President Thompson's View

In his address at the meeting of the Illinois state grange last week Presiden Thompson said: "We western farmers cannot see that as a class, we are benefited by a taríff on farm products. One dollar per bushe on oorn will not raise the price per bushei at home one cent. The tariff on hay does not raise our selling price a farthing, but oftentimes operates as an injury to the farmer. When our erop is short we not only have the ad vanee price on account of the shortage to pay, bu the tariif added on the imported hay." This shows that when Maj. McKinley told the western farmers that he was doing great things for them by putting up the duties on wheat and corn, which are not imported into this country, they did not believe him. They did not take off their hats and thank him for his generosity. They did not suffer their attention to be drawn away f rom the higher duties he was sticking on their clothing and their household utensüs. They had no fears of Russian, Indian or Argentine cereals rushinginto the United States and competing with the products of the western prairies. Therefore they went to the polls and put on record their opinión of McKinley and his bill.