Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY.
Prosperity of Farmers and Millers De-
ponds Upon Their Re-enactment.

Prosperity of Farmers and MilIers De-
ponds Upon Their Re-enactment.
President NJ. ii. Davis of the Winter
Wheat Millers league has put into "a
brief paper a statement of the losses suf-
fered by farmers. millers. manufacture
ers. tradesmen and workingmen through
the repeal of the reciprocity clauses of
the Mckinley law in 1894.
This statement is Comprehensive. and
shows by figures the extent of the calanl-
ity which befell American industry and
trade when reciprocity was abandoned
through the enactment of the Wilson
German act. Tho argument which these
figures present is most persuasive for the
restoration of the Republican party to
power and the re-enactment of protection
and reciprocity. Mr. Davis says:
Under the reciprocity OF the Mckinley
law, our exports Of flour, wheat and other
farm products Increased steadily. and enor-
m0u-,: because we We're able to get them
Into foreign countries nj lower tariff
rate han the grain and Hour from other
partt of the world had TO pay for entering
those countries. SO we could get better
prices for grain and flour under reci-
procity than other countrses were getting
at the same time.
Based upon ordinary common sense. IL
was so iar-reachiDg In Its influence that IL It
could have been carried out without inter-
ruptOn. IT'S effect would have been felt
upon the income of every farmer, In the
profits OF every merchant. and in the wages
OF every mechanic and laborer in this land
y
Under the Mckinley tariff and the reel
procity feature. our exports OF agricultural
products In 1872 exceeded our exports In
1885 by S2U5, 100000.
Under. the Wllson-Gorman tariff our Inn
ports Of agricultural products In 1895 cx-
ceeded those OF 1892 by S65.000,00O.
Comparing the two years. the loss to the
A M fn M at. "a I'm
AS there are i,.0OOOO farms la the United
States, this means an average loss OF nearly
$50 per year 10 every farm In the land.
The loss to the farmer alone Is sum suf-
icient TO purchase the entire wheat crop OF
this country for one year at 80 cents per
bushel.
The famer Is not the only sufferer. The
effects of unwlse Legislation are felt In every
branch of trade that seeks It's patronage. 1t
Is felt by every manufacturer who supplies
his wants. and equally so by those who
handle his products.
In the course Of the argument present
cd by Mr.. Davis attention is also given
to the losses suffered by the producers
and packers of pork and beef. The fig
ures will be found in another place, with
the entire article.
actually given away TO foreign nations,
without return. the value of the entire
wheat crop of this country for u year.
But this loss is only Il small item in the
great total resulting from the enactment
of the Wilson-Gorman tariff. The loss
on the wool clip of the United States and
on the value of the sheep liz enormous.
To this must be added the reduction i'm
the value of hogs and beef cattle. The
wealth thus destroyed has made the. diff
ference between the prosperity which
ruled IN 1S90-92. and the depression
which has been felt since 1893. Under
the ruinous economic policy of the Demo
cratic party the country has surrendered
its home and foreign markets and invited
foreign nations 10 occupy them. No won
der capable and cntcrprising men are
idle, no wonder the profits of business
have fallen to the danger point.
In the way of relief the Democracy
offers nothing but depreciation of our
currency. On the other hand, the Re
publican party proposes n restoration of
the former conditions, now recognized as
sound and good by every one who has
carefully observed events since the cleo
tions of 1892. The prosperity of the
country Is bound up i'm this issue of the
American and the best foreign markets
for Americans. and a sound currency for
the conduct Of the business which is TO
be restored by Republican SUCCESS
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