The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
FARMER TO FARMER.
MEDICINE LODGE, Dec. q.

MEDICINE LODGE, Dec. Il,
! To the Editor of the Eagle.
A happy New Year to all.
The article in your issue of Dec. %,
was from some one who is too much of
a coward to sign his name, but uses as a
substitute "Another Farmer" and not a
western farmer at that, will venture to
say.
Inasmuch as he has given the readers
of the EAGLE my pedigree, which Is said
to injure me, may l have space for an
explanation; and as you headed my ar
! ticle of Dec. with "Some Blunt
Truths, 1 feel that am not altogether
in an enemy's camp.
This writer is uryingto make out that
L am working against the sugar interest,
and have tried to deceive Uncle Jerry
Rusk, which is false. Uncle Jerry
Rusk knew | was an alliance man the
first year re appointed me as supern-
tendent of the station here; also the sec
Ond year, and 1t is true he wanted to
make it a success, as he knew | had ex-
perence in farming here. q did not ask
for the poSiton.l Now if Your readers
W III tame anu ltftG tllC NOiS lCociOlibi
Record of March 6, 1892, vol %, No. 60,
on page 1867, you will see what Jerry
Simpson said. If it had not been for
his influence and remarks We would not
have gotten the money to put out the
crop of 90, as no money had been APP
proprated This wise writer tells you
the Democrats are going to take the
bounty all off from sorghum sugar.
which is not so. This industry is in its
infancy and not full success get. The
/ bounty on cane sugar may be taken off.
As for tariff on sugar, was 1t not taken
off, and did it not come down in price?
Now let the tariff be removed from the
old and successful manufactures.
Some few years ago / hired a young
Enghshman inst over; he brought
trunk full of clothes. Pants he paid So. 90
for there would cost 5000 to 500 here.
! We pay this first to protect our manu-
/ features. Gang plows cost Us here $50. 90;
sulky plows $4S. which should not cost
Us farmers over $4,000 and $500; but
we pay 1t just To keep up the manu-
factories. Binders. harness and every
thing else according. But boys, us
farmers pay these kind of prices TO keep
up the factories which | claim us
farmers were not protected. | was
raised a Republican, but my business,
which is farming, made me change my
vote. The only relief we will get is
through our votes. If England or any
other country Will make Us better prices
either for our grains and meats, or for
their goods. lie, them come.
This tariff writer thinks the United
States viii go to the dogs
If the tariff is taken off. Our
monopoly will not make us pay sach
robber prices for their goods, but they
viii SO right on manufacturing Just the
same Is we farmers do. Wheat is fear
full low in price but we go right on rails
ing II Just the same. But. If we could
| buy our goods SO much cheaper, if the
| tariff was taken off, Just as sugar came
down, we can afford to sell our meats
and grain cheap, as we do now, aud do
well. Ii will be boon for the west, but
If You are an eastern manufacturer talk
tariff.
II is time cur balance in trade was in
Creaslng every year, but the tariff does
not affect that: they are simply buying
more of our grains and meats and they
would buy ssill more if we let the bars
down and load the ships both WAYS. But
"a long as we are bled bv eastern manu-
facturers who combine. and we foot
the bill, Just SO long the west viii feel
sore.
Let our grains 20 10 Wichita to be
graded, then on to Galveston. Let our
goods come back that way if the prices
are cheaper. and the west will be in il.
1ouIs very truly, Ell BENEDICT.