St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-19

price fixed by the export price, = not
! wlthstanding all these disadvantages, =
enter the markets of the world and COM
pete not only with the socalled pauper labor
OF Europe, but also with that great and IN
counted horde of Asiatics In the valleys
and plains OF. 1ndia."-Hon. Knute Nelson,
| Republican congressman from Minnesota,
! March %, 1883
Let Mr., Nelson explain this deplora-
bic situation of the Minnesota farmer,
so truthfully depicted by him only four
years ago, In the light of the Mckinley
bill. which he now supports and de-
fends! [Great cheering.l
Isnt ''RecIprOcity'' rs TO Save the
| Farmer
But the Republican orator finds COM
pensation for his tariff eXactions on the
farmer in the Mckinley bill by the sys-
tenn OF reciprocity which it establishes.
Mr.. Blaine had already declared that
there was not line in the Mckinley
Dill that would open market to the
American farmer for another bushel of
wheat or another barrel of pork. But
reciprocity was introduced to do that
which the bill would not do; and it was
to be done with the Latin American
republics. Personally l do not oppose,
but favor genuine reciprocity. But
i'll the RECIPROCITY" as now established
Win the South American countries sthe
farmer of the United States has but
little personal interest. An analysis of
the trade and products of those coun-
tries show this conclusively. Those
people raise wheat, wool, beef, hides.
tallow just as you do. They can raise
them cheaper than you possibly can, for
their lands are of little value. They
export the very products it is proposed
you shall send them. South America, in
those articles. is our rival. Therefore
reciprocity with them is not for you.
10 say SO is a sham and a deluSlon.
Coffee was already on the free list, and
nothing is gained in that direction.
That they will take some of our manu-
features is not to be denied, though
most OF those were already on the free
list of those countries. But why not
give the American farmer reciprocity
where it would do him some good? In
1891 England took of our wheat and
wheat flour. cattle and corn alone S1l9,-
273, 10, while all the South American
countries combined only took of those
| products but $S,000,00O. We, as farm
erS, want reciprocity with those nations
that take most Of oar products; where
the reciprocity is mutual. And if reci-
procity is good thing with the South
American nations, why not with the
rest OF the world? Cheers.] And what
is reciprocity but a step towards free
trade? 1t Is an evasive confession that
freer trade is the best policy. Cheers. !
The Robbery at Liverpool
o lie point just here: | have said that
it Is universally conceded til at the price
of your wheat is fixed in Liverpool
Now. as correlative to this, look at a
most aggravating condition which at
tends that fact. Mime sofa takes Just
! pride in her No. l hard wheat. 1t is the
worlds leading wheat, and makes the
banner flour Of the whole earth. Now
you could wish, and have reason to eX-
pect, that that grade OF wheat would 90
to Liverpool, to establish the character
and fix the price of your great staple
What do you think when | tell you that
not bushel OF your No. l hard wheat
ever goes to Liverpool? What is the
reason? Because il is all "Sklnned' and
mixed" before it leaves this state, till
the grade Is wholly lost and diShonored!
Testimony, soiemnly given, shows this
fact. We find that the great mills
of this state skim the hard
wheat and consume about 10000 900
bushels of the best, and the balance is
used to mix" and raise the grades OF
poor wheat, and that this latter wheat,
at about the standard of Chicago No. 9.
goes to Liverpool and establishes the
price of your wheat. The evidence
shows that this wheat was "miXed'' in
our public elevators, i'll direct violation
OF the laws governing public ware
houses. Tnis character of wheat re-
celved at Liverpool aids in depressing
the price OF your wheat. Here. as in
the tariff. you are again robbed of your
just dues. Ii you have any proper sense
of wrong and outrage you will vote
down the Republican administration
which shields and WhitewasheS crimes
of this kind. CHEERS. BY the news
papers | tind that Kuute Nelson
is the apolOgist of these crimes and
| themselves! A voice, ''Shame,' ~
But, while [ ind that Mr.. Nelson is
c0ns0rting and holding fellowship with
the men charged with these things,.i 1T is
relief to know that there is party
and man who are making it their SOL
omn duty to expose the infamous meth
DDS of these plunderers, and right the
wrongs Of the people Of Minnesota!
lCheers. The Democratic platform Of
this state pledges that party to this
noble work 1t is the only platform
pledglng any party in this state, if it
shall attain power, to overthrow this
corruption! [Cheers. The wonderful
romance of crime, as unfOded in the
gigantic conspiracy of the Northwest
ern wheat ring, Is a revelation that
stands without parallel in the history
of robbery perpetrated upon civilized
| people! If you vote to sustain the Re-
publican party of Minnesota this fall,
you vote to sustain and continue these
infamous robberesl Vote for that man
who Numbered that declaration, which
should go into every farm house in Min
neSota, II shall be no mans man. and
wear no mans col r'-vote for Daniel
LAWYER! [Great cheering.
Who Pays the Dutya
But hear it said often. in spite of its
absurdity, that the ''blarsted foreigner"
pays the duty; that it does not fall on
the farmer anyhow. Let us see: When
ali invoice of knit WOODEN undershrtS
arrive at the port of New York, the Gus
toms officer makes oet the duty bill of
81 per cent, and collects that amount
from the importer, and pays it over to
the government. The importer sells
the lot to the wholesale merchant of ST.
Paul, and adds the duty which he paid
to the price; this merchant In turn sells
it to the retail merchant here in your
village, with the duty still added, and
he In turn sells ii TO the consumer, and
the consumer finally pays the duty,
which has passed through all these
hands. The foreigner does not bring
his goods here. The American mer-
chant, or importer, goes after them,
and when they arrive he pays the duty
to the government and adds it to the
price of the goods, and it follows the
goods to the consumer and there it
Stops, for the goods are used and de-
stroyed. A good, PRACTICAL Illustration
tells the story: A few months since
Mr.. Carnegie sent President Harrison
a barrel OF Scotch whisky. 1t duly
arrived in the New York custom
house. and, president being notified,
sent his personal check to pay the duty.
Thus you see the consumer paid the
tariff. [Laughter.l The president
knows who paid the tariff on that whis-
Ky! fLalgliter.] But will introduce
another important witness on the stand,
who holds the same views as the presi-
dent. The Republican candidate fer
governor. Hob. Knute Nelson, on the
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