Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-04-17

III Ills itlltE | resident tdr lSOfl saws
with regrrd to markets for farm produce:
"A public dis :uSsion of the conditions af-
fe ting agricultural md business proSprri.
ty cannot but be heIpfni if il is conducted
on broad lines and i hOspitab,e to diff
ferenceS of opinion. The extraordinary de.
uelOpmentS of production of agriculture
which has taken place Ill recent period in
this country 10y reason of the rapid en-
largement of the area of tilage, under the
favOring land laws of the United States.
very naturally has died attention to the
value, and indeed the necessity, of larger
marke ;. am one of those who believe
that home market is necessarily the best
market for the producer, as ii meas
urably emancipateS him. in proportion to
It's nearness, from the eXactions of the
transportation companies. If the farmer
could deliver his surplus produce to the
consumer out of his farm wagon. his indie
pendence and his profits would be larger
and surer. 1t seems to me qaite impossible
to attain ii aIgely increased market for
our Stap'c flrm product, without impair
ing the home market 10y opening the man
utacturing trales to a competition III
which foreign producers paying lower
scale Of wages would have the advantage
A policy that would reduce the number
of our people engaged in mechanical
pursuits, or diminish their ability to
purchase food products 10y reducing wages,
cannot be helpful to those now en-.
gagged in agriculture. The farmers insist
that the prices of farm products have been
too low below the point of fair living and
iaIT profits. think so tOO-but venture
to remind them that the plea they make
involves the concession that things may
be too cheap. :. coat may be too cheap
as well as corn. The farmer who claims
good living and profits for his work
should COncede the same to every other
man and woman who tolls. | look with
great confidence to the completion of
further reciprocal trade arrangements,
especially with the Central and South
American states as furnishing
| large markets for meats, brea
an important line of manufactured pro-
ducts.
NJ. H. DeYoung, of San Francisco sent
paper on irrigation. Senator PETER, of
Kansas, wrote, expressing the hope that
| the congress would result in bringing TIE
people of the west and south into closer
social and commercial relations. Charles
Francis Adams, or Boston, wrote that
while be recognjz I'd the hardships of the
present situation In the west, he did not
bclive any action except Individual action
was necessary for Il remedy. With avery
! general popular idea that the govern
meet Is Il grand paternal dO-all
to protect ever.O and everything
and provide remedies for every i'll that
the body polite is subject to, Mr.. Adams
doesn't sympathizp. On the contrary says
he, am 50 antiquated in my opinion as to
think that the world is governed alto
gether too much and that it has rarely
been governed 50 much or SO badly as 1t
has been in this country within the last 25
years. If the people are lift alone they
will work out their salvation a great deal
| quicker and more satisfactory than while
! the government lnc"ssantly encumbers
them with its weIl-meant, but ilI-ad-
vised assistanc' Mr. Adams did not
! believe there was any general
! business and Agricultural depression except
/ that due to natural and temporary causes; ;
! that he did not believe any legislation
| would be required He thinks that i'm
| proved TRANSFORMATION by land and water
would provide for Itself under the avs of
| supply and demand if the government
| does not continually meddle with it..
| Western products would find markets soon
enough if the government would leave the
! matter severely alone. The great trouble
With the currency is excessive
| tinkering. and if the government would
| leave 1t alone it would regulate itself just
| as perfectly ds Inc international currency
does. Tn, manufacturing interests Of the
| country always have been successfully pro-
| NOTED by individuals when the govern
ment has left them alone, and every inter
| ference OF the government from the begin
ming to the Mckinley bill has been
detrimental to the public interest.
The irrigation of arid lands
| is settling itself in Idaho and Colorado
and otner states where the government
leaves it alJue. The fewer commercial
laws We have the better, and if there were
| no commercial laws the community would
be far more prosperous than 1t Is. The
interference Of the government with I'M
migration has been uniformly mischiey-
ous. Business combinations and trusts
were dangerous 10 those inside them
and if left alone by the government would
york nothing but good unless perverted to
some purpose opposed TO the laws of trade,
In which case they inevitably sooner or
later bring about the ruin Of those con-
cerned in them
H. K Thnrber. of New York writing
on business combinations and trusts said
they were caused By sharp competition.
Their effects were beneficial to the pro-
dueer and consumer. The aggregation of
capital, skill and experience Is almost every
branch of business Is for the best inter
ests Of the masses. A paper was read
from John V. Farwel, Of Chicago, and
others on the same subject. Governor
Frances was chosen president, and Tenn
p0rary Secretary Springer made perma-
ment secretary. Adjourned
The minister of commerce In Berlin has
ordered the police agents to institute pri-
vate inquiries IN regard to the corn ring,
which has sent enormous quantities OF
corn to Rotterdam IN order to maintain
prices by artificial scarcity