During these twentyTeas the oil and oil
| cake prod u ced and sold thWu ghOut the en-
| tire expanSeof I he L nited States has brou ght
| back to the state of Ncbraska in mon ey,
| $G,6Sl0O0 This institution has a pres Sent
! capacity forhandling 5000 bu shells Of fl az
| seed per day-or about 100000 bush hels per
l year. DullnR JUt DItiScLla SctlSOu ltlN lllSU-
| tuition Will dis tribute among the farmers Of
| the 5 tate, fOr f1aIeed mo re thanSl ,OW,OOO,
| Hercis a great institution, Stand ding as a
| mon ument of the benoficent and wide per-
| vading influenced of the a merican prOec tive
| tariff System the bel euefitS Of which 20 TO the
| farm eralone Wipe out your tariff and t hat
| big Institution must become awaste place,
| and I he farmers Of the state lose 81 10000 a
year.
THE PRICEoF corn.
| McKeighm tells thcpeople in his cOngr
sion al dist rict that the low price of corn, in
| 1889, was due to under nsu ption, lime
has demon STRAIT ed tn atit was due to over pro-
| ductiOn.
| The farmers ofour state have seemin gly
| insiS ted in de- Oting their time and ener gleS
| to tn raising o CORN, and seem 10 have be-
| come angry because the corn cropof last
| year was enOrmOus, that God did not IN axe
| the people use more than they wanted, That
| same God that makes the rain JOf fall lpon the
| just and the unjust alike, seems TO ave
staid His hand in theyear 1890, and dirnin-
shed the corn crop so as to bring 1t
down TO the demands OF the
prices advmcedto to A. cen Is per bus bel. There
Is no ans wer to this fin ancial con dtion OF
corn, except thatthep was an overpro due
ton in 1854 In the face OF this stern fact,
the ALLAN Ce party andthe democratic party
howl for free trade-hOwl for the desruct ton
of urmanufacturingin ind ustries, They W ould
Il
| They would stop the whir of the spindle
| They would close up the iron mills, They
| wouldput out the Fl res in the furnaces They
| wouldturn looSefrom their employ ment the
| millions of men, whiC the tarifhaS fOstepd
| and compel them to earn their living BY pillow
| ing the farms and l-aisiu & grans-dmi nSh
ing cons u mption and adding to farm produc
| ton.
Is itnot elf-evident that such a doct rint
| mus lead to the depreciation Of all that the
l farmers raseI
THE PUBLIC wAREHoUsEMES
| The republican party is the only party tina
| has ever proposed an adequate remedy TO
| this condition Of affairs Let me show yol
| where tho republican party, byits patf orm
has declared itself TO be the true friend O th'
farmer andprOpOses to give him remed,
| against low prices, caused by a tempOrr,
Over.produGion;
CHOPS IN NEBRASKA FOR 1889.
Corn bushes ,li9 $500
Wheat ou shells .-"'..-",'.. =" l6 $500 $500
| oats, bushels ..-",.- .,".-- @s-jOU
Total $500
AVERAGE PmCE OF CORN PER BUsnEL:
Last spr,n e"- -''-- -'''i5c V2t" hc'
l AL piesent''"'-- ''"'--'"'' -'"iSc
DInerenCe. -.".....,..-",29c
l USTED STAT rs AG RlCUL TURAI- DEP ARTME ut.
| Estimate forhome con sump tiOn, - bushels
1 of corn per capNa-Nebraska cOnsunes
at thls rato ~, l2SOO
Total yield ."ll9 $500
Home econsumptioa.- 2d, 300
1 Sufplus''.s ."l23, 4NUU
VALUE
At presen t-l23, 4lsOOO bush elsat SS 81;
Last pring-l23, $4,000 bushelsat l3c. lG OIi4S
Difference. .-......"...-.,sS ,sSS. T9lI2
l Percent Increase 223.
Gain on com port ."t35, 79 2
| Ass ume astyeRrswh eat an dOat crop same
| as this year, viz, Al, = 1000 bushe Is rise In
| value has been equalto zoe per bushel-
46,sllOO0 bushesat Doc ,,,... .,t So? 20
| A bOve will show what the farmers an,
business men would have gained on the crop
with suitable storage capacity in the state
lunder public warehOu Sc law, such as calet
for by the warehou Sc res SOntiOn in the repu b
licanplat tfOrm adopted at the last state con
| ven ton.
The democratic and alliance plat forms con
tain no such resolution. Hence, no relief cal
be looked for from that quarter
Under the existing lava grain elevator
II not public warehouse, Hence the owne
can pfuseto receive grain for storage. Thi
forces the farmer tOseu his grain or du mp i
| on The ground-if hedoCs not burn It, 1t re
suits in distress and great sacrifice, as S how
above, and suCcumbs to the chattel mortgag
agendeS-
A mblicwarehoUse law-aS the republican
platform proposes pels the elevator COM
panies to receive, ship, store and handle grain
without dBcri min alton, under penalty, an
compls the rail road companies to do tn