Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-16
AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.

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AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.
70 TIE EDITOR or Iowa COUNTY
DEMOCRAT: ! had thought that ages
ago impudence had reached its height,
but | was mistaken. If human inn
pudence can reach farther than the
republican party has in its mani
fcsto to the American people on Ag-
riculturaI Depression and its Causes"
then, all | have to say is, it never
has.
That party is sending through the
mail for distribution to the faithful,
the pamphlets of the Protective Tariff
League Number y Of this series
has the title above quoted; it gives
Che "reasons why The farmers are
not prospecting, and sums up the
matter in five conclusions, which are
worthy of the genius Of Don Quixote
Let us examine them:
|. "Thc prime cause OF low prices
is the operation of the memorable law
of supply and demand"
Al, yrsl the truth SO long fought
for by tariff reformers has, after
twenty-five years Of suppression, de
NAL and evasion, forced itself into
recognition. Let us congratulate the
democratic party on its progress.
IL. Divcrsitication is essential to
agricultural salvation"
So, then, this home market, SO
called, demands something more for
its delicate palate than the staple
products of the soil OF course, farm
crs tilling the soil Of the Mississippi
valley for generations dc not know
thu limits of soil and climate. 1t re
mains for this League to tell them
what crops to raise
III. Eliminate the surplis lcropsl
and prices would rise"
Is that SO? Have nothing to sell
CsrrpIus) ana YOU will ret a rood price
for it. \ surplus of grain and stock is
what of all things else the energies of
the farmer are bent to secure. And we
are told to eliminate these. and prices
would rise. On what would prices riseg
How can Il man look another in the
face without a smile, as he repeats
this latest conclusion" of repub-
Iican statccraft? 1t is an insult to the
intelligence of every man who follows
the pillow. Yet farmers are expected
to read il, believe it, act on it.-at
least to vote for men who hold office
through such humbug.
". at is the extent and pressure
Of our surplus which determines the
price IN Europe.
Which Is not true. but If 1t were
true, what OF It! Then the farmers
Of America would control the market
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controlled another market, could they
not put their surplus crops into that
market at profitable prices: DO they
do this: Are the prices ruling in om
grain eenterS sent, to Europe each
morning, upon which Europe bases her
priccs2 Is il not exactly the reverse?
Do not the quotations in Great Britain
rule the price here? The prices sent
here each day are based on the surplus
crops of Russia, India, Argentine
and Australia. Not only does the
price paid for our exports of food
stutls depend upon the competition Of
the countries named, but worse than
that, the price received at home, in
the much vaunted "home market" is
determined in the worlds market.
Y. The logical conclusion is that
the troubles of the farmer are due to
the fact that there are altogether too
many farms, and too great Il produc- |
ton Of nearly all kinds of farm prod /
uctS for the number Of consumers"
That is "a say. nature made mis-
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produces too much food and clothing! F.
Everybody has more than he can emf
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no strikes no IoeN-ootS' no mortgages; T.