The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-20
The FARMERS CAUSE
Senator Voorhees, Champions A6riesl.
tural Interests.
What should be Done BY LsaisIa-
tors to Remedy the Evils
Under Which He 10
Suffering.

WASHINGTON, March l9.-In the senate
Vice President Morton occupied the chair
to-day. The resolution offered by voor-
hccs Monday a. To the agricultural de-
prrssion was taken up and voorhees, ad-
dressed the senate. He said, in part, that
IL was now nearly 10 years since the closc
OF the war had given To the avaricious an
opportunity 10 prey upon the sclf~acri-
fcing patriots % the country. Measure
had been rcsorted 90 for the taxationS
one class of citizens and the enrichment
Of another. There had been legislation
10y which the burden of the public debt
has been doubled. Silver had been dem
ontizcd and high protective tariff had
been established. He characterised the
protective tariff az the cause Why the
farmers of the United States to-day did
not receive on an average more than 10
cents IA bushel for corn.5O cents for wheat
and To cents "a pound for hogs. Every
prctensc OF "A home market FOR the farmer
was fraud, and every prctense of taxing
wheat, oats and potatoes for his benefit
was cheat and sham. IL is n notorious
truth that the tariff as il now stood in
creased the farmers expense account
from S to lD per cent. ON every impls-
ncnt of industry with which he toilesl, and
last year binding twine was raised 20 Il
cents q pound by the trust. He did not
believe the hands OF the farmer would
hold the republican ticket at the next
presidential election. Not only had there
been no increase In the value Of land In
the last quarter Of n century, bus therc
been absolute a loss of xi per cent. Im-
proved farm lands to-day under the most
favorable circumstances would not, on
the general average, realize more than
two-thiris what their value had been =
years ago. Ohio farms were now under
mortgage to the extent Of x3OO,0OO,O0O. In
Illinois % per cent. of the whole face of
hss los E,. ahxax
amounting Ia <i0.,U0.00O. Forty-seven
per cent. of the state Of Michigan was un-
der mortgage. In Indiana, Missouri, Ne
braska, Kansas and the whole northwest
from twenty 10 fifty per cent. Of farm
lands were under mortgage at such rates
Of interest as farmers could never pay
out OF their crops, To say nothing
Of the principal. Farmers were thus
brought face 10 face with ruin. Nor werc
the farmers of New England different i'm
that respect from those OF western states.
The remedies to be applied were: First,
tariff reform; second, "a full supply OF
legal tender money; third, free coinage
of silver; fourth, oppression by Law OF
gambling in futures; nth, a liberal policy
at pensions. Voorhees, summed up his
dizsd press lblocks Of five, official patron
aye, esc
a letter from farmer Of Iowa who knew
by practical experience more about ths
condition Of the farming class than the
| senator from Indiana ever learned in his
readings. He then read a letter, which
had already been published, showing Oh.
| comparatively low prices of farm produce
and III. high prices Of the manufacture,
| goods before the war.
| The Blair educational bill was then
taken up aud Pierce spoke in opposition
tn il. Evarts and Call advocated Il.
| Allison from the finance committee ~