Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-18
THE UNPROTECTED FARMER.

! The revised fgIrss Of the Agr.cu,.
'urSi Department Of the tolsi ctop o.
winter and spring wheat sud iis farm
value December ! have Just been 49,.
SUED These figures show that the
pTice of winter wheat was g. cents Il
hushel and he pr - ~ srrinR wheat
81 ctnu. The average farm price o.
-Urlng wheat - lover thGn the farm
pro" ~ winter whc4t brcsuse the rror
I - tti-ei further from ports ~ cXport
man ''e winter wheat l.. ard there.
fore the freight charge to the ports ~
eHpc't cost more. F1rmers whose
chief reliance il on their wheat crop
shnUld ;ske nu;i'- that the bogus gar.
~ protection OF % cents a bIshel thst
the Republicans haze fooled them with
'or The past ten year, since the pa.
-sGe of the Dingisy bill m 1897. ha.
entirely failed to force ~ the price o.
heat 80 he zane av-raCs increase
price al other commodities Norhtv
the CroStrs o. corn or oats and other
cereals participated in the advance in
prc-s, though the producers ~ al
's'sr farm prod ucts are claimed by
me Republicans 20 he protected by
he 'aTc 1t would bp just ~ sensible
20 pretend to protect the cotton grow
~, tvO.th;rds OF whose prod ucts are
exported so cotton is on the free List
BrsdstrPe''s index figures for De. !
crmb-r !, 10 6, show that the average |
increase in the price OF all commodi. !
tie. stree 1856. is IS per cent, but the
farm price OF wheat il nine cents
hnshel lower now than il was in 1895.
according 10 the figures reported 10y
the Agricultural Department. publish.
I'd in the United States Statistical
Abstract for 1905 on page 516 As the
price OF farm land aud the increased
cost o. living and labor on the farm.
n in the cities, must make the cost OF
raising wheat, corn. oats and other
cereals approach SIS per cent more than
in 1886. The favmer who raises these
products - evidently not protected by
The tariff So the prod ucers OF other pro-
duets are protected, for while wheat 10
now lower in price. the average price
Of the products OF the tariff protected
trusts is m UGH higher.
This low price OF wheat entirely de-
nolishes the chief claim ~ the stand
patters that the trust protecting tariff
llso protects the farmer by giving him
! home market at increased prices for
lis prod Octs. On thote products OF
he farm, such AZ milk butter, eggs and
vegetables that are not exported. the
demand caused by the
growth az cities, chiefly caused by the
'normoos immigration. has advanced ,
,rices 20 q par with other commodities,
'ut what We produce surplus o. must /
'e exported, and the price 10 fixed in T
he markets OF the world. according I
o the supply and demand.
The wheat farmers have patiently
Esited for relief from the plunderine
4 she tariff protected trusts, but have
Iot received any alienation, and are
iill confronted with the determine
ion OF the Republican leaders to re-
use TO revise the tariff. 10 some
districts. notably in q
ova and Minnesots, many Republican
srmers refused 20 support the stand
at candidates. and IS the eye Of more r
re opened to the enormity OF protect
nga comparatively few special inter-
sts-,he trus;s-at the expense OF the
, och greater number Of farmers, and
D fact all consumers. there will he .
,ore independent voting at future
lections.