Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1888 — Protected Farm Products. [ARTICLE]

Protected Farm Products.

In reply to the inquiry of a correspondent the Detroit Tribune publishes the following list of farm products which are protected by a duty on imports: Wool at 30 cents a pound or less, 10 cents: at over 30 cents a pound, 12 cents. Beef and pork, 1 cent a pound. Hams and bacon, 2 cts. a pound. Butter, 4 cts. a pound. Lard, 2 cts. a pound. Cheese, 4 cts. a pound. Grapes. 20 per cent, advalorem. Wheat, 20 cts. a bushel. Oafs, 10 cents a bushel. Corn, 10 cents a bushel. . Rye, 15 cents a bushel. Barley, 15 cents a bushel. Potatoes, 15 cents a bushel. Hay, $2.00 a ton, ■ Live animals, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Beeswax 20 percent, advalorem. Vinegar, 10 cents a gallon. Honey 20 cents a gallon. Fruit, shade and ’ornemental trees, shrubs, etc., 26 per cent, ad valorem. AU vegetables not otherwise provided for, 10 per cent, ad valor- . em. _ z_ ■ ■. ■ Tothe above migh tbe added other protected farm products, such as hewn timber, sugar, tobacco, rice and fruita.

It is often said that the duty on wheat does not protect American farmers, because nobody would import that article if theie were no duty. Yet we observe that a Manitoban correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says that Manitoba raised last year 5,000,000 more bushels of wheat than are needed for home use, and complains that the tariff prevents sending it across the lines to be sold to the Minneapolis millers.