The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-05-24
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Edited By the Pioneers Agricultural
Correspondent.
THE MCKINLEY TARIFF BILL.
Democratic Minority Report.
CONTINUED from last week.


brought from Mexico was %. 80, while the
average value Of the 17,47Q brought from |
tie Dominion was only q little over 500.
Those were not expensive animals imported |
for racing purposes. or for use in pleasure |
carriages. but ordinary stock such as is
used on our farms. ~
No system Of taxation based on the theory |
Of this bill can possibly operate equally |
on all the people, or be to any extent bene-
fetal to oil the people, If all were taxed
alike for the purpose of protection, each one
being taxed the same amount tor the bene-
ft Of all the others, It is clear that the oper-
alton would help no one. for all would be
left in the same situation in which they
were before; snd il all are not taxed alike
it is equally clear that injustice must be
done to somebody. ,.s
COMMENTS UPON THE BILL. II
The Philadelphia Telegraph (Rep.) de-
clares fatty that 'the.. determined effort 20
make the agriculture element Of the country
think that it is being especially cared for
in tariff revision at this time, as the matter
stands, has the appearance of being one Of
the boldest and most unscrupulous political
schemes ever attempted. In PLAIN English,
il rests on q mountainous fabric Of lies and
ignorance. 2
II may see strange, but il is true, that the
bill which protects the formers Of Dakota
from tho rich wheat regions Of Greenland
makes cruel discrimination against their
horses and cattle. -.
Let US confine ourselves to horses. The
existing tariff tax is 20 per cent, except on
animals imported for breeding purpose.
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on all horses and mules. Breeding horse,
Will continue to be free, and horses valued
at $3.50 or over will te taxed 30 per cent.
The average value of the horses imported
last year was S42,8l. The ranchmen Of the
Southwest imworted Mexican ponies valued
at $3.50. Horses Of the average value of q
little more than 500 were broght in from
the Dominion. The duties collected on
Mexican horses amounted to 80, ,Se9. Unier
the new bill they would amount to 1888, 100
| While Mexican ponies for the ranchanen
were paying tax Of nearly 400 per dent.,
and the average farm horse q tax Of 80 sper
cent, valuable carriage horses would be bay
ing 80 per cent. and horses imported to i'm
prove the ju npers and runners at Cedarhurst
and the Westohester County Club would be-
coming In free.
The dude is onoe more ahead ofthe farmer.
IN. Y. World.
It is as plain as pikestaf that the. far
mers are suffering because Of want Of protect
ion on their corn, wheat, oats, rye, bacon,
beef, pork, cornmeal, and apples. They
are burning their corn in Kansas because 2,
4OI bushels imported last ear ruined their
home market; they are scatterir their oorn-
meal on the ground because 306 bushels Of
foreign meal found its way into the country;
they blew themselves to pieces with dried
apples and water because they had no tariff
fence to keep out the forign apples that had
mot sought admittance. They mortgagedtheir
farms because one pound ef bacon was I'm.
ported Tor every, 1900 pounds exported.
The Mckinley Tariff Bill will save them
from further mifery by increasing the pro-
teotion against agricultural protection that
have not and cannot come into competition
with them In the home market while com-
Lpelling them TO pay more for articles they
have TO buy.-C Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A leading business man said: "The talk
about protecting farm products is farce.
Only In very poor harvesfs can any class. Of
agricultural products be imported, and such
Is come at those pc riods are brought here to
relieve the pressing wants Of American con-
sumers- We're they not imported the aver
age citizen would not be able to buy them
in periods OF scarcity because Of the exorbi-
tant prices. A moderate amount Of barley
il imported from Canada In times when the
home crop is short. This does not injure
the American producer, because at such
times he Is unable to meet the wants Of do
smestic brewers. TO impose duty on corn
seems farcical Ia the extreme, aud almost
induces the belief that Mckinley intended
Il q an insult 10 the farmers who ask for
any GLASS OF ofproteetion. ." N. Y. Post.
0harityl sweet Ohar1ty.
The loan sharks Of North Dakota forced
thousands Of their debtor farmers to sell all
their wheat and would NOT let them keep
back even enough for seed the next year.
q The elevator men graded this wheat -
No., and give the farmers 80 oents bushel
for it
Now comes planting time and the farmers
have no ssed--and right here the syndicate
of wolfsh philanthropisss get IN their work,
and IN the same Of sweet charity offer %
cell back % the farmers 800. 600 bushels Of
their own wheat at . dollar per bushel, this
being The same identical wheat for which
the farmer receiSed 80 cents bushel IN
the Fall and moreover these good Samari-
tans insist on IL per cent interest on the
loan and tho first lien On the the crop.
Therefore II the Bankers, the Elevator
men and Millers make the prics Of wheat
10 cents per bushel next Fall, the farmer
will 30 compelled 70 give two bushels and
! half of wheat FOR every bushsl b receivss
n the Spring and pay interest over and
shove that |
3 Surely this Il n ideal Hhylock transae-
lion. But what shall b said of : people
and state III society that ioleIAtss sush =
diabolical outraee ou both Qod md Man
. Faxmsra Voice. ChicagO
B "A Bisnarck GROCERY house rsosiysd ths |
folloNing order ffom The oountly ; ~ days
No pleas q send ne ono pound of nslss.
two alens 81 mnlaasss ! can of hog lard
10 passages of unynn ssds, tenponnds ofl
eugar, - pounds of eoly nv vie 9iys |
bursh ~ y bey ~; nite And alsc cne S11k |