The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
THE FOREIGN MARKET.
WHAT THE FARMER SELLS TO
 FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Importance of the Foreign Market to Our Farmers.
 When man undertakes to defend 8 false system he Is constantly compelled to make untrue arguments Our pro- lection organs labor early and late to show the farmer that the foreign market ls of very little value to him. While Blaine is trying to get the farmer "a market for another bushel of wheat and another barrel of pork" and the organs applaud his efforts, they even forget themselves still and go back to their old Job of showing that the foreign market Is no good.
 l But the facts about the farmers for figures published by the Treasury De- partment Those figures for the year ending Dec. 31, 1890, have recently been published; and they are well worth the attention of any farmer who wants to know the size of his foreign market and where his greatest foreign market is The figures of the department show that the total exports of agricultural products in 1890 amounted to $62S,- j772. 1000, which was "A. B per cent of all our exports On the other hand exports of manufactures were $156, 9S3, 900, or only 1856 per cent. of the total These figures show that where the manufac- turer exported $1 worth of goods the farmer exported $4 worth. The for .eign market is therefore four times more valuable to the farmer than to the manu- facturer
 The heaviest single item of agricul- tural exports was raw cotton, reaching $254, 275, 900, or about 40 per cent of all agricultural exports, and about 30 per cent. of all exports of every kind. Ex- ports of cotton in 1889 were still larger, being $266, ,649, 900.
 The next largest item in the total was provisions, $142,s42, 900. These were divided as follows: Beef products Canned beef, Ss,6lo,o 900; fresh. $13, s37,- 600; salted or pickled, $e,o39, GOO; tallow, e5,73s.0o0. Hog products-Bacon, ST. 655,000; hams, Ss, 495, ,000; pork, fresh and pickled, $4,7o4.ooo Dairy products A-Butter, $3, 223, ,000; cheese, $S, 13O, 0OO.
 The exports of provisions for the past three years make an interesting com. parison, showing, as they do, a gratify- ing increase. These are the figures; 1s88. 9l, ,259. 900 4Sss 123 3o7 GOO aee0. .................. I42s42, 900 ] The next heaviest exports are bread Stuffs, $141, CO.,, ,00a Hero are the prin- SAP0A AtcMSs SOIus @ot,OOo,OOUs Wuedt, $42, 34S, 900; wheat flour, $52, 700, GOO; oats, $4,1f1.000; rye, $1,o25, 900; corn meal, $9l7, ,000; oatmeal, S579, 900; bar ley. $463, ,oO0
 Besides the exports of provisions as above given, there was considerable export of live animals, principally cattle. Total exports of animals were $35, ,665,- 900, of which the exports of cattle reached $a3, 297, ,000, against $25, ,673, GOO in 16S9 Exports of hogs were $97o, OOO; horses, $S06, ,000; mules, $35S, 900; sheep, S199, 9,o00
 There were also some exports of mis- cellaneous agricultural products. These were as follows: Bones, hoofs, horns, etc., |, $400, 900; fruits, S2, S45, ,OO0; hay, S577,- 900; hides and skins, $1.4Ss, ,0Oo; hops, t2, l72, eco; seeds, $2,945, ,000; leaf to- bacco, S21. .l55, GOO; vegetables. S1, 37O, 0oO.
 Besides these exports of raw farm produce, there were some $40, GOO, ,O0O of manufactured goods exported, of which our farmers furnished the raw materials. These were as follows: Cotton goods, $11, 113, 900; leather and manufactures of leather, Sl2, ,575, 900; lard oil, $646, 900; eOttonsecd oil, $5, 400, ,0oO; oilcake, ST. 762, coo; manufactured tobacco. $4,01s,- oCO
 The above figures afford some idea of tho vast importance of the farmers for stgn market In the face of such figures the protecti0nists have the effrontery to try to persuade the farmer that he can not compete in the markets of the world with the pauper labor of countries less prosperous than ours, and they even go to the length of saying that if 1t were not for McKinley's humbug duties on farm produce our markets would be 0eoded with the cheap products of other countries!
 Those figures prove the ability of our farmers to hold their own in the world . market Yet Mckinley made 1t a re- proach to the Democratic minority on the Ways and Means Committee year ago that they stood forth in defense of that market for our farmers. aThe worlds market to which tho advocates of tariff for revenue only invite tho farmers of this country" he said, ~is to- day crowded with the products of the cheapest human labor the earth affords All over the old world there is a rush of their surplus to that market, and it is to such a contest as this that free trade would allure American agriculture
 And still our farmers go into that mar ket and beat @the cheapest human labor" on its own ground; and they are in no mood to withdraw from that market, as Mckinley seems to advocate. If his words mean anything. The farmers know too well that if they should cease to sell in the foreign market they should fail to find sale for all their products at home, and thus depress prices to m absolutely ruinous figure But the farmers are not fools; they know that the moro of our farm products Is taken by Europe and the more of manufactured goods that is sent e us in exchange, the better of they are. The freedom of that exchange, so beneficial to our farmers. is obstructed in the interests of tho manufacturers solcly under the false cry of @protection 10 American labors
 Another important fact shown by the Treasury figures is that England is far and away the farmers greatest foreign market
 Against all the silly protectionist talk about Eng and, @the grasping Briton, " and tho like, lot the farmer consider the following figures: Total exports of cat t1a. e3a, 297, 900, of which England took 4sl. S64. .000; canned beef. SS,61O, ,0OO to England. $6, ,356, GOO; fresh beef, Sl3, s37,- GOO. t0 Eng and. $l3,654, 1000; saltcd beef, s, 125,U GOO. to England. S5,95., 900; tallow, $5.73s.00o, to England. $2,64a.- GOO; bacon, S37. .0O0, to En- gland, S30.9 900; hams, $s. s.4o5,- 0oO. to England, $6.s57,0 1000; lard, eS6. .062, 900, to England, S11,139,- o00: butter, $a,2es, ,o0O, to England, e1. S55. 600; cheese, &S. 13O, GOO, to England, DZ. .O0O. COO Our exnorks of hrcad stn fl z