Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-10-24
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The senate will probably be Demo-
cratic after the 4th of March. Sup
pose. then, this Democratic congress
with q Democratic president should
proceed to do just exactly what their
platform says they will do-enact
tarifs for revenue only, just as they
did when they came in power in
1893. Would not the same cause
produce the same result, and would
we not have the same disaster that
followed from '93 to '97?
Our Interest Dependent.
..:a0ur actual living interests are
absolutely dependent upon each 9TH
er. Each sells its produce to the
other. If the farmers crop is de-
stroyed,or if he receives only half
the price for his crop, his ability to
purchase the manufactured articles
lis correspondingly lessened. The
merchants will stock up less heavily
and all manufacturers will suffer in
comparison with the suffering of the
farmer; So, to, If by any policy we
reduce the earnings of the millions
engaged In manufacturing, we de-
creass the ability of that class to
purchase, the farmers products. This
is exemplified in the fact that from
'93 tos'97 one-third of our mills were
idle, dne-third Of our laborers were
out Of employment, the per capita
consumption of wheat dropped from
stxsto soilr bushels. That means
FIBg; ;00ossS0 bushels OF wheat that
ought4to have been consumed by the
American stomach, and the surplus
reduced that amount, which had to
be. shipped abroad, freight paid on it
and enter into competition with the
food products of the whole world.
That is why, with nearly all of our
grain consumed at home, we are to-
day receiving nearly twice as much
for our grain and all food products
as we did in '96.
Effect ON the Farmer.
There was never time in the
history of the United States when q
given. amount of expended energy
soa 1.-The farm would bring as great
a return as It does today. There
never was q time when bushel of
wheat, barley, corn, rye, when a doz-
en- of eggs, pound of butter, a
spring chicken, COW, steer, a
sheep, or hog would purchase as
much as it does today. What part
has our protective policy had in
producing this result? That system
in forty years has changed this coun-
try from aNcondition in which two
men were producing the food for one
man to eat, to condition where one
man is producing the food for one
man to eat; and that is most i'm
portant That system has built up
vast cities and mighty populations to
consume the farmers products right
at home, and not from three to six
thousand miles away.
Comparative Purchasing Power.
sSsst.I have compared a table Allowing
the. average price Of every farm pro-
duet in this state during the McKin-
ley protective law from 1890 to 1893
inclusive, the Wilson German law
from '94 to '97. and the Dingley law
from '95 to 1908. inclusive, which
will give the average since the Ding
ley law became effective. I will
give you q few Of the items showing
what a given quantity Of any arti-
Gle which would produce 500 under
one Of these laws. would produce
under the other.
s The number OF bushels Of corn
that would sell for 800 under the
law, sold for $7s under.
the Wilson-G German law. The same
number Of bushels Of corn that sold
tor SI00 under the Wilson German
law,, sold for tl71 during the Ding
ley law.
IS The same number Of bushels OF
wheat that sold for 800 under the
law. sold for 500 under
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