Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-06-21

which was defeated by a vote of &c to
%, Republicans voting for the amend
ment and Democrats against:
Barley, 90 per cent per busheI; pearled.
hulled or patent barley. | cent per pound;
barley malt, 30 cents per bushel.
Mr.. Power in the brief time allowed
him in presenting the amendment,
showed how important this industry
WAS to Montana. He read n letter
from George Kinkle of the Manhattan
company. Gallatin valley, in which
that gentleman urged the importance
of protection, among other things say
ing: "You know how much money
we have spent towards the develop
ment of this, and the amount of barley
we have induced the farmers of our
section to raise. Please use your best
endeavors to obtain a 20-cent per
bushel specific duty on barley, and a
3O-cent per bushel duty on malt, so
that we can compete and afford to pay
our farmers II living price for their
product"
Mr.. Power On offering the letter said
this company now had over 5000
year 10000 bushels. In his plea for
this great and growing agricultural
product, Mr.. Power said:
Mr.. President, Montana. although one of
the largest states in the union in area, ex-
ports only one product. It's farmers can
raise barley and ship it out of the state
with advantage to Themselves; andfor this
reason | offer the amendment.
The climate is such ia Montana with cold
nights and warm days, that barley raising
is successful; in fact, the conditions are SO
favorable that it is stated the quality
raised compares most favorably with. and
some say it is even better than that pro-
duced in Canada. | refer particularly to
the product of those farms where special
attention is given to harvesting this crop,
On that account the barley is even superior
to that raised in Canada; aud / think
there should he "A specific duty Of at least
20 cents IA bushel upon it. | believe in
time that Montana, with reasonable tran
sportation rates and with proper protec
ton given this industry, will he able to
raise barley enough for the entire country
1t is now being grown in different part,
of the state. Montana produced last yea
some 600, o bushels, three-fourths q
( which was shipped to Milwaukee and New
York markets. Ii is the only product tina
our farmers can ship out of the state ow
ing to the long haul and unusual cost o
railroad transportation to the eastern
markets.
: particularly ask that this amendmen
5 be adopted. Barley is a product of thirty
e two states and territories of the union
2 leaving out all the southern states. Mex
in this schedule come rice. The people q
i, Montana use IA very considerable amour
uf rice, and the duty Of rice ns proposed b.
the committee is IL cents per pound. whicl
! is equivalent to about 93k cents n bushel
I The states which produce rice do NO
? raise "a pound of barley. ! have "a list u
] the states which produce barley, thirty
two in number, but ] shall not take up TIN
r time of the senate in reading.
am informed that the cost Of producing
|, an acre Of barley and an acre of rice i
about equal, and the yield about the sam
in the number of pounds per acre.
OF course Mr.. Powers remarks fel
upon deaf ears. To the dogs will
northern industries. The present sen
ate as constituted is pulling only TO
southern interests and the sugar trust
The few weaklings of the Democratic
party who by accident hold seats il
, that body from northern states al,
mere tools of the dominant south
Wool and every industry in which
Montana relies upon for her pros
perity is going the same way.