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 -,a,..sa Hot speoee fS1a hieog 5 All - -. present Proteetion Is One sided ana Rops ss aefl1es z . 9s sells Tn . ckeap and Buys In Dear xarset-can Be Protected Only by Ex- port Boanties oa Hsrm Products-FIf He s,snres .z.5s 4nese he Wants AbsoIute Freo Trade.
 Senator Cannon of Utah introduced | on May % an amendment to the tariff bill which is likely to make trouble Eha Ranuhlican leaders and wb'
 break down the whela ry os ,,lo- ag tom. The amendment o+oa+iga '-,,,J src of payi'c 4avors the rn6ir farm proaHa'e export bonnties on ing puse This sebemo ia now bo. eo' Led vigorously, not only by it's
 Aor, David Lubfn, but also by the granges of many states and by trades unions and ministorz 1t makes ifs fight inside Inc ranks of protection and has alfaady opened moro farmers eyes 10 the folly of the system than all of tho taflif reform work that has been done.
 Senator Cannon told some plain truths when introducing this amendment. Ha spoke in part as follows:
 Itwas with great surprise. upon m ex- animation of inc measure, that I found that tbo great clas5 of our population who have from tho beginning not only supported fife protective tariff party by their votes but have supported the pro teotiya taHiG principle 6y their industry from tho beginning of is operation, were ia q largo degree excluded from any of its benefits, 1t ia, I say, to sup ply a very patent omission from the measure as i5 HOW stands that the amendment is proposed and will be ad- vaaated here Bntil vote shall sse bad thereon
 ,,o --,.zt1s.3 4l'a ''' '0 offered today affords sq.-1 .4on to agricultural staples.
 10 is remaining. ] presume, no ad- voeate of tho protective tariff system who will contend that in this bill, with these import duties, there is afforded any protection CT benefit Gf increased price arising from import duties upon any of these commodities of which we export oar surplus, nor arc thcre re- maining a5 tho present time in the school of protection very many men who will contend and none who W3ll provo tha6the indirect protection aford ed to tho farmer by the tariff on man ufaetured goods i3 sufficient compensa- tion to him for the vast cost eutailed upon him in carrying the protective tariff system upon manufactured goods.
 It has become apparent to all thought fuI observers, and certainly it is known to all who have any direct connection with the agricultural industry of the Uuitea States, that tho farmer cannot, and the man who reads him well knows that the farmer will not, much longer bear this burden.
 There are threo remedies possible. They 8seeond remedy, and ono which l, ' fcadgffo accept rather than to held to aud vote for an negotiable bill, would he absolute free trade, by which the farmer might buy as cheaply as ha is compelled to sell, and that remedy this congress will not sock 10 enforce There remains then, but the third-the appli- cation of an export bounty which shall in 8 measure pivo restitution to the farmer for tho higher prices which he i5 compelled to pay in protected markets
 No proposition based upon tho deola- ration ef equal protection to aH the in. dustries of tho United States is com plete, nor can there Do successfully made q contention that it is just, unless it gives to the exporter of agricultural staples from the United States an equiv- alont benefit 70 that given to the manu- facturer hy the imposition Of an import duty.
 4 duty of % cents a bushel upon wheat is delusion and q snare, The farmer of tho United States gets no ben eft from it. The imposition eff dgty upon cotton, if that were attempted, would be of 10 value to the cotton producer Tho imposition of duty on rye is of no value to the farmer of the United States Every other protected industry has a direct benefit from this tariff, because where we do not produce in the United States sufficient for our own consump- ton and a quantity considerable in ex- tent for export the import duty serves as Q means whereby tho local producer can enhance the price to the local con- sumer.
 The immediate benefit to the farmer derived from the treasury of the United States would not be all. For this com paradveiy small expenditure to him he would receive for these staples more than $225, 000, GOO in higher prices than ho now receives. 1t is true that this would increase the price of breadstuffs to the consumers in the cities, but un- der the declaration made here today that with higher prices the people will be more able to buy we will have a larger consumption of wheat and wheat flour and other agricultural staples in the cities ot the country than w0 have now at tho low prices
 MT Butler-Mr President the sena- tor from Utah said he was in favor of about SIS, GOO, GOO export daty on wheat nt 10 cents 2 bushol If we pay an ex- port bounty of 0 cents D bashe3. tbat