Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-20
FARMERS BEAR BIG LOAD.
They Pay More for the Materials They
Need Than Their Competitors
in Foreign Lands.

The man who owns a farm should
consider very carefully before voting
next November which of the two chief
candidates for the Office of president
will, according to his announced pol
icy, best serve his interests. The
platforms of the two parties afford a
fair chance to choose between Parker
and Roosevelt. The policies have been
clearly defined, and when it is once
determined on which side a mans in
terests lie, the choice should not be a
difficult one The democratic party is
pledged to a revision of the tariff with
a view to restricting the rapacity Of
the trusts.
The trusts have grown to such pro-
portions under the favOrs conferred by
the high protective tariff, that it is
costing more to-day in this country
to live on American-made goods than
it costs on the other side of the wOrl1.
Let us quote a few figures to show the
farmer how he is paying more for ma
terials he needs on his farm than is
paid by his competitor abroad.
American made axes and hatchets,
which are sold in this country for
$3.50 per dozen, can be purchased in
South Africa for $6.75, difference Of
II per cent.
Sledges, which cost the American
farmer at the rate of 10 cents PEI
pound, can be bought in Ladysmita
for Is cents, again difference of II
per cent
Crowbars, which sell here at the
rate of six cents per pound. are sold
in South Africa for five and four
tenths of cent pound, another diff
ference of II per cent.
Shovels, which here cost 1926 per
dozen, can be purchased in South AZ
RIGA for $7.42, again difference of IL
per cent.
The steel beam pillow for which the
American farmer is asked $11.50, can
be purchased in South Africa for
$1O35, again difference of IL per
cent.
The churn which the farmer uses,
manufactured in Boston, costs hi,n
$2.47. In South Africa he could buy it
for 81, % per cent. less than is askel::
him in this country.
A corn shelter, for which he pays
$42O, can be bought at Cape Town for
$3.50, a difference of 20 per cent.
His grain mill, which costs him
SAG in Boston, where it is manufa.-
tured, can be purchased on the othe-
side of the world for $500. a differ
ence of II per cent.
The Boston corn planter, which sells
here for SIS, is sold to the South At
rican farmer for $13, difference of
Is per cent.
A fan mill, for which he pays $21.S0.
is sold to the farmers of South Africa
for $3.50, difference of 81 per cent.
Cultivators, for which the New York
state farmer pays $3.50, bring only
1920 in South Africa, II per cent I'M
der the price obtained here.
Horse shoes. for which the American
farmer is charged six dollars, go to
the South African farmer at $4.95, a
difference of 81 per cent.
"A two-horse plow. for which in this
country the farmer is asked $525, can
be obtained by the farmer down in
Cape Colony at $4.15, difference Of
Is per cent.
The farmer who has what Bill Nyo
used to call one of these upright
farms. and wants side-hill plow
paws s6.77 for it. His brother farmer
in South Africa who has an upright
farm. gets a side-hill pillow for 1881
a difference of Is per cent.
Is there road work to be done, the
farmer needs a heavy road pillow. He
paws for it 5000. Roads in South Al
RIGA are made with the same plow. for
which the owner pays $3.50, differ
ence of 20 per cent.
The New England chilled two-horse
plow, for which the American farmer
pays $40, is sold to the farmer III