The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-14

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RECIPROCITY IN WHEAT.
Canadian Wheat ana American Railroads.
At no distant day the Northwestern
Territory of Canada and Manitoba will
expo per annum l0O, 600, 600 bushels OF
the best quality of:hard spring wheat. Its
transportation from the farmer to the YES
sci on the Atlantic seacoast will cost IL
cents per bushel, or SIC, ,00O, 900 per an.
mum. The surplus wheat of this heml.
sphere will 60 chiefly to Europe for con
sumption, and the price will be control
led by supply and demand in that mar
ket, and not in this market. Neither the
government of the United States nor ol
! Canada can enact any legislation which
will increase the price in the European
market, with the exception of levying an
export duty. The question for the own.
ers OF our railways and lake vessels is:
"Shall the 100, ,OO0 600 bushels of wheat
in the form of grain or -four go to Eur.
ope by the way OF Montreal, or by Bos
ton, New York, Philadelphia and Balti.
more? Shall the $40, ,000, 600 for trans.
portation be earned by American or Ca.
madam railways? A man with an inin.
itesim Il grain of common sense and an
idea of loyalty to this republic will say
BY American routes, of course" Why
not, then, admit wheat free from customs
duty and start the stream this way, and
as it grows it will cut the channel deeper
and deeper until it becomes permanent
commercial river? = Francis Wayland
Glenn in the New York World.
Winnipeg, Oct. 4th.-Trade in Mani.
toba wheat continues rather dull. The
trade feeling is strengthened or weaken.
ed a good deal by the course of the
american markets, but our prices are
from 12c to 16s below American prices,
and a decline or advance over the line
does not so sharply affect our prices as
they usually do. The following are to-
days current prices, viz: No. l north
ern, $l.OOH; No. 2 northern, 974c; No.
3 northern, 94Hc; No. wheat, 85c; feed
wheat, 6lHc; No. 2sfeedys5l kc.-Winni.
peg Market in Commercial West.
/ The above two paragraphs appear on
thessame page; of the GoArnaerclal West
trade journal of: Minneapioiis: The frs,
excerpt is in line with many editorial ex:
pressions from the, Minneapolis papers
We confess that we do not know very
much about the probable effects Of ere:
ciprocity" on grain. It would take con.
siderable experience in the grain trade t.
be at all certain. But long ago the Min
neapolis papers began, 10 ask for and to
attempt to create sentiment in favor ol
taking off the duties from wheat. Now
the Minneapolis papers are published in
q milling town and are:therefore likely I'd
be in the interests Of The millers. = Itis q
question that we are not able to answer,
even to ourselves, ,f.the interests, Of the
Minneapolis millers and thes North Da,
kota farmers are identieati in this matter
But we are free to say that .swe1 are Al
least suspicious.
The second paragraph quoted above
is inclined to; make these; suspicious
more than suspicious. more than that II
makes us doubt the truth Of that so often
repeated tact (?) that the price Of wheat
IS made in European markets. which is
also stated as a fact in the first quotation.
II the price Of wheat is made in Europe,
why are the Fort William prices "from
II to 16 cents below American markets
as, stated above.
Again, if the prices Of wheat are SO
much lower in Manitoba than in North
Dakota, what would be the effect Of let
ting in all that permanent commercial
river'' Of Manitoba and the northwest, "a
lfow.freely over the markets where the
Dakota and Minnesota farmers sell Their
products?
What would be the effect Of lOO, ,OOO, ,OOC
bushels Of hard wheat dumped on the
American markets by the great Canad.
ian Northwest We all know what tha,
sort OF thing would mean in any other
line Of business but perhaps wheat rails.
ling is.an exception prices being made
lin Europe
As to the pleator carrying grain on
IAmerican lines, that is all nonsense, be.
cause we who have lived along the lail.
S[roads have seen thousands and thous
|ands Of cars oi wheat from Manitoba
sent over American railroads for ali the
years since Manitoba has raised wheat
In il is all TO go to the European mar
Eket' Il can go without the reciprocit,
business that cuts snb figure. All il ha:
Ito do is to keep On going until il get.
lout of the. States and 4 has 1ps duty 1te