The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-06-28
TRUSTS AND FARMERS.
How the Creations ot McfSinIryism
Have Increased AErIraI-
turtsts' HuFd.aH.


In speech delivered In the house
~ representatives on the I'd inst. Con
gresham Clayton, Of Alabama. proved
10y facts and figures thai while trusts
have been the bcnrhcisries Of Mekin.
ley prosperity" farmers have been
its victims
Tho Year Rock Of the department
~ agriculture for 1899. which has just
been issued shows that the farm prod
ucts aud farm animals in 1899, al
though vastly Increased in quantity
since 1880. had fallen OF In value 10
the extent Of 5000 1911. This only
counts as farm products corn. wheat,
oats, barley, rye, huckwhcat, poia.
toes. hay and cotton. II the farm
products Of 1899 had brought the same
prices as did the same products Ia
1890 they would have brought more
than they did 10y the sum Of t2,Co9,-
4J7,5s4
The faTmcr1 raised 0i1. O00, 600 more
bushels Of produce in $500 than they
did In is9o. and yet this produce was
worth S205 0O0.U8o lesa than was the
smaller crop Of 1890 I his only cal
culateA the cereals.
The farmers Of the United states
arr paying more for all they consume
than they were when the present adj
ministrntion went into power on
March I. 1897. and have lost during the
,.r.g..t Standardization, sac. vf,s a. pan =.
oo0.000 by the decline In prices Of farm
products. In this calculation the sta
tistics Of 1897, the nrst year Of the
present administration. are used.
The wheat In the farmcrs' hands In
1924 was valued ~ S7a, .j47.i2i The
wheat in the farmers hands in 1899
was valued at s3i9,s45,259. The farm.
crs lost sIu0.oo0,OOO in the value ~
wheat alone. and yet the Yield Of
wheat was increased
The value of the cotton crop in
1897 was s5io. 600, aud It had fallen
on SIlOOO,nOO the next year. while
the crop Of 1899 Is not yet calculated.
The average price Of wheat In 1891
was sos cents q hushcl while In lsg9
II was only 5s4 cents a hushcl.
These are the figures given bY tho
republican secretary Of agriculture.
and It cannot be said that they ~crc
concocicd for a democratic campaign
argument
by the decline In the price Of their
products the farmers have lost S2.0o0,.
200 600 since Mckinley Inaugural ton,
while in 1899 alone the prices Of trust.
purchased fabrics advanced % ~ per
cent simultaneously with n cheaper.
ing ~ the things he raises to sell. the
thiugs the farmer must buy become
dcarrr. Ia control Of both branches
Of congress and ~ the executive d..
partmeut. IL was within the power Of
the republican party 10 lessen the
price ~ trust. made goods by repeal.
ing. or Authorizing the president 10
suspend, the duties on similar i'm.
ported goods Hut this power the par.
~ did not exercise. 1t rrfrnincd he.
cause il wanted the pccuniary sup.
port NJ the trusts in the ensuing
and n II crippled the trusts
hy Withdrawing the protection that !
susioins them II would not have re-.
rtiycd H. Rather than iRiurc tho I
trusts, II preferred to iniliri iuiu..
lice upon the farmers, 10 continue the
which while forcing down |
The things the farmer sells forces up |
ihc things he must buy
Nevertheless after thus discrimlnnt.
Ing against nim and It, favor ~ the
that are dishonesty MP. /
Dr0priating the fruits Of his labor the
party will have the cifrontery to ask
he farmer for his vote. The trusts
would not support the party II II had
cgislated In the interests ~ the soil
illcrs aud against them. Why should
he farmer support the party when IL
lns icgislated for the trusts and
,gainst him? The trusts are pros.
Porous because they act coucrrtcdly
n rewarding their friends and nun.
shinR their enemies Farmers and
'therS, who, unprotected, must sell
heir labor or the products OF their
nhor In open competition, can cxp.-
fence prosperity only by cmulatinR
he trust example, II they support
hose who are despoiling them they
vii he robbed perennially, and de.
crve 10 be robbed. They are tire.
ncndous power nj the polls. II they
ote right the trusts will disappear
nd the robbery cease.