DEMOCRATS AFRAID OF THEIR PLATFORM
INCREASE IN EXP0KTS
The Heppner Gazette
Edited by the
McK INLET AND HOBABI CLUB,
' XSPFNH. OKEOON.
LARGER UNDER THE DINGLEY
THAN THE WILSON LAW.
BTJPPLEMINT TO
FACTS AND FIG DEES.
WHAT THE FARMERS LOST BY
FREE TRADE.
Enormona Decrease In the Value of
Agricultural Products In Conse
quence of a Free Trade Administra
tion and Free Coinage Agitation.
Official Records Show It.
It is shown by official reports, prepared
by the officials of President Cleveland'
last administration, that the decreased
consumption of wheat was 311,880,190
bushels, and the decreased consumption
of corn, 2,045,529,870 bushels- total de
creased consumption of 3,257,416,072
bushels of wheat and corn in the United
States during those four years. In this
article is given the total production of
wheat and corn in the United States each
year for five years, the total value of
each year's crop, and the decreased farm
value of each year's crop compared with
1S92 when the wheat crop of the United
States was larger than in any of the other
years named and the world's wheat crop
as large as the average of the years since
1892 as proved by the following figures
taken from page 293 of the "Statistical
Abstract of the United States, 1890,"
which was prepared under the direction of
Secretary Carlisle, as proved by the let
ter therein submitting the report to the
House of Representatives except the fig
ures on wheat and corn crops of 1896
which have been obtained from page 559
of the "Year Book of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture," which was pre
pared by Secretary J. Sterling Morton,
who ii one of the most extreme free trad
ers in the nation:
Loss on wheat crops
Wheat crops.
Year. Totnl hu. Total valrte.
1H!2 ...515,040,000 $:S22,111,881
113 .. .3! 10,131,725 213,171,381
lK'.'t .. .400.2li7.4W 225.M2.025
1'5 ...407.102.iM7 237.838.mi8
1SU8 ...427.084,340 810,002,539
Decrease,
from 181)2.
$108'fiYo'fo6
90,20!),85()
84.172.SK3
11,509,342
Total decrease In value of United
States' wheat crop during the
past four years $300,832,581
k arm loss on corn crops
unrn crops.
Decrease,
from 1802.
Tear. Total bu.
Total value.
$042,140,6.10
501,025.027
554.710,102
507, 5(10, li 1
41)1,000,007
12 .1,028,404.000
1803 .1.010,400.131
1S04 .1.212.770,052
1M05 .2.151. 138.5M)
1800 .2,283.875,105
50,521.003
87.427,408
74,037.524
151,139,003
Total decrease In value of United
States corn crops during the
past four years $303,725,058
Add total farm loss on wheat dur
ing the four years 300,832,239
Total loss on wheat and corn. $004,558,239
It will be noticed that the loss in the
raltie of the wheat crops of the United
States during the past four years $300,
&32.5S1 wus nearly one-third of the total
Talueof the crops for the four years when
compared with the value of the wheat
crop In 1892! It will also be noticed that
the total decreased farm value of the uoiu
crops of the past four years neffretsated
$303,725,058 a total loss of $004,558,239
oo the farm values of the wheat and corn
crops of the United States during the past
four years compared with the farm value
of those crops in 1892! Itemember that it
is the "farm" value of the grains that is
quoted from the olllcial tables. If figured
on the expert value of wheat and com for
the years named the loss on the wheat and
corn for the years mimed the loss on the
wheat and corn crops is nearly double thnt
for the "farm" loss for It is over a bill
ion dollars.
Losses on Oats and liar.
The following official statistics give the
losses of the farmers of the United States
on their oats and hay crops for the years
named In consequence of the decreased
home consumption during the four years
of free trade govcruweut and free silver
agitation:
Loss on oste
on l crop.
Decrenne.
from 1802,
rear, mtsl tu
Totnl vslrt.
1HOJ
113
.KOI.H't5,oi0 $200,253 Oil
.ft'.8.S..V 187.570.ir.i
$21,077,519
5.503,309
45.50S.543
70,708.578
! .. .0O2.O.1II.H2S 214.M0.lri'i(
.. .-'. 4t:i.f.i7 io:t.tir,5.i;s
18U0 .. .Jo7,a W.4U4 132.4s5.OUS
$144,044,040
Inrresned value of eorn crop In
IW.H. diMucteil from ilecrt-asi-d
slue of the other ears named.
5.503.309
Total net Ions o costs crops of
the four years $133,481,331
lam nn 1117 crops
nny crops. Peeress.
Tsr. Total tons,
jva... G.V7M1.I.V(
.Vain, from ivm.
f.llO.H.KiJ
lot ....M.Ni4,4ol
1V4 ....47.na.MI
li.Hl ....M. 22, 153
4tS,57'(.32l $102,304,551
3'.i.'I.IS,OI5 177. 007. 257
3.ys,145,0H 182,737.258
tHVj.T.'w.noa
Add loss 00 osts crops ... .
. 138,811.331
Total four years" lost oo oats
ua t0O1.220..197
Tb official reports on the onta crops for
tne yesrs irUJ to l.vja were obtained from
.g -.H of the "Statistical Ab.trnet of
the tolled States, lv 1X1;" md the oats
crop of lMrd from page 507 of the "Year
Book of the L. 8. Department of Agrl
culture, lM)ii." The official liny crop sta
Unties ners obtained from pace 571 of the
"V ear Hook U. K. Deportment of Agri
culture, 1MH1," which states that no ol'J
cial miniate were made on the hay crops
for the )ers l.vi) to 1M12 Inclusive. If
the statistics for lS!i2 had been collected
the totnl lo.s oo the hoy crops would un
doubted!? hare been largely increased by
comparison with tht total value of 1VJ2.
Lomt on farm Animals.
The farm"s enormous Isms on the
es'.ue of their farm animals dining the
four years of free trade government and
free silver coinage agitation endinc Mann
4. 1MI,, tr proved by the following lie
uts ilcn from pates 574, 575, 570 and
tT of the "Year Hook of the U. 8. lie
, fiartttimt of Agriculture, lk'.7." prepared
tinder the dilution of f erretary J. S:eil
Itig Morton, who sn (he free trade Sf. re-
tsry of Agrku'tiK during l'r . Jc-ut
Clevrlaod's last trim:
lM es farm snltnsis
Deereane
from
Jaa. 1. iv.'l.
i ,i m ir.'i
T-Y.V-..VT
sii.'ti.o At
tmr,
! I. t-i
I. v
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J.B . v.
i. :
T"t"l vain,
, .: 4i i i
, .li iM.iio.;.-.4
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.. I :.T 'i.'.
,, )V,.4i4.lli
Tal '" " f 'f" eninn it.if
fin the f..r f- trnilf yr irn 12 Vfl 42 9iM
Ibeltrg'! It) nirui II Ki the world it
im b etntrd at Nwm!. I's. hee,
didn't naUl; .red )ut few years
so that to amount f frotertlvt encour
Mwueiit oti.4 bale it lyvse.Us W Ituuiti-
facture tin plate successfully in America?
.treasury officials now have no doubt
that the Dingley law will produce ample
revenues after it gets fairly at work. The
earnings of its second month exceeded
those of the second mouth of the Wilson
law, and are steadily growing.
secretary W llson says the beet sucrar
manufactories in the United States will
be quadrupled in number in the next
year. Is this due to "famine abroud"?
Of course the Dingiey law must not be
credited with it.
Prof. Wilson is so busy with his new
duties that he hasn't had time to explain
why farm products and prices of labor in
c;ased as soon as the Dingiey law weut
into operation. .
The-Democratic New York Journal says
that "gold is on its way to New York and
the tide of domestic manufacturing inter
ests rises higher each day. The railroads
are blocked up with the crush of business
all along the line." . J ,
It -will fee TOtic4 thatl twtotnl loss on
the value-of the farm anlA of the Unit
ed States during the .fehrs 1893, ISM,
1S95 and 1S90 reached the enormous ag
gregate of $2,500,422,908! That is the
loss in the value of farm animals alone
during the past four years.
These are vitally important facts to the
farmers of the nation, and they are only
another link in the chain of official proofs
prepared by free trade officials that the
farmers of the United States lost over
five billions of dollars by the decreased
consumpiion and decreased values of their
crops during the four years of free frade
government and free silver agitation. The
readers should constantly remember that
the statistics given here are not "Ilegister
lies, but are taken from the official re
ports of the free trade Secretary of the
Treasury and the free trade Secretary of
Agriculture of President Cleveland's last
administration. Des Moines Ilegister.
McUlnley and 23-Cent Wheat!
The free silverites last year made sun
dry bold statements about a contracted
currency; that there was cot enough mon
ey In the country with which to do busi
ness, and that the only way out of it was
by the adoption of the free and unlimited
coinage scheme. This would fix things up
all right, but unless adopted, many terri
ble things would happen; wheat would
drop to 2d cents a bushel, mortgages
would be foreclosed, men could find no
employment, and a general gloom would
settle over the country, surh as had never
been seen br"ore. It will be remembered,
however, that the free coinage proposition
was not adopted by the voters of the coun
try, and yet in spite of this fact the clveu
lation of the country within a year has
increased nearly $1 00,001 1.OUO, wheat has
cone up to the dollar mark, mortgages are
being rapidly paid off, men are employed
everywhere, and the only gloom observa
ble In the country comes from the faC'
tor j smoke.
Our Farmers Will Profit.
Estimates made by the (government sta
tlxticiun of the United States and Aus-tru-llunvary
place the deficiency in the
world s uheat supply for this year at 202,
0011,000 buxbcls. 'Ihe total crop of last
year fell 130,000,000 bushels thort of the
average, so the uet deficiency of the two
years ak'srcKiites iHJ'.'.OOO.OOO, or mote
than one-sixth of a norma! years supply.
lli s Is sufficient to account for the ad
vam-e in prices, when taken in connection
wilh the fact that the couxuming popula
tion Is constantly increasing. Ueports
ftom the wheat exporting countries of
the Southern Hemisphere promise a good
average yield from the next harvest, but
the outlook for next year's American win
tcr wheat is lad enough to more than bal
a nee the good promise of Australia and
AtKciitina. On the whole, the outlook is
for no better supply next year than this,
includiug India. Pittsburg DUpatch.
Anoiln-r KvMciice.
An evidence of the improvement In bns
lnn siui-e the people of the country i-rldi-d
in favor of protection and sound
money is found In lijiun-s iu the i cent re
port of the Interntnte Ouiiiiierre Commis
sion. They show th:it the freight toiitiaue
for the jcar Jot em'fd is the lawn! in
the history of tin' railways of th mntry,
and is lo lr than si-venty in.llmu ton
in excess of the preceding year. The
jr earnings of the railroads of the
country fir the year were nenrly Ji.Vhkj,.
IMJ grtsUr Iku Ihwea uf tie prt-fcjiiig
CAN'T MAKE TIN, CAN'T WE?
Old Free Trade Argument Knocked
Into a Cocked Hat.
Everybody remembers how the free
traders scoffed at the idea of making tin
plate in this country, and how long they
denied that it was being made at all. Now
we are making tin plate enongh to supply
our own markets and ship some abroad,
and we are making it better and cheaper
than the Welshmen did. London Hard
ware of Sept. 16 says, referring to the
Welsh makers: "It is not their fault if the
American works, brand new in all their
appointments, turn out plates a little
cheaper than the Welsh mills. Besides,
the Americans get their tin bars cheaper.
Of course the loss of the Ameri
can trade is a great disaster, but it came
in the natural ordeT of tilings, and must
be accepted patiently." There never was
a greater triumph for the protection prin
ciple, a pla'ne: d'V.ionstration of U
effectiveness, than the establishment of
the tin pia ...i..BtiL.tn. this conn try, and
appreciation of that fact wus .oil? reawoirfialjiji.r.lcA ! until the stock of imiiort-
.U- 4 a .1 . ... J -.1 I- U..I I . . .l
why the free traders fought it so malig
lignantly. Louisville Commercial.
Compares the Two Laws.
The American Economist contains an
instructive comparison between the first
two mouths of the Wilson tariff and the
Dingiey tariff. The figures show that dur
ing the first month of its operation, Sep
tember, 1894, the Wilson bill yielded a
revenue of $22,021,229 and during the sec
ond mouth $19,139,240. The Dingiey bill
produced $19,023,015 during the first
mouth of its operation and $21,933,098
during the second. The point of contrast
is that while the Wilson bill showed a
large falling off in the second month ihe
Dincley bill shows a large gain and $2,
793,858 more than the total revenue re
ceived during the second month of the
llson bill. From another point of view,
covering expenditures as well as receipts,
the deficit during the first month of the
Dingiey bill was nearly $7,000,000 greater
than during the first month of the Wilson
bill, while in the second month of the
Dingiey bill the deficit was ovef $10,000,
000 less than in the second month of the
Wilson bill. The Wilson bill deficit grew
as the hill got older and continued to In
crease, while the Dingiey bill deficit was
$1,01X1,000 less In the second month than
In the first, showing the superiority of
the Dingiey bill as a producer of revenue,
w hile as a producer of prosperity there Is
no room for comparison. The Wilson bill
destroyed prosperity, while the Diugley
bill is restoring it.
An Eminent Man's Views.
People who are railing against the Unit
ed States courts and their methods would
do well to read what retiring Justice Field
said of that highest of all United States
tribunals, the Supreme Court, after more
than thirty years' opportunity to observe
the court. In his letter announcing his
retirement, he said, "As 1 look back over
the more than a third of a century, that I
have sat on this bench, I am more and
more impressed with Ihe immeasurable
importance of this court. Now and then
we hear it spoken of as an aristocratic
feature of a republican government, but
it is the most democratic of all. It car
ries neither the purse nor the sword, but
it possesses the power of declaring the
law, and in that is found the safeguard
which keeps the whole mighty fabric of
the government from rusbiug to destruc
tion. This negative power, the power of
resistance, is the only safety of a popu
lar government.
Trade Itevlval Not Threatened.
The same sort of reaction which has
occurred In the stock market In the past
two weeks took place In the latter part of
1879, the year of gold resumption, and
many persons predicted then, as they do
now, that the "boom has burst." The
very same toillueiie w hiih caused the re
action then caiiMs it now wild specula
tion. Prices went up too fust at the be
ginning of !i" trade revival then, is lli'-y
hsxe done in the past few months. l!u,i
ties expansion was not checked In the
slightest degree, however, by the tempi,
rary drop iu stock in 1879, nr is it in
1897. St. Iniis Globe-Democrat.
Their Case Hopelro.
Fciator Gorman's offer to surrender
the Democratic leadership in Maryland
provided the Haliiinore 8'un supports Its
party in the Sta:e and legislative rsru
paign, l the Democracy's Sag of dLilrtt
in that State. Gorman is a candidate for
re-election to the Senate, and the Legis
lature chosen this year will elect his suc
cessor. A few weeks ago Gorman an
nounced that he was not seeking another
term. That was the first confession of
weakness on the part of the Maryland
Democratic managers, for Gorman's can
didacy, as both Democrats and Republi
cans well know, will take away thousands
of votes from the Democratic Slate and
legislative tickets. Gorman's conditional
offer now to abandon the leadership of
his party and cut loose his official connec
tion with it means that he and the other
managers believe that the party's chances
in the campaign are hopeless. St. Louis
Ulobe-Demoerat.
Dinirley Law Doing; Splendidly.
A good deal has been said in the Demo
cratic newspapers, and more particular
ly in the mugwump free trade papers,
about the failure of the Dinpley bill to
produce sufficient revenue. They weie
Hot willine to wait until the bill had been
eu goods nad Decu esninimm, i... lw
as soon as the bill went Into effect to com
plain that it wii9 not a revenue getter.
They utterly ignored the fact that in an
ticipation of it the country had been Hood
ed with imported goods and that consequently-importations
fell off as soon as
the new law went into effect.
The Wilson law was declared on its
face to be a revenue getter purely, and
Its advocates asserted that it was a tariff
for revenue only. It weut into effect In
September, 1804. In its first month the
receipts were $22,021,220. In October, the
second mouth, the receipts were $19,139,
240. The total receipts for the first two
months were $41,700,409, The Dingiey
bill was In operation two mouths on the
1st of October. In August the receipts
were $19,023,015, and In September $21,
033,090, the total for the first two months
of the new law being $40,950,713, or less
than a million below the receipts of the
first two months of the Wilson low.
Here is another way of putting It. In
the first month of the Wilson law the de
ficiency was $7.705, i90; In the second
month, $13,573,800; the totnl deficiency
In the first two months being $21,2.5, dim,
Under Ihe Dingiey bill fn the lirst month
the deficiency was $14,504,432 and in the
second month, September last, $3,435,718;
the total for the two months being $18,
000,150, therefore the deficiency In the
first two months tinder the Wilson la
was over $3,000,000 greater than in the
first two months of the present law. Put.
ting these results in tabular form we fur
nish the following statistics:
First two months:
Wilson Dingiey
Iiill. It, II.
Expenditures . ..$0.1.030.050 $5,950fa
Ueeeipts 41.7W.409 4l,95'l,713
Deficiency. . . .$21,275,590 f Pi.OOO.l.V)
I nduly Eteri l !.
nenry Watterson, the Louisville philos
opher, lius been v.ewiug with alarm igiiin
He sees evidences that the Fiem b rcvoln
tion is to be revived very soon uu the
American stage with Altgeld, Tillman snd
Ileury George cast as Itolwsp.ertr, Dan
ton ana Marat respectively. As a mut
ter of fact, there was never let d.mg. r
than now that we ate mar to a contl.ct
with the forces of disorgnnirstion. 'Ihe
American people sre better fed, bctt.r
boused, better clothed, better eIU'B'p,
snd more contented than sny other p p
In the world, stid If they should conclude
that any political or social change ate
necessary or promising they will tnnke
tlrt-m peareiib'y through the ballot ln.
Mr. Watterson should ihit-r up snd re
turn for et-asoo to those mild Mwst
wiue. Ex,
I'robubly art Oversight.
About the only wild vagary that tb
Chicago platform did not iiidot sod
adopt w ss the siiigle land tai, on I it lo.,n
sow as If Ui at might go in the n, t i.
t.oiial Democratic plat form, 'Ihe tru'b
is, Uiern is not tn Hill cine lift for the pnr
ty. '1 be tariff question Is Hll cd fr
many year to come, fiee silver will never
fume in another iiatiooul election, "g
eminent by Injunction" is t., thin f r a
nulioiml imiif, so what is Ihe --r oil
Democracy to doT John G. Hlisnkiin,
Democratic nstlotial commitiM-inso fr-iu
this Ktste, has been a roriouind advo
cate of the single land tai for fears, snd
s few dx j s ago be d to so lhtrv,r:
"Were I to New York I should suprt
Henry George because he Is the only ex
ponent among the candidates for Mnvnr
of the principles decided at the Chicago
convention, absolute loyalty to which Is
tne test of true Democracy. Henry
George cares more for the sincle land tax
tnan lie does for the entire Chicago pint-
form. Mr. Shanklin knows this, and when
the time comes he and Henry George will
both he found working to get a single-land-tax
plank In the Democratic plat
form. Indiananolis Journal.
Popullm Dr pplnjr It.
The Populist party is rapidly abandon
ing Uie free silver proposition. The To-
lcka, Kan., Advocate, a recognized offi
cial organ of the Populist party, iu a re
cent editorial, says: "The principal differ
ence between the orthodox Populist and
the Republicans and Democrats on the
money question consists In the fact that
he believes paper money of the right sort
Is as good as gold or silver, and doc not
need to le redeemed In cither metal.
He knows Jvhat the fiat or the law written
on the coUtmo dollar) is Its comiiil
r'"". ir l' lecnl value, and be
uMiiuiK lilt? tujueoi pmiiota..-
There is uTinore room In the blm
theory for the fiat Idea than there is
! U ill
the monometallic theory."
"Money riwo;-" Again.
Is It that terrible "money power" that
is destroying the crops all over the world
for the purpose of giving American farm
ers higher prices and thus showing them
the falsity of the w hent-and siiver theory'
There Is just as nun h sense in annum. iu
that the money power could rontrol the
wind and weather and grasshoppers and
other causes of foreign grnln shortages
as It was to assume last fall thnt a hand
ful of financiers located In some mysteri
ous secret chamber In Ixnidoti or else
where could rontrol the legislation nf the
greatest and most Intelligent nations of
the world iu Im linlf of the gold stnndard,
as was asKrried from day to day ami
week to week during the entire campaign
of 1890.
Anol rr Hump.
Another fall In silvpr Is recorded from
the financial renters in this country and
Europe. During the rlos.ng week in K-p
tember the price of silver bars droi;-d
from 57'-i cents per ounce to 54 rents. In
New York. A money metal whhb would
fluctuate 3' per cent In value In a single
week can scarcely commend Itself to thr
average voter as a safe one for adoption
by single nation with, si liM th co
neratloo of other countries to sustsin Its
value.
ItryftitlMii - Free Trade Free lluln.
If I-o'i'se Michel should rom to ih
country lo prraih the go,cl of stisnby
she would probably begin by stowing bet
allegiance lo Itr) atilxn, free trade snd
fiee ruin Slid wind up by denouncing
Mark H ums end the Duigtey Urd
Grand Ilapiil Ileia'.d.
I'ullilcsl lllr t Mtot.
ItciH.rts from th forming rrg on tho
that Ih orn Is ill- Ud. ho si Ih (i.t
s.lver advociti- wbv bole its sdtanc In
Value.
Those dark clouds that bang ovrr ery
maiiiifsrturing tou nuwdsjs si liot if
B dsligeroiis tbarsitrr, rltept lo lb is
lamity howicis.
Ih Hunk of llne'oi.d Is Im ii
Is tiiicd al lb no1 Ho t,t f,,:,f tcm lu
roff el lo lb. a country, and itimn ii
me. ar hems' aiirim,'.,) i n.,u n. (s u t
it Still rout.iiues tl fill..
1 1, DeiniM rstiC h .,ipefe K .ra ,
Itig the fact ttiol lb ilili.it t,f th . ..i,.
lilotilh of It. l itr'ey a oiri tore
lirll.iMl doilai it ;.''. '!. liny .i.,i
ably did riot rxiii Idol th drf ,1 t,f tl,
r.i. ml mould of th ilvn U was otf
tl.l.l'SI.MSI.
"Mr. Ilanna Is the i.t rf a rntr In
Mil legsn. Il la lb oii'y , in II Ii rati
wlui lb in. i,. r on tl.tir h .,..
In III, S II ill thrf SI grllnif rir.f f
ban s( soy o'lu-f in i. tn Id si'i"
rmirii rrtt by A. W. WrgUi, i ,uA-t
I V.. a id KhiI.Is of I -il-.r,
lb 111 lade'phi !..,..) () ,!,
lMig!f law tome tV-i, Vf .i g ,.,a !).
llli In lb ee,,,, ,..,l ,.f in .(...a ..B
'b s dr'o ii of line and Lalf :
di. liars. Vat r.o w i. t,,.,.i
bmai is th e,,i nerfi-s ,,f tJ. ,.,
law, lin ih .',.,( n Uoru) a4
WJ kl!Uil
Argentine Retaliation Seems to Be a
Bluff-Popularity of the Department
of Agriculture-Interesting Experi
ments for the Benefit of Farmers.
Gratifying; Outlook.
Special Washington cor apondeace:
There appears to be no check to on
exports of American manufactures under
the new tariff law. The treasury figures
for August, the first full mouth under the
new law, show the largest exports of do
mestic merchandise of any August in the
history of the country. Thev were $79,
490,204, es against $00,089,931 for Au
gust of last year, and this in the face of
the contention of the free traders that the
exportation of Amerienn manufactures
was greatly facilitated by low tariff. For
the first eight months of -the year 1897
the exports were over $01,000,000 in ex
cess of those of the first eight months of
1890, so that the treasury officials are pre
dicting that the exports of this year will
far exceed those of last year, which itself
was a Vecord breaker in the matter of ex
ports. Our first month's trade under the
present tariff with Europe gave a balance
of upwards of $40,000,000 in our favor.
The following table shows te bnlance of
trade with the several continents:
Exports to. Imports from.
Europe $50,000,000 $20,000,000
North America. . 11,000.000 5,000,000
South America. . 2,500,000 0,500,000
Asiatic 8,000,000 0,000,000
Oceanica 2,000,000 8,000,000
Africa 1,000,000 250,000
The present indications are that ex
ports of this character will amount to
nearly $300,000,000 for 1S07, as against
a little over $250,000,000 for 1890 and
$200,000,000 for 1S05. Although to thla
time the exports of manufactured articles
have held up wonderfully, It is thought
here by close observers more than likely
that this exportation will fall off to some
extent In view of the fact that American
manufacturers are running overtime to
supply goods for the Amerienn market.
The Argentine Case.
Considerable more comment has been
caused over the report of the Argentine re
taliation against our tariff than the case
warrants or than the reports received here
would Indicate. It Is stated that Ar
gentina intends to impose extraordinarily
high duties on all goods exported from the
United Stntes to that country. This ac
tion would emanate from n desire to re
taliate for the diitit-s placed on hides and
woo.s by the Dingiey law. Ilut it is easily
nhown that the people and merchants of
Argentine would lose mote by the opera
tion than they would gain or even cause
this country to lose. Despite the com
plaints from Argentine, our first mouth's
business wilh South America under the
Dingiey law resulted In a bnlance of trade
In their favor of over $ 1,000.000. or about
$50,000,(1(10 a j'ear, and our trndc during
uie past year has been about three to one
in favor of Argentina. Our trade with
South America has been aptly said to he
very much like a jug handle all on one
side. The official tiu-ures of our ih-atlnira
with the principal South Amerienn coun
tries for the IIhcuI year ending June 30,
1M7, shows that we Imported from thein
about $101.00O,(XHI worth of their pro
ducts, admitting over 98 per cent of that
entirely free of duty, and that they bought
- slipyt $;io,(HMi(M) worth of
our products and Inie,. J out r u
ly all of It, and In some cases extremely
high duties. The Picsldiin of (he Argen
tine Hepnl.lic has recommended retalia
tion against ibis country for curtailing
privileges heretofore accorded that coun
try, In common with other countries, far
greater than any privilege we have en
joyed from I lieiii, but it la not piobabe
that the Argentine Congress will lake de
cisive steps when ihe true relations of th
two countries arc shown by the discussion
which will ensue In that body.
Secretary Wil.on has arranged wltb the
I'osiottlie Department to allow farmers to
use Government franks for sending Ibeir
samples nf sm ar beets lo Ihe department
and lo the eHiimrut stations for analy
sis. Th. relj'ipt the fstmer of sny es
leiie Iu ihe innlter snd will enable li.ia
to determine wlicihcr his soil a sdsplr4
10 Ihe growth of thr sugar In el.
There Is no departmrnt of Ihe admin-
t rat ion mot M,,n:ar or doing belief
work than Hint of he.-trtaiy Wilson. II
bs been making InleiPtting rpei!tneii!
with reference to g.. -l roads: be hs t-ea
working lo get In n li.rrmsed snd profit,
able Inatkel sbtoad for mir butler; lie I
working upon the Introduction of for go
eed likely lo I bit.plicial lo our farmers;
he Is doing go.nl woik loot, ng to Ihe pie
'rvsiimi nf our Anu-m-sn foiett sid a
bundled olher Ihuus wlii.b the AgrWill
tural Department ran d for Ih benefit
of th fanner of Ih ptrrnt dr snd the
belli tit of whiih b ibi'drrn will reap IS)
)eals to CoUi.
Gr.oi:G!: mi.i.vii.i n.
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