The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

WCA tnie1's Dutte4 IN Hoxe and l1ox Meat
"A Specimen Attempt ~ Fool the farme1
Some Cold Figures % Experss and I'm
ports-
Nothing illustrates better than the
barc-ftced hypocrisy Of Mckinley's at'
tempt 70 protect the farmers than his
duties IN hogs and hog product. Our
great posa packing centcrs slaughtered
and marketed -. 9od.67l hogs in 1920.
not e. mention the vast numbers
slaughtered on the farm for family con
sumption In addition 81. 900 hogs were
exported
Notwithstanding these vast figures
Nc kinley had the gall" e. increase the
duty on hogs In order to make the
former fancy that he too was getting
his portion in the great protection hum
bug. In the tables compiled for the
use Of the senator's in the tariff debate
year ago by an expert Of the United
States treasury department. the imports
Of hogs for 1859 were given at just
LASS head for 1889. valued az
-. no 50. or s. - per head Must have
been poor shoats, The old duty on
hogs was 20 per cent ad valorem Me-
kinley changed this to $3.50 per head
which would amount TO over Is per
cent And now our farmers have I'M
s1valed possession Of the home market.
no longer threatened with ruin by that
food Of poor shoats worth S. - apiece,
In the same generous spirit the good
Mckinley dealt with bacon. hams. pork
and lard The duty Of = cents a pound
on bacon and hams was advanced to 5
cents The imports Of the two kinds Of
meat in 1889 were 272. $50 pounds. worth
S45. so, or very near II cents per pound
On the other hand. our own exports Of
bacon were valued at Z cents. and those
Of hams at l0s1 cents per pound show
ing that the small quantity imported
was in no way in competition with the
domestic article. This imported meat
was brought in for a few Of our foreign
citizens, who are fond OF cherishing the
memory Of the old country by eating
an occasional slice of westphalian ham.
or other famous brand
But what are these trifling imports
compared with our enormous exports
pounds Of bacon. worth $50. $50. 900. and
70. 600. 900 pounds OF hams. worth ST.
900. 600? To make the contrast between
exports and imports all the more strilx-
ing. we export $3.50 pounds Of bacon
and hams for every pound Of the for
eign product brought into the country.
If Mckinley succeeds in driving away
that one pound. does any farmer
imagine that keeping this one pound
out of the precious home market will
increase the price of the .. go pounds?
Even the treasury expert does not
seem to have been able TO find any fig
ures for pork imported; but all the
same Mckinley dumped in pork along
with beef and mutton and doubled the
duty, making il cents per pound The
total imports Of these three products in
1889 were valued at sl4.3s0: and our
exports Of fresh pork last year were
valued at $4,000 and those Of picked
pork ut 81. 100000.
Mckinley found the duty on lard .
cents = pound and the imports for 1889
1,o73 pounds, worth SIS. At that point
he drew the line; even Mckinley could
not carry the farmers tariff humbug
further. and the duty was left At 2cents
Al we exported last year al. 0o0. 900
pounds Of lard, valued At s33. $50. 000.
our farmers need not complain OF the
competition Of SIS worth
And thus has the great American
humb bug dealt with the great American
hog.
"BUILDING UP a HOME MARKET"
How the Protectionist scheme Has Failed
Farm Exports Twice - Large - In
1850.
In trying TO make foreign market
for another bushel OF wheat and an
other barrel Of pork, the McKinleyites
confess TO the failure Of their great
''home market theory They have
been trying for thirty years to persuade
the farmer that protection is most ex-
cellent thing for him. since il makes .
market right at his doors for his farm
produce.
Has such been the result? In 1860
our exports Of agricultural products
amounted TO $3.50. 0oo. 000 Then pro-
lection came and began its enormous
job of building up home market
Il IL built? Last year our exports of
agricultural products reached eG29. 0o0.-
900, or more than double what they
were in 1860. Our exports Of wheat
and -four alone amounted 10 S102. 900.
900. whereas the value on the farm Of
the wheat crop Of 1859, from which our
exports for the fiscal year 1850 were
drawn. Is estimated by the statistician
Of the agricultural department at Wash
ington to have been only S342, 5000
How long will il take TO build . home
market TO eat that surplus Of eI02, 0O0.-
600 worth of wheat and flour? Let Ms
see. The crop Of 1889 Is here given at
its value on the farm At exporting
points. with due proportion Of Il
turned into -four. the value could be
safely stated at S40o. 900. 600 Then our
home consumption was approximately
$500. Oo0. 600. and our exports 500, 0oO. 900
or one-fourth exported. The entire
population Of the country from June 80.
1889. TO the same day in 1890 may be
stated at 81. 0O0. 600. This would allow
very nearly s. worth Of wheat for each
individual for one years consumption.
To consume the surplus Of 500. 000.-
900 worth at home. according TO the
pretty scheme Of the McKinleyites.
would require the addition Of 20. 600, 900
souls to our population IT onces There