Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — FARMERS BUNCOED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARMERS BUNCOED.

M R'ETS OF THE WORLD HAVE l.Ot BEEN CAPTURED. Took Larger Quantities of Our Products.bjitGave Us Less Money—Heads ' They Win and Tails We Lose Under Free Trade. We Give* They Take. It Is unnecessary to remind the American people that they were to capture the markets [ 6f the world as soon as the wall of protection was broken down and they could reach out beyond the confines of the markets of the United Btates. Volumes have been written upon this subject by the free trade newspaper editors, volumes full of theory and volumes full of promises. Now let us look at the practical side of it At the present time the only details of our exports of American products for tne fiscal year ending June 30,1895, that have been issued by the bureau of statistics of the Treasury Department are those relating to mineral oils, breadstuffs, cotton and provisions. The official returns show the quantities and values of each of these commodities that have been exported to foreign countries during this and the previous fiscal years. , . Instead of there having been a large Increase in our exports during the 1895 year, ten months of which period the Gorman tariff was in operation, strange td say our official statistics show that we have been selling less of our products in the markets of the world since our wall of protection was broken down, *and that the promises made by the free trade writers were misleading and their theories based upon false premises. In the following table we give the decrease in our exports, with the quantity and value of mineral oils, breadstuffs, cotton and provisions during the fiscal year ending June 30,1895, as compared with the previous twelve months: * Decrease in exports for year ending June 30, 1895: Mineral oils— Quantity. Value. Crude, galls... 10,099,805 $765,979 Napthas ..... 798,889 37,441 "TTlumlnafihg, galls., 15,408,951 04,070,200 Residuum, galls ■■■■.... ■ 16,208 a 2,475 Breadstuffs— Barley, bush. . 3,153,871 1,417,117 Corn, bush.... 37.917,902 15,712,308 Oats, bush.... 5,130,377 1,806,523 liye, bush.... 221,957 121,386 Wheat, bush.. 12.126,641 15,467,453 Wh’t flour brls. 1,594,344 17,356,061 Cotton, “ ten, months, 1b5..a560,862,795 3,430,306 Provisions— Cattle, num’er. 25,952 2,934,469 {Beef— P Canned, lbs.. a 7.590,263 a 515,537 Fresh, 1b5.... 2,340.177 145.358 Salted, 1b5.... V- 599,267 36,203 Tallow, lbs... 28,588,800 1,462,478 Hog products— Bacon, lbs. ... n 34.744,336 623.549 'Hams, lbs. ... a 18,089,318 a 1,078,812 Pork, lbs ~ 6,030,896 -987,878 Lard, 1b5..... n 23,003,974 3,516,869 , Dairy products— Butter, lbs... 6.195,760 1,157,228 Cheese, lbs... 13,456,60 S 1,683,738 Net money loss $65,664,819 a Increase. Out of 22 different articles it appears tijar tsf five only did we expert larger quantities last year than in 1894; that in the case of four articles only was there an increase in value; of 17 out of the 22 commodities we sold less in quantity aud of 18 we sold less iu value. In the ease of illuminating oil, which shows an increase of over $4,000,000 in (lie value of our exports, there was a decrease of 15,400,000 gallons iu the quantity exported. The recent sharp rise in the price of coal oil accounts for this difference. Among the provisions it will be seen that we sold over 23,600,000 pounds more lard last year, but received $3,516,000 less money than in 1594. We also sold 34,744,000 pounds more bacon, but received $623,549 loss money. Capturing the markets of the world on any such basis as this, where we .have sold larger quantities of our eomjinodities at much lower values, can hardly he a profitable undertaking for the producers of such articles. No doubt the cotton growers will bear us out in this statement, because, although during the break in the wall of protection wo sold upward of 860,000,000 pounds more cotton iu ten months than during the corresponding period of the - previous cotton crop year, yet the price received for our total exports of cotton was $3,430,000 less thau when we sold over a million bales less. In other words, we have practically given away 1,024,000 bales of cotton for nothing, and have also received $3,430,000 less money than we did when we sold a smaller quantity in 1894. Hard Times on the Cow. An exchange tells of a man out in the western part of the State who went into his cow stable the other night and by mistake mixed the cow up. a nice mash in a box full of sawdust instead of bran. The cow merely supposed the hard times were the cause of the economy, meekly ate her supper, and the man never discovered his mistake until the next morning, when he milked the cow aud she let down half a gallon of turpentine, a quart of shoe pegs and a bundle of lath.—Midtlleburgb, N. Y., News. That Restoration of Wages. While the free trade papers Jubilate over the restorations voluntarily made In the wage schedules of some factories, they Invariably forget to state that such Increase does not.make the rate of pay now received by the wage earners equivalent to their earnings of 1892. Another point to which they fail to refer is that, where wages have been feCTy^a' t, * > "' “A"7> **••-■* *4--- . -i, t

advanced, it is very often the case that such an advance was made to far fewer, people than were employed in 1892. A firm may then have been employing 500 hands, and even if the same rate of wages should now be paid it is often the case that only 350 hands are employed. What, then, has become of the other 150? Has some other industry made such marked progress under tariff reform as to be able to absorb these Idlers? If so, why have not the free trade editors recorded the fact? It is most likely that the 150 have either left the eountryorare tramping around still looking for that job which they had before they voted for President Cleveland and tariff reform. Down on the Goose. During eleven months of the last fiscal year, np to May 31, 1895, we imported almost $1,500,000 worth of crude

feathers and downs. Under the McKinley tariff a protection of 50 percent ad valorem was accorded to American feathers and downs. The free trade slaughterers abolished this protection, placing crude feathers and downs upon the free list. The largest goose growing State in this country is Missouri, where Senator Vest comes from. 4 ln Missouri two French breeds of geese, known as the Emden and Toulouse, have been imported and improved upon. The States of Kentucky and Tennessee are the two next largest producers, and the three best markets for goose feathers are at St. Louis, Nashville and Louisville, these three cities receiving and distrib-, uting fully two-thirds of all our domestic goose feathers that are grown in the United States. The protection given to this Southern Industry under the McKinley tariff largely stimulated an increase in the number of geese, but not even the boss free trade gander. Senator Vest, raised his voice for protection to a Southern Industry, but he vyas content to pluck the last feather from the goose that lays so many golden eggs for his fellow citizens in his own State. A Good Topic to Discuss. We observe with satisfaction that the protection journals of the entire country combine to defend the national policy of encouragement to home Industries with ability and success. Their arguments qye up to date and deal with new phases of the question. The welfare of the whole country, and especially of the wage earners, is an inspiring theme and merits the ability with which the subject Is discussed in connection with the tariff. Home Market for Home'Goods. Every farmer in Faulk County should wear woolen clothes. Every person who owns a horse In Faulk County should have a woolen blanket for It Every bed In every home In Faulk County should be provided with at least one pair bf woolen blankets. All of

whhfh should be manufactured In Faulk County. We produce the" wool In ample quantity, now let us provide for its manufacture.—Faulk County Times, Faulkton, S. D. We are pleased to see the spread of the doctrine of protection in the far Western section of the country. Every State that produces wool should have its own woolen factories and manufacture its own woolen goods home market The object of the policy of protection is to secure a home market for American products. Against Convict Labor. In the liottae of Parliament Colonel Howard Vincent moved, on Feb. 19, 1895: “That in the opinion of this house it is incumbent upon her majesty’s government, in the interest of the industrial classes of the United Kingdom, at once

to take steps to restrict the importation of goods made in foreign prisons by the forced labor of convicts and felons.” After a long and interesting debate a division was at first vigorously challenged from the Government side, but was not persisted iu, the motion being unanimously adopted amid opposition cheers.

An Object Lesson for Farmers.