Smyrna times., 1896-09-23
FACTS FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Figurers to Show Why Their Bus
ness is Poor.
Major Mckinley TO the Farmers.

Major Mckinley to the Farmers.
"Whatever the farmer is suffering to-
day is because his competitors have in
creased in numbers and because his
best customers are out of work. [ do
not know that we can decrease the
number of your competitors, but with
the adoption of true American pro-
tective tariff policy we can get your
best customers to work. We have suf-
fered in our foreign trade, and we have
suffered in our domestic trade. The far
mers have suffered in their export trade
and they have likewise suffered in the
home market. Under the Republican
tariff law of 1890 we imported in 1898
over III 200, 000pounds of wool, valued
at over $13, 100000. In 1895, under the
Democratic tariff law, we imported 24S,
600, 900 pounds of wool, valued at
$33, 100000. Nearly $40, 900, 600 worth
more of wool was imported under the
Democratic tariff law than under the
Republican tariff law in 1884, The i'm
ports of woolen goods in 1894 amounted
to SIG, 800, 600, and in 1895 to $57, 494, 900.
From the reports of the Treasury De
partment at Washington we find that
there were 47,273,OO sheep in the
United States in 1892, valued at 1925,
100000. On January /, 1896, there
were 38,29S, 900 sheep in the United
States, valued at $65, 900, 900, decrease
of 9, 1000, 900 i'll number of sheep and of
$50, 900, 900 in value. Two million two
hundred thousand dollars worth more
of shoddy was imported under the
Democratic tariff law than under the
Republican tariff law.
''In woolen goods the difference is
more than $4,000, 900 in favor of the
foreign manufacturer and against the
domestic producer. The total loss in
these three items to the American wool
grower and the wage-earners in Ameri-
cans woOlen factories is more than
$62, 900, 900. Is it any wonder that
sheep husbandry is no longer profit
able? So with other agricultural pro
| ducts.
During the last seventeen months
of the Republican tariff law there were
imported in this country 10000 tons
of hay and during the first seventeen
months of the Democratic tariff law
there were imported 373, 900 tons. The
Wilson law gave the foreign producers
a market for $4,000 tons more than
they had enjoyed in the last seventeen
months under the Republican tariff
law. This loss exceeds $4,000, 900.
''The total wheat, rye, barley, oats
and corn crops for 1859 amounted to
1856, 100000 bushels. The total this
produce exported was 132, ,354, 900 bus
hels, or little less than per cent. of
the total product annually, and more
than So per cent. was consumed at
home. The great bulk was consumed
by your own fellow citizens, your own
natural consumers and customers. In
l091-92 we exported $1,42O, 900, 900
worth of agricultural products. In
lS95-96, the first two years under the
Democratic tariff law, we exported
81, 124, 100000 worth. We exported.
therefore, $319,OOO,OOO worth less
In the two years under the Demo-
cratic tariff law than in the two
years under the Republican tariff law.
Depression in agriculture has always
followed low tariff legislation. It was
so after the tariff of 1916 and it has
been so under the tariff of 1894.