The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

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ulation was increasing more lands
must be cultivated and increased re-
turns would result. What would be-
come Of the commodity and where
would q market be found for it! Great
Britain raises only enough wheat to
supply the country 0ne-fourth Of the
per cent of what this country has to
sell and is the only country where
there is no tariff on our breadstuffs.
Other countries had hostile legislation,
leaving only n good customer; more
were needed. The wheat product Of
the world is about %, OO0,OOQ,OO0 bush
els. About one-third the population
Of the world eats wheat bread, and
about a thousand millions never eat
any. In a small way the people of
China and Japan have begun to buy
u flour, enough being sold in the
two countries to equal twelve million
bushels Of wheat, but there has been
trouble to get vessels to carry one
fourth of the amount Northwestern
millers had orders for. The people of
the Orient could only obtain enough
flour for pastry, and haven't enough
to supply the demand, leaving no op-
%portunity to work up increased trade.
If each Chinaman would only take
n bushel of wheat in a year thai
would create a market for four hun
dred million bushels. He had been
asked how the Cinnamon, living so
cheaply, could afford to pay for our
-four. If each Chinaman would spend
only q cent a day it would take $780,
100000 to pay the bill, or nearly fif-
teen hundred millions a year. We
couldn't supply them. There was a
market capable Of expansion. The
world was growing, the people were
improving and Americans must keep
up with the procession. There was
nothing necessary to give the North
west the benefit of this Eastern mar
ket except to procure means to carry
the products there at a fair price.
Last year American ships did not car
~ quite n per cent Of that trade.
The farmer in this country has to send
his .breadstuffs out into the markets
Of the world in competition with the
| grain growers of Australia and Russia.
| The export surplus made the price, it
| always had and always would. If the
| grain could be shipped from North
| Dakota to Liverpool absolutely free,
! in less than twelve months the Liver.
! pool price would be what it Is in
North Dakota. The buyers would get
the wheat cheaper and the farmer
would get no increased price. Other
Of grain. We must make it scarce;
must make other people anxious to
buy it and eat it. That will advance
the price. In 1897 a seventy million
shortage raised the price 20 cents per
bushel. Now that there was an ex-
cess Of 100000 bushels the buyer
knew there was enough and the price
was kept down. Two years ago he
had begun to investigate the question
of what had been done to improve and
expand the markets for the North
western farmers and had been unable
to find anything. Now we export one
fourth of what is raised. That amount
| could be increased to one-half with
| the right kind of markets. To that
means must be provided to carry the
grain across the Pacific. There would
be no danger Of oversupplying that
country for many years. There is a
bill in congress to appropriate $9,OOO,-
| 600 to aid American ships, the money
to be paid on gross tonnage, regard
! less Of what the vessels carry or to
| what port she sails, whether she car
| ries it with ballast or whether she
| comes back with productions of other
countries for us to pay for. There is
not one word in the bill to compel YES
| sells to carry American products. Pres
ident Hill attributed the origin Of the
| bill to q talk he had made on Oriental
trade and his idea had been taken up
by q politician, who found it would
| benefit the steel interests. He thought
| there was a woodchuck in the subsidy
bill. All the money proposed to be de-
| voted to the shipping interests under
| the bill would make no difference to
| the farmers, and would not increase
his. market. Mr.. Hill stated that the
| representatives from North Dakota
were Jealous, and Senator McCumbel
| had introduced q bill to provide for a
| commission to visit other countries
| and investigate the commercial iondi-
| lions, but that would do no good un-
| less transportation is provided. On the
! point that, If ships were provided, it
| would do North Dakota and Minnesota
no good, as the Orient would be sup
! piled by California and Washington,
MI. Hill stated that If the market was
relieved that much, the price would
| increase and the Northwestern farm
ers would be benefited thereby. Next
| week the senate committees would
probably report the bill. Mr. Hill urged
that, in place Of building new ships,
they should subsidize to the extent Of
$7,5OO,OOO for present ships, leaving
$1,5OO,OOO for new ships. He said he
| would give the entire subsidy to agri-
culture, because, up to this time, it
had received nothing but the privilege
of paying high prices for everything it
buys. Nine millions could be taken
out of the river and harbor bill, and
would not be missed. Surely, the great
agricultural interests were entitled to
it. Under the subsidy bill four ships
were taking about one-fourtr Of the IN
tire appropriation, and carry nothing.
Mr.. Hill impressed IN the audience
| the necessity of the West standing to-
gether for it's interests, or the East
| side of the Alleghenies would get the
best Of the deal. He urged that inter-
est be aroused against the subsidy bill,
and promised to continue his fight
| against it.
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king of Kings, the present ruler OF
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It is the Kallian, or state pipe, and is
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