The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-07-10
OPEN THE WORLDS MARKET.
Remove the Pagan Chinese Walls,
Tho sort ofProteotlon the Farmer Needs
.-.From Roger O. Miiia Speech in Com
sreas ON the Mckinley Bill,


Now, let ua come 10 the real question
what Ia necessary TO protect our farm'
era for lot me say 10 you In all frank
ness, my friends, they are not going 70
be fooled any longer. They arc sound
ing their notes OF distress, their eyeH
arc opening, and you must Try some
thing more substantial than amusing
them with toys, They are beginning
10 understand that they have not mar
keta sufficient for their products ~
home, and you interdict them IRON go
ing 10 foreign markets.
Some days ago the question was AJAX
cd "What law 10 there on the statute
book that prevents the farmer from e1'
porting his produots" ] say that the
tariff law approved March 8, 1883, does,
For years we have had high duties and
AZ they are In the main specific, an the
cost OF production goeS down the tarlil
goes up, aud importation fails on, ana
that shuts of expectation.
The Germans, French, English, Span
lsh, Austrlans, and Others with whom
We ara trading are dissatisfied with our
determinations against tho produce
and they have been taking steps 10 49,
tallate upon us. They have Increased
the duty ON wheat In Germany two OF
three times since 1880, Portugal has
prohibited the importation OF some OF
meats, perhaps all Of them. France has
prohibited them, not because our meats
are unsound, They talk that way some
times. This is tho language OF diplo'
macy. But that is not the real cause
What they want 10 for us 10 remove our
Chinese wall out Of the way OF The ex'
ports Of their product TO our markets
Applause.l
Since 1880 European peoples have
been putting up Chinese walls against
our exports, and they have been fall
ing of. We exported 800 100000 bush
els OF grain In 1880, Our expectation
of grain since then has been falling of
until II has gone down TO l6OOOOOOO
bushels--not much over one half We
exported In 1881 6i60OO0OO pounds OF
bacon and hams, aud In 1889 iOO,OOOOOO
pounds; and 293,0OO,0O0 bushels OF CO.
reals In 1881, aud 1913, 10000 In 1889,
In 1881 we consumed "a bushels OF
cereals per bead, and II was found am
ply sufficient, II last year we had re-
talned that amount for home consump'
tion IL would have required 2,l7BOOO,
600 bushels TO supply our home mar
ket. Our domestic product was 1850,
100000 bushels, and that would have
left us over i,270OOO,0OO bushels for ex'
port. Instead Of that We only exported
l69OOOOO0 bushels The excess lindf
no market at home and is wasted, and
the heavy surplus suppreSSes the price
of the whole crop. IL 10 q startling
fact that while our cereals IN 1889 ex'
coed those Of 1881 more than 100000
600 busholO, yet the crop is not worth
as much as that Of 1881 by more than
S300,0O000O,
We should reduce the duties on i'm
ports put all raw materials on The free
Inst, Increase our importation four OF
Ave hundred millions or more II we
could aud thus increase our exports II
that extent. That would raise the prlcet
of agricultural products and the aggre
gate value of our annual crops vi, ,UO'
OOOOOO or S2,000,00000O per year. That
would distribute a large amount OF
wealth that would be expended In the
employment Of labor, and thus un
bounded prosperity would be brought
10 the country.
Obstruction Of imports means reduc
tion In prices OF farm produces, In
stead or this the committee hive pre-
pared a bill increasing taxes, raising
duties, restricting importationl !, shut
ting IN our farm products, aud ecreaB
ing prices. They are going In the op
posije direction apd struggling 70 IN
tensify the distress OF the county
When you pass your bill, as | have nc
doubt you will, aud almost stop The
exports Of agricultural products, you
viii hear q storm that will be worse
than Nebraska cyclone blowing
around your heads. Laughter and ap
plause on the Democratic side
Our policy should be to do everything
we can 10 Increase the value OF AL The
products OF labor In the United States
TO put lust as many dollars In the peck
cts of the people as we can,
Now, then, II we find that II cGnibe
done by removing the barriers against
importation land that Is the only wya
we can do it), and letting IN what the
foreigner wants TO exchange with W
for our products, why not do thatY Lei
In his cottons, w0olens, wool, ores, coal
pig lrOp, fruits, sugar, coffee, tea-lel
All these things come into the country
because when you do that, something
has TO 90 out TO pay for them, The
foreigner will not give them TO us fol
nothing; some product Of American
labor must 20 out TO pay for them
That will create a demand for that
American product. That increased de-
mand will Increase prices,
In 1879 we had 100000 people, We
now have G6,000,000 The Statistlcian
of the Agricultural Department In q
letter TO the Hon, Frank lligcock, dated
April 2S, 1884, says; 81 make the nel
value Of all agricultural production on
farms, ranches, and on all town and
village lots In round numbers, 81 600
100000 for the crop year 1859, returned
by the census IN 1860, and S8 ,6000n0OC
FOR the year 1879" In u letter Wine
which Is now before me- he places The
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