Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-08


more has compiled some excellent sta
tistics as to progress there.
Progress In the South.
"A republican tariff protects Massa-
chusetts and Iowa both. They are
mutually interdependent, but the south
winch fought our policies, has shared
IN their benefits. The south demanded
Iree silver to increase the circulating
medium and finds that the republican
gold standard has made good its prom
Use. The circulation in 1896 was ST.
5S9, 169,634, and it is now s2,6O4, 902,-
SOl, an increase from $21.4S per CAPT
Ia IN 1896 to S31.40 per capita in 1905.
by removing the doubt as to our
standard of value confidence was as
sured and the circulation of the best
money in the world has steadily in
creased.
But to return to the results in the
south. The wealth Of the fourteen
southern states exceeds that of the
whole country in 1860. The assessed
valuation of those fourteen states in
1905 was $6,64S, 100000, which is about
one-th1rd of the actual value. The
actual value is nearly $2O,OOO 900, 900.
Farm lands in these fourteen states
have increased $245,000,0 900 a year.
while from 1890 to 1900 the increase
was $75,000,000 year. The agricult-
ural product of those southern states
for 1905 was $1,sOO, 100000. This takes
no account of the great manufactures
and mines in the south.
'The mining Industries of the ma.
tion are also in a prosperous condi-
ton. Mineral production for 1894, to-
tai value, 527,097,279, including coal;
coal, tons. 1S6,90S,315; value, $780,
799,04S. In 1904, total value, $780,
047,146, including coal; coal, tons, S52,-
100000; value. $444,S16,2Ss. For 1905
the total production will reach ST.
500,000,OOO.
Better Conditions Than Ever Before.
THE manufacturer is prosperous
The miner is well employed. The
farmer of the north and the planter
of the south are enjoying better con-
ditions than at any time in their his
tory. Conditions certainly conduce to
cheerful optimism. In Iowa farm
land has increased in value under the
Dingley law 100 per cent. And the
output of the Iowa factories for 1905
was s160,572,313, as shown by the re.
cent census bulletin.
"a pessimist has been well defined as
a man who, when 1t comes to a choice
between two evils, takes both of
them The tariff reformers tried to
prove an alibi in 1894, but the people
found them guilty and returned the
party Of protection once more to
power.
I'm 1892 enough Of the workmen in
the protected Industries voted to
abandon protection to elect Mr.. Cleve-
land. while the farmers of the great
northwest remained true to the policy
which has built up and preserved the
great home market.
An arrangement by which Massa-
chusetts can buy the bulk of her food
products from Canada in consideration
OF freer markets there for American
manufactured goods is an attractive
program from a purely sectional stand
point. But If the New England manu-
facturers' market in the agricultural
regions of the northwest is to be pro.
tected, the farmer should not be de-
MED like benefits. .
AS to Free Hides,
IA crusade in favor Of the removal
of the duty on hides has been organ
lied in New England. In making a
campaign along this line the mistake
has been made of claiming that the
hide of the beef is a mere by product,
that the raiser Of steer sells his ami
NAL and throws in the skin. 1t is an
there are five quarters to steer
two forequarters, two headquarters,
and the hide and tallow make the
fifth
THE hide as surely enters into the
value Of the whole animal as does the
porterhouse steak. 1t is said that the
hides are generally sold by the packer
and that the farmer has no interest in
their value; but the hide is the finished
product of the farm and every time
farmer sells & steer he sells a hide.
1T takes three years to produce and
market a. steer. 1t is a process that
can not be forced The producer must
be patient. How many minutes does
1t take to make pair of shoes by
modern methods? The industry Is
protected and the shoes are the finish
ed product: The farmers summer
toll and winter exposure is rewarded
at the end of three years by a price for
his stock that he. often deems made
quate. That price includes all the eIe-
ments of value sin the animal. You
can not fairly class such products as
mere raw material. Capital, intelli-
gence. skill and labor are combined in
the production Of the finished animal
products.
1.-THE Iowa farmer has stood and still
stands by the protective system. and
he has the right to share in it's bene-
fits Any changes in schedules must
recognize the interests Of every part
o. the United States
Parties do not make issuesa Issues
create parties.
Originally founded to restrict the
spread of human slavery and after
wards to abolish it, the republican
party's work was not ended when
with saved union, the land was all
free. 1t has continued in power as a
vital force in the nations growth.
THE upholding of the national faith
and credit, the maintenance of a sound
currency, and the protection and up
building of American industries con-
tinue as it's cardinal principles of
faith; and to 1t and to it's policies tho
farmer, the miner, the manufacturer
and the business man continue tn IooL