The Globe-republican., 1898-11-03
Simpson versus tho Farmer.

All campaign speeches 20 far deliver
ed in this county have been upon state
issues, until Hon. Chester L Longs
meeting ON Tuesday last the people OF
this county have not heard anything
concerning the national issues arising
out of the late war. Mr.. Long has
placed his opponent, Mr.. Simpson. in
such . position regarding the war II
sues that. unless Mr.. Simpson can ex-
tricate himself, he certainly cannot ex.
pect the people of our agricultural dis
trict to return him to congress-
When Simpson opposes the retention
If Porto Rico and the Philippine islands
by the United States he is opposing the
Interests of the farmers of Kansas.
When he declared in favor of turning
the islands over to Spain he is placing
market for American farm products
under the control Of foes Of American
farmers. When no declares that the
people of these islands in their present
condition and under the influence and
pressure of Spain, Germany and France
should be permitted to establish their
own form of government he knows or
ought to know that these Islands would
again be in the position of the govern
ment that has for the past thirty years
disseminated against American farm
er6
Mr.. Simpson shows woeful want
of consistency in dealing with this
question as compared with his posi-
ton as an advocate of the farmers in
terests and his doctrines of free trade.
This Inconsistency dates back to his
vote for the Wilson bill in 1893 and re-
peal of the reciprocity laws 1t Mr..
Simpson will examine the effect OF the
repeal of that measure he will find it
difficult to convince the people that he
understands the interests of his consti-
tuency.
From 1881 to 1891 the average annual
loss of the export market for farm pro-
ducts was SIG. DOC, 600 q year: In 1891
Mr.. Blaine's policy of reciprocity was
adopted, and the meat inspection law
was enacted to give force to reciprocity.
Under the provisions of that law. treat
les were made with Spain. France and
Germany, whereby American meats
and breadstuffs were admitted into
those countries free from tariff duties,
or quarantine laws, and the
United States admitted certain articles
of raw material into this country free
Of duty.
The treaty with Spain included Cuba,
Porto Rico and Philippine islands.
Under the fret full year of the opera
ton of these treaties the export of farm
products increased from 642, DOC, 900 in
1891 to 799, 900, 600 in 1892. Cleveland and
Simpson were elected, the Wilson bill
enacted and the reciprocity treaties
nullificd by the assistance of Mr.: Simp-
sons vote. Spain, France aud Germany
ut once re-enacted their inspection
quarantine regulation laws. put a dis
eliminating tariff on all American meat
and breadstuffs. The result to Ameri-
can farmers was loss in export mark
ct of III ZOO, 600 in 1894, $4,000, 600 in
1895, and $50, 600, 900 in 1896, below the
export of 1899 under reciprocity.
MI. Simpson haze often declared him
self In favor of free trade, and yet he
voted for the repeal of the only free
trade measure that had been passed for
forty years; and one that was directly
in the interest of the very class that he
pretends to represent "the farmers"
The islands of Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines, from which this coun-
try imports sugar and coffee alone Of
the value of $3.50, OOO, ZOO, islands that
would also become, if under American
control, large consumers of American
meat and breadstuffs, are now within
our control, and Mr.. Simpson would
again turn them over to the Spanish,
French and German governments and
again exclude the American farmer
from free exchange of product.
And yet Mr.. Simpson claims to be free
trader and q representative of the farm
er. An examination of the benefits de-
rived by the farmers from reciprocity
and the injury done them by its repeal
cannot but convince any person, that
the crime of tho age, was the repeal OF
that MEASURE.
Mr.. Simpson should know that the
production of the farmer far exceeds
the home consumption, aud that, in or
der to increase the price of the product
We must End a market for the surplus
abroad, and yet he would destroy the
very means to obtain that foreign
market BY putting these islands in pos
session of nations that are hostile to
our project and to the extension of our
market
Certainly no producer of farm pro-
ducts can endorse Mr.. simpsons course
IN congress or his declarations on the
stump Mr.. Simpson has earned long
rest frvm his congressional labora
Jerry Is . Lobbyist.
Hon. w. F. Brown, Brown Of Pratt"
published . rather spicy open letter in
last weeks Pratt Republican over his