The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-29

The Kepsbliesn Homines Talks ON the
T.rln and Currency Questions


pleasure 10 meet and greet the citizens
Of Knox county In the city OF Canton and AT
my own home ! am glad 10 welcome my
old comrades OF the grand army. my Fellow
citizens who are engaged In AGRICULTURAL
Industries and my feliow-citiSens or All
occupations who are here assembled this i
morntnR. Your meeting demonstrates that \
you have keen interest In the public ques-
lions which are now engaging the people OF
the United States. and that you want TINS
wear. as you have always wanted In the
pa at TO vote for those principles and those |
noItcies which will achieve the greatest \
good and the highest welfare 10 the coun- 4
try I am glad, especially, 10 meet the
farmers of Knox county, Tor the FARMERS OF
.he United States are the most conserVh-
tive force In our citizenship and IN our CIV
iization [applausel. force that has al
WAYS stood for good government, for coun-
try, for liberty and for honesty. lSreat
anniause1 Whatever the farmer ~ suffer-
ing to-day Is because his competitors nave
increased Ina numbers and because MS pest
customers are out OF work. Applause ana
cries OF you are right do not know that
we can decrease the number OF your COM
petitors but with true American pro-
tective policy we can set your best Gus
toners 10 work. Tremendous cheering
We have suffered in our foreign trade ana
We have suffered I'm our domestic trade.
The farmers have suffered I'm their export
trade. and they have likewise suffered IN
their home market Under the republican
tariff law OF 1890 we imported In 1898 over
III 100000 pounds OF wool, valued AZ over
$4,000 600 In 1895. under the democratic
tariff law. we imported 100000 pounds OF
wool. valued at $23T0.O0o Nearly wv
600 900 worth more OF wool was imported
under the democratic tariff law than unuer
the republican tariff law in 1894 The I'M
ports OF wooden goods In 1894 amounted
10 SIC. 500 600. and in 1895 TO s57. 600
Decrease In Number OF sheep.
"rrom the reports OF the treasury de-
partment at Washington we flnd that there
were az 273 900 sheep I'm the United states
In 1892 valued at $3.50 900. on January ],
1896 there were IS. 29S.0o0 sheep in the Uniteu
states. valued at s65,O0o. O00--a decrease OF
90 900 I'm the number OF sheep ana OF W.
600 O6D In value: s2,200,0o0 worth more OF
,hoddy was imported under the demo-
cratic tariff law than under the republican
tariff law In WOODEN goods the difference
Is more than $500O0,OOO In favor OF tho
| foreign manufacturer and against the
! democratic producer The total loss I'm
| these three itecs 20 the American wool
| grower and the wage-earners In American
/ wooden factories is more than M2,OOOoo. is
| A any wonder that the sheep husbandry
Is no longer profitaoleY
$50 with other agricultural products.
During the last II months OF the republican
tariff law there were imported into this
country 10000 tons OF hay, and during the
arst II months OF the democratic tariit
aw there were imported SSS,OOO tons. The
Wilson law gave the foreign producers
! market for 2ss 900 tons more than they had
| entoyed In the last rs months under the re-
pubiic tariff law. This loss exceeds w.
Oo0. 000.
"The total wheat. rye. barley. oats and
corn crops for 1926 amounted 20 3.556,9oO,o 90
bushels The total OF this product exported
was 1872, 36i, 900 bushels, or little less thah
four per cent OF the total product annually
ana more than S6 per cent was consumed
nj home The great bulk was consumed
by our own fellow-citizens, your own nat
ural consumers and customers. I'm ls9l-i
we exported 81. 420. OOO, 900 worth OF agricult'
ural products In 1866. the first two years
under The democratic tariff law, we eN
ported sil2i.0000 900 worth. We exported
therefore. sSla,OO 900 worth less IN the tive
years under the democratic tarin law thar
the two years under the republican tarih
law. Depression I'm agriculture has always
followed low tariff legislation. IL was 81
after the tariff OF 1876, and II has been 50
under the tariff OF 1894"
quotes from Fillmore and buchanan.
Mai. Mckinley quoted the messages
OF Presidents Fillmore and buchanan
20 show the effects OF low tariff upor
the country. and said:
, "CAn the farmer be helped by free coin
age OF silver? tCries OF no. no. noPl No
forever, no, my fellow-citizens. GCries o
'hurrah for McKinley.l He cannot %
, helped because n the nominal price
| grain were 20 rise through an Imitation o
, the currency the price OF everything els
would rise also, and the farmer would %
relatively no better OF than he was before
! TCries OF that's right, mator1 lie woul
not get any more real value Tor MS graz
than he gets now and would suffer froi
tho general Generalization which woul
81. NJ
2 not help the farmer by more coinage or 81
yer. he can only he helped by more cor
sumers for his product. You cannot hel
him by free trade butt as l have showf
ne can be hurt and seriously hurt by IN
. free Introduction OF competing produc'
: into this country. Better a thousand time
enlarge the markets for American proc
ucta than 10 enlarge the nlnts Tor IN
= silver product OF the world. ffremendou
: cheering and cries OF you are right. y 70
might i,ist as well understand now that yo
cannot add value 20 anything by diminish
ing the measure OF the value with whic
z the thing is sold or exchanged. ldrea
cheering and cries OF 'hurrah for Mckii
ley.l n you can increase the value
/ lowering the measure Of value and yo
want 10 benefit the farmer then mako IN
bushel smaller. the pound lighter ana az
clare a legal dozen less than ~. lGre'
inughter1 The home market Is the be'
c friend OF TIE farmer. IL Is his best marke
II
natural market lie should be protect'
IN It's enjoyment by wise tariff lcgisii
= ton and this home market should not !
permitted TO be destroyed by lessening "
demand for American labor and diminish
inR the pay OF American workmen. an
thereby diminishing the demand for ayr
e cultural products. fApplause.l
n Talks of Fres SILVER.
e ''The prosperity OF manufactures Is u
Y separable from the prosperity OF agr
!. culture Set all our whecls IN motion, =
- all our spindles whirling, set oil our ms
N at work on fun time. start mp the "a
workshops or the country. bring back col
4 hdencc and business. and the farmer "
at once fell the influence In the greater a
a mand for his products and In the hctt
- prices he wauid receive. tGreat nppiau
NJ and cries OF you are right lie wants
be protected BY wise tariff legislation fro
the competition OF the other side. ana tn
"A he wants the mines and mills and factori
- OF his own country hummnG with bui
IND Try yrql1-rNtH work uIi