Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-02

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ored dean OF the Mckinley. Roosevelt
and Taft cabinets, hiss given out an
interview In answer to the Dies MONIES
speeches Of Senators Deliver and
Cunamins In regard to tbs beneffts OF
the Payne tarfa bill to the farmers OF
Iowa. There Is no one In the govern.
naent service who knows more about
the prosperity that has come to the
American farmer through the proeec-
tive tariff than secrotary Wilson. lie
undoubtedly voices the vlews of the
Taft administration in this regard.
Mr.. Wilson Is anxious that the farm
er; aud workingnan Of Iowa should
clearly understand the issue and con-
serve their own interests by uphos ding
the administration Of President TAFT
and his supporters IN congress.
W34en Iowa Mes Eouna.
II Sc there 10 faet5onsl feeling In the
Republican party In Iowa, and am I'M
able to lea<n what the matter is ex-
copt that a further lowering Of the
taein duties b wanted" said Secretary
Wilson. 1T Is 0fe--five years since
went to Iowa. There were no renWAys
then, no factories and little populaftson.
The state was very beautiful. the prai
ries yielded grains and means abund-
ant.y. But there were no markets be-
yond the requirements q new settAers.
The people were intelligent and cav At
once that home naarsSets~were needed.
It cost TOO Snucn to send crops to Va
rope. We wanted shops, FORCES, fac
tories. and we got them by encourag-
ing them. A protective system was
adopted that made home market into
which the outside world has wanted to
enter ever since. The farmer has had
demand for his crops. excepting a four
years period from 1893 to 1897, when
the outside factory goods came in UNI
der low tariffs that brought financial
distress, we'll remembered to this day
by all who had reached years of dis
creation.
Policy for Halt Century.
"The theory Of our protective system
is to encourage the production of any
article needed by our people that can
be developed by giving it preference
in the home market until it meets
home demand. Our protective statutes
have had little effect of building up
home industries to supply demands for
the products Of the farm. the shop, the
forge and the factory. This has been
century. In many things the home
market is being supplied and a surplus
is being sent abroad.
while we were building up our
manufa curing systems, the public
lands were being given to the people,
which resulted in very cheap food for
manv years, not very profitable to
the farmer Building transportation
lines to the Mississippi valley and
beyond, opening mines and increasing
manufactures resulted in complete
settlement of the lands in the humid
regions Of our country and has great
lv increased the population in all vo-
cations, until home demand for food
products is so great that prices are
higher than they have ever been. The
farmers during all these years have
sustained this system because it
maintained a home market for their
products. They paid more for their
factory goods, but they were made at
home, the market bought farm crops.
Now it is proposed to let foreign farm
products come in free or at lower
rates.
Why Farmer Got Low Prices.
1.-THE farmers Of the country had low
prices for their crops while free lands
were to be had for the taking up. The
farmer endured high prices for factory
goods while these industries were be-
ing developed and the west was being
settled. It now costs him twice as
much to produce as it did in the past.
Is he now to be put In the same class
as farmers in new adjacent countries
and sell his goods in an open market
In competition with pioneers of other