The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-10-12
CURRENT POLITICAL GOSSIP.

mon to q nation as they are to an ipdi-
vidual Comfy is as essential between
nations as it Is between man and man,
and In the enactment of laws, not only
the interests of the people which are
| directly affected by the operation Of
the laws, should be carefully consid-
cred, but the effect which their opera-
ton nay have on the people of other
counties, should receive the largest
consideration. Therefore, the passage
Of law by one nation which seriously
affects q large industry Of another, is
not deemed good Legislation. Lot us
fllustrate our meaning. Germany and
France each enacted laws which seri-
ously affected the market for Amer
ican hog meats So stringent were
these laws that Importation into those
countries was almost impossible The
people of the United States were great
ly injured by the enforcement of those
laws, while our government looked
upon the enactfnents as unfriendly leg
isfation. Our ministers TO the coun-
tries were charged with the duty Of
securing the repeal, or at least modi-
fcation, Of those oppressive laws. Tho
skill Of diplomacy was exerted TO the
utmost, and happy results have fol-
lowed There has been notifications
not to the extent asked for by our gov
ernment but sufficient to largely bene-
ft Che MARKET for hog products
The United States in 1890 passed q
Law known ns the Mckinley bill, which
almost every nation on the earth has
deemed unfriendly Legislation Tho
partial dependence OF ono nation on
another for its prosperity is not
recognized by this law Its only aim
is TO isoiate the United States from
other civilized peoples, and ut the same
time to oppress the consuming class OF
this country to the very limit Of en-
durance. It's operation has 10 great
degree destroyed the foreign markets
for the surplus of our fields, and thus
30 glutted our home markets that val.
ues sunk below the cost of production.
Take our trade with England and
let us honestly enquire as to the effeet
Of the Mckinley BILL on the intercourse
between the two countriea Up untfI
within a few ,ars neither Che United
Kingdom, nor ALI tho colonies com.
bined, produced enough OF cereals 10
feed their people To-day England ID
not dependent ON tho United States
Tor single barrel Of -four or
pound Of wheat with which
TO sustain hpr people Her colonial
possessions, without counting British
America, this year have the extraor-
binary surplus Of sSOoo,O0o bushcia
The United States have o surplus Of
e9,ooo. 600 bushels 100000 less than
the colonies Of Great Britain. Ten
years ago tho American farmer had no
such competition to meet The ones.
ton arises, how Is IL that he has to
meet II to-dayp The answer is that
this competition is one of ths results
of the operation Of the Mckinley bill
and other high protective tariff legis-
lation. Deprived of markets In tho
United States the English people looiz-
ed around for some means for the In
vestment Of capital which would pay
good returns, and at the same time 10.
iieve them Of dependence on the Amer
ican farmer for breadstuffs This In
vestment was found In the lands Of
India. Ten years ago the wheat pro-
duotion of India was 70, 0oo, 900 bushels.
To-day it is 274, ZOO, 900 bushels. The
American farmer is required to meet
this immense addition to the grain
product of the world, which he would
not have had TO meet had not the pro-,
tective policy of the republican party
driven English capital to seek retalia-
tory measures against the prohibitory
policy of which William McKinley is
the embodiment The indigo fields Of
India were turned into waving sauan-
nahs Of wheat Railroads were con-
structed through the vast plains
which roll back from the banks
of the Ganges, and thus Ia
cilities created whereby the grain
reached the sea, and thence to tho
markets Of the west 10 compete with
tho American grown product Eng
land has brought tho labor of the
slower caste" Of India into competi-
ton with the farmer Of the United
States. This competition would not
be In existence were 1t not for the pro-
tective tariff policy of the republican
party, which has excited retaliation.
Again, English capital, by the hum
lreds OF millions, has sought the Ar
gentine republic TO maine grain fields
Of the rich plains which lie in tho same
latitude south which the grain belt
of the north occupies. Within tan
years the Argentine republic has
quadrupled her wheat crop, SO that to-
day she produces moro bushels Of
wheat than do the people of any ma
ton, per capita, on the earth. The
protective tariff OF the United States,
the principle of which finds it's highest
ezempliheation In the notorious No
Kinley bill, has done more to excite
rivalry against tho farmer Of the
United States than all other causes pub
together If 1t Is continued In force
ten years longer wheat will sell at all
points west of the Alleghonies 10
thirty-fve cents a bushel Wheat
growers, stioir pin there. for you wfli,
realize that prediction. oling TO the
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