The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-25
wnar rnE FARMER oErs.

The DEMOCRATIC conferees on the
part OF the house are Messrs. Bailey,
OF Texas: Mcmillan, OF Tennessee and
Wheeler, OF Alabama Mr.. Mcmillan
has long been member Of the ways
and means committee and is regarded
by both parties as an expert in tarih
matters. He is looked upon as being
very likely TO succeed Senator Harris.
he says:
The extra session Of congress for
the purpose Of revising the tariff was
entirely unnecessary. With every or
dinary economy there would be sur.
plus in The treasury at the time OF the
regular meeting in December,
"It there is nothing else to condemn
this measure, the fact that 1t proposes
to raise unnecessary and unjust taxes
ought TO do SO. You will search in
vain for free sugar in this bill, or any
thing else free that benefits the Amer
ican people The Republican dema.
gogic cry OF free breakfast table
has been abandoned.
LET us see what they have done for
the farmer. OF all the futile efforts to
H.lIde that have ever seen in sol
emn proceeding this is the most glar'
ing. A large per cent OF our popula-
tion are farmers. They are the ones
who bear the burdens and get no bene-
fits from protection. Republicans
evidently have underrated their in
telligence when proposing an increase
OF duty for farm products TO satisfy
them with the enormous rates Of duty
found IN this bill.
1--WE are coming OF hard times, and
justly. Farmers are selling for taxes
Ruin is abroad in the land, and is not
confined to any particular vocation.
The bank doors are closing and bank
presidents are going to Canada and
the penitentiary. Manufacturing es-
tabli shments have their repositories
filled with manufactured goods, which
nobody is able to purchase; and out in
the west the bins and reservoirs OF in
dustry are bursting with the wheat
and corn for which there Is no market
Yet over all the wreck the Republican
party is kelfconhned aud happy.
tell them to look out when the day Of
settlement comes for these taxes
What have they proposed for the
farmers? To tax them more. They
realized that when some one was
fieeced some one would complain
More than City per cent OF our people
are engaged in agriculture and are not
benefited by this measure They raise
the taxes on an average higher than
they ever did before. They impose
taxes that were not dreamed OF by any
other distinguished statesman who
ever broke into congress and, realizing
that somebody had to be humbugged,
what have they done? They said that
the tax upon corn aud Other agricu,-
tural produsts was too low. Corn,
meal, oats wheat, flour and buck
wheat are all taxed 20 per cent under
the existing law. But. they SAID,
while we protect the manufactures,
while se take care Of the sugar trust,
while Vse spread our protecting wing
over the makers Of cutlery the maxi
ers OF steel rails, and all those who are
engaged in trusts, we would better
pretend TO do something for the
farmer And what did they do9 They
taxed corn, instead OF 90 per cent, Il
cents = bushel. which at the present
figures, is nearly 100 per cent, How
much is that going to yield:to the
farmers There was imported last
year only s7s4 worth, which will pro
teet them TO the extent Of sis9.Sl q
year.
Magnificent benediction, glorious
statesmanship that proteets millior
farmers by distributing among then
Sis9.5i.
They came 10 the rescue of th,
millers, and the millers' benefactioI
is surpassed only by the benefaetioi
- the corn grower The importation
last year paid duty Of $40 20 on corn
meal
'Oats came next. They are take,
only 20 cent. They raise this to /
cents bushel. Under this new rat
the increased duty on oats will b
s272.
Wheat comes next. The duty o
wheat imported last year was sisi
They propose for the benefit OF all tn
wheat growers OF the United States I
distribute s9o6 10 the way Of increase
duties. Ia election time they propos
10 stand back aud look at il in bul
aud say, Behold, how we have pr,
tected the farmers
81 could 90 on enumerating th
shams and the thefts In this bill Il
definitely. 1t is the most oatrageoI
tariff bill ever constructed. demon
mated II correctly in the house, du
z.slg the time allowed for Democrat
expression there, and / stand by II
designation and say it is the hotbe
for the propagation Of trusts aud Il
= ~srotection OF those who rob the pc
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