Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-24

1orrni Anuoponuenco anu Commcrois
War.
It is considered by many to be mari
II our 'isturdy Amerioanism" that on
tariff makers have gone about thei
work with absolutely no regard for othe
nations. With these people 1t is held Il
be high and glorious sort Of patriotism
70 shut ourselves of from the rest OF the
world. to build Chinese wall Of high
protection around us and to live In hap
by exclusiveness from the rest Of man
kind. We are such vast country, they
argue, we have such enormous undevel
oped resources within our borders, and
We are withal such an ingenious and en-
terprising people, that we are sufficient
unto ourselves and should make our
selves commercially independent" Of
other nations As we have got the best
bone on the tray, we will snap and snarl
and tight for it against every dog In the
pack.
But nations that try to live on the
swapping and snarling principle will
find out sooner or later that it does not
pay, whether this principle be held with
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order to inflict an injury on some pauper
dog not so close to the tray as we are.
When we talk about making ourselves
commercially Independent" by shut
ting out foreign products in order that
our own people shall be compelled to
manufacture those products for them
selves, we forget that our prosperity de-
a. d.. 10 ~ a hill
fty to sell our own products in foreign
markets. This is especially true OF our
agricultural products. The farmers are
complaining everywhere now OF hard
times; all agricultural products, except
cotton, are lower than for many years;
and corn has been burnt for fuel in sew
eral Western States during the past win
ter. Farmers will readily understand
then the Importance to them Of foreign
market for their surplus products.
Last year we sold abroad a grand total
of 1914, ZOO, 900 worth of goods OF all
kinds. OF this total the growers of cot
ton sent out S266, 100000 worth; the
wheat growers over sss 10000 in wheat
and -four, and the corn growers
some SS6, 100000. Adding other farm
products it is found that our farm
ers sold abroad last year very near
$500, OOO, 900 worth of products. These
figures are taken from the official re-
ports of the Treasury Department. They
show that our farmers sent out three
fourths of all our exports for 1889. This
large proportion Of agricultural products
shows the farmer how important the for
eign market is to him. The greater the
demand for our farm products abroad,
the higher and stead er will prices be in
our own market. 1t is in Liverpool that
the prices are fixed, and the condl-
lions affecting prices are the demand
and the supply in all parts Of the world.
just now there Is danger that our
farmers will lose part Of their foreign
market and that a portion OF their
products heretofore exported will be
kept at home to depress prices still
further. Reports come from various
sources that foreign nations are about
20 enter upon plan of retaliat on
against US, in view Of the Chinese wall
that the h gh tariff party in Congress
tmeans to erect against those nations.
The Canadians are up in arms against
as. The Mckinley bill will operate
xisastrously to the export trade Of Can
ada, as about half the foreign trade Of
Canada is with the United States. We
aold the Canadians last year some fifty
million dollars worth of goods, and
bought from them about seven millions
less than that. The protectionists ought
certainly be satisfied with this showing, |
q what they call the ''balance Of trade"
In largely in our favor. But the pro-
tectionists are not satisfied: the balance
of trade" must be made still more favor
able to us, and so upgoes the tariff wall.
But the Tory Government Of Canada
does not mean to sit idly by and see the
Canadian export trade damaged without
striking a blow to save it. BY no means.
The Tory Cabinet at Ottawa has boldly
proclaimed policy OF commercial war
fare against us. il we refuse to buy
from Canada, the Cabinet at Ottawa does
not mean that Canada shall buy from us.
If we refuse to buy forty-three million
dollars worth Of goods from Canada, she
will refuse to buy fifty millions from us
And who among Us are to be hurt by
ehis2 One provision Of the proposed
Canadian tariff Is to increase the duty
On cattle, sheep and hogs to 30 per cent.
I'D valorem; and large delegation Of
meat packers from Montreal has been to
= Ottawa to protest against this and to
, show that unless they can get their live
animals from US they will have to close.
We sold Canada last year more than
evenly million dollars worth Of agri-
. cultural products, and many Of the
manufactured articles sold to Canada
were composed Of farm products as their !
rraw material.
From Ill this the American farmer