Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1892 — Exporting Apples. [ARTICLE]

Exporting Apples.

During the year just past, about 600,000 barrels of apples were received in Liverpool from the United States and Canada, by far the larger part being from the United States. Our exports were the largest on record. During the fiscal year 1891, before last year’s crop came on the market, we exported apples, green and dried, to the value of nearly $900,000, and if any apples came into the country from abroad, the fact is not mentioned in the Government reports. Even before the present law was passed, no mention was made in the reports of any imports of apples. However, something had to be done to make the farmers think that they, too, are getting some of the benefits of the protective system. Hence the McKinleyites took apples from the free list, and made them dutiable at 25 cents a bushel. This transparent humbug may deceive such farmers as want to be deceived. Certainly no one can betaken in by it who knows that we import no apples, but export them in considerable quantities. And what is true of the duty on apples is also true of nearly all other products of the farm. Farmers can get no direct help from protection, because their own products go into foreign markets, and offer successful competition there with all the world.