Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1891 — The Price of Beef. [ARTICLE]

The Price of Beef.

Some extremely silly McKlnievites have pretondod to see in the increased price of beef another of the many “benefidencies" of the McKinley tariff law. But men who seek for facts rather than political illusions know that the poor yield of fool crops last year is tho cause of the b gher price. A confirmation of this luet is pointed out by tho Rural XewYarkcr as fol.ows: “A good illustration of tho shortago of cattle foods in the country is given in the prices paid for by tho prodnets of rice manufacturing. A year ago rice polish sold at sl2 to! #l4 per ton with rice-bran at #7 to ?8. Tho polish now soils at ?22 and the tran at sl7 in the New Orleans market.” Farmers who bougiit corn last winter to feed their cattle will not be deceived by tiffs “I-to : d you-so” of the protectionists. when they say tho McKinley law has raised the price of beef. By tho way, the McKinley law was

efr 1 not going to rfclso tho prfc»>, w» a,™ i or' a slnglo necessary of lifo. And by the I way again, tho McKinloyltes always tell i tho farmer that tho high duties on manui faeturod products always lower prices, ! and thus help tho farmer, then they I fai o about and t 'll iiim that tho higher j dutios on farm products raise the prices : of theso and thus help the farmer again. | When tho MeKin.oyitos aro guilty of 1 such absurdities, blowing hot and cold : with tho same breath, need thoy wonder 1 that tho farmer is losing faith in their sincerity, and is coming more and more j to look upon protection as, tho cheap ' humbug that it is? ff protection reduces tho prico of nails and axes, the farmer cannot bo brought to boliavq that it raises tho prico of beef and corn.