The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02


corner Of Minnesota or Michigan,
| away from railroads, the tariff on
these commodities might have local
effect, but 1t cannot influence the
! market price OF our staple exports.
But this is the weakness Of extreme
protection; that Is, the ethical weak
ness Of the policy which makes men
come here as opponents, agents, advo-
Gates for this little special interest or
that, instead of standing by the great
general economic interests OF the ma
ton that need attention. applause
on the democratic side.)
Mr.. TaWney-May II ask the gem
tleman question?
The Chairman-The gentleman,s
time has expired.
Mr.. Tawney-I ask that his time
be extended two minutes that I may
4 ask him one question.
Mr.. Lind-Would not the gentle
man make the extension a little
longer?
Mr.. TawneyI am willing to. make
1T five minutes.
MI. Brundidge-I yield the gentle
man from Minnesota [Mr. Lind] fif-
teen minutes more.
The Chairman-The time of the
gentleman Is extended for fifteen min
utes. Does he yield to his colleague :?
Mr.. Lind-Certainly.
MT. IaWney-I wish to ask my coll
league whether he thinks a tariff of
| 20 cents bushel on wheat affects the
price of that article in Minnesota or
the northwest generally? I will an
.sWer the question in the language of
a gentleman from his own town or
city who came here during the last
Mr.. Lind--My colleague is not ask
ing me question.
Mr.. Tawney--And urged upon me
the idea of removing that tariff, but
| when he was asked what effect that
would have upon the price of wheat
in Minnesota and vicinity, he said it
would reduce the price Of wheat to
the farmers by perhaps 4 to 5 cents a
bushel That was the Fanswer of that
advocate for the removal Of the duty
Reply to Tawney.
Mr.. Lind-Now,s Brother Tawney. I
DO not claim monopoly of the folly
in Minneapolis. Gaughter.) There
are men there wiser than 1nyself and
also those who are not wiser. (Laugh-
ter.) Before the gentleman asked his
question was suggesting that we take.
flf you please, larger view of this
wheat question than that suggested
by him and my other friend.
We all know that next to cotton
our chief export consists of wheat and
|
for many years. Our principal Ameri-
can competitor is Argentine in the
south, and Canada on the north is
rapidly becoming a factor not to be
desplsed In the markets of the world.
Now, let me; ask the gentleman from
Wlnona, my colleague, if this is not a
| true statement of an economic prin-
/ ciple, that the price of any commodity
| is regulated by the number of com
peting factors either as sellers or
| buyers?
The more competitors offering a
| commodity for sale the less price lit
VIII brlng; the more competing buyers,
the higher price it will bring If you
permitted natural causes to operate in
trade; II you permitted the great flu
/ ture' wheat crop of that region to he
! handled along natures route and by
the men and means the best equipped
in the world to handle a great grain
crop VIZ, the people sof Minneapolis
and of the northwest. every bushel of
that wheat would passtog the markets
! OF the world thru our country and thru
our commercial channels, or at least
! under conditions which we i'm mart
controlled.
Instead of reaching Europe as a
lcoHpetlng factor at unreasonable
| times, to be dumpedgon the marke
I When not wanted at a low price, it
would go there as part and parcel of
1 the one great American wheat crop.
The American wheatScrop would then
be offered to the forsign consumer as
required. instead Of bling subjected
to a dual competition in its sale, and
i that in the aggregate, would mean
Infinitely more than any possible tenn
pOrary gain of a cent or two in a To-
/ cality. but do not concede that the
repeal of. the tariff would affect the
price except for the better.
r pv,f yl,0
Iscore Of commodities that might be
mentioned. Why Canada has mines
forests, water power, coal. oil-all OF
the natural resources that have made
the United States great, all in the in
fancy of their development. Will you
continue to deprive our young men OF
the opportunity to assist in their de-
velopment? Will you forever compel
them to renounce intercourse with
their kinsmen if they go there?
In another aspect the upbuildine
and development of Canadian trade
merits consideration. When estab.
lished it will be a permanent trade. II
will not be OF the temporary character
of the trade which results from mere
! differences of Industrial development
It will be as permanent as the
What have the farmers of Minnesota
and Pennsylvania to exchange? Alb.
solutely nothing. If the industrial
same as the Industrial development OF
the state of Pennsylvania, there would
be little commerce between the two
states.
| Trade along lines of parallels con.
tinues only 50 long as there is
Il, marked difference in industrial de.
velopment. All permanent trade
-Je fferson saw this and Blaine saw il
, between nations, the trade that is
not dependent on differences in in
. dustrial development. extends along
lines of longitude instead Of lines Of
latitude. I said the Pennsylvania
farmers and the Minnesota farmers
, can not trade. Tennessee farmers an6
Minnesota farmers can trade and dc
: trade. We send them the o1d-fash.
toned cheerful Minnesota Murphy
l they send us the sweet potato. They
send us tobacco and we send then
flour. The south sends US fruits anc
: early vegetables, and we return the
: products peculiar to our section.
r One of the large items of import tt
; Canada, over $1,OO0,O0O, was fruit.
left Minneapolis in July--strawberri
r selling three boxes for a quarter
1 When reached Winnipeg the mex
: morning they were selling at 2;
e cents box. At that very time w,
l had bushels-hundreds of bushels
e in my own county to be shipped, thu
l same as we shipped every day into thu
e Red river valley during the season ant
into the Dakotas, but on account o
VI the tariff barrier we could not sent
/ them to Canada. Now. that is wicked
e believe it to be wicked in the sigh
: Of god to thus prevent the goo
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