New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-14
HIS POSITION ON LUMBER
Statements of Mr.. Miller Answered
Plainly.
Canada's Export Duty Would Off
set Present Tariff.
Removal of Duty Would Not Affect
Market Price of Lumber.

Mr.. Miller is promising that if he is
elected to congress he will have the
duty removed from lumber. A promise
from stranger should always be
accepted with caution. And Mr..
MiIler's promise should not be taken
too seriously.
In the first place, it is at least very
doubtful that Mr.. Miller could keep
his promise even if he were elected.
There are very few parts of the country
that are making any demand for
'sfree lumber" Among republicans
in Congress Mr.. Miller. would find
himself almost alone in his fight, and
it takes majority of both houses to
pass such a bill.
In the second place, the removal of
the duty on lumber would probably
not affect the price of lumber in the
slightest. The last time we reduced
the duty on lumber Canada promptly
put on an export duty exactly equal
to that removed by us. And it is only
natural to expect that she would do
the same now.
The only way in which Mr.. Miller
could hope to succeed in removing the
duty on lumber would be by going in
with those who favor reciprocity with
Canada. Now who are they? First,
the democrats, the democratic national
platform containing a declaration for
Canadian reciprocity. Second, a
group of men in New England who
are endeavoring to secure under the
misleading title of reciprocity with
Canada - free admission for Canadian
food products, such as butter, cheese,
eggs, and so on. In order to secure
'sfree lumber Mr.. Miller would have
to go in with the democrats and with
these short-sighted and selfish men
representing New England manu-
facturers, who have promised their
men cheaper food instead Of higher
wages.
Suppose, now, that this combination
of democrats and specially interested
republicans should win out and Mr..
Miller should by cooperating with
them secure Stree LUMBER what
would be the result? Suppose that
our farmers got free lumber at the
cost indicated, would they have gained
or lost by the arrangement? Let us
look into it.
| Take the item of butter. On butter
there nowis a duty of 6 cents per pound.
With that protection against the COM
petition of Canadian buttermakers,
the farmers of this district through
their creameries have market in the
eastern states which takes at a good
price millions of pounds of our butter
every year. If the duty on butter were
removed our creameries would have
to make big cut on the price of but.
ter in order to keep the market. And
it is probable that our men would fail
to keep it even then. The Canadian
buttermakers are among the best in the
world, and they would have the ad.
vantage over us of nearness to the
market. Through the removal of duty
on butter alone our farmers would lose
millions of dollars every year. Il
would be worse than the oleomargarine
danger which Mr.. McCleary helped tc
do away with. Then add to this the
loss on cheese, on eggs, and things Of
that kind, and barley and other grains,
| Could our people afford to pay such
price for free lumber?''
On the average a farmer puts up 9
full set of farm buildings not more
than once in a life time. Suppose thai
it takes $4,000 feet of lumber to dc
this. Suppose, for the sake of the ar
: gument, that the removal of lumber
would save him SO thousand on his
lumber. This saving would be $50 il
the course of lifetime. But to secur,
that saving he would have to trade of
his market for his butter, his eggs, hi.
poultry, his barley, and his other farm
products. That is, to save $50 once il
a lifetime he would lose on his cro]
more than that every year. Woult
that be a good bargain?
A vote for Miller would mean tina
you are willing to endanger your ar
ket for butter, and eggs, and barley
and other farm products. A vote 70
McCleary means that you want tina
market protected for you by one bot
: able and willing to do it. Can anyon
doubt what is the sensible thing to do
Be sure to be at the primaries an
2 vote for the man who has served s.
: long and so we'll, James T. McCleary
i -Amboy Herald.
FAIR GROUNDS ORDERLY
> No Serious Crime Has Been Committe