New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-05

A LARGE INDUSTRY IN THIS STATE
THREATENED
rt1RrrEIGuTIIs OF THE SUPPLY now COMES
From ARRoAD-UNDER THE WILSON TARIFF
PROJECTION IN THIS COUNTRY
woI.ID RE STTFfED.

PROJECTION IN THIS COUNTRY
WOULD BE srrFfEp
| II can hardly be encouraging reading FOR Nmer-
can farmers to see by the market reports mat III
| one week-February u to l7-there were atoa', Oh
tho ocean bound for this port I'm the freight steam
| ers croft. Croma and Prncipia, 5IV" SACKS VI
| English and Scotch potatoes. rms week sup
| mcnt alone represents the yield OF prooapN a.
least 5000 acres Of land It would load five trains
Of about nG'y each. and it, transportation DS
British tramp steamers means loss IN fre'sh's
| in one week TO the railroads entering New->orK Oh
over sll.c0 Here is one Of IN" potent reasons why
railroad companies are discharging men ana "'''7
to the army OF the unemployed
When the impOrtatiOns Of potatoes are viewer !"
| the oggrega'c the inroad American production
f. astounding In consideration Of the present SUN
| duty under the Mckinley law OF p cents pus"e'
The receipts Of foreign potatoes AT TINS port a!o
| from October | TO February 10 have been -l'''HI'
sacks or barrels three-eghths Of the whole supply
For IN. same prrol 1928. the imports wer" even
larger being 2iG2m barrels and sacks. % per cent
| OF the whole supply. II will be- seen that ms ns'
| duty IL by means prohibitive. as over S"vV" -
now being paid yearly TO foreign farmers laborerS
and transportation companies on product 'na'
On, he raised In perfection right at our doors on
Long Island. New-Jersay and New-Nork farms.
America H. the natural home OF he potato ana
sine. Raleigh carried the first tuhers 70 queen
Elizabeth there has never been a valid eXcuF" Tor
importing product 80 bu'hy anu e"'"'' -
deenous
! However II is By comparing the present imporW-
| lions with thosa under the Morrill, tarn OF 10 GEMS
a hushrl that one gets idea of what the imports
would be under the proposed Wilson tarlr OF Only
10 cents a bushrl The imports Of potatoes from
October / lSS7 - Iure T. lS,s We're i9"s'2 barrels
or sacks Taken with he imports al Boston fh'-
delpha Baltimore and other ports the imports
| must have reached considerably over two W''''"n
! barrels over ihrce-quarters ~ these came rom
az, Al, not Der being EerinulA
potaioes. Germ IN potatoe~ being about per CEN
and Canadian about - per cent.
: WHAT THE REDUCTION WOULD CAUSE
The proposed reduction IN duty to 10 crn's
ilshel would probably. under similar 'onAu'NS'
/. swell ihc annual lmrprtationS OF p"t''-'s III "l9
country - four or i've million barrels. NJ the 10"
prize. ~ 81 20 q barrel this country would b. s'nd-
ing p;,.-,.n or NOR. each year 20 EnH!anI Tor
ts,,af,.-s mon-, that should he Distributed anon"
= farmers latorcrs. railroads. canal h"nimcn ana
railroad employs 81 his country. rms graz
,o.,,.v loss would faU large extent on th'
I So. -, &.,r-York The counties Long Island
anil tos. along the New York Central. Erie. uc'
3, and Hack River and Fltchburg railroads "ond
. ,l,r ,os. millions Of dollars annually. II - Sal'
. IN, fh. counties Of Washington. Rensselaer, ana
:. Saratoga alone could easily supply N"wfork ana
IrOpklyn with potatoes II FARMERS "''' "'''' -
| rrmuneritiv- prices.
AnaIyzng the selling price OF English potatoes III
It this marl-i finds that the farmers OF o'e-''
II Britain are willing or rather are comp"i'' 10
. ! work FOR almost nothing. English magnums "'Il
l.. ,. o., 81 "a DER bag Of Us pounds They have
: boon shippe, and s,d as low a. 81 If" Let ''le 'o
81 | lowing charges De deducted.
DUTY at p cents A !o
Jrr,.gh, - cents per
;, commission. II cents per bag ;....''.''''''''' 10
Freight Ia shipping port abroad ...'.''.'.'''' ~
a, Transfer to steamer. hrok"TaE' ''c'''''''''''' -
y I'ans Tor English farmers only D
..................s %
The profit OF the English shipper or speculat9r ~
- left ont Of the foret ,4nE tabic hN'h ,"t zen.
orally receive over 10 cents per sch or ~ ,by
cents bushe under The rrrsgnt dH'y hos rates ,,.
49, should tin. duty b, reduced Ia 10 cents 1sne' or
0, : n c1 p pf fk c a } I'D here at 10 sck
Al compelling American farmers - , ~ fr W. urxt To-
- noling .. ,.,,,r,, 10 70 81 %
- r Amr r eInn Idt'" s an aVsrssc rop
T., | n't,fors NJ loss than ~ cents bushel ana MAKE
he any .q, 'FRONT.' crap h~ IN farmer has the ad-
IS vnniag. in frcghts for Tramp steamers brInR
ed S nrs % to % Srns while rgh;~ from H0rtGsrg
~ and central NewYnrk are 10 10 ~ cents Il nuii''e
or bounds equal 10 from . TO % cents per barrel
Il. ABSURD REASONING EXPOSED.
r, will ne seen that the lowering Of duty on poa-
OF toes Is straight blow from the shoulder III "'''
he can farmers. labor and transportation "''S' '''
o. can the free trader plead that imortatonS are nee
he .sslry I, keep potatoes within reach OF the POOR III
ch,,fer than potatoes At 81 80 barrel a. they sci
navy AT Manhattan Market West Thirty -iourth-Ht
Common Jersey potatoes are qu'''i ,''n a. ~
such as has always existed under protective ID.
IN a mechanic could earn enough IN one ui! =, =,
six months surely it is absurd reasoning , Whs.
ey Mr. Wilson SAYS we have gr'at'y reanr'a "u'' =,
list on produce out OF consdefd ION LOT t, Po
. large cities" he entirely ignores some tniN
- million people who are dependent on t nrnJ
is VINO also have To- exist in some wiy rHV ,I;in
Ia ucts were never low as nov, under thls MtN
,.Vt Hrin while farms brS1iuP loi pif''''
lat meagr. living It is highly probable that II tn
&C. | duty ON potatoes were made 80 hEh as 10 ie rm
firely prohibtlyc the American farmers wo1ld con
tinuc TO supply the marMet 1t me prrS'm' ~ M nav
gained a temporary favor ny benz oettrr ,saoree
IA az to size than native sto X. hrt Ner.|ih
wo viii sonn learn TO rront BY th"lr "Nample a, U
on nral,iv The best varictes raised n Northrrl Kew
'o York Long Island or Maine cannot De-, SnrpaS r,
i've IN GOO rhat bari OF the public that demands Grs
rk cheap p3tat1 c% rn,, %, e1 pri'e
on The Importance OF this question OF the impora
is ton Of poaoes in connection with the labor marke
rse , nst NOT he lightly estimated Potatoes call TO
i' more heavy manual labor ia thei P ana
red manurinp cultivation several times, dosing wit
d Paris green repeatedly Tor me P hrio,s al
an viii lit little aid OF machinery. Many farms woul
NJ dispense with or more hIe, th , M
st? crop towns for employment And abandoned 1t
the If the Wilson Tariff prevails in Enrlan Do,
m ers will accept 80 cents day az IN r',s,"i, fn
,ns railroads reduce freight rates to the scale
rIs English railroads and steams r and freight ,.,o
ian might allow him to i've the American farmer see
'Sss is mt OF he %ess aS
" interest but instead he must i's S. as snuc
produce to maxi , IoI does the Wilson threae
the farmer with Inability 10 ' of American farm
rn aiready beaten down to low nsue, ana fe
takers that not only VIII LIN ro nncr the h b. J.,
ok r ~ tho sheriff win not bring enough to satsf
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