Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-10-12

NATIONS are an aggregation Of In
dividuals. and like individuals, nations
are moved by interests, and, therefore,
are amiable or ugly with fellow nations
as their relations to each other may be
PLEASANT or unpleasant Sel6shness.
greed, avarice or revenge are as COM
mon to nation as they are to an indi-
viduaL Comfy Is as essential between
nations as IL Is between pan 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 may have on the people Of other
countries, should receive the largest
consideration. Therefore, the passage
Of law by one nation which seriously
Affects . large industry Of another, ia
not deemed good legislstion Let us
Illustrate 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 ensctments as unfriendly Leg
islation. Our ministers to the coun-
tries were charged with the duty Of
securing the repeal, or at least modi-
fcation, Of those oppressive laws The
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-
at the market for hog products
The United States IN 1890 passed a
law known as the Mckinley bill, which
almost every nation on the earth has
deemed unfriendly legislation The
partial dependence of ono nation on
another for its prosperity Is not
recognized by this law. It's only aim
Is to isolate the United States from
other civilized peoples, and at the same
time to oppress the consuming class of
this country TO the very limit Of en-
durance. It's operation has to great
degree destroyed the foreign markets
for the surplus OF our fields, and thus
so 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 effect
of the Mckinley bill ON the intercourse
between the two countries Up until
within few years neither the United
Kingdom, nor all the colonies COM
bined, produced enough Of cereals to
feed their people To-day England is
not dependent on the United States
for a single barrel of -four or
pound Of wheat with which
! to sustain her people. Her colonial
possessions, without counting British
America, this year, have the extraor-
dinary surplus of ss,ooO,oO bushels.
The United States have surplus Of
60, 600, 900 bushels, 10000, 600 less than
the colonies of Great Britain. Ten
years ago the American farmer had no
such competition to meet The ques-
tion arises, how is it that he has to
meet it to-day2 The answer is, that
this competition is one of the results
OF the operation of the Mckinley bill
and other high protective tariff legis-
lation- Deprived Of markets in the
United States the English people look
ed around for some means for the in
vestment of capital which would pay
good returns, and at the same time re.
lieve them of dependence on the Amer
lean farmer for breadstuffs This in
yestment was found In the lands Of
India Ten years ago the wheat pro-
duction of India was 70, ,O00, 900 bushels.
To-day it is 9T4,o0O.oOo bushels The
Amsrican 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 savan.
nahs of wheat Railroads were con.
structed through the vast plains
which roll back from the banks
of the Ganges, and thus fa'
cilities created whereby the grain
reached the sea, and thence to the
markets of the west, to compete with
the American grown product. Eng.
land has brought the labor Of the
"lower caste of India Into competi.
tion with tho farmer of the United
States This competition would not
be in existence were it not for the pro
tective tariff policy of the republican,
party, which has excited retaliation.
Again, English capital, by the hun'
ureuS o1 MhAloAosi AoS oous A' oAAo -
,gentine republic to make grain fields
| of the rich plains which lie in the same
latitude south which the grain belt
Of the north occupies. Within ten
years tho Argentine republic has
quadrupled her wheat crop, so that to
day she produces more bushels Of
wheat than do the people of any ma
tion, per capita, on the earth. The
I protective tariff Of the United States
the principle of which finds its highest
exemplifcation In the notorious Mo
Kinley bill, has done more to excite
rivalry against the farmer Of the
United States than all other causes put
together. If it is continued In forc<