The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-05

0f railroad rates in this country a.
compared with those charged anywhere
reductions down to the present time.
constitute sulncient contradiction.
1nlsags 4axi1.
The government cannot discriminate
with an aSsoiutely EQUAL and m imnaf disi
hand With all. Therefore. it would be
| Obliged; sooner or later. to obtain
for carrying commodities would have to
in the haul. The low charge. for the
hRss would % @aEe fat Mss Is
6%e yo3 ,na here in in the CEN
to 1000 miles from all the great mar
kets; about whom a big circle might be
e1on and the have its
and the Pacific and the gulf Of Mexico
~ ;1ys9 ,s would be the most heavily tar
ask for your support or demand your
praise on any such grounds as these, it
i VIII be well for you to bring. them to
NJ, Then, as to the markets in which you
who have settled your conditions? 1t
would seem evident to most people that
a,e system tSa4 v which s permits the same arti-
hold or your farm to be carried abroad
over thousands of miles Of ocean and
where from S to SO per cent less than
the price that is charged to you is not
IN your interest: It is because of that
known amount Of unearned profit on q
total OF some twenty-five billions Of
dollars which is the estimated volume
ing and selling that goes on among our
selves. It is because of that and in
frs eeat Of may not be
! reach $50. 100000 annually. and to re- e.
To h SaWa OF other taxes such
to pay save in time of war and rs a
part Of the sacrifices that it imposes
the form Of service that Will cali forth
your gratitude and receive your continu-
| ing Endorsement?
Panama Canal.
Mr.. Hill took up the subject of the
able all length. He argued that it could
not o os. relied on to supply new markets
ana nnro CITED the opinion OF an expert. Mr.
ment. who had written an elaborate ar
tlcle taking the same view. His argu-
m men was fortified by statistics showing
the South American states could pos
sibly use. He quoted MIR. Boice as say
imports of Asia. the traific in one ne yea1
would pay the cost Of the canal and
| leave balance of 5000. 100000. He en-
would not bring market results.
Scarcity OF Lands and irrigation.
He next considered the growing scar
city OF agricultural lands and the de-
fects in our land laws which allowed
| spectators and great combinations to
secure millions Of acres to the exclusion
Of farmers RS. He highly commended t;e
now under %ss Mou sdpsS
/! sixty million acres. and he had no doubt
In the end many times that amount.
| Markets.
The final question Of all was securing
Our exports Of Commodities the product
of agriculture for the year 1904 wero
valued at $3.50, els,o73, and were 59.4s PEE!
manufactured articles were valued at
M5e .415,s2l. or 3l52 per cent Of the whole.
The ratio is very nearly two to one.
to increase while the latter decreases. In
the commercial war upon us which has
already heard the firing Of the first gun.
banned by the severest prohibition But
upon all that we have to sell the disad
vantage will fall. Our statesmen assum-
tariff to advantage. overlooking the very
simple process OF other nations meeting
one sariff with another. The rest Of the
has taken no notice until we began, to be
| thought OF not exactly as q dangerous
competitor in manufactured commodities.
| for We are not yet, but as possible one.
4 Then IT took counsel, and the new German
tariff is the first step In a league where
Ssnd s5r aea na all E WSg
to do about it? Where are we going to
find our markets: and especially the mar
ket Tor the immense product Of our soil
That Will continue to be our main resource
and dependence.
There are enough people within direc:
reach OF VS., US IN Asia to require our entire
sumed only the triGing amount Of two
bushels per annum We have studied that
build it up. and put millions ao Of money money
sailed the seas to serve it. We did these
re unaer Which asa shs ee sSn
trade could live. For these people cannot
pay high transportation charges; they
cannot send wheat from the interior OF
the United States across half the CONT
nent and the whole breadth Of the Pacific
Well. we have met with. obstacles at
every step; not not the obstacles that busy
to meet. such as the shrewdness Of COM
petitors or the difficulty of conquering
material things, but interference with
ders that can serve no purpose except. to
make impossible the maintenance OF this
new market. These customers are OUT
SgntPp aeS Re fh sere
spect until they determine to buy no
more of US. These ships, instead OF meet
| ing with reasonable announcement, are
halnpered and tied down by regulations
which make 1t as costly as possible to OPP
crate them. These rates, which are the
essential parts Of the whole affair. are
destroyed by laws that put us at the mer-
cy Of every foreign tramp that floats the
(. seas. And this. mind you, not in behalf
Of any home interest that might suffer.
for these ocean rates do not concern the
domestic producer more than they must
be low enough to admit him to outside
detriment and encouragement Of Ameri-
can foreign trade in the great staples that
YOU help to produce and that must con-
| tinue to enter increasingly into our deal
ings with other peoples The total for
eign commerce rec o Of o5 Japan and China
numbers. 1t is destined TO- increase and
| multiply at a rate that will astonish the
l world, and we might have the lions share
Of 1t II we only exercised common sense
| and business prudence and patriotic fore
sight.
This problem Of the ma. market is your r
States is getting. control Of the markets
| Of the world needs to be studied into and
| honestly answered. Because our highly
protected manufacturers are able, by rea-
son Of the big prices they charge you, to
send a certain portion of their output
We are not conquering the commercial
world. The market belongs to the man
| who makes the lowest price; and in the
United States, where 1t Is a matter Of
| both pride and principle to pay labor
| well. the high wage rate stands like