Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-03

- 80 "'''i 'it'F'" 't'iH Inc manclcd hndto.
on ms cattle. and cried wratbr,,,.
hia%cs take that jim Hin. anvb",,I =,
Jim HIM. in North Dqknta
SYNONYMOUS with The railroads ard
Story is opposed 10 illustr,., ~
i"ruIi:t tendency to place M MA 'IT
roads The hian" for every vjsit.,,,,, ,''.
'AiHilnty htnerwis" UNEXPLAINED =
Hht ~ iris case, the miIlnrs
'ah"n i l";f iron. the Pornu.t.
th' best Of logic they blame Nh. go
'h'.h export trade oiI The railroads
n seems I'M r."sr natural tling VI
ft" "6r'si for Hli the grain Wh;.h III
~" 1iii9."f to bc manufacture '"'S
n't' l'"'ir. md IN Ne form Of ro,r
7" "niii'td "n 70 Europe. ,ra
. ''r t'" railroads this would have. "''
!. reh.h. 10 most W. VII. n...,. ""P-
What s@ein much the sam. IN, Ht
should BE- much Surprised 70 i. y
'hit u = hdrd"f 70 carry one hun..,
81 "!''"' al ""tit tn EiIrOre tL,,
: III f'"f' = ir'G. Of wheat. Pr,
~ h"!t ~ Vi = Of The. Railroad. ',''
| one ''hlc '"..; WINTER the railroads r.la,
i'liialo 70 New York wnr. ...,, ''''i
wheat that distanc" for less I'm ,''S
l'-.i i'i "I.'. :.InGr-d I5u!.n.le !,
S''';I' tifi" III" rate pn ~. same on.,.
- ~ H"ui WAS HInr cents. AIN
i'' ne @'.:i'>A'l.' They i-p a,J ut
rs ':ali'%t Ini arc Millu.., ~ c,r.
l"r about n"ihi.2: :lDHr. on Tho 49,
Lane. IS rag ,"d us t.ifi.tlt +, ba,,.,,..
on tour thcy clar@.. high fl..i,t.
~ on" time, from l:nston 10 TnrIo,
=" r I" On wheat W;:s one sh:Irir...
fnH nv, :hil!inGs n corscnuencc III
difference. IN i.I&laud. h-twacr ,'
r'l'" Of American wheat ana Of Ama,i.
r1n Hour Was Very great. 50 great Mi,
even the sl"Wto-movc English lrs;
L.%S n.;t,I took advantage If y il.
'"r''d AZ London a'G in Han mil,
modelled after the best NIinr.a,,'.;s
Mills. Tt4r" ~ bough, Amer. y,
"";t. .l''.n.Hi"ctl!rrd American VIII.
and SOLD it ~ z TrIce which I,ft NJ
Ainnt aI"!is Inillcrs quit on, If ,ha
r"T!pttton. Inio,i il II eajd -bat III
E"'n'<lnehths il WAS cutie uoys.hIa ~
English glillers III London to Hill.
N'ne'fr;T IN wheat than had hccn sbf,,.c1
there, MAX it into flour. shin II h,ci.
10 New York and sell il M \ en..ror
i@;n" tam Milintaiolis -four that haa
"AlN /" i'HE III" freight from Mimi
: po.is to NrN York This. The dc.
'r.n'i '"ti.ll NJ ;h .aiiin.,4 ao.,;,..
t"dr in favor of wheat is the ..to,y ~
"" """in Of minneapolis export tr,d4
in -four.
I'll" railroads }ava sn.n tneir orror IT,
YAK. they cillN or" hGr,ll"d ronnAy If
i"2: ana on huGIre! pounds Of wheat
from Minneapolis 10 London for eyac,lv
the same rate But their i.u-ui,, ~,
too late. As n local miller exrralsns i
they have locked the stable af,er ,ba
) Il ;rn. The 'Xpur, trade in flour.
winch was Killed ~ the railroads MI TIL
main dead for another reason which gncs
the Northwest.
If the Minneapolis miiiers wish to re-
capture the European mark't. they will
not be able 10 do It, because they can't
ct the wheat. As one miller says: The
farmers wont raise the wheat
Tor Us. Tho miller's conception of me
farmer Is man created by the Lord 10
raise wheat for the miller to make into
four. And when the farmer refuses to
pcrfom his natural function, it irriIates
the miller excessively. The ract il that
for three years the Minneapolis miller
haSnt been able to gct enough standard
i"rS To raise other crops. lie has found
ii more profitable 10 false garden v,g--
tables for the great city which the mIllrrS
nave built here When the Northwest con
sisted chiefly of bonanza farms what
was the only crop raised. bccaIIS,. it was
the simplest and easiest crop tn raise on
a large scale. But as the farms have
been suhdiviocd into small holdir@s. AZ IN
the East. diversified farming is the rrlt
And with a steadily increasing farm puru-
ation in the NorthweSt. with thousands Of
new miles added every year to the fam
ing territory there has been a steadily
decreasing wheat crop. The mille:s look
to irrigation for some relief That viii
reclaim an enormous area Of arid land
But that will merely be The cid stony over
again-wheat raising for the first t4w
can never again rely IN
American farms to furnish her Hillls with
grist
No. if the Minneapolis mills are to Nv
paHd If they are IL recapture their eS-
port trade. they must look elsewhere inr
heir wheat. And they do look elsewhere.
fhoy look across the Canadian line into
into Saskatchewan, ir,o The
great stretches of fertile pilir" that
make up the Canadian Northwest. Ard
he covetouS eyes with which tn" millrll
oo!l across the border raises a most in
lerpsting situation.
NJ home in Massachusetts most Of rs
near ocCa Sionally something about IT,
'iprocily. Eut in tins city reciprocity is
NJ academic question. Il tell y"u, sir,
said Il miller, with tremendous earnest
lCSS, we want that wheat. In there --
lr made a swinging grStur" toward the
!ol' h-''there is the finest wheat area ~
lie world. There is no question about
hat. 1t isn't merely the claim OF rail
'uad boomer any more. Its trur. As
country. Canada's got us
l"at to standStil. It's three times
he arcs, Of the Louisiana Purchase. ana
,yety acre of it's the finest wheat iand II
lie world We want that wheat II Y"
,ad the 6nG1.00J bushels that Canadas
raised this year, at the piIct il ) stlEIE
1t NJ, there. think how our mills wnnW
mum I tell ynu. if our mill Hr" :" h''
We must have that wheat. That line
pointed to the Canadian uOunuHlN me 'h
he map-"that line is Il wall 80 Mrs
ong and five feet high. and It's nad" ~
silver quarters. cach quarter the Aih'i,
an tariff on . bushel OF Canadian Whra'
That wall is Il greater misfortune !" Us
han Joseph Chamhcrlait''s import taA N
icur ever threatened to be.
That wall stands between MInntlP"l'
md the greatest boom any city in Afht'i-
"a has ever known. 1t stands br."''n
and n million population.
stands between us and such ihoSI'''
IS we Eever dreamed Of. ~,
OF course, that is but one sde "i : 'm
ccjrrocity question The Am"lIH"
arner is selling his wheat today l"i ~"
While his neighbor across the ahaulIn
inc is selling his for but ninety-iouF c',ts
the farmer takes a different view oi H.
'iprocity. i, n,rt
But the Minneapolis millors do WILL
hat wheat and want 1t terribly.
ave already reSorted to various u'N"
o get it. They imported some oi II mo