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elscly that ea,at :sa5 fat tzt ft=f-er't
the Mtnteafea. o#s45H@ eG#H"1atIei :
aud the Twin c5rF aa4tE Ge" sp"p'r>
ar. urging rcUyf"gtty With aT -ff'eTr
might aHd utath
A. every tanner kuoos this fade
reasoning is based OF The >Dpposltl"n
that th,. price of nl4eat is fixed IN
MINNEAPOLIS according to the amount
of wheat reeei4ed- -there But tue
facts are that ttlr pI!ee o. ~beat -
controlled hy TN. combined ef"p. 9f
the Worii and tire detH;trfl fef= t6t=>
plus after ctr oaH and other hon"
markets. are supplied. he~t=eoaftftes
like England uunh do aot rals"
enough wheat 70 supply thefr own
peopi. buy what tt6} Hsed from the
United states. !nl.a Argentina. rus
sia or any other country hat fas
surplus To sell Tire deJuuud for that
surplus fixes the price "f "Geat al
over the world, Hna the anadian
wheat has btt i slight influence T.
raise or lower II II tbr sanaeiiatl
wheat does not cotue through MIN
ncapoiis. where u4oSt df Il would lie
ground into flour III american Mills. i
would be shipped 10 eaStefn Canada
md either made into -four there or
shipped direct 10 England In aAy
event the most Of II reaches England
and competes lii regulating the price
that Is paid the world over
The American farmer has been badly
treated by the protectionists lie las
to pay high tariff prices for all ha
buys and has but little protection OH
what he raises The Economist knows
this and must bolster up its protection
fallaces by its pretended anxiety for
the American farmer The Protective
Tariff league " hieh supplies the luon
ey to publish the Economist. Is eofli=
posed of eastern Manufacturers. most
of whom are NOW organized into trusts
and combines. which are bleeding tbe
farmer at every pore. and their aaxlez
ty, expressed through their orgau The
Economist. for tire protection of the
farmer is like the love of th. Lob Tor
the lamb to make good ne:ll Of
This contention alnons the Republic
an protectionists oh the virtue Of Ieei
procity. which. Il, the uay. Was fa
yored by Blaine and urged lay NJ. kln
ley and was part "f the political creed
OF President Roosevelt Until the .'atanti
patters' forced him ta Weld 10 Their do
nothing policy is t;tS cred ~ man. Re
puhlicans who see tbat pHafeetion eaIi
not long exist unless sotue Of It's h4f
riers to trade ar louered
The Democrats may accept teetpree
ity rs ncans 70 break ttoNn prutc,
ton, but il Is net tue hemo@rHtle Way
OF curing the eyii ii taaltoi,oiv " heH
the farmers are relieved tom trHNt
eXactiohs by The t9i.f ht.ag reformed
so that the trusts can 20 ioHg.I ,harl,"
them much higher prices hrre than the
same trust rrodl. tinflS gre seid IL,
abroad. the wheat pratten Vii he 50,
tied at The S,l:@e tilae ~ The farmer
wants Is To- pe ;,.iG|}ed Il =hAA III the
cheapest market .sfd S,!t II the best
market that the vo.fl affords ilte
farmer. with III. trusts teIneted from
his beck. which ar" naw r!fttns hn 10
his undoiHg. viii thea ftavt tduat
rights with the lnoaoi1stll s.fs, Who At.
nov enjoying >tee ii ietltiIe-eS AZ lis
expense