Daily Republican., 1890-04-28

Ia bboSiulS INV tIhuO W 6S c6-
tablished between the United States
and the nations OF Europe, ii is diffi-
cult TO see how that could help the
American farmer while 1t would prove
in the highest degree disastrous to the
manufacturing interests OF the nation.
In 1879 the late lamented Judge
Kelley, after an interview with Prince
Bismarck, predicted that in the future
Americas great competitor in agri-
cultural products would be not Europe
hut Asia. Some journals Of that day
laughed at the prediction, and went
60 far 10 to say that he Judge was
either fool or mailman, But let
US see how his predictions turned
out. In the year 1870 the imports OF
wheat from India TO England was
only 1875, 0i2 bushels, but in 1879 the
amount had increased to 1880, 1872
bushels. 1t was this showing that
alarmed the Judge, and he sounded
the alarm in this country. In 1883,
ten years later, by leaps and bounds,
the imports from India reached So.
694, 925 bushels. In view OF this
statement and the fscts connected with
II, can the farmers OF Delaware not
see how useless the effort 10 enter into
competition with India to furnish the
wheat supply of Europe, and they
ought To see that II is not creditable for
the free traders to assure them that
their sufierings from low prices result
from our protective system.
Instead Of protection running our
farmers, II is the only thing that helps
them, and keeps the depression in
tnrm values from reaching a much
lower point. This influx of wheat
from India has proved curse even
TO free trade England, and has rele-
gated her fields TO forests and her har.
vest lands to hunting grounds. Ii is
only this protective tariff that prevents
this country from becoming submerged
with AslatiC wheat.
In thi: almost total collapse of for
eign market tor American wheat, free
traders assert that the true principle is
to buy where we Can buy the cheap.
est, and that ii our manufacturing in
r dustries cannot successfully compete
with cheap capital, organized indus
tries and panper labor OF Europe, our
people should turn their attention TO
something else that is to farming
destroy our home markets and Iced
our farmers to depend upon foreign
market for the sale of their surplus
products.
These free traders actually propose
that we shall increase our exports TO
pay for increased imports, and ia en-.
deavoring 10 do so that our farmers
shall enter the field In competition
with the miserable ry0is Of India, who
live on six cents day. AS the Ameri.
can farmer under thcse circumstances
has no outlet for his produce, how eau
he be helped by the free trade raid
upon our home manufacturers Break
them down, where would the home
market be that our farmers now en-
toyf When the tariff WAS removed
from imported tin Plates the manufac
ture Of tinware went bodily over to
Wales. How does that help thu
farmers herei If oui wooden and
iron manufactures We're removed IN
the same manner where labor Is The
cheapest would that help our farmers
any hetter2 Does II not occur will
peculiar force to our American farmer.
that II our American factories woald
stop the laborers in them and tLest
with capital engaged would be diver
to agricuituret What then would be
come OF tie farming interests, What .
tine home market Gnd what OF IN
poor laborer?
Senator Dolph. in his reply to Sena
tor Voorhees,, has tho right idea OF thl
situation when he says
al believe that the interests of til
farmer are intimately connected wit
the utter. sis OF every other producing
class, and that ttln adjustment Is 80 deli
cate and sensitive that a blow to ouc IN
jures the whole. Ii the IN nuiacturcr
are not prosperous, farming langIislies
If farming ia net prosperous, manu-
facturts are depressel. In fact, Ii
surest way TO dastrny the farmer won!,
be TO Grst destroy the manufacture.
which would destroy the home markq
for isrn pgoiHcts sad driyc tue OPERA
tiyss TO the cultivation OF tha Soil and t
competition with the present farmin
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