New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-30
AGRICULTURE AND THE IARltF.
TWO REPORTS SUBMITTED by TIE HOUSE COM
,,n.r,rr.r. oN AGRICUINURE

TWO REPORTS flBMl ili~D -
MIrTEE OF AGRICULTURE
Washington. July 2o.-Represenia'iVe ia,c"' iVn
,ho Committee on Agriculture. submitted to the House
, .t o,or,,v rerort OF the committee on the
effect ~ the present tariff law uPon agriculture. Iho
,,o-t asserts that a cs..eful comparison shows thas
there bas been A steady decline In the paces OF farm
property and products under tile several '"''" f''c
the war; while other interests nave o''" "'''' F
porous and remuneratve. ..a .
Representative Funston OF kahSa'' po'e"'U "
80, containing the views Of the minority commit
w. ,r,, -. .ors tho fact that Democrats In the
-. hor,nr = majority over the Republicans Of
80 .o .h,rt IN adiourn without having mhue any
c,,+ 10 roneaI the Mckinley Tariff law shouo s'tuo
the oue tion as TO whether or not IN '"o 'P'o" VI
the majority Of the House the la" - "'''s """ W
pressve That the agrcultlrsts are ''''nh
had time the minority say. no one VIII ul'Puo' D"'
ve cannot however look back to any pc''cr "io''
w 80 ,,o.e half 90 good excepting Of course. wal
times. - A.. r,i,or,,v
DENY that the large mortgage lndeo'eo"''S VI '"e
West is the result of any special economic y o," "a
cent so far as money has been made premium" 'u "'V'
~, ,. q, borrow, The census also shows that
tho n1ortgaged debt on lots In Chicaso IL eie"''
than the whole farm debt OF KANSAS iiic0
rortcrs ~ the mortgage Indebtedness OF the "cs'-
arm farms the minority contends. represents thFH'
and energy and not distress. This Is e'iuch'cu
nv fbe fact that comparatively few mortgages Lave
been iorecloscd. 49,,
The minority present figures 70 show that business
MAN., failures were greater in Massachusetts. Penn
vlvani, and Connecticut than in tie three Western
states Of Iowa. illnoi, and Kansas. and greater III
nronorton 10 the population. There Is not one
article on the list Of American goods that Is ho'
ehearcr today under protective tarlh 'hoh u WIS
urder Fro Trade Of l-GO Particular attention Is
called 10 the decline In prices since loVo.
sn.adng OF the present reciprocity law. the report
says il is a reciprocity which gets rs something In
return for throwing open our markets Tree 10 t'oSc
things which we cannot produce ourselves, or IN o"r
words # gets us something for that which We have
heretofore received nothing
Under the present tariff our exports for the last
fiscal wear have reached the wonderful Vaihc Vi
81 O3O 335 $780, amount never reached DeioFo III
any one year: and the imports did NOT elua lie eA'
p,rts bv 500, 044 1874, thus showing tat large
amount Of the worlds gold has been placed to our
credit II not actually landed upon our shores and
coined lno.currency II seems. the report CONTINUES,
that tie present tariff law has not only solved the
question Of American labor but that IT has also taken
long step toward solution OF the qucsuoh 81
American currency By bringing 10 our country In one
year enough gold to supply every man. woman ana
child with 81 70
Tho minority saws II IS not tho design 10 show that
the farrser Is getting all be ought 10 get for his
product nor even to show that be Il doing well, but
only 10 snow that the prices be- Is now g"tuns are
good, and satisfactory "a I'm that IN the "Ilhth
Of the minority. lie would gladly continue them IN
definitely. While the flilurc Of the merchant ~"
banker and the Apoculator /, of daily occurrence. the
farmer Is seldom sold ont =" pay Dr.. creditors mat
there Il scarcely a record 10 De- found ~ II.
The minority asserts that tAe statement mat laIms
have shrunk IN value f. matter ~ mere ASSERT ~
for which there f. data. Tho minority says II has
carefully cond -ldcr'd The oondiuon OF u" farmer
under the ianr laws 81 ie-3 and $3.50, and hni
that In 10 other age, in no other country and in
no other tim Ia tti, country ha, tier" b"cn law
passed u ~ economic character in winch o." lr'"r
csts 81 any class ~ person. were more carefully
guarded than those Of The farmer wers IN tie ,aiiii
law VI 1890.