The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-31

NOoA WYNN AoPAuAy AhNAS0SS " " ~
mate benefit of the entire community
The Democrats fastened to put wool on
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 42,599,O79 sheep, valued at $780,.
&C. 1853; ;d in !; ase . there sYys o %sr ge4 1929; 2 i s5s
$65, 167,7 35. Under the Mckinley law
the value of our sheep increased $35 ,268,.
1916; the Wilson law has taken from the
value Of our sheep $780, TAI 500, or very
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
and equal protection demanded by farm.
ers; the Wilson law removed this pro.
lection, and, discriminating against the
farmer, singled out wool growing as the
one considerable industry to feel the full
force of q disastrous free trade policy.
Reciprocity.
At its annual meeting in 1890 the
Farmers National congress passed a
resolution in favor of reciprocity; and
that it yet fayors reciprocity is shown
by the following resolution at it's las,
meeting:
Resolved, that the Farmers National con.
gress has listened with profound interest ia
the able and Instructive address of Senol
Francisco Javier Yanes Of venezuala on
publfcs."
Resolved, that to secure reciprocal trade
between the United States and the Spanish.
! les, and aid for steamship lines sufiicient to
ansS'eT 81! the purposes of such trade.
The benefits to our agriculture from
fair reciprocal arrangements were so up.
parent that the resolutions were adopted
by a practically unanimous vote, though
shades Of political belief. The peculiar
-.s!:::;G: Of reciprea;t; to agriculture APP,
pears FROM q readina Of the reciprocity
section of the Mckinley law:
trade with countries producing the following
a ahe frst a day fe Of t 5and nn!;,'1 &c., On 4 aRe efts'
and SO often as the President shall be salts.
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.
lasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United
States may deem to be reciprocally unequal
or unreasonable. he shall have the power
p 5ru to that IA effect, the Provisions
Of this act relating to the free introduction
Of such sugar.; molasses, coffee, tea and
such time as he shall deem just, etc.
Although in effect only a short time,
the reciprocity arrangement made under
the Mckinley law demonstrated the
great benefit that reciprocity would be
to our agricultural interests. Space will
permit of the citation of only one case in
point: Our production of wheat so far
exceeds our needs, while the expectation
~ D,,ec;o o~I AvDor%s,1 boe ~ vn~:1Ju
increased that it is of the highest i'm
portance to our farmers that our wheat
markets be enlarged. The ability of re-
ciprocity to do this is shown by our flour
trade with Cuba. In less than four
years under a reciprocity arrangement
this trade increased 48O per cent, while
in the first year after the arrangement
was terminated it decreased AZ per rent.
All the reciprocity arrangements would
cultural interests; and the Democrats
fastened to terminate them.
Home or Foreign Sugar, which,.
500, 100000 for sugar. All doubt of our
possessing the soil and climate over a
sufficient area to produce from beet the
sugar we now import, q been removed.
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 to
their beet sugar industries by France and
Germany by means of bounties, exemp-
ton of land from taxation, etc, would
undoubtedly rapidly build up our sugar
production. The Mckinley law, by
means of a bounty, gave to our beet
sugar industry the encouragement that
the history Of the industry in Germany
highly advantageous to the nation.
Under the operation of the Mckinley
law our production of beet sugar rapidly
increased. Here are the figures:
1891. 12,O04,S3S
1877. $500. ZI,UO5,3Z1
1885 =. 44,636,0Zi
Had the Mckinley law bounties been
continued, we would in q comparatively
few years have produced at horne.i not
only the four thousand million pounds of
sugar we now consume,- but the increased
eoasnmption due n,o t. = Increased .poPg;
piece of, legislation in our. history has
shown a greater lack Of business sense