Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-31


was in effect long enough to show that
| under its operation our Droductiou of
wool would rapidly increase to the ulti-
mate benefit of the entire community.
| Ihe Democrats FASTENED to put wool on
d 9e 1ree list, while retaining substantial
uuty on the product. of the mill and the
| mine In 1889 there were in the United
| States 42,599,O79 sheep, valued at 500
o4o,569; in 1898 there We're 47.273. 553
sheep, valued at $125, 9O9, 264; in 1896
| there are 3S,29S. 1873 sheep valued at
$50, 167, 735: Under the Mckinley law
the value of our sheep increased S35, $685.
500; the Wilson law has taken from the
value of our sheep $50, 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
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
farmer, singled out wool growing as the
one considerable industry TO feel the full
force OF disastrous free trade policy.
Reciprocity.
At IT'S anuual meeting N 1890 the
Farmers National congress passed a
resolution in favor of reciprocity; and
that 1T yet -2-vors reciprocity is shown
by the following resolution at it's last
meeting:
Resolved that the Farmers Natfonar eo,p
the able and instructive address of Senior
E .n Ga11, JavieT Yanes of Venezuela
publics.''
between the United States and the Spanish
american republics. this congress favors,
les, and aid for steamship lines suffieient to,
answer all the purposes of such trade.
The benefits t" our agriculture. from,
fair reciprocal aI1an gements were So an
parent that the resolutions were adopted.
by a practically unanimous vote,, though
in the congress. were delegates of am
pears from reading of the recf1arocitx
section of the Mckinley law:
That with a view to secure reefurocay
trade with countries producing the f6iI5Wina-
articles and for tbs purpose and. after
and so often as the resident Shall be satfs
fed thst the government of any country pro
fee, tesr,-and hides, raw and incurred. any
of such articles IMPOSES duties or ogflerr ex-
ductions- of the United States. which in view
lasses coffee, tea aud hides into the United |
States may Deem to- be reciprocally UNEQUAL
and it shall be- his duty to SUSPEND sTe 9ow by
proclamation to that effect. the provisions |
of such sugar moIasses, coffee. tea and
hides. the production Of such country, for
such time as he SHAH deem just, etc.
Although in effect only a short time. /
the reciprocity arrangement made under. |
the Mckinley law demonstrated the,
great eenefit that reciprocity would be
permit Of the citation of only one case in /
point: Our production of wheat 50 far. /
exceeds our needs. while the expectation |;
of Russia and Argentine has rapidly L
increased that it is of the highest Inn II
portance to our farmers that our wheat Il
markets be enlarged. The ability OF re
ciprocsty to do this, is shown by ouriiour 4
trade with Cuba In less than fonr
years under reciprocity. arran cement
this trade increased $50 per cent. while
in the first year after the arrangamenT
was terminated it decreased ~ Der cent
All the reciprocity arrangements would
have been of much benefit to our asri-
cultural interests and the Democrats
hnstened to Terminate them
Home Foreign Sugar, whIcIhe
Each year we send abroad more, tfian
800, 100000 for sugar All doubt Of our
possessing the soil and climate :,xer |
area 70 produce from beet the
Our natural advantages for the I,rod;fc- |
ton of beet sugar are such thar not |
the higher wages paif here,
aid given our beet sugar industry equiv |
alent to that which has been given To
heir beet sugar industries by France and
by means of bounties, exemY,-
ton of land from taxation. etc. yvauld
rapidly build up onr sugar
production The Mckinley law, BY
means of a bounty. gave to our beet
sugar industry the encouragement thar
the history of the industry in Germany
md France has shown to be wise and
highly advantageous to the nation.
n0eF the operation OF the Mckinney |
aw our production of beet sugar rapidly
increased. Here are the figures:
Pounds. |
S91. 1904 S3S
1892 27ON3322l
Is 1
Had the Mckinley law bounties been
We would in comparatively |
few years have produced at home not |
only the four thousand million pounds of |
sugar we now coIisuilae- but tise increased |
due to our increased popu- 1
alton. 1t is probable that no other /
piece of legislation in our history has
shown a greater lack of business sense
han the repeal of the sugar bounties. |
md certainly few other legislative en-
in our history have done our
agricultural interests a greater injury or
the country TO greater ultima te |
loss. To produce four thousand
million pounds of beet sugar would re-
luire one million acres of land aud the