Farm Produce Prices

We quote some of the prices of farm producís, publishd by Bradstreet's, and also g-ive the prices of similar products four years ago, in. the good old times of McKinley prosperity: 1892. 1896. At Chicago: April 1. Jan. 1. April 1. Steers, perlOOlbs .. Í4 95 $4 T5 $3 SO Sneep, per ]001bs... 6 25 3 50 3 50 Hogs, per 100 lbs.. 4 90 3 70 3 75 Horses, each 12 00 70 00 60 00 Beef, per lb 06 05% 06 Hogs, par lb 06% 05 04 3-5 Mutton, per lb.... 09% 05% 06% Bacon, per lb 05 2-3 05 05 3-8 At New Tohk: Pork, per bbl 11 25 9 00 8 75 Haras, perlb 09% 09 09% Lard, per lb 06 3-5 05 3-5 05' 1-3 Butter, per lb 29 23 19 Cheese, per lb 12H 10 10 Rice, per lb 04% 044 04 Beans, per bu 2 00 147% 120 Peas, per bu 1 32% 1 27% 1 21% Potatoes, per bu.. 1 25 70 50 Onions, red, per bbl 2 00 85 1 00 Wool, Ohio and ' Pennsylvania X, at Boston, per lb 27 18 18 Hops, per lb 25 09 07 Sugar 04% 05 05 3-16 The farmer can figure out Lis inoreased profits since the "good times" veré inaugurated at the heg-inning of 1896. He can also figure out hls proflts since the good old McKinley tariff times of 1892. He can also Hgure out, from 1 he advance in the piice of sugar and the lower prices of his own products, how niuch less sugar he now gets for his meat, butter, cheese, beans, peas, potatoes, wool or onions than he got in :.S92. Which tari f? robbed the farmer, the McKinley tariff of 1892, or the democratie free-trade bill of 1894-1896?