The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31

was in effect long enough to show that
under its operation our production OF
wool would rapidly increase to the ulti.
mate benefit of the entire community:
the free list, while retaining a substantial
duty on the product of the mill and the
mine. In 1889 there were in the United
States 4 2,509,O7e sheep, valued at $50.
64o,369; In 1893 there were 47,273,55a
sheep, valued at 1926, 900, 1854; in 1S9a
there are 80, 8 1888 sheep, valued at
SOS, 167, 735: Under the Mckinley law
ths value Of u sheep increased $s35,2eS,.
SEP; the Wilson law . has taken from the
nearly one-half. Under the Wilson law
the importation Of wool has doubled and
the price of the domestic product has
been halved. The Mckinley law gave
to wool and other farm products the just
and equal protection demanded by farm
ers; the Wilson law removed this pro.
lection, and, discriminating against the
one considerable industry to feel the full
force of a disastrous free trade policy.
Reciprocity.
At it's annual meeting in 1890 the
Farmers National congress passed a
resolution in favor of reciprocity; and
that it yet favors reciprocity is shown
by the following resolution at its last
meeting:
Resolved, that the Farmers National con.
thess abe 1as a aisieh instr MsaI efS address 'n Of sene ee
Francisco Javier Yanes Of Venezuela on
1.-THE Commercial Relations of American Re-
Resolved, that to secure reciprocal trade
between the United States and the Spanish.
American republics, this congress ,favors
legislation for reciprocity. commercial treat
answer all the purposes of such trade.
The benefits to u agriculture from
fair reciprocal arrangements were SO ap,
parent that the resolutions were adopted
by q practically unanimous vote, though
in the congress were delegates of all
shades of political belief. The peculiar
relation Of reciprocity to agriculture ap.
Section Of the Mckinley law:
That with a view to secure reciprocal
trade with countries producing the following
articles, and for this purpose, on and after
t the 80 ass aft eay as 81 The sa PreaiSen aSs sS;al T be satis
fed that the government Of any country pro.
ducing and exporting sugar, molasses, cot
fee, tea, and hides. raw and uncured, or any
Of such articles, imposes duties or other ex,
actions upon the agricultural or other pro
auctions Of the United States, which in view
Of the free introduction OF such sugar, mo
States may deem to be reciprocally unequal
or unreasonable, be shall have the power
and 1t shall DO his duty to suspend, by
| Of this act relating to the free Introduction
Of such sugar., molasses, coffee, tea and
| hides. the production Of such country, fol
such time as he shall deem just, etc.
Although in effect only a short time
the Mckinley law demonstrated the
great benefit that reciprocity would BE-
to our agricultural interests. Space viii
permit of the citation of only one case il
/ point: Our production of wheat so fal
exceeds our needs, while the expectation
of Russia and Argentine has so rapidly
increased that it is Of the highest i'm
portance to our farmers that our wheat
markets be enlarged. The ability Of re
trade with Cuba. In less than foul
years under a reciprocity arrangement
this trade increased 48O per cent, Will,
in the first year after the arrangement
was terminated it decreased AZ per cent
All the reciprocity arrangements would
have been of much benefit to our agri
cultural interests; and the Democrat,
fastened to terminate them.
Home or Foreign Sugar, Which,
Each year we send abroad more thar
$1OO,OOO,O 900 for sugar. All doubt of on
possessing the soil and climate over /,
sufficient area to produce from beet tn,
eu6d1 we uOW 4APOAeS q OSSN ACAAOsCu
Our natural advantages for the produc
ton of beet sugar are such that, not
withstanding the higher wages paid here
aid given our beet sugar industry equiv
alent to that which has been given t,
their beet sugar industries by France ant
Germany by means of bounties, exemp
ton of land from taxation, ETC., would
undoubtedly rapidly build up our suga:
production. The Mckinley law, b!
means of a bounty, gave tc our bee
sugar industry the announcement ;ha
the history Of the industry in German!
and France has shown to be wise AM
highly advantageous to the nation
Under the operation of the McKinle!
law our production of beet sugar rapid!
increased. Here are the figures:
1921 1891 52.9 go g
Zl,OU5,5S
| 1855 44,60OsOS
Had the Mckinley law bounties beef
continued. we would in a c~omparativel.
few years have produced at home, no
oplv tho four Thousand million nnunda n