The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-30
THE FARMERS "RoBnIp.n

nAtlOn. we import beVen 10 eight hun
dred millions worth year. Our export
are a little In excess.
He proceeded TO illustrate, saying til
impor,a.ioas were increased In cost b,
transportation, and the government
compelled the addition OF SI7 10 ever,
500. Inland freigbts and profits in
crease this still more. But this Is no
all. OF the S0,000.000.00O Of goods W,
manufacture $1,000, ,0OO,00 come in di
rect competition with importations, ant
with the tariff wall OF SIT per SlO0 thu
American manufacturer naturally keep.
up his price very near to that OF the i'm
ported article. II is as II you put wal
around New Martinsville and charge
outsiders forty.seven cents for the
privilege OF selling horse shoes
in your town. The men inside
naturally add A cents to their price
So you see you farmers pay a big tax tc
the government and al immense one tc
the American monopolies. Monopolistt
are getting rich on one hand, and far
mers poorer on tho other. Last wear
the u. 900, 900 people paid thus in tribute
about 81 100000. OF this the pro.
tected muropolists got more than one.
half-nearly $500 100000 was diverted
from the pockets OF The people into the
pockets Of the monopolists. Cheers ]
STILL HARpISG on THE FARMERS.
Is it any wonder tha. the tariff barons
are rolling in wealth, when oRe.half ol
that 81, ,5OO,oOO,ONO goes into their pock.
cts and the other half into those Of the
O., 900, 900 Of people2 Brorher Hubbard
will tell you that the farmer is not taxed,
Voice-He'll lie! [Applause aud
laughter.l
He'll argue that to you, but I'll show
you he is mistaken. He is taxed from
the cradle to the grave.
Mr.. Pendleton then told his story,
based on Homer and Virgil, Of McKin.
ley descending into the internal regions,
and walking through the palatial man.
aions with his friend, the devil. Hung
on hook he saw some men, and asking
who they were, was told: "These are
some id Illinois farmers who thought
the tariff was good thing for them.
They are too id green to burn, and
hung them there to dry" [Great laugh
ter.
The Republican orators find the price
Of cattle has gone down and the price Of
wool has not gone up, as was promised.
So see in some districts Mckinley ad-
mits that it is true that his bill is not for
the benefit OF the farmer. You have
heard good deal about protection "un-
der the broad shield OF American law"
Now ask my brother Hubbard to point
out one thing in the Mckinley bill that
is for the benefit Of the farmer.
DUTY ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Mr.. Hubbard will tell you there is o
protection for wheat.
A voice-It don't do It'll E
Who asked for tariff on wheat? tits
true the Canadian farmers have brought
in little wheat, but this country pro.
duces much more than it can consume.
There is duty on corn, but OF that also
there is an overproduction in this coun.
try. OF pork, lard and hams, and other
articles on which this bill puts tax,
American farmers produce superabun.
dance. They must seek market abroad,
1t is no wonder Mr.. Blaine says the Nc.
Kinley bill does not furnish market
for an additional bushel OF American
wheat or another barrel OF American
pork. [Applause.
Nlessrs. Hubbard and Atkinson tell
you about the Canadian inportations, l
admit it is true. But il we say the Can.
adian farmer cannot sell in this country,
he will say we cannot Sell in his. Last
year we sold in Canada S25,OO0,0OO OF
products. That gave q profit to the
American farmer and furnished employ
ment to men engaged in carrying those
products. .g.lg
Well, what else is in this bill for the
farmerP Mckinley has enouge gall and
cheek for generations He tells you he
gives the farmer free sugar! Why go,
if the tariff is not tax? II letting in
sugar duty free will benefit them, put.
ting duty on it must be the reverse.
THE SUGAR BOUNTY.
These men tell you duty reduces the
price Of home manufactured goods and
lowers that. OF home agricultural pro,
ducts, Which Is true? a
My friends, il you analyze the lasl
section Of the Mckinley bill you will
find in it a distinct recognition that the
tariff is tax.
Three hundred and seventy.fiye mil
lion pounds Of sugar are made by few
Louisiana planters. They say they
can't stand free sugar. They canno
got rich as fast as Carnegie. So Mckin
ley says for every pound Of sugar growr
in Louisians, bounty OF two cents vii
be pai'. or nearly SS,000,000 a year
They have the same right to give yor
farmers ton centsa bushel on your grain
or ON yonr hogs. Why not make thu
bounty system universal2
When this odious and iniquitous tariff
bill was before the Committee on Way
and Means, who appeared there to die
tate its terms? There was not n farmer
not consumer. 1t WAS dictated by tn,
! 100 great monopolists of the big cities
demanding-what? Something for III,
benefit OF the consumer? No; but tha
the II per cent duty be raised TO 60 ne
cent. The object OF that bill may b,
safely announced in the tariff riddle,
J and tariff lorded communities, but hov
have they the courage to defend it 10 th
farmers who are depressed, at whom i
, is the direst stab? They legislate not t,
| keep foreigners from selling to you. bu
: to Keep you from selling to them. Las
! year you exported one-fourth OF all yo,
raised. But for that where now is on
mortgage would bo 100; where one far
mer is on his way to the poor hous
there would be 1000.
TIE LODGE BILL.
He passed to the Federal Election bill
an alleged bill to secure honest elections
1t is not printed in Republican papers
why? II it were, not one in 1000 homes
: Republicans would consent to have
, placed on the statute books. 1t provide
that nine circuit judges, eight Republi
: cans and one Democrat, appoint thre
7 chief supervisors, one OF one party an,
two Of the other, for each district. II
4 were intended 10 be fair it would Pre-
? vide for two OF each party. 1t intened
4 that two strong Republican partisan
0 and one Democratic figure head sha,
Q be chosen. After your State officers ar
!, through counting the supervisors wi
!. count the vote for Congress and repol
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