Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-12
IOWA CONGRESSMAN HAS
STRONG TARIFF VIEWS

stance, some country that raises tea
and coffee, but has no manufactures
may say to us that it would like to
have a free market for its products
which we do not raise and in return
would give us a free market for the
manufactured products which it does
not produce This is reciprocity and
would be beneficial to both countries
Canadian Reciprocity Unwise.
what about the proposed reciproci-
ty with Canada?"
Canadian reciprocity has in it moth
ing of value for us. We cannot enter
into a reciprocity agreement with a
nation that produces the same things
we do Canada wants to build up her
manufactures and therefore she will
not make concessions on our manufac-
tured articles. Canada has nothing to
sell, except logs, which we do not our
selves produce in great quantities, to
the extent of surplus, j. e., farm pro-
ducts We now have such large
surplus of farm products that we must
sell them abroad where to great ex-
tent the foreign buyer has the power
to fix prices. Admitting Canadian pro-
ducts to the United States would sim
ply swell this surplus. Freight, the
cost of carrying, is one Of the great
features affecting the price of farm
products. A great deal of Canada's
surplus is nearer the great home mar
kets for farm products than in Iowa, or
Illinois or Kansas The Canadian far
mers would have less freight to pay.
They would also have the advantage,
if we helped build them up into great
competitor of our own farmers, of hav
ing much cheaper lands and having
greater facilities of cheap water trans
portation to the lake cities and to the
Atlantic coast, which would mean the
saving of millions of dollars in freight
rates for them Canada seems to real
ize very fully that a fair reciprocal ar
rangement with the United States
would not be wise thing for us. Her
statesmen have over and over again
declared that they had nothing to Of
fer the United States in the way of re-
ducing the tariff on our manufactured
products. They would be glad of
course to have free trade with us on
farm products.
5 Sound on Protection.
what do you think of the situation
in Iowa?"
az think that Iowa will unequivocal-
ly and overwhelmingly declare herself
in her conventions this summer and in
her election this fall in favor of repub.
licanism and protection.
II have never had any doubt about
the situation in Iowa. l know what
our level headed farmers, the real men
who live in the country and till their
own soil, think about these matters.
However, the developments in the
state during the last few weeks con-
vince me more thoroughly than ever
that Iowa will in the various district
convention and the state convention to
be held during the coming months de-
clare herself absolutely for protection,
the great corner stone of republican,
ism, I feel sure that attacks on this
principle will be repudiated, without a
doubt.
Iowa for Roosevelt.
SIS Iowa for Roosevelt for presi-
dent?'
without doubt. President Roose-
welt is as popular with the people of
Iowa as President Mckinley was. In
fact it might even be said that he is
more popular since many people ad-
mire his aggressiveness and progress
iveness-characteri which Mr.Mc-
Kinley did not possess to so great a
degree. Mr.. Roosevelt may be little
impetuous at times but he is sincere
and honest in his purpose and the peo-
pie know it,"