The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-05-14

seen that from 1880 to 1885, when tho
imports of pig iron dropped OIL, the do
nestle production fell off more rapidly.
These figures presented an argument
absolutely OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, foot
and dragoon-all this talk of importa-
lions interfering with domestic employ
ment.
Mr.. Mills criticised the provisions Of
the bill relating to hides, tin-plate and
sugar, and then said that at length these
gentlemen were brought to their knees
at the confessional and were bound to
admit that there was widespread depres-
sion throughout the agricultural regions.
What did the bill do to aid agriculture?
1t put sugar on the free list, though all
the Republicans did not come up like
little gentlemen and take sugar in theirs.
Gentlemen on the other side expressed
sympathy for the farmer, and their
zeal to relieve the distress which they at
length acknowledged surrounded the
agriculturalist. Two years ago the
Democrats stood here and declared that
the country was on the edge of dark
shadow. The Republicans ridiculed
this and said that the farm mortgages
were only further evidence Of prosper
ity and wealth. Laughter. Why did
not the committee treat sugar as it
treated wooden goods and cotton goods
and iron goods? Why did it not put
protective duty on sugar and compel its
production in this country and carry out
the protective policy?
The committee, Mr.. Mills said. had
found out that the wheat production was
in danger and had increased the duty so
per cent. The United States exported
80, 900, coo bushels of wheat year. and
it imported the startling amount of 1.948
bushels. Laughter The increased
duty was to protect the American farmer
against the pauper of India. Corn was
to be protected. The United States last
year exported 1000, 900 bushels of corn
and imported 2.3sS bushels. This i'm
mense importation must be stopped.
The committee proposed to deliver the
rye farmer from all peril. 1t was
going to speak words of COM
fort to him and tell him that
he would not have to compete
with pauper labor. How much rye did
the United States import? Sixteen
bushels. Laughter. Some adventur-
GUS farmer had bought this rye to i'm
prove his crop and he was to be rebuked
for this at the capital of his Nation. He
attributed to the majority of the COM
mittee one bold and audacious move,
which meant the deliverance of the
farmers. They cried out, 'slet the port
cullis fall" in order to save the cabbage
patch. They had placed duty on cab
bage, and that was to be the panacea for
all ills. The farmer could stand in his
cabbage patch and defy the world.
Laughter. This was cabbage-head
bill. [Applause.l
The Republicans, Mr.. Mills declared,
must do some something more than this
in order to fool the farmers. The farm
ers understood that they needed markets
for their products. This bill would al
most stop the expectation of agricultural
products, and then the Republicans
would hear a storm worse than Ne
braska cyclone. In order to increase
the home market and give employment
to Americas people, the farmers should
be given access to the foreign markets,
where they could sell their surplus
products Agriculture was chained like
a galley slave. When her bonds were
rended and her products exported to
foreign markets, the price of her pro-
ducts would be increased at home and
abroad, and the increased price would
extend employment to production
in all departments of labor.
The industries of the country
had developed labor. The industries of
of the country had developed until they
produced Is per cent. more than could
be consumed in this country. The sur
plus was constantly increasing and the
question was what Congress was going
to do about it. The Democratic way
was to let down the barriers and let the
surplus go out to the people who wanted
it and take from other people what they
did not want and this Nation did
In this extraordinary bill new policy
was inaugurated, by which the whole
American people we're taxed in order
that somebody might go into foreign
market and sell cheap goods to foreign
ers. The American Government had
laid by the grandest and
greatest men the world ever produced.
They did not build the Government to
tax the people in order that somebody
might sell cheap goods to foreigners.
Discussing the sugar bounty clause,
Mr.. Mills said that the people who
raised corn and wheat and rye would
step up to the counter and say: 1--WE
will take some sugar in ours" The
Democrats were opposed to subsidies.
He wanted to see the flag of the Union
float in every sea; he wanted to see
American vessels in every port; but he
to see those vessels 60 into for
eign ports as free ships. representing
free American institutions. He did not
want to hire anybody todisplay the flag
of the United States anywhere in the
world. He wanted to see the
flag. when it went into for
eign seas, go as an emblem of the
proudest and freest people of the world,
who by their genius had conquered the
seas and brought their commerce where
they pleased. The Republicans might