The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-11-01
Much Work Ahead.

The Niagara meeting, however.
brought forth the fact that there are
imany fields as yet unconquered by our
implement makers. In sharp contrast
with the brilliant success achieved by
American harvesting machinery in Rus
STA, American plows are practically un-
known in that vast agricultural coun.
| try. The plows used are mostly Ger
man or of local make, while the Amer
lean types of light, strong ploWs, cap
able of doing almost twice the work
of the Russian plows, and which have
swept everything before them in South
Africa and Australia, have thus far,
for some reason, failed to gain an en-
| try into Russia.
American Manufacturers Foremost.
1t seems that the American nipple
ment makers are progressive set and
the secret of. their phenomenal sue
cess las been in their good organiZa-
ton and the close study they have
made of the wants of the foreign peo-
pies. The American manufacturer has
made a study of conditions and has
| thus beaten the Britisher with his
take it or leave it, and the German
plan of making an exact imitation OF
the native or local implement.
The National Association of Agri-
cultural Implement and Vehicle Manu-
facturers is an influential body and its
annual meetings are participated in by
some of the heaviest manufacturers in
| the world. 1t takes up, in addition to
| its regular business, the various broad
questions of the day as they may have
some direct or indirect bearing upon
the prosperity of their industries.
Among other questions discussed at the
recent meeting were the ten-hour la
Dor day, certain phases of the tariH
| the parcel post question, ship subsidy
| the railroad rate question and the re
peal of the land laws. The principal
discussion, as noted by the daily re
ports. conferred around the railroad
rate and land law questions and parce
Ipost, although there was, Of course, ne
dissention to the view that everything
POSSIBLE should be done to expand for
eign trade.
| Questions of Legislation.
| Judge Grosscup of Chicago, who re
Gently attained fame in his beef trus
decision, addressed the association
4 upon the evils winch he id would re
suit in case the Interstate Commerc,
Commission was vested with power t.
+ act as both prosecutor and court, a
they would if. they were given powe
to fix railroad rates. He took strons
ground against all rebates and discrim
/ nations and declared that it would b
wise to replace the present machiner.
by government bureau empowered t
investigate all complaints, with a cour
lof transportation to adjudge the va
rious points raised
Resolutions were adopted embodyin
this idea.
The association also Endorsed the re
port of President Roosevelt's Publ
Land Commission, advising the repea
: of the Timber and Stone Act an
changes in the Desert Land Act. an
: the Communication Clause of the Home
, stead Act to prevent land frauds. TIL
: interest of the association in this ma
ter and in the government irrigatio
work is active, since irrigation an
home building ON millions Of acres G
: Western lands will furnish an unpal
/ alleled market.
The proposed parcel post legislatio
came in for a scoring as being inimics
to independent manufacture and d.
stroyer of the thousands Of retail an
even wholesale dealers throughout I'll
country with whom the farmers d
h business directly and tending to IN
e Their concentrate manufactures in fe
great centers, and create monopolies.