The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-08
THEY GO ON RECORD
NATIONAL GRAIN GROWERS AssO-
CITATION OF AMERICA PASS
SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS
FAVOR SUBSIDIES FOR SHIPS

FAVOR SUBSIDIES FOR SHIPS
Recommend the Extension of For
eiEn Markets for American Pro-
duce, Appointment of a Congress
sfonaI Trade Commission, Aboli-
ton of Interstate Commerce Com
| mission, Etc.
| The National Grain Growers asso-
| citation Of America paced itself on rec
| ord yesterday as favoring the extension
| Of foreign markets for American prod
uce, the payment Of subsidies to Amerf-
| can shipping. the appointment Of con-
| gressional trade commission, the aboli-
| ton Of the interstate commerce commits
| sion. government control Of terminal
| elevators, rural postal delivery and the
extension of governmental agricultural
! inquiry. All of these matters were en-
| bodied in a series of resolutions address,
| ed to congress and adopted unanimously.
| The second day of the convention.
which Is holding its session in the Baltf-
more block was marked with the trans
| action of an unusual amount of busi-
ness In the morning the delegates, in
Guiding M. L. Blair, of North Dakota;
| John Chamberlain, Of South Dakota; c.
| H. Hopkins, of Fairfax, Mimi; B. Muir
ray, of Iowa; s. II. Greeley. of Illinois:
| M. F. White, of Washington; George H.
Dunlop. of California; B. Dawson, Of In
diana; w. N. Allen, of Kansas; John
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L. E. Kellie. of Nebraska; E. s. Kaye,
| of Wisconsin; Thomas Russell, of New
| York; John P. Stock, of Ohio; William
| Donnelly, of Manitoba, and James Nc
| Bride, Of Vancouver, called on Gov. Lind
at the capitol.
To the governor the delegation pre-.
scented resolutions adopted by the Minne-
| sofa branch Of the association advocating
the extension of the Irvine manufacturing
| plant at Saltwater so that facilities could
| be afforded for the employment Of all
the convicts and asking that farmers Or
CARNATIONS be given the preference In
| listing Irvine orders. After leaving the
capitol the grain growers visited Still
water, where the prison board was In
session The delegation was promised by
the board that Its requests should be
| granted.
|
| national officers were elected: M. T. Mo-
ran, of Graceville, Mimi. president; s..
H. Greeley, of Illinois, first vice presi-
| dent; w. J. Dunbar, Of Wisconsin. second
| vice president; w. N. Allen, Of Kansas,
! third vice president; ]. c. Hanley, or 81.
| Paul, secretary and treasurer; M. ..
| Blair. of North Dakota, national organ>
| izer: ], s. Mcdonald, of Manitoba, ma
| tional lecturer; T. 8. Russell, OF New
York. B. Murray, Of Iowa, and John
Yoechel, of South Dakota, members OF
| the executive committee. President Mo-
ran and Secretary Hanley were reflect
ed The following resolutions were
adopted: ,.os
| Whereas. The congress of the United
! States have passed laws IN the lnIerest
! of nearly every interest and industry eA-
| Whereas, Agriculture is the greatest in
! dustry of this nation, having at led as
one-half of it's citizens engaged IN lne ~ :
| dustry or indirectly and representing
/ about 3S,OO0,O00 people, and represemtG1tee
| wealth invested IN agricultural properly 10
| the enormous amount of s2O,90oWo,oOo Ilole
than all other naereseS So, wv 81 Nt1 Ooo 0OO
Whereas, The agricultural class pays
the great bulk of the taxes because Oh ine
| other vast and valuable property OF Ine
| invisible kind, such as bonds, stocks
| and securities franchises, etc, ESCAPE.
thus placing the bulk OF taxation on tna sd
| class of our citizens least able TO stano
| it. while allowing the class most able to
| pay same escape their just share;
| Whereas, History has proven tnat the
patriotism which responded to the nation
| call in it's time Of need and dlstreSs cahls
| from the farm, as statistics of the war OF
the Rebellion show that IS! men out OIL
| each LOCO came from the farm.
Whereas. We believe We as class are
the equal Of any other class in the make
| up of good citizens. In intelligence, law
abiding. and loyalty to the nag ana La
Whereas, We find that all other indus
| tries have thrived through the AID OF ma
tional legislation, While the lno ~ sise &c
| is sold at prices dangerously close TO the
| cost of production. while nearly every
| thing that the farmer has to buy mas al
| yanced to very high prices, thus agraVaI-
| ing the general condition of the agTlcui-
| tural class. The farmer who works haro-
| est and longest of any class receives tne
least income Tor ms ttuus NY, cnntinne
| and become more aggravated eacn year by
| the accumulation of our vastly increasing
surplus crops, unless We receive ala Iron, ron,
| congress to remedy the eylis that no"
! confront the farmers Of this nation.
| Whereas. We appeal to our representa-,
| tives in congress, irrespective OF pollucai
| parties to unite in great national move
| inent to Join in the passage OF laws that
! will relieve the great industry of agr1cui-
| ture and place it on a basis or permanent
| prosperity. and by making the industry
| of agriculture prosperous it will bring
| enduring prosperity to all our nations,
citizens and interests.
| Whereas, We firmly believe that the
| enactment Of laws that will embrace the
| following resolutions will be the first and
! most Important step that will aid In
| remedying evils that beset our great ma
! tional industry.
| Therefore, be it resolved, That foreign
| markets be secured and extended at the
| earliest possible moment that will con,
| sumo the surplus crops of the nation, ana
| not leave US at the mercy Of practically
| one nation in Europe to buy our surplus
| crops who are thus enabled by lack OF
| international competition to Set such low
| prices on our export crops that it fixes the
| same low price on the entire crop raised,
| which for the past few years has been
| about what it has cost us to produce.
| The foreign markets that We can secure
| and which we are most anxious to De-
| come our customers are the Pacific ocean
| or Asiatic countries.
| Resolved That we believe the most
| practical and effective manner to secure
| foreign markets and hold them would be
| through the agency of American ships
| engarcd in this lrode.
our ships would have to encounter in Sc
| curing a foothold in this commerce which
| Is now practically done by foreign ships
or 92 per cent Of our entire commerce who
| are generously subsidized by their reSpec-
| tive governments and who are now aD-
| sorbing about 500, 600, 900 annually that we
| nav them for. carving our products to