Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-01-30
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
MteyOiew With State Lecturer
Hall on the DebreSsionS that
are Affecting the Pro-
dHcerS.

are AteCfNg the Pro-
dHceYS.
U. S. Hall, the state lecturer o
the Farmers aud Laborers' union
remained over last night In order t,
consult with farmers and others a.
to the future OF the organization il
this county. A characteristic of Mr.
Hall is his frankness. There Is no
particle of trouble in understand
ing his position. You may not agree
with him but you will certainly com
prehend him If you listen to him. Ii
1880 Hall was one of the delegates
from Randolph county to the Demo
cratic state convention. He was
then a young lawyer, and an able
one, and in the contest for supreme
judge. Hall led the Burgess forces.
The Kansas City Times was making
a bitter war on Burgess and IN his
nominating speech the young lawyer
fairly blistered the Times. HIS
speech was splendid presentation
of his candidates claims and most
caustlc arraignment of the Times.
Burgess was beaten but Hall made
state reputation by his intrepid
leadership.
The young lawyer of 1880 is a
plain, practical and prosperous farm
er in 1890. He owns one of the
finest farms in Randolph and oper-
stes it 40 we'll as to have a substan-
tial surplus at the end of each year.
Mr.. Halls force is talker, and his
courage as a leader attracted the
attention of the farmer organizations
of the state and the Union made him
state lecturer. A representative of
the Znteltgencer found Mr.. Hall,
this morning, in company with
Squire z. A. Bolts and a general
talk over the plans, purposes and
hopes OF the farmers was engaged
in.
''The object of the organization,
said Mr.. Hall lean be stated in a
nutshell. 1t is to secure for the
members such prices for their pro-
ducts as the natural laws of supply
and demand entitle them to, and to
enable them to purchase the neces-
saries Of life under like circumstan-
stances. For instance, we are fight
ing all trusts and combines that un-
dertaks to corner markets either In
purchasing or selling. We are op-
posed further to the iniquItOus tariff
law that makes US pay a tax of 1l6
per cent. on horse shoes and 103 per
cent. on horse shoe nails, while fine
jewelry practically pays nothing; to
tax of 76 per cent. on window
glass while diamonds pay only 10
per cent; 1876 per cent. on castor oil
while fine wines are admitted free /;
from 56 to 100 per cent. on all the
material that goes to make up our
farm wagons and farm machinery
and the hundreds of their necessa-
ries Of life that are taxed to death
while the luxuries pay comparatively
nothing. I am for fighting these
things as long as they exist.
1.-The present tariff laws cut us
when we go to buy and when we un-
dertake TO sell. In retaliation for
eign countries have adopted exces-
sIve tariff duties against the exports
of the United States. France has q
duty on American wheat Of 40 cents
per bushel, Belgium 33 cents, Eng
land 20 cents, and so on. In 1887
American wheat growers paid S23,-
000,0 to foreign countries as duty
on their surplus crop. These are
stubborn facts that every farmer
must look squarely IN the face.
1--WE don't want any war with To-
cal merchants, the retail dealers.
They are our friends if we will let
them be. No one knows better than
the retail merchant that his prosper
Ity depends on the prosperity of the
producer. As l remarked yester-
day, no physician ever held his fin.
gers on the pulse of dangerously
i'll patient with more sohcitude than
does the retail merchant watch the
prospects of the farmers. Their in
terests are mutual, and so long as
can have voice in the matter they
shall remain so. ."-Merico Inteliigcn.
Ger.