The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-01
The FARMERS COLUMN.
Edited BY the P;oaeer's Agricultural
Correspondent. ....
The Prot I'll mist catechism.

The Prot I'll mist catechism.
r CHAPTER 8.
Q. How many markets has the farmer7
A. Two, the hcme market aud the foreigH
market.
Q. which is the most profitable to him,
"A. The foreign market.
Q. Why? A. Becau ,e it keeps up price.
in his home market. except when his foreign
n,Arket is subjected to taxation and re-
strainment"
t. A. How does il? A. II he can sell OF
exchange his whole crop abroad to better
advantage, ne will do SO. His eountrymer
must make it profitable for him to cell I,
them instead Of Il e foreign men.
| @, How great is this foreign market? A
1t will take a!i he has to sell! every dsllar'
worth Of farm products raised in the Unite'
states and twenty times more. The Ameri
can farmers foreign III srket is SO times q
large as his home market. and worth to hiu
535 times his home market. His home mar
xet has no value alone aud Of itself.
@. If the farmer 81 ould be slut out o
uis foreign market and confined to his hom'
market. what would happen? A. Prices 0
.arm produ ;ts would begin to decline ut th'
very beginning OF the "sLutting OUT ant
the purchasing power Of gold in the farn
.roducts would increase until farm Labor
would become pauper labor.
Q. Has that happened in any country
\. Yes, in every country where it has eel
tried. FarI 3 should pay we'll in China
hich is IN Jre thinly settled than mnn,
states OF this Union, and f,r 5000 years ha
Offered every possible reward aud homo
aud subsidy 10 agriculture, but the ChiI es
armer contine to their home market. worl
.or less III III half the Biblical "penny'
lay Al d are the poorest Of the poor. thin'
uas only vs. peupi. tO the square mile, Hhil
england has SIT and Berlin 532. Wher
s7er q people are limited 10 theii hom
mark 1t farming is carri. i Oh only by ser
and slaves. THIS has been the uni oru lav
since the earliest dawn Ut civilization. 1her
~ no exceptions to it known 10 Iist"ry.
Q. Why woula prices decline without I
toreign market? 4, Because Of the com
petition. Aiore Ia I'd is cultivated than nece
ssary to support the PEOPLE. The preser
population ot this country could be fed b.
he proper and profitable cultivation 0f les
than one fourth the present su ount o
iarmed lan1 II cur farmers had no toreigl
market, they woul1 be compelled TO coIn
pe,e with one mother until they would b
brought down to bare existence.
@. Have our farmers q foreign market
A. Yes. but subject to hes, y "taxe ito an
restraint" They are pt rmitted to sell q
broad subject 10 taxation ranging from rs
J .,OU per cent. ON what they receive in pay
nien,, and this 10 has been increased csc
year since 1881. 1t is 80 levied that It vii
lucrease each year without additional legis
,ation. like cou pound interest.
| Q. What has been the RESULT 4. Gu
farmers sold $73U,394, ,943 abroad in lS8
and only $5OO. $40 OS6 lseS.
@. What caused this enormous declin
in what was sold abroad! A. The incress
IN the tax ON their foreign payments.
z. What effect did this law preventiu
farmers from selling abroal have on tn
Aome market pricess A. The prices in th
home market declined heavily. The New
FORK market prices in 1854 and 1858 were
Corn, 81 and o5c; wheat, los and S5c; fou,
IS 58 and S4.75; cotton. los and 9ac; lea,he
.O6 aau 1880; oil, " aud TIC; bacon, lU
aud 86c; lard, 85 and 77c; salt pork, ~ sn'
i4c; suit beef. rs and 53c; butter lS2 ant
1886; cheese, lO3 and 99c; eggs. 2l2 sn'
SOC; tobacco, 81 and 83c. The decline il
prices fry M 1881 was much greater.
/ @. Where did you get these figures! A
bureau OF Statistics (lS88.
i @. Did these prices decline beca7se th
tariff law would not permit the farmer :
sell in IT, foreign Market2 A. They did
the ho ne market was 9lutted. The rplu
farm pro. ucts could no, bs proftably sol
.brcu,l because Vt the average tax Of 30 pc
cent upon the payment, and the far.aer
ani to sell at the best price they could e
acre. Two sellers competed for QUE cas-
toner.
/ Q. If they had had fres foreign marke
what would have been the result2 A. The
1.-TWO customers would have competed for on
seller.
/ Q. What is the extract meaning Of Ere
trade? A. That the American farmer sha
,e free to sell in either the home market q
10. eign market. and free in either market
take anything he needs il payment, sut3e'
only To taxation for revenue, and free fro
",axation and restraint" lump ,ssd merely
benefit . rival in business.
4 Q. What is the objec. OF protection?
To cOn6ne by law the farmer to the hon
market aud 10 prevent foreigners from COZ
peting with oIr citizens in the purchase
the products Of our firms.
O. Why: A. To limit the farmer stric
II to the business Of supplying the peop
with food. and to prevent him from suppl
il our people with manufactures By ii
profitable exchange abroad Of his farm pr
ducts fos them.
@. Suppose the farmer lost his hon
market He could only lose II BY the 1
merican miil-owner gniningit No oDeell
can get it. But sou mean, Suppose ou
l home market should lose the farmer"
4 our farmers could get bettcr pricse In Il
\ foreign market aud sold all their produo
a5rosd d, that would be the only proftabl
way they could "loose tha no no market''- :.
4 by selling At greater profit In the foreig
!. market than ting could sell at here.
would be good thing for the farmers m
4 . bad thing for such Of us as are not farm
ers.
Il O. Suppose tho farmer lost his foroig
market! A. That would he > bad thing 4
him, but ! good thug for the rest Of u,
Corn would soon be s cents bushel %
-four 50 cents . barrel.
4 Q. u his foreign market in danger2
He conld not get it insured for 500 with
out paying $l05 premium.
TIE Wilson.