The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-05-01
POOLING THE FARMERS.
clexeIand plaindeaier... I.

Let us see how the claim will
bear investigation.
The duty on corn has been
increased from 10 cents to 15
cents a bushel in order to
protect the farmer from the
Importation of ''pauper labor
corn" The total amount OF
corn imported for the fiscal
year 1889 was 2, ,401 bushels.
The exports for the same
time were 69.592,929 bus.
How thankful the farmers
ought to be for the increased
protection against foreign
corn!
On cornmeal the duty has
been doubled. the present
rate of 10 cents per bushel
being raised to 20 CENTS
The necessity of this addl-
tional protection is evident
when it is known that 1896
bushels of cornmeal were
imported last year against an
export of 312.1S6 barrels.
Oats are to be protected
by an increase of duty from
10 cents to Is cents per
bushel. The import of oats
were 22,31O bushels and ex-
ports 624,22 bushels.
Rye will remain with only
10 cents per bushel protec-
ton. This is wrong. Six
teen bushels of rye came into
this country last year against
S87, 1852 bushels sent out.
There ought to be more pro-
lection against these Is bus.
The duty on wheat has
been increased from 20 to
25 cents per bushel. The
farmers will be grateful for
this. Last year no less than
13O.649 bushels of foreign
wheat came in to compete
with the home product of
which 46.414,129 bushels
were exported.
Wheat -four is to pay an
ad valorem duty of 25 per
cent. instead of 20 per cent.
The imports were 1,156 bbls.
and exports 9,374,SOS bbls.
The American apple crop
must be protected. There
has been no duty on apples,
green, ripe or dried, but the
American orchard is to have
the protection of 2 cents a
pound on dried apples. Last
year we exported 942,4O6
barrels of green appels and
22,102,579 pounds of dried
apples. We imported not an
apple nor a pound of dried
apples.
The duty on bacon and
hams has been increased
from 2 cents to 5 cents per
pound. The imports were
27s,13O pounds and the ex-
ports 4OO,224, ,646 pounds.
On beef, pork and mutton
the present duty is l cent
per pound; the proposed duty
is 9 cents. The imports were
s15,575 pounds and the ex-
ports 2S6, ,991. .121 pounds.
| It is as plain as a pikestaff
that the farmers are suffering
because of want of protection
on their corn, wheat, oats.
irye, bacon. beef, pork, corn
meal and apples. They are
burning their corni in Kansas
because 2..4O1 bushels i'm
ported last year spoiled their
home market; they are scat
tering their cornmeal on the
ground because 396 bushels
of foreign meal found it's way
; into the country; they blew
themselves to pieces with
dried apples and water be-
cause they had no tariff fence
to keep out the foreign apples
that had not sought admit
tance. They mortgaged theil
farms because one pound oi
bacon was imported for every
1900 pounds exported. The
Mckinley tariff bill will save
them from further misery by
increasing the protection a
gainst agricultural products
that have not and cannot
lcome into competition with
them in the home market
whilst compelling them tc
pay more for articles they
have to buy.
What a bowling farce ths
Mckinley farmers protec.
ton" bill Isl What idiots i
assumes farmers to be!
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