Idaho carried off first prizes for the best exhibit of two of the most importantproducts of the orchardapples and prunes. By the passage of the Wilson bill this industry vill be crippled. if not destroyed. The culture of flaxseed. which ranks seventh among our industries. can not be continued under the provisions of the Wilson bilL The protective tariff. which has not been less that 25 cents per bushel since the culture of that staple was begun on the Pacific coast. has alone prevented the product of India from driving our farmers out of the market I need not inform you what wages are paid the coolie farm laborers of India. nor need I emphasize the fact that the saddest of all the sad days which may come to the American people will be that day when the laboring men of America will be obliged to either starve. or work for such a pittance as is doled out by princely mandate to the paupers of the Old World and its de endencies. The results which I predict will be experienced in the State of Idahowill apply as well to al the States of the West. therefore. I appeal to you through that sense of justice which is supposed to dominate the actions of our representative men. and urge that. in levying a tariff for revenue onlyif such be your intentionthat you will remember the farmers. woolgrowers. stockmen. miners. and lumbermen of the West. as well as the planters in the South. am. the manufacturers in the East.
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Indian laborers are described as working for a 'pittance' and threatening American wages.