Morris tribune., 1904-12-24
WOULD REDUCE WHEAT PRICE.
Farmer Writes on Reciprocity with
Canada.

Oliver Dalrymple, the we'll known
bonanza farmer of North Dakota,
writes to the Pioneer Press the follow.
ing letter, of vital interest to every
farmer of the Ncrthwest:-
Permit me to say thru your paper
to the grain growers of the country,
that Canadian statistical writer's claim
with a reasonable showing Of proba-
bility, that within twenty-five years
Canada will produce more wheat
than the United States and exceed
production of 7OO,OO0,00O annually.
This year Canada claims to have
made wheat production of over TO-
100000 bushels and to have doubled
her production of two years ago.
When the Mckinley tariff law was
enacted one almost solitary benefit
was accorded to the farmers Of the
grain growing states in the shape
of duty of 25 cents bushel on i'm
ported wheat and smaller duty on
barley and other grain. Farmers
took liberal views and acquiesced in
high tariff on such manufactured
articles as they purchase hoping to
partially reconp and make good by
sharing in the general prosperity of
the whole country.
Owing to the fact that wheat so
far on the crop of 1904 has sold for
from 20 to 2l cents per bushel more
in the United States than in Canada;
a vigorous effort is being made in
violation of the letter and spirit of
the tariff law by a combination of
interests to circumvent, undermine
and break down the good gates now
holding back many million bushels
of Canadi IN wheat from submerging
the farmers of the United States anil
breaking the prize of wheat from 20
to 80 cents per bushel by the ad-
mission of Canadian wheat to the
United States duty free.
For the first place Reciprocity"
which is delusion that had its
birthplace in Boston, practically says
to the Canadian people as follows:
Let in to Canada our surplus manu-
factuaed goods duty 'ree and we
will recsprocate by taking down the
bars and letting into the high mark
cts Of the United States hundreds
of millions of your wheat, oats,
barley and fax from year to year
duty free.
During the years 1908 and 1904
the United States has furnished the
new Canadian northwest with nearly
one hundred thousand settlers, has
helped to raise her lands from So to
$6 per acre and to double ner grain
production.
The Canadians see if the "high
points" are brought into successful
action and enact reci procity treaty
as above specified, the value of farm
lands and the price of grain between
Canada and the United States will
be equalized to their great gain.
Reciprocity will produce shrink
age Of near S1OO,OOOOOO per annum
in the value of the American grain
crop and 5000 100000 in the value Of
the grain farms OF the United States,
which shrinkage will increase with
time. The value of our farms and
grain will decline and theirs will
advance.
Wheat growers have sold good
understandable wheat in the Chicago
market several years off and on for
IS cents per bushel. When the
duty is cut off and Canadian wheat
pours in this 55 cent wheat will be
seen again and then farmers will
plant their wheat lands to ;orn end
cause all over production of corn
and we will read again of farmers in
the corn belt raising corn for fuel,
and farms will be Improbable and
unsaleable at a low price. About |
this time where will our merchants
AID manufacturers be?
This year American millers are de-
claring much larger dividends than
usual, but they are not entirely |
happy and are unwilling to let we'll
enough alone and content themselves
with grinding our own wheat crop of
54O,OOO,OOO bushels. In their rest
less spirit of enterprise and push |
they are seeking by employing work.
ers liz Washington to influence the |