Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-28

1892 tot 4,lSS,492 52,240
lS93 ed 3,295,si2I 392,8l7
1871 l,79l.430I l99536
xlS95 27O9. All 821lsa
Protected Oct. 8, 80, at SC per dozen. xGor-
man Tariff.
Live Stock.
Our country is peculiarly adapted, be-
ing the natural home of the most nutri-
tousgrasses and yielding in boundless
abundance the sustaining and fattening
cereals, to the raising of live stock. This
business has not only been the most ex-
tensive but the most profitable invest
ment that the American farmer could
engage in, and taken as a whole, especi-
ally in the cattle raising belt, he made
1t his chief reliance for support and
amassing wealth, and for long years the
live stock OF almost every State, and
particularly Of the western and south
western sections, has been the leading
factor of profit and accumulation.
Let Figures Speak for Themselves
In 1892 the last year Of Harison's ad-
ministration there were near sixteen
millions OF horses, worth over a billion
OF dollars, an average of $65 per head,
and in 1896 when the free trade heresy
has full swing and Democratic Presi-
dent Is in the chair, we have about the
same number Of horses, worth little
over half a billion, or $34 a head, fall
Ing off Of near 100 per cent
The slump in Mules.
In 1892 there were near two and one
half millions of mules, worth one hun
dred and seventy five millions, or $75 per
mead. In 1879 there are about the same
number, worth little over one hundred
milIInnG tlS hnoI N 60 q
about 40 per cent.
The reason of this enormous decline in
horses and mules was the hard times
brought upon the country first by the
threat and then the enactment of laws
that deranged its business and paralyzed
It's industries. Thousands of men were
thrown out of employment by the clos
ing OF industrial plants and were COM
PEELED to resort to agriculture for liy-
ing, and the horses and mules used in
tnese industries were no longer of SER
vice and were thrown upon the open
market in competition with stock speci-
ally raised by the farmer for that pur-
pose And this abnormal condition made
the purchaser seller and the consumer
q producer
Sheep.
IN 1892 there were forty five millions
OF sheep, valued at near one hundred
and twenty millions of dollars. average
price ~ So q head. In 1896 there are over
thirty eight millions, worth sixty five
millions of dollars, a falling off of oyer34
per cent. In 1892 the duty ON wool ranged
from 10 to so per cent when the flock
masters were encouraged in their most
useful industry by q protective tariff,
and in 1895 wool is on the free list and
welsee the enormous percentage Of loss
In the figures set forth.
Hogs.
In 1892, there were fifty two millions
OF hogs, worth over two hundred and
lorty millions Of dollars. In 1896 forty
two millions, worth one hundred and
elghty millions Of dollars, a decrease in
number Of ten millions, and decrease
In value of sixty five millions of dollars.
d. This exhibit Of losses in the value Of
live stock is appalling, but 1t is far short
)f the actual injury to the farmers, as /
have shown only the difference in value
lor ONT, year of protection and one year
d the free trade idea embodied in the
jorman-Wilson law. Stock that was
worth two and one half billions of dol
ars when the Mckinley act was in ef-
'ect was worth eight hundred millions
ess to the farmers four years later when
'he country Is under
Democratic Misrule and Mismanagemen
Decreases Of 36 cents bushel in the
price OF wheat, II cents in corn, 10 cents
n oats, % cents In barley, Al cents In rye,
II 30 per barrel in flour, 81 25 per loo
pounds in sheep, of As cents per 100
pounds in hogs, Of $50 per head In horses
IND mules, AZ cents per bushel in pota-
oes, 10 cents per pound in wool, cents
,er pound In butter, and 10 cents dozen
n eggs-these are injuries mounting up
nto the hundreds Of millions that fail
IN
The Agricultural Glasses Directly.
Under the Mckinley tariff the lumber
rade of the United States reached un-
,recedented proportions. The timber
,elts lying in remote regions attracted
he attention of the capitalist and he
,uilt branches from the main railway
ines to these outlying forests, opening
Up many rich sections. The men engaged
n the lumber business and trade aver
lged from 100000 to 100000 men, and the
wages were highly remunerative. The
tave trade was extensive, and in this
PARTICULAR section the profit of an acre
u timber turned into cooper stuff was
EN- times the value of the land when
'leared. The ruling price of lumber was
nigh and operators
Made Handsome Fortunes.
In 1890 the number OF lumber establish
nents were over 10000, the capital in
'ested five hundred millions, the aggre-
'ate value OF the product was over four
hundred millions and the annual wages
mid was eighty eight millions. This de-
,elopment was under the Mckinley law
nat virtually excluded all but the finer
woods used in the manufacture of the
,est grade OF furniture. The Wilson
yrecker OF values virtually killed the
industry when 1t reduced the duty
On Foreign Lumber 100 Per Cent.
Those capitalists that were not bank
upted went out Of business and the
canadian forest took the place of the
American In supplying the limited de-
nand for lumber. At this time the rul-
ng price Is hardly above the cost of the
to the best markets.
The Black Chapter and It's Warming.
Almost endless citations from official
!tatistics could be arrayed TO show the
effect Of free trade upon ev-
oiahon VI ihuustry unu ENTERPRISE,
Ind especially to prove that the farmer,
ipon whom all industries depend, can |
urn In no other direction for deliver
lncc, relief and benefit but TO the time |
policy Of
Protection.
I, alone, will rescue him from the quag- |
nire In which he is sinking, and plant |
lis feet on solid ground. It alone will |
inspire his energies and reward his ac-
ivities. II alone will furnish him with |
he luxuries and comforts to which he is |
Untitled and which he must have to be |
m independent and self respecting SOW
reign. Tho object Lessons we hava had |