Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-24

In 1860, with Low tariff and Tree coin
age Of silver, the export price Of wheat
was Sl.5O
1870, a protective tariff and free coin
age Of silver, Sl.29.
1882, a protective tariff and partial
recognition of silver, wheat ruled at
SI.i9.
1891, under McKinleysm and Sher-
man law, wheat 90 cents.
1894, Mckinley protection and silver
outiawed, wheat 80 cents.
Wheat in she United States is valued
ia gold and is so cents in 1894. In India
il is valued In silver and is Sl.37 per
bushel.
Thirty years ago, under low tariff and
a bimetalic standard, the farmer was
able TO pay 80 per cent. higher wages
for his labor and was making 10 per
cent. on his investment.
To get protection for himself he sold
his vote and has been going the down
ward road ever since until ne has moth
ing left TO pay expenses.
This Earnest Farmer" admits that
the farmer has been skinned, and yet
he wishes to continue the same old bur
den upon the farmer which rubbed of
the skin.
There is TO be 30 let up on the farmer
by easing the tariff burden In Mr.. Gar
den'S creed.
Right here Mr.. G., the coal owner,
takes his stand alongside OF Vanderbilt
and endorses his motto, THE people
(farmers) be ID" only give Us tariff
on coal, and we don't care continental
for the farmer who has TO work his
farm for a living.
This is indeed a "ovely sample" OF
an Earnest Farmer" He would join
forces with the iron ore trust, the lead
trust, the sugar trust and railroad cor
porations 10 plow, harrow and pulver-
ize the farmers who nave no coal under
their farms, that he may get royalty
on coal,
This is the kind of Gland farming"
which Mr.. q. wishes 10 carry on. Either
Mr.. G.'s coal has some value, or it is
worthless. II valuable, he should thank
the Lord and be content, IL worthless,
then he has no greater claim upon the
charity of the country than the thou
sands of farmers who have no coal. For
thirty wears the farmers have been pay
ing bOunteS TO everything which came
along and begged for 10 until his own
pocketbook looks as il sn elephant had
"stom ped" on il.
We hear on all sides about the pauper
labor OF England. What are pauperS?
are they not those citizens OF any coun-
Try supported by taxation?
England has one million paupers
costing her ninety millions Of dollars.
The United States has five millions
supported by protection, costing the
consumers nine hundred millions Of
dollars in tariff taxation.
With one-half OF this burden upon
the farmers is ii any wonder that their
lands have deprecated in price, that
their earnings and wages over thirty
years ago were 80 per cent. greater than
in 1892.
The census Of lS6O and special report
of the Agricultural DEPARTMENT. for 1892
gives the following wages:
The average farm wages for 1860,
with board, were 81 per day, or SIS. so
per month; in 1892, G. cents per day, or
So 81 per month.
The average for 1860 per day with
out Doard) was Sl.5S. In 1892, % cents
per DAY.
Isitnot aboa; time to "iet up' on the
farmer in view Of the above facts?
The farmer is entirely Ignored, and il
can not &c otherwise as long as prOtec-
( tion exists.
Thousands Of tariff beggarS are plead
! ing for more protection TO keep up the
wages Of 1000, 900 labOrers, and sc the
same time the earnings Of 5000, 600
farmers have been decreased one-third
IN 50 years.
In 1860 each farmer and farm laborer
produced products averaging $3.50 per
head. IN 1890 the average product per
annum for each farmer and laborer was
$500, just So per cent OF the amount In
500.
10 1860 our "home market" was worth
TO each farmer and farm laborer $780,
/ 600 per annum.
I In 1890 this same home market" so
glori6ed by protectionists was worth TO
each farm la50rer an average Of $3.50
! per annum, not one-hali OF the value OF
! the home market 20 the farmer In 1860.
Think OF that. farmers, the boosted
'shome market" with which Protection
ISIS hive fooled YOU for thirty years. Is
worth n 1890 to each one OF you who