The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-30

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| here in Minnesota. in the center OF o 5 nnn
continent distant from 1.5O0 to L,o ov4
miles from all the great markers, "a ap end
whom big circle might be described anu
have it's circumference sweep along ;ae
| coasts of the Atlantic and the Facl ~,
and the gulf of Mexico-you Woulo +b pc
/ the most heavily fairfield people IN the
world. When men ask for your suppoL,e
! or demand your praise on any SUN
grounds as these, it will be well for you
| to bring them to the challenge ol 'he
| facts and Of common sense. -
Then, as to the markets in which you
buy. How are you situated there, aho
| what advantage do you owe to those WIZ
/ have settled your conditions! II Woulo
seem evident to most people that a sys++
tenn which permits the same artlcle tha a..
| you must have for your housenolo VI
| your farm to be carried ABROAD oVsl
| thousands of miles of ocean ana sol3 ~
distant markets at price rice, a any mice
| that is charged to you is not In your ~
terest. 1t is because of that system t4ae
| we pay annually an unknown amount u
ty-five billions of dollars which is the
estimated volume of our domesIc trao oes
that is. the buying and selling that goeee
| that and in order that it may not pe
changed by the fraction of a mar ' ttlas
the treasury de def Cit gro SHOWS and and to
require the imposition of other taxes
such as you have never heretofore com ,d
sented to pay save in Tune OF 4h WI = ;no1
as a part of the sacrifices that IL lll!-
| poses Is this to your satlsfacllon, anu - -
| this the form of service that VIII Can
| forth your gratitude ana receive SooA
continuing Endorsement?
Panama Canal.
Mr.. Hill took up the subject of the Pan
! ANA canal, treating it at conslderaple
length. He argued that it could not be
relied on to supply new markets he clL99
! the opinion OF an expert, MI. t1dL0 1
| Boice of the treasury department, who
| hoo xxritton ahOr9tp article taxing
| the same view. His argument was Iortl-
fed by statistics showing how small an
amount Of our products the sou1n a a11ofcd
Mr.. Boice as saying that II we could Sc
cure one-half the imports of Asia, that
} traffic in one year would pay the cost of
the canal and leave a balance OF $500
100000. He expected the canal would be
made, but it would not bring market re-
| suits.
| Scarcity of Lands and Irrigation.
He considered the growing scaAcity of
agricultural lands and the defects in our
land laws which allowed spectators and
great combinations to secure millions of
acres, to the exclusion of farmers. He
| highly commended the national irrigation
| movement, saying the work now under
way would redeem G0,O00000 acres, and
he had no doubt in the end many times
that amount
Markets.
The final question of all was securing
markets for our products, he said.
Our exports of commodities the product
of agriculture for the year 1904 were
valued at 1888, 643, 0F3 and were 594S per
cent of all our exports. Our exports Of
manufac tured articles were valued at
S452. AS. 1921, or 1852 per cent of the whole
The ratio is very nearly two to one. More
over, the tendency is for the former to
| increase while the latter decreases. In
the commercial war upon us which has al
ready heard the firing of the first gun, it
is the manufactured article that will be
banned by the severest prohibition. But
upon all that we have to sell the disad-
vantage will fall. Our statesmen assum-
ed that we alone could use a protective
tariff to advantage, overlooking the very
one tariff with another The rest of the
world has been wonderfully patient. 1t
has taken no notice until we began to be
thought of not exactly as a dangerous
competitor in manufactured commodities,
for we are not yet, but as a possible
one. Then it took counsel, and the new
German tariff is the first step in a league
where we shall find all Europe CONNER
ciaIly banded against US: What are we
ing to find our markets; and especially
the market for the immense. product of
our soil that will continue to be our main
resource and dependence
There are enough people within direct
reach of us in Asia to require our entire
annual wheat crop if each person con-
| bushels per annum. We have studied
that trade and prepared for it. We have
helped to build it up, and put millions Of
money into the greatest steamships that
| ever sailed the seas to serve it. We did
| these things in order that we might he
able to make rate under which this
| pie cannot pay high transportation
charges they will buy in some other
market; and you cannot send wheat from
the interior of the United States across
half the continent and the whole breadth
of the Pacific ocean if you have big or
even a reasonable mileage. charge.
Wall haxy onf xyith oh oa1o +
every step; not the obstacles that busy
men have right to expect and know
how to meet, such as the shrewdness Of
competitors or the difficulty of conquertng
material things, but interference with
plans and regulations and rules and Or
ders that can serve no purpose except to
new market. These customers are out
ragged by policy that insults then ma
tional dignity and their personal self
respect until they determine to buy no
more of US. These ships, instead of meet
ing with reasonable encouragement, are
hampered and tied down by regulations
operate them. These rates. which are
the essential parts of the whole affair,
are destroyed by. laws that put us at the
mercy of every foreign tramp that floats
the seas. And this, mind you, not in be-
half of any home interest that might suf-
fer, for these ocean rates do not concern
the domestic producer more than they
must be low enough to admit him to out
side markets, but only to the annoyance
and detr1ment and encouragement OF
American foreign trade in the great
staples that you help to produce and that
must continue to enter increasingly into
our dealings with other peoples The to-
tai foreign commerce of Japan and China
amounts to $750,O000OO a year in round
numbers. It is destined to increase and
multiply at rate that will astonish the
world, and we might have the lions share
, of it if we only exercised common sense
and business prudence and patriotic fore
sight.
: Open Market
! This problem Of the market is your
problem. This fallacy that the United
States lie getting control Of the markets
, honestly answered. Because our highly
protected manufacturers are able, by
, reason OF the big prices they charge you
) TO send a certain portion of their output
|, abroad and sell it for half what you pay
we are not conquering the commercial
world The market belongs to the man
who makes the lowest price; and in the
United States, where it is a matter OF
both pride and principle to pay labor
, well, the high wage rate stands like a
wall across the way or ultimately sue
| cessful competition with countries where
: hours are long and wages low, and prices
; correspondingly reduced. With the new
adjustments and policies now in favor
: among the nations, we shall presently
, see this market severely restricted Ii
! is for YOU to take care that you do not
) lose. at tho same time, your markets
t abroad for the breadStuffs and proyi.
sions, the raw cotton, the great products