The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-10-29
What Protection Has Done for Lou;si-


To THE EDITOR Sir: In nearly every
weekly number of your paper | notic" one
article or more on the practical tests
OF tie Mckinley tariff law. Being thor
oughly un6ued with the wisdom and prac-
teal utility of it. | thought some mention
of its operation in this part OF the country
might prove acceptabiG 10 yOu and Illus
tlatiye OF Its benefits.
BpelouSaS is situated in what is general
ly known as the Southwestern District of
Louisiana. The surface OF the land is
nearly level. Here and there small water
courses serve as drains, and through the
year contain water IN sufficient quantity
to irrIgate all lands lying on their borders.
OF course il has TO be pumped up. MIL
within the last four years cotton, corn ana
cane not much of the last Were the sta
pie productions. Rice was raised III guam
titles sufficient for domestic uSe, but not
Tor commerce and expectation. Tnc en-
coura2ment given to its cultivation by the
tariff law has caused a marvellous increase
of acreage, and within the last two years
rice has become the fayOrlte crop
OF the farmers. The vacant lands
are nearly all taken up at enhanced
prices. Vast quantities of appropriate
machinery are hauled out from this and
other towns, and new life has been in
fused among the producing classes. The
two parishes OF 1t. Landay and Acadia.
together comprising about 23.oo0 square
miles, Will send to market about S00,0O0
barrels of rough rice. Three years ago
they did not produce 1O0HOD. IhiS as
toniShing increase of production VIII con
tinue if the protection now given to rice be
perpetuated. OF course, the yield must de-
pend upon the seasons. but the increase OF
acreage is nos matter OF conjecture. The
fact is satisfactorily demonstrated that.
with the protection now given 1t. II can be
remuneratively produced, and farmers are
energeticallv investing their means In IT,
There Is no money IN the cultivation Of
cOttOr, and 1t must give way 10 rlce. came
is too expensive for small farmers. ami
must remain so until a system of cooper
alive industry is adopted offering greater
facilities than any heretofore thought OF.
Fully one-half of the surface OF Louisiana
Is adapted to TIcc culture. and II requires
no prophetic ken 10 see that the protective
policy of the national Republican party
must lead to its rapid development The
fact is too patent to admit OF deception 10y
AnglO-Democratlc theories, and it is hav-
ing pcrceptlblc influence among the pco-
pie, which. if judiclouSly availed Of. will
find indubItahlc expression at the ballot
box in November next. If our election com
miSSionCrS be able to count correctly.-E.
North CUliUn}. in NCU York Tfjb'tliC.
Some Practical Questions for Farmers.
The farmer produces nothing but your
SbCal.tu raw HldltIIul>. 10 YOU tllilh
him fool enough not to see that his inter
eStS are singled out for attack N Your war
cry of free raw materials?
If you succeed N paunerlZlng HIM
through the success OF your party. Will
he not rctallate in voting Tor free trade in
manufactures too?
And is tins not exactly what yOu aim at.
namely. to array the different interests of
the country against one another. and thus
in the end compel tree trade all round?
Why has British agriculture been almost
ruined since the adoption of tree trade il
that policy especially benefits farmers?
Does it betoken unusual courage and
purity OF purpose or the part Of Grover
Cleveland TO get down III the dust Of New
York. filthy streets and craWi around in
abject humility. suing for the support OF
that potoriouSiy crimina!ly corrupt organ
ization known as Iammany Hall:
New South aIeS tor many years had
free trade Her sister colony. Victoria.
had protection Why did New South
Wales change to protection last Year?
DO you suppose that the English press
and public desire the election Of tleyeIand
for the benefit OF our country and people?
What are the raw materials you demand
free admission for
How many foreigners would vote TOR
Harrison and Reid If they could vote next
November?
Do you want to repeal the Mckinley
law because You Prefer idle American
mills and busy foreign mills To busy
American mills and Idle foreign mills?
Were not your predictions as TO the ef-
fectS of the Mckinley tariff as false as
Cobden'S when he asserted that the whole
world would have adopted free tlade
within ten years after England had led
the way?
Did a free trader ever make a true pre-
Gictlon
Do you deny that tlnware is actually