Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-28

ulcdHS more people, more acres unOor CuKS
tivation. more business for the railroad
company to carry. more earnings ana
more profits. 1t is the right and the duty
ment and to prevent determinations: but
when any man says that he Is anxious to
have political place in order that he may
nelp place the rate-makinE power In the
hands of the government and subject the
fortunes of thirteen billions of capital OF
Of customers to the CAPRICE ieS or the Self
interest of politicians. then the history OF
railroad rates in this country as COM
in the world, and the history of rate re-
auctions down to the present time, con"
stitute sufficient contradiction.
Mileage Tariff.
The government cannot discriminate
| between ports or places, It must d otia1
| hand with all. Therefore. it would be
| obliged. sooner or later to ordain strict
distance tariff; that is. the charge Tor
| apportioned to the number of miles In
the haul. The low charge for the long
haul would dsappsar AND freight re- fha
would make little difference. but you
here in Minnesota, in the center Of the the
es from a all the s srem markets. about
| whom big circle might be described and
have its circumference sweep along tne
and the gulf of Mexico-you would be-
the most heavily fairfield people in the
world. When men ask for your support
or demand your praise on any su c
grounds as these, it will be we'll for you
to bring. them to the challenge OF the
facts and of common sense.
| Then. as to the markets in which you
buy. How are you situated there. and
| what advantage do you owe to those VINO
seem evident to most people that a sys-
tenn which permits the same article that
| you must have for your household OF
thousands of miles of ocean and SOLD IN
distant. markets at price anywhere
firm to SO per cent less than n, the e,, price ice
terest 1t Is because Of that system that
we pay annually an unknown amount OF
unearned profit on total of some TWEEN
ty-fve billions of dollars which is the
estimated volume of our domestic trade,
that is. the buying and selling that goes
on among ourselves. 1t is because or
that and in order that it may not be
changed by the fraction of a hair tnas
ae,5 and ama to
require the imposition of other taxes
such as you have never heretofore con,
scented to pay save san IN tis }hat It m
poses Is this to your satisfaction, and IS
this. the form Of service that VIII caia
forth your gratitude and receive your
! continuing Endorsement?
Panama Canal.
Mr.. Hill took up the subject of the Pan
anna canal. treating it at considerable
length. He argued that it could not be
relied on to supply new markets. He cited
, Boice of the treasury depa rtment, who
had written an elaborate article taking
the same view. His argument was forti-
amount of our products the South Ameri-
Mr.. Boice as saying that if we could Sc
cure one-half the imports Of Asia. that
traffic in one year would pay the cost OF
! the canal and leave balance OF $500.
, 100000 He expected the canal would be
hlf nnt ms a.
suits.
Scarcity of Lands and Irriga ton.
, He considered the growing scaAcity Of
I 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
he had no doubt in the end many times
. that amount. o, ~ -
! Markets. -'4'. SSu-4> I~s i :
! , The final question of all was securing
! !, Our exports OF commodities the product
Saued tSG h and e We're 49, pes
. Gent Of al Cdr ekp6fts Our exports Of
: h!anuiactured articles We're valued at
e The ratio is Very nearly two to one More.
t Increase while the latter decreases In
:, ready heard the firing of the first gun. 1t
> is the manufactured article that will be
9 banned by the severest prohibition But
vantage will fall. Our statesmen assum-
: ed that we alone could use a protective
. tariff to advantage, overlooking the very
n simple process Of other nations meeting
e one tariff with another. The rest of the
n world has been wonderfully patient. 1t
r has taken no notice until we began to be
: thought of not exactly as dangerous
competitor in manufactured commodities.
Il for we are not yet. but as a possible
l. one. Then It took counsel, and the new
e where we shall find all Europe CONNER
e cially banded against u.s. What are we
o going to do about it? Where are we go
: Ing to find our markets: and especially
r the market for the immense product Of
Il our soil that will continue to be our main
y resource and dependence
l. There are enough people within direct
reach of us in Asia to require our entire
n annual wheat crop If each person CON
e sum SUM ID, only the n trIhng e., amount Of tive
v that trade and prepared for it. We have
: helped to build it up. and put millions OF
II money into the greatest steamships thai
it these things in order that we might he
: able to make rate under which this
g Oriental trade could live For these PEG
eharges shy % b ngA in "hs
n market; and you cannot send wheat from
y the interior of the United States across
y half the continent and the whole breadth
4 of the Pacific ocean IL you have big Oh
IL even reasonable mileage charge.
? Open Market
50 problem TINS fallacy that the United
st States lie getting control of the markets
: OF the world needs to be studied into ant
honestly answered Because our hignN
protected manufacturers are able, by
reason of the big prices they charge you
~ to send certain portion OF their outpu