The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-07

Ine question Oh rOrelSn MarkefS
Discussed, and the Need of Work.
ing Up a Trade With the Orient
Pointed Out7Other Live Topics.
The National Grain Growers council
held an executive meeting at the rooms
Of the secretary, &c. Hanley, in the
Baltimore block sP. w. Moran. of Grace
vile, presided, and the council listened
to an address by P. H. Rahilly, of Lake
City, of which the text is as follows:
MR.. RAHILLY'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Rahilly said:
Gentlemen of the National and State
Grain Growers Association: Reluctantly
and only from sense of duty am fore
ed to address you on this occasion. 1
am sure feel very highly honored to be
In a position to address such a body Of
Intelligent and distinguished farmers.
whenever l have an opportunity to ad-
dress BODY of agriculturalists | feel
that my first exclamation should be:
Organize! Organize. Organize! Know
your rights and by all means defend
them.
There are few subjects I desire to
call your attention to on this occasion.
First of all, a remunerat1ve market for
the products of this great state. AS one
of the largest grain growers Of Mime
sofa the past forty years, | have looked
In vain for. an outlet for our surplus prod
ucts other than our one customer, Great
Britain; and she always purchases at her
own price. desire to call your attention
to Dill now before congress-, known as
the Hanna-Payne bill, copy of which 1
mold In my possession. 1t is an insult
and a fraud to the intelligence Of the
agriculturalists of America. It would be
a monstrouS donation to wealth and
pleasure, another million or two to the
ceaseless stream of prodigality that goes
to Europe every year for the mere pur-
pose of advertisement and sightseeing.
Perhaps we can afford a few Waldorfs.
AStOrS and CaStellaneS in Europe just to
exploit our bonds and stocks; but they
come high Senator Hanna says: '.That
owing to treaties in existence between
the United States and foreign countries
congress cannot pass such a bill as the
agTfculturalistS of this country DESIRE"
The following is no doubt the objection
able clause in the existing treaties re-
ferred to.
pai1.iI In article Gle Il Of thertreaty with Great
still In force, Is the following:
TIED UP BY TREATY.
THE same duties shall be paid and the
same bountles allowed on the expectation
of any articles of growth. produce or
manufacture of his Britannia majestys
territories in Europe to the United States,
whether such expectation shall be in yes
vessels; and the same duties shall be
paid and the same bounties allowed on
the expectation ofe any articles the
growth, produce or manufacture of the
territories in Europe, whether such ex-
portation shall be In British vessels or in
vessels of the United States" BY all
means repeal the above clause
That American statesmen Of eighty-five
years ago should have thus bound them
selves by an agreement which, so long
as It remains In force. prohibits the Unit
ed States from resorting TO any tonnage
crQr ant oP
products or Of It's ocean commerce, un-
less it shall pay the same bounties on
! the the owners Of English vessels that is al
inconceivabe by Americans of today. The
statesmen of 1915 did not dream of Amer
lean shipping being driven from the seas
as 1t has been by: the advent of iron ships,
aided by the withdrawal of the before
existing discriminating duties. What
ever bounties on exports were then being
paid were paid by the European govern
quoted was. then altogether on the side
or the United States The idea that it
would never be necessary to offer
bounty on exports of American products
carrying trade, never entered the heads
OF the statesmen responsible for the treat
les referred to.
But is 1t just that. with conditions as
they are now, the United States should
pc barred by such diplomatic antiques''
from applying wholesome and reason
H.
merc1al decline on the ocean? Is 1t neces-
sary that the capitalists combine, which
Is endeavoring to force the one-sided.
unpopular Hanna-Payne subsidy bill
upon the nation, be permitted to have its
way, because what was craftsmanship in
1915 (but which developed into foIIy in
l9oo) at present blocks the way of
wiser magistrate?
NEITHER JUST NOR NECESSARY.
The answer Of every American desirous
OF free action by his government in every
proper direction will be that it Is not
}qst: An ana 1t may be plainly ls added that
any clause in any one of these treaties
may be terminated by our government
giving a years notice of intention to alb
itself heard, and such notice will be Civ
en-. 1t will usually take nearly a year to
nulld a big ocean steamer; and If the no
tice should be promulgated now in year
from now the United States would be at
liberty to adopt Whatever policy it might
choose for restoring its ocean commerce
Witnout consulting either foreign powers
or the Atlantic steamship companies
which are seeking legislation practically
for nobody's benefit but their own
Generous agriculturists of the United
States have ever since the formation of
this government been taxing themselves
to encourage manufacturers until our in
fant industries have grown to such pro-
portions that they threaten to overIay
and smother their affeetionate parent
The agriculture which furnishes the
great bulk of the products of this coun-
try has been practically ignored by the
general government.
The farmers of the country can pro-
duce wheat, corn, meat, cotton grain and
wool enough to feed and clothe two more
nations equal in size and population to
itself; therefore 1t becomes absolutely
necessary that we should reach every
part of the civilized world to find a mar
ket for our vast products.
We call uDOn Ollr 0Glepa tfOn in c0npreSg
to make a bold and persistent fight for
fair play to the farmer, and that as the
the transportation Of all Of our products
to the Orient. that we call upon the whole
population to put the pressure of their
earnest demands behind our congressman
to that end. On this we believe depend
the future development of Minnesota
and the prosperity of our whole country.
AMERICAN SHIPS NEEDED.
The Industry of agriculture represents
the majority Of all the citizens of this
nation, consequently 1t is entitled to con-
sideration by our government.
1t represents the annual income to this
nation produced from the soil of, In round
numbers, about $4,000 100000
It represents in agricultural invest
ments nearly double that of all other in
veStments in the nation.
We are interested in the expansion of
our export trade because the products of
the soil represent nearly three-fourths of
the value of our entire export trade in
1885, or In round numbers, $S58, ,000 OO0
The direction which we aim to extend
our export trade is in the Pacific and
Oriental countriss.1 Because this is the
trade that we AUST get to absorb our
vastly increasing surplus crops. The
value of our entries crops is measured
by the export demand.
We must secure or 9revfse our treaties
with Asiatic and other countries. That
will permit us todextepd our export trade
with them. This we must insist upon. as
the first step to secure an extension of
eur export trade
We desire thar American ships be built