Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-02-25


sympathy with them for occupy the
position Of representative OF this class
OF people and am also Il fellow sufferer
with them | am IL cotton grower my
self and us | sometimes tell them, to
illustrate. the fnii measure of fellowship
uet wren MS ! work Il mortgaged farm.
Representative + f Grady is an AL
lance congressman from the Enlrd
North Carolina district When asked
abuut the condition Of the cotton plant
ers IN MS district be sand They are
not ~ d general thInS bankers bnt
nave to live ty the toll of their hands to
make bare living The extreme low
prices OF cotton have crampeI them
very much We cannot afford to raise
cotton for less than nine cents or ten
cents per pound ut the ginhouse, hut
we have to take whatever the speculator
and buyer will give, so yon see with the
present price at six cents per pound
where we stand financially AS to the
remedy. should think we need more
money III circulation and some change
IN the tariff laws by which we could
receive IN return such articles as we
most need FROM other countries at IA low
duty
FREE ENTRY FOR AMERICAN SHIPS
'lmpossibe To control it. useless
speculation to consider 1t elnphatlcally
and tersely replied Sydenham b. Alex
ander of the Sixth district Of North
Carolina. when asked If concerted re-
ductlun in acreage was the remedy for
the prevailing depression IN cotton MIR
Alexander describes himself as 'by pro.
fess,on a farmer. He has been master
of the state grange in North Carolina
He Is now one of the trustees of the agrl
cultural college of his state. 1t is related
of Mr. Alexander that he sold his stock
IN a NATIONAL bank IN order to feel more
freedom in his efforts to benefit the farm
ing class
We can II make cotton in my part 81
North Carolina under nine cents, Mr.
Alexander sad
What Is your remedy for the present
conditions: he was asked.
This he replied.
Mr. Alexander introduced bill VIII" y
he mas inst introduced and which Is he-
fore the committee ON ways and means.
= The proposition Is dis concise ~ the
authors speech. The most important
provides that all vessels built within
the United States by citizens thereof,
and wholly owned and manned by citi-
zens of the United States engaging in
foreign commerce. shall be allowed to
enter and discharge their returning
cargOes. or so much thereof as will be Of
equal value in money to their outgoing
cargoes, at any port of the United States,
free of all custom duties. provided, that
said vessels shall have carried full out
going cargoes from the United States,
three-fourths ut least of which cargoes
consisted OF agricultural products of the
United States The other sections SIM
ply provide regulations to carry out this
idea
Representative Eli Stackhouse, from
the Sixth South Carolina district. Is a
farmer by occupation and represents a
large cotton district. Our farmers,
| he said. have been rather hard run for
some years. owing to the low price they
get for their cotton Farmers generally
! have a hard time in the south, and es-
pecially where we rely entirely upon ore
! crop for our revenue.
! What is the remedy?'
That is rather difficult question soT
me to answer Knight suggest reason
which might not be worth anything to
the people 1t seems to me that If there
could be some changes made in the laws
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