The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-08-22
"ruE GROWING ACT or rNrAmY.s

"Thc Cfowning Act Of fnfamyp This
10 what the republican farmers Of Mime
sofa call The Mckinley Tariff bill. II Is a
fitting maine for measure that IL piece
OF charla,anry from top to bottom, and,
inetaphoricaily speaking, Is the "Iast hair
that breaks the camel's back" There can
be but one opinion, and, by this, we mean
an honest opinion, about such bill. Mr..
Blaine took IN It's true inwardness when
he wrote TO Senator Frye: There Is not
a section or line In The entire (McKin.
ley) bill that will open a market for
| another bnshei Of wheat OF another barrel
of pork.
Think OF what Blaine says, for II Is
worth ponderingl Here IL bill tha. pre-
iesses 10 be great administration measure
that seeks To outline The policy of the
government for years 10 come IN the mat
ter Of duties on foreign imports-in fact
change our past policy--which member
Of the cabinet says will not "open a mar
ket for another bushci OF wheat or another
barrel Of pork" Farmers, what do you
think Of such bill, and what do you
thick Of such policyi The three great
articles Of export, of this country, are
cotton, wheat and hour--and the quantity
Of these products sent abroad marks the
prosperity OF our agricultural inter
the contrary. In view Of the situation
would not party, that has any seLse az
the head Of Il; party that has the interest
OF the farmer at heart, endeayor 10 open
new mar@ets every where, where an addl-
iional bale Of cotton, an additional buShsl
of wheat. or an additional barrel Of -four
could be soldi Such q the view Of every
business man. But this Is just what the
Mckinley tariff bill docs pot 20. Blaine
says so. and he knows. Could We have
better witness on the siandf We don't
think 20. lie Ia republican, and, there
fore, friendly witness. Please listen,
again, farmers. especially republican
farmers. 10 what tariff expert says of
the Mckinley bill. Here arc bIs words:
There is not section OF a line In the
entire tMeKiniey) bill that Will open q
market for another busbel Of wheat or
another bsrrei of pork. Think about II
iarmersI Ponder and reflect upon iil For
what line Of products viii Il then "open a
marketr None, whatever. II will have
a tendency 10 close them; IL Is based on
the Chinese wall system, which rests on
the "home marAet." a wiekeder ialIaey
In political economy was never conceived
by the mind Of man. What fallaey TO talk
about home market when tho price Of
every barrel Of pork and every bukhei Of
wheat Is fixed In the London market.
The Mckinley bill means mo,e. 1t
was conceived in the interest OF the great
manufacturers, the monopolis,s, and the
tariff tax Is slargeiy increased on many Of
the neeessaries Of life, which other classes
must purchase al an increased price. The
interest Of these men 20 entirely .iiled Mr.
Mckinley = eye when he drew his infam-
Gus bin, he could not ace the interest of
the farmer l. itaay wonder. the bill.
this "cTowning act uf infamy." doeI not
.'oren market for auo,her bustIel of
wheat or another barrel OF porkr MOI
II Is quite natural that {, does not. Nc
Kinley and the republican party are not
bull, that way.-DopiesfOus Dessec,a al.