New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-15
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NEED OF DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If any one. except always the FARMER MINI
self should be supposed to know about iarh'ns' i'S
condition, prospects and needs II would seem 10 DE
the Secretary OF Agriculture. Presuming upon
that Mr. Morton has furnished THE Forum Tor
rune with n slight essay upon Farmers. Faacies
and Burrows" which abounds largely with the
intermediate OF the three 'Fs. He recalls the lact
thot eleven Presidents OF the United States were
called from the farms and that In the earlier days
If the Republic there profession or calling
morn honored than that OF agriculture lie turther
shows that in 1850 onehalf OF the people Of the
United States were farmers but in 1890 less than
40 per cent were engaged In agriculture lie prop
erlv ascrbcs the decline In prices largely 10 the
increased acreage under the plough and to the In
crea 40 OF the American supply or farm products as
comnared with the American demand for them. and
70 the increase OF production all over the world
apd winds I'D with one of his falacies that foreign
demand has been absolutely banished by pro-
hIbitorv tariff 1.-THE most serious drawback 70
the American farmer" he says, IS IN MS COM
nulsorv purchasing In the home market whence all
,ho cornotitIon of the outside world Is excluded.
Mr. Morton seems TO have an Idea that every
,orroer should take his products and peddle them
obout the world and take in barter what he needed
for family consumption, forgetting the moral OF
Young Primrose's exchanging gooh morse lot
gross of speotacles. and that business ISM CON
1tcfa cd
cocous remedy for evils accrued from low prices ~
.to oi,o tho farmers the right 70 buy In the mar
kets Of all the civilized world wherein they are
compelled 10 sell" Where could the farmer Duy
more cheaply the things he is compelled to p"r-
cbase than I'm the United States whore the pro-
,octive tariff has stimulated such conpetuoh as
70 make manufactured goods as cheap as any"here
In tho world and where tea and coffee are free OF
duty and sugar would be II the Democratic ir''nuS
Of Mr. Morton In Congress were not III leas"e VIZ
the Sugar Trust? Some wiseacre III 'ohs'eH' ~
said that the proposed tariff would save 70 'ne
farmer $40 0Oo 600 I'm clothes; or was 1t $9e". wen
, ,ou. ,bousond dollars might be saved II theSc
"e,,onds OF the farmers could carry out 'he"
wishes and compel them to wear the 'o'u,'0'
hrecchos and hob-nailed shoes the emgrah'S Ho''
the other side appear in on first arrival pu' e''"
NJ Morton has 20 admit that the American
fo,mors are better OF to-day than the workers III
or, o,hor vocation" and they naturally want 10
- q, Least on an equality with those o'he'
,,rl,ors and there never has been time IN the
history Of the country when clothes Tor tue 'Aoo'
ing Glasses were cheap "a non.
/, can hardly be supposed that Mt Morton "'''
49,, er.ros ,,,nt manufacturers 70 steal their ma
,ol anl r,,b their employees OF their wages 80 tna'
,h e,r,rers can get their clothes FOR nothinB. 1--we
and let live II n good Kepubilcah' u "0'
cratic motto Why don't some OF these cANn'e.'
h,,,, tho farmers dire condition on account u "e
.,,, s,o,,rv what necessary things the FARMER l.
mo c,,ntr, as cheap q elsewhere. The tooIs ~
,s.s are an made here. ana ne "on' -. nr,od and
Ii, h ias decade hs tools ana machinery nav.
ls.sn reduced one-haN In price ~ 80. IL 'anl
h' m%r'.' rsl,ce his wage bills by returning 70 the
al %ery- England way Of Increasing anu oir
~ ~ trn thinks that the farmers have Derh anu
are cruelty oppressed ny pr","cuy' H. So ,,lc1 "a
r,,r ~ Agriculture by the Hat OF the IT'sl1tl.,
az or. mos, oil oficehOllerS. me heuOel ,,ros h,
81 ', 'th.v make themselves Inventors ana
minors are protected against all the "9rl 10y s.'''
h' ~ y5nld-be competitors IN other countr'e',
who keen those they employ On sdcn "aeif, much
lhe hrs IN ' IN that nepeaence which Will maxi
,hen useful except IS food Lor lD"e' " IN
~ ,rn and she has destroyed her rural P2pvla-
don IA paupcrizng all iand-@WnerS an nm, ~ rob.
Nm avaina, every man outside her limits - '1u -
bng weak nations -, or her manufactured prod
u-,s Give her "A chance by oyerthroWIns os' p LII
teen9H trsI roots from Brsh and India looms
mar ,c ~. to the Dependency from which The
Soc snc,nG "declarat!on' tho earliest tariff passed oy
~ th@n ratri5tc Democratic party emancpat,et u
rnis ataas"i protection g. u must BE- remempe ,h
homcruc scheme Il doesn't interfere az an Nm "a,
American PEOPLE or thSW and even foreigners
inlustrv under It's benign succor. , 49,
ia, Mr Morton takes healthy View, VIEW OF theme .rg
farmers condition as "hp'e' ".r ~ the
l * s,a,cs IoUbles every twenty 1--we years, ana
the arab" land shrsnks each year am - ,,i,es
piy ~ land IL growing Joss, ana may s' 49, .l
io-.lay are not more than "n"-third Wnet ue! 80
be twenty-five years from now, an Nn.vM ,,,,,rins
and other Industries are not protect'l' amr oIi s
great increas" - popuiatloh S 1 rom whence
t. resort agriculture FOR HNthe' ,,ol r.on be.
v.oill come the home market. the Ame.,c'h "
mau4 for Amerc3n RrStMnc,s ".' American aarcu-
,ure f. to-day feeding IN the home matNtV HIo. NJ,
h1n double the population II lN' IN. g., &c
~ ," Va oftancr better and more cheeply WIN
wholesome and nutritious tood tl4ii "u ssvs the
,,n,rrlcul,ural aborers In the worl; say ~
secretary ~ Agriculture. and he should Know, ~
r,rtunaiely his "to-day' applies IN par ~ and rr
pari,d before the threat To destroy me ta'n an
i,,tr,iuce "a FAR IA possible Free Trade was WaLr'
and noN today finds IN" lnn'rtrS III "I"i" ~,
,nur,les' large.y unable To avail th"nseNrS Oh ,i
h,,ithy farm proiucts and dependent upon pup.c
.horl.i,s f0r ihc uecessarIes Of ne putrE ~,
ricml,irol country is poor country financially ana
:, nmrsiv ,n,rufacfuring country like England, pc
.''', ..',,',,t'" ls concerned; but a country Ike
,he l'nitad states with diversified occupations -,
q" We .."Nc no,,r,d 81 h., ~ continue. dema-
gogues ana Democrats l" wv
FAX. the State OF New-Yor as an object les -
,b. ,,.r,hers of the Finance Committee lnolsneI
I'm nhe Tribune u June .. The labor einpioyHs'
n Utmost me entire market for New-lor az
ricultur. Almost the sole reliance vt, Iut, a.,
h"rM ~ ~ her own state And the same condition
exists IN many other states et un' IN ,,oi,v
~ lowering wages by placing them tn open com
petition with the wages pala 10 h.[ u" t,n ~ rr|i
countries and Of letting In at low rates lile lIv9tt
,. ~ nih@r countries which directly compete win
those raised by the Northern ana Western tarmerS'
while they carefully retain high Hu'rs ON VAL
ned A. sScdoCo Is protected by duty OF ~ PEI Per
cent and the hay crop OF the sac 81 W oni,.
valued ~ S"'V''' " FARMER.
r. enc Mass. June 9. 1924.