The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-09

Agricultural Department almost stimuli
taneOusly with his message - he
would have found that in Kan
sas the average yield of corn
per acre was only eleven bushels,
whereas it ought to have been thirty.
The very fact that there is almost q
total failure of the corn crop in Kansas
was one of the reasons which produced
the political revolution in that State
The failure or shortness of the corn
crop in the great corn belt of the cOun-
try caused scarcity of this product, and
scarcity resulted in higher prices for
corn But the trouble with the farmers
was that they had little or no corn to
sell, and many of them who had stock
to feed became buyers at the higher
rates which scarcity had produced. The
prices OF agricultural products are de-
termined entirely by the extent of pro-
duction, and this is governed by natural
causes, not by legislation.
"A failure of crops in this country II
regarded by the farmers as the greatest
calamity that can befa1 them. But
such failure inevitably results in higher
prices OF farm products; and, therefore,
the President has cited as an evidence
OF prosperity that which the farmers
themselves regard as a calamity, name
", higher prices resulting from crop
failure. There can be no combination
among farmers to reduce the output OF
agricultural products; such combine
tions are not even desirable. Farm
ers universally strive for bounti-
full harvests-the pious ones among
them praying as well as iaboring
for them They regard a bountiful
harvest as essential to their prosperity,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
greater the crop the less will be the
price of products. They are political
economists who believe, who realize in
fact, that abundance is wealth, that
scarcity can never tend in that direc-
ton. If the next season should be
favorable and large crops of wheat.
corn, oats, and other products of the
farm, should be realized, there will be a.
corresponding depression of prices, and
the larger the crop the lower the prices
If such should be the result, a year
from this time the President in his an
nuaI message Notwithstanding the
lines of his last One-deplOre the I'M
fortunate condition of the country,
brought about by low prices for farm
products caused by abundant hRrvestsi
1.-The Republican leaders can not hope
to divert the attention of the country
from the tariff question whatever they
may do, whether they go forward or go
backward. The Democratic party has
a plain, unmistakable duty to perform;
that duty consists in moving steadily
onward and pressing the adj
vantage which st has already
obtained. 1t will keep this ques-
ton before the public until the
fruits of victory have been realized; I'M
til the Mckinley bill has been repealed,
and until materials which make profit
able manufacture impossible have been
relieved from unnecessary burdens, and
so cheapened as to not only aid manu-
featuring, but increase profitable pro-
ductiOn. 1t will demand larger markets
for American farm products; not only
reciprocity with Cuba, South America,
and Canada, but freer trade with all the
world.
''The late election was only the exc
preston of a popular desire; that Popu-
lar desire has not been accomplished
It may not be fully realized until after
the next Presidential election, at which
the final and complete victory will bS
achieved. namely, the election of a
President and both branches of Con-
popular verdict of last November
large Democratic majority will keep
this question continually in view. 10
will not be turned to the right nor to
the left; it will not permit side issues
of any kind to interfere with this all
absorbing and al1-important question
With the advantages already obtained
it win be little less than criminal to
permit any thing to occur which would
make impossible ultimate and complete
tariff reform
He VIII Never Believe in Protection.
A case of tariff Injustice recently took