The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-02

Covrrnrr Holes. of Iowa. Discusses tho
Recent upheasai In the Agricultural
states Democracy the Party
Of tho People.

| The following is the address Of IIor-
acc Hoies. Governor Of Iowa. AT the Re-
| form Club dinner. held in the banquet
hall 81 the Madison square Garden.
New York, Tuesday evening. Deem
her -. In response 10 the toast, Our
New Allies in the Northwest: What
cur Farmers Have Right 20 Demand
Ma PRESIDENT: The sentiment o. the toast
70 which am invited 10 respond h. one OF sur
passing interest from both an economic and
political standpoint.
Its imp ,rtance when considered with refer
encn 20 the Nation az large. Is intensified when
applied 70 the prairie states Of the Northwest
watch are 10 a marked degree the food roduc-
inE distress of this continent.
4 hre, statement ~ the situation In my own
state will a. well present the condition in the
district referred 70 a. can be done in the time
AZ my command
According 70 the most reliable statistics At
talnGnle AZ this time. nearly nifty per cent. Of
the male population over ten years OF age ia
Iowa are engaged In agricultural pursuits.
while less than thrce per cent. are employed ID
manufacturing enterprises Of all kinds, pro-
tected and unprotected
Years ago thar state had attained the nrst
rank n this Union as corn producing Sfats.
and this has carried her 10 the head OF the col
umn Of states A. prouuccr 81 the best quality
or beef porx and dairy products. ia other re
spect> she T. not behind the most favored OF
her sisters in nearly everything thai pertains
- agricultural pursuits in that latitude.
statistics show that the average wages OF
able bodied men upon the farms OF Iowa are
eighteen AMI one-half dollars per month. or
about seventy cents per day and board the
lowest price paid any class OF like iahorers in
the state; and yet out Of nine hundred farmers
reporting q our Commissioners OF Labor sta
tistics during The present year more than eight
hundred claim that this help az these wages
has been employed al q loss instead o. profit
during each OF the five years last past.
Out 81 the same number an equal portion as
sert that the actual cost OF producing this
cerea the most profitable OF all that are raised
within that State has. during the same period
exceeded the entire value Of the crop when
harvested. saying nothing whatever 0f income
from the capital invested in the land required
10 produce II.
II = estimated BY those making these reports
that the cost Of producing an acre OF corn ready
for market j. 500: that the average crop for
nye years has been 2Saa bushels. and statistics
show that the average price 81 this corn in our
local markets. soon after harvest during such
period has been ~ cents Per hushcl. making
the eatlre value q the crop wnen marketed
60 or sixty sever cents less than the actual
cost u production AZ market rates of labor.
What j. true OF the production Of corn in
Iowa j. equally true Of all the great staples
raised on her farms. When We consider the
immense capital invested in the farms 81 q
single state and are told that for fve whole
years Il has not paid enough 10 compensate the
labor employed. II j. apparent that no other
business in this country could have withstood
such condition OF adversely during so pro
longed . period. and il j. equally certain that
had II occn practicable for the farmers 81 the
country 20 withdraw fheircapital from this line
az hur f...
greatly reduced even In the best Of the agri,
cultural States.
But this was impracticahe and from the very
necessity Of their situation they have continued
a business burdened with loss instead OF yield
ing PROFIT ~ the market value o. their labor
is considered, out of which this Nation has
gathered three fourths OF all its exports and BY
reason of which Il has been able TO preserve
balance o. trade Ia its favor that has constant.
" added 70 the aggregate OF our National
wealth.
Ills. however. II We stop to reflect easy 10
discern that il the chief business OF country Il
being done AZ loss aud yet that the country
as whole j. becoming rich. there must be
some fragrant error in the industrial system
that produces such result
With the facts demonstrated by statistics a.
they are that the Nations wealth T. being con.
stantly increased: tDat II T. largely derived
from rs agricultural resources and that those
mess a. loss instead 81 apront j. II dinicut 70
understand That those who produce the greater
part OF the Nations wealth do not enjoy III
We can easily see that II dozen men were
engaged in as many different pursuits. ana
eleven ~ them were compelled % give up 10
the twelfth the entire profits they earned. the
aggregate wealth Of the Twelve might De- great.
" increased but Ia that case there would be
one yery rich man and eleven very poor ones
II We extend the example il H. equally appar
ent that II The great body OF men engaged ia
industrial pursuits In any nation are compelled
~ Law or otherwise - surrender 70 few the
profits OF their LABOR the Nation as such may
grow rich. but it, wealth viii be concentrated
in the hand- II its favored few. while the
mary. robbed ~ their share N the wealth
which the labor " all has produced. must OF
necessity remain poor.
DO not hesitate 70 say there T. no possible
Justification Tor system o. laws that produces
such result
No plea Cor the Nations prosperity. however
| eloquent that plea may become. can smother
| TN indefensible wrong that takes single
dollar from the earnings Of one class OF its citi
| gems and bestows II a. bounty upon those OF
| another
| I will not stop now 70 question whether the
| Industries of nation may or may not become
50 adjusted and equailzed that q protective
tarsr could BE- made equally advantageous TO
| all
| II n enough 70 know that they are not so
| cqua'ized In the United states.
| II the farmers and laborer. Of this country
| are required 20 attribute from their earnings
70 build up lines OF industry In which they are
| not engaged N j. absolutely certain that those
/ who give must become poorer thereby while
those who rec i've will grow rich from the
| avails ~ labor they 10 NIL perform. and II r.
\ quires no stretch Of the Imagination 70 forcsee
| thai under such system time alone Is needed
20 divide these classes IN this the proudest Re-
| public on the globe ~ the human family is al
ready divided In the most aristocratic mon
arches " the old world.
| tits infinitely better that this Nation should
remain poor with its property such as II has.
distributed among all its classes than become
tho richest on the globe with its wealth con
centratcd Ia the hands % few.
No dream % a theoriSt could conceive on n
condition more perfect than one which would
divide and could maintain with equal effort on
the part ~ individuals an equal distribution
OF . nations wealth among an H. cit rs
ThIS j. impracticnbc but what can be said
| ~ favor 81 \ system that strikes the very roof
of this equality: that aids BY artificial means
In preventing the nearest approach 70 such
| equality that the human family is capable OF
attaining: Certainly nothing II men are Just
II this u the result Of protective tarin the
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