Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-03
NEW TARIFF BILL
HOW IT AFFECTS THE FARMERS
OF THE COUNTRY.
with the Mckinley and Will
son LAWS Ample Protection for the
Farmer and Reasonable Rates Upon
the Articlcs Winch lie Must Import.
= Is the Farmer.

eueHls tue FarlneF.
eucrlal Washington correspondence:
The following statement shows the
rates of duty imposed 10y the new tariff
HI introduced In the House OF Rep
rgscutltiyes upon articles in which the
farmers are especially interested. This
relates both to The articles which they
produce and which they want thor
uugAly protected, apd also TO the arti-
dies which they use In considerable
quantities ana regarding which they
are equally interested as 10 the rates
Of duty fixed by the new bill.
The Republicans In the House Of
Representatives have broken the rec
ord in the matter OF prOmptness touch
ny the new tariff iii. Congress met IN
special session ten days after PreSl-
dent Mckinley was inaugurated ana
within three hours the House had or
gInized 10y the election Of officers;
rules had been adopted: the Ways and
Means Committee bad been appointed,
the tariff bill had been presented in
complete form and had been regularly
referred 10 its proper committee, with
the understanding that it would he re-
ported back to the House before the
end Of She week. and passed that body
within "A fortnight.
The provisions Of the new bill arc
extremely satisfactory to members OF
Congress representing the agricultural
districts and agricultural interests. All
Of them who have had an opportunity
to examine 1t speak in the highest
terms ia regard 10 1t. No man in Con
grrSS is better able To judge Of the bill
ana of lis prospective work than Gen
GroSycnor, OF OhiO, who, as Il member
Of the committee, has studied every ar
ticlc ana item carefully. guarded tn,
Interests Of the farmers closely ant
consulted with the farmers of his agri
cultural districts regarding the import
ant features of the bill which affected
not oEly their own interests but those
of farmers generally. Speaking Of this
feature Of the bin he said:
The farmer will find, first. genera
protection of his products in the form
Of tariff duties levied upon articles o
importation of every character such "a
he produces in the United States. Thus
the development of the sheep indrstr,
we have taken up and resumed at tn
point whore the Wilson bill dostroyet
it, with the hope. first, OF a protiiabl
Industry directly, and. second, with tn
hope of diycrjin@ Il vast amount OF tn
agricultural lands of the Middle Yves
the West ana the Northwest from IN
productions Of agricultural grains, veg
sheep, ANA, secondly, ia the same dire,
tionS stands the protection To sugar. :
far as the wool features OF this bill ar
concerned, The protection Is very mllc
better for the sheep grower than wa
the Mckinley law, because of one grca
feature. thr removal Of the pOssibilit
Of fraud by the importation of carp,
woods. which at once. on their relca>
Prom The customs house, became clutl
Ing woods"
The following statement gives in I'll
first column the rates of duty propose
by the new bill: IN the second colum
the rates showing the present WilSo
tariff law, and in tho third column
those of the Mckinley law. 1t will
s'rn un"t ga Almost ',,r, ,""o 81
rates are much more advantageous
the farmers than those Of the presei
law and, in many respects, superior
those of the Mckinley law. This
especially true with reference 10 woo
the explanation Of which Is found
the remarks Of Gen. GroSvcnOr quote
above. These should he examined ear
fully. His statement upon that Sd.
icct is important because without it Il
reader not skilled in the detail Of II
tariff matter would not understand IL
advantages given TO the farmer by In;
feature OF the bill which prohibits ii
classification of coarse clothing WOO
under the carpet wool schedule, ]
which under the Mckinley law emo
nous quantities of wool used in clorI
ing came into the country ut very 10
rates. 1t was this feature Of the wo
schedule OF the Mckinley law whiC
proved damaging to the wool producer
interests of the United States, but Il
Ways and Means Committee has take
advantage of the experience thus gail
ed to make their classification sue
that this will he prevented in the fl
turc. Thus. while the tariff rates q
wool under the proposed bill apes
the same TO the unpracticed eye {
those of the Mckinley law, they III
very much more favorable To the we,
producers: 50 much so ;hat no doubt
entertained OF the prosperity of Il
wool producers as we'll as of the farm
els generally under the new bill whe
il becomes a law and has had time
adjust itself To conditions.
The rates named by the new bii
compared with those Of the Wilson an
Mckinley laws. upon articles in whiC
the farmers are interested are as ia
lows:
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