The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-23

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twenty years ago il put coffee on the
free list Why does II not now take II
from the free list and put . prohibitivc
duty on Il? As long a. the question il
one ~ purc patriotism. and coffee can
be grown In this country under glass
roofs. why not induce the American
farmer TO 90 into the business by Civ
ing him enough protection 70 make IL
PROF OF course. the cost Of pro-
duction is nothing. The consume Is
not 70 be considered. so that tho article
may be produced in this country.
Next m hides. We have heard
something about hides OF late. Laugh
ter. In the last campaign. when the
Democratic party was driving in the
Republican pickets in Iowa in order TO
turn our TANKS and save Iowa 10 Repub-
licanism you went among the farmers
and told them you we're going to give
them d tax on hides. but where are
hides now? Where is that promised
tax? After bobbing up and Town on tho
hide question; after playing a game Of
now You see II and now you don't
laughter hides finally fall in the
place where the Republican party all
the while intended they should be, on
the free list.
The Republicans had promised the
farmer protection on this agricultural
product which might amount to some
thing, but Of course the promise was
broken, They had plenty Of protection
for WOOL. and plenty for tin plate, but
none for hides. Instead they come in
here and try TO make the farmer believe
he is admirably taken care Of. They
increase the duty On wool for what?
Why. in order to give more protection
TO the shoddy business Of this country
a business which employs one hundred
millions OF capital, a business that is
running the wool interest
But the farmer must not complain.
for is he not getting a protective tariff
OF one dollar a pound on raw silk? Is
that not enough TO satisfy him? am
surprised that while the committee was
at the work OF protecting the poor
farmer it did not give him a protective
duty on tea in order to develop the sas-
safras industry Of this country. Laugh
ter and applause. Instead Of protect-
ing tea in order to build up what might
be q promising business in sassafras
the committee puts a big tax on horses,
so that the farmer who wants to i'm
prove his breeds will be able 10 do so at
greater expense. Some Of our South
western farmers find 1t to their advan-
tage 70 import from Mexico horses
worth 81 apiece. and here comes this
committee with a tax OF $50 a head on
all such animals Ilaughterl; and the
same committee has discovered that
wheat needs protection
The wheat market of this country
must be preserved for the American
farmer. His rivals must be kept out by
the God-given tariff. How much wheat
did we export last year? N~inety-one
million bushels, and before the policy
OF restricting importation and exporta-
ton had been carried 70 An extreme We
exported nearly twice as much. How
did we import; to what extent did the
much-feared foreign rivals take our
precious home market away from US?
We imported just 1.945 bushels
Laughter The wheat which w ex-
ported was worth 80 cents . bushel.
while that which we imported was
worth g. . bushel. Seven hundred
bushels OF il was worth s. . bushel in
Germany. OF course, the meaning Of
this is that it was seed wheat OF an inn
proved variety with which our farmers
were e~ndeavoring to improve their
crops. and yet the ways and means ma
jority says the farmer shall pay an in
crease Of 100 per cent. on the seed wheat
which he imports for that purpose.
You are trying to fool the farmers,
but you will not succeed. And then the
farmer must be saved from ruinous COM
petition in corn. Last year we exported
80. 900, 900 bushels OF corn and imported
the enormous quantity Of 2,9is bushels
Laughter One farmer in Texas could
raise il all on 500 acres of land And
the American market for rye must also
be preserved Tor the American farmer.
How much rye did we import last year?
just sixteen bushels. Laughter and
applause. But there Is one item Of de-
liverance for which | thank the majori-
ty Of this committee, one blessing for
which we all rise up and give thanks.
At last we are TO have agricultural pros
perity in this country. for the farmer can
stand in the midst Of his Kansas cabbage
patch and defy the world The Repub-
lican party has given him protection Of
2 cents a head on cabbage. lLaughter.l
But let Us get down to the real ques-
tioa. for you can't fool the farmer any
longer. 1 have been asked why 1t Is
that our farm products do not 60 abroad
Is readily as they did some years ago.
and ] will tell you. The cause Is TO be
found in the tariff law Of 1883. Then
you put up the duties on foreign prod
ucts. and the foreigner Is simply retail
iating. Three times since 1888 Ger
many has enacted avs against Ameri-
can meat products. They claim your
meats are impure and dangerous. but
that Is simply he language Of diplo-
macy. What they really mean is that
II you do not want TO trade with them
they do not want to trade with you
Take down your Chinese wall and they
will be glad enough TO buy Of you.
Why are our prices for farm products
so low az the present time? Simply be-
cause there Is not enough foreign de-
mand to take away the surplus The
surplus must seek a market at home,
and that forces the price down. and the