The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-02-20

teillgent Craftsmanship and its un
patriotic disreeard OF the rights o
American agriculture. Nc;hing in Tn,
history of Free-Trade Tariff legis
laticn surpasses in brutal stupidity
and senseless discrimination the free
listing of corn while retaining a Tar.
IA CT cents bushel on oats. The
rawcst amateur in Tariff making
snoud have considered the fact that
corn is by far the largost single ag-
ricultural product Of this country
But the Free-Trade bunglers took nc
account of this fact. In their rage
for reducing the cost of living
ducing it only to distillers ard glu-
cose makers--they swept away the
Protective duty Of 10 cents a'0ushel
and opened our ports to vast guam
titles OF cheaper corn from Argel-
tina, and even Kaffir corn from far
away India, and AZ enc blow struck
eff S65.0O0.oOO from the receipts OF
American corn growers On their shor,
crop of 1913.
"The drop" says the New York
Sun of January 30, "has been from
10 to 10 cents from the high price
of sc 1-2 cents for cash corn paid in
New York in September"
The New York journal of Com
merce of January 26 prints an ex-
tended report of the fifth annual ban
quet of the oats trade of the New
York Produce Exchange. the attend
ance ct which incl1led many we'll
known grain men from the West and
Northwest. some of whom had trav-
eled as much as 1900 miles to at
tend the dinner. On this occasion
James Simpson, a big specialist in
the New York oats market, deliver
ed an address. Mr.. Simpson drew at
tention to the fact that We have sui
denly chapged from an exporting
country to an importer Of corn, the
result of what he rightly termed the
stupidity of our national legislators
in establishing Free-Trade in corn.
He went on to show that in so do
ing We will have handed Argentina
100000 of our money when we hal e
bought even SO small amount as 49,
100000 bushels Of Argentine corn.
AS matter of fact We shall buy
several times 100000 bushels.
Who has profited by this astound-
ing sacrifice of American agriculture:
James Simpson-who Is q business
man and not a politician. and has
not hitherto been known as Protec-
tionist-tells who has profitod and
who alone stands to profit by Free
Trade in corn. Says Mr.. Simpson:
The Corn Products Co. (Which 1
am told. is practically the Standard
Oil Co.. uses about 100000 bushels
for its manufacturers. At 10 cents
per bushel this company. which needs
money more than our farmers. gets
$3.60O.0OO. The whiskey interests need
the money SO they get q couple OF
millions or more. The farmers will
sell out this crop. say. 650.00O.OoO
bushels which. at q difference Of 10
cents. means S65.O0O.O 900 taken from
our farmers without benefiting any
body but the mill.onaires.
Up to January "a. with the Under
wood Tariff in operation less than
three months, 6.5S4.00O bushels of
corn lad been imported from Argen-
tina. and this corn Ia being shipped
as far west as Buffalo and as far
south as Baltimore. 1t will go next
into New England. The leading rail-
road of New England has already de-
cided UPON a lowering OF rates to
meet this new traffic in cron. But
other railroads will suffer which have
hitherto hauled corn from the Mis-
sissippi Valley to the seaboard. They
will lose more than the Eastern roads
will gain. And the farmers who no
longer sell their corn to Eastern con-
sumers will lose most OF all when
foreigners supply market which
had been heirs. They will lose $685.
100000 on this years crop alone.
Who Gets the $4,000. 900? The farm
ers OF Argentina. the Standard Oil
owners OF the Glucose Trust and the
whiskey distillers. They are the
ones who are are to get what Am
erican farmers lose through Free
Trade Tariff legislation. What win
farmers do about it? They
will know what to do when election
day comes next November.