Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10

farmer. who come across the line to
compete with American farmers, is
obliged to pay the following duties be-
fore he can have access to American
markets. Cattle. S3.75 per head; swine,
$50 pei head; horses, $50 per head;
sheep, $50 per head: oats. Is cents per
hushel; butter and cheese, 6 cents per
pound: eggs. cents per dozen: hay. "a
per ton; straw, $3.50 per ton; potatoes,
% cents per bushel; wool, II cents per
pound.
Now the great agricultural interest
of Aroostook county is the raising Of
potatoes, and our farmers understand
very clearly that in order to maintain
the prices which they have been able
to secure for their potatoes the past
few years it is absolutely essential that
the protective duty on potatoes should
be retained. For instance, last spring
when potatoes were bringing 81 a
bushel in Maine, they were selling FOR
so and 60 cents bushel in New Bruns-
wick. If, therefore, the tariff on pota'
toes should be removed, as it certainly
would be under Democratic rule ana
Southern leadership, the price of pota-
toes raised in Aroostook county would
be reduced from Is to 25 cents busheL
and Canadian competition in similar
way would force down by nearly II MOI
quite, the amount of the present taflh
duties. the prices which Aoostooh
farmers receive, today, for their calue'
hnr oh
and cheese. eggs. hay and straw. IHese
are matters of vital Importance 10 'he
farmers of Aroostook county, VINO arc
Thoroughly organized in siTo's
Oranges, and who take very clear
headed view of the conditions Walch
affect their material prosperity, lne
Question of State expenditures ooes
n4t interest them, inasmuch as the'
g&t vastly more out of the State treas
Univ than the amount of the taxes ~.
seAsed against them, and the prospect
Of Democratic success giving the farh''
ers(of Canada free access to the splen-
didlmarkets now enjoyed by American
FARMERS and in which the potato cry
of Aroostook has come to be sucl q
conspicuous factor, is matter uas
comeIs home to the personal consioeia
ton \and touches the pocket OF esels
farmeH in this great section. fof ''
reason Aroostook farmers are liheu ~
as newer before in their solid suppo's
of President Roosevelt. They may
depended upon to give the Reppphca
ticket an overwhelming rnajcrit4 Y
Septemb per election. clearly co.
the DANGER which threatens
interestA Should free trade ID
under Southern leadership sec
troll Of Rational affairs.
From every part Of the MaSN
ports Of the most encourafy ha
ter are coming in. The1d riol 81
have tried to attract the
our farmers from natioa 1
talking nothing but Stal TX 4su
them, but the intelligent d $3.50 Hbx
the great farms of AroostQXg IN are \
enough to see through hp,. prefs.
and to recognize very cles =. ~haf Il
Germs their own welfare. sNe Cur
is now running strongly in sor a. r.
Republicans, and as the votS WHI
county mingIe more and morG VIII i hi
another to discuss the real vita1kis,,,
of this campaign, as they concern a
welfare of Maine, the number of u
who will give their votes to Willia3
Cobb and Theodore Roosevelt Is
stantIy increasing. Have mo-
Aroostook, she will be fou
column on elect
d splendidly increased majo