Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-05-20

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ported goods, may see Just what pro
lection is annually costing them, IL
necessary IN TINS connecoion 70 81,
that by tne last natlonal census II aP
pears that there were produced ih .iilS
country IN looo manuiactgrea .lt aen 1o Pre- tn1
,acts TO the amount OF 9o'o1o'oto, ioi m
t is iair 10 assume thao tne ANNUAL
fo1uctioh OF manufactured sooos ID
lot less now cr oso
vi inns II IS estimated % Una. % o. ITG, T
'",oNn Is eohsunieu l!a ~ hoine, me- ne
''erhSc rate OF tarlii uhuer .he pres,
mt law Is ABOVE ~ per cent, anu u
'h'se american hahuiuc.uieo souus
~ oAiV ihcf;'1n IA piice IN sum
l'iai TO one-haii the rare Oh au.y N N. :
stu OF I'M ~ ei sotN,s oL siliilia, una.
,dahty II VIII De 'rei mat 'heir cost &,
, tae consumer Is increased over Si'
N,No'oNo, ana tiiii tiifce-iouI'iis VI 'Ills IN
narmons sum ialis uiectiy upon 'he
farmers OF the coun'rJ ana upon
V'o'e VINO uepenu upon a9
culture ana whose only income Is
tfon that source
ohoer ine system Vi 'ro'ec'ipn 'ne
prlce OF ali the lariner mas 70 puy ID
increased by the preSenI iaw on an
average ~ per ceht, @ ms OH pro
poses W ilicreaSe iiis pui''ens, anu IN
the case OF woolen goods, which are
necessary not alone to his comfort but
to his existence, the increase proposed
is enormous. What does the farmer
get in return for the increased prices
protection compels him to pay for all
he buys, including the machinery and
implements with which he conducts
his farming operationsi Does pro-
lection secure to him higher price for
his corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, hay,
and tobaccol During the fiscal year
of 1893 there was imported into this
country corn. wheat. oats. potatoes.
cotton and bav To tbe amount of 81
03e doi hut dIr;ng tbe same ner;od
a. f,rr,ars 81 tha 1Tn;tod Stotae ov-
,ad .ns tLo.o san,o ort;oloo 10 tbo
poioo ls So,1 o9t 90 T, - ,bns
aLioat oLno'. H.. VI ~ AZ s;5 oar;o,Itrral mo
SHOWN CliaV vi ;i .iie on a iioo,Iuid '''L;nh pr
uuc,s aDote iieii.ioiuu' i.:a' "iien .h Ae
cluulng .opaeco' corselsuso ' 'no tI.,' on,vi n.'
crops raisea py our iaiiliels' iney ga
port annually uiore ohaii one huluieu
ana slxty-hihe tiihes ~ much as I'LL
ported
Ihat our farmers aiiiluaily prouuce
largely more thal mere Is any ae-
mand for IN the nome Market Is lact
well understood ana conceded; me
statement whcn IS 50 oiteh maze, 'ha'
our farmers could on an average, ono
year with another produce enough 70
feed the world, is not mere figure ol
speech, but literal truth.
The large surplus annually produc-
cd by our farmers of course can only
find u market abroad they must sell
it there or not sell 1t at all; ana since
protection can in no manner operate
beyond our own borders, the farmer
is forced to sell his surplus in mar
ket where he has not even the pre-
tense of protection, and prices in the
same foreign markets where he sells
his surplus regulate and fix the prices
of the home market. The prices
which the farmer receives for his
crops are fixed by influences that lie
wholly beyond the range of protec-
ton, and no amount of juggling or
political legerdemain can ever bring
him within the operation of that sys-
TEN, and TO tell him that he is dement,
ed by tariff on the products OF ms
lands is reflection upon his intelll-
gence which he will resent whenever