The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-29

interest Of politicians. then the history Of
railroad rates in this country as COM
pared pa tSa with W.T. those charged anywhere else
auctions down to the present time. con-
stitute sufficient contradiction.
70 Mileage Tariff.
The government cannot discriminate
between ports. or places, 1t must deal
hand with all. therefore. it would be
obliged sooner or later to ordain a strict fSr
! carrying commodities would have 70 pc
apportioned to the number of miles m
fhe wd The low charge arg for ahe womd
pay a mileage tariff. Now TO some that
would make little difference; but you you
continent. distant distant from 100 to 1000
miles from ali the great markets, about
Whom big circle might be desc alamst i tha
COASTS, of the Atlantic and the Pacii nc
and the gulf Of MeXico--you would pc
the most heavily fairfield people in inc
world. When men ask for your supp ,'n,,
or demand your praise on any y su ei
grounds as these, it will be well iof I you
TO bring, them to the challenge OIL 'hs
1actS ana OF common sense.
Then, as to the mari ets In which soI1
! buy. How are you situated there, , aho
have settled your conditions: 1t would
seem evident to most people that sys
TEN which permits the same article that
YOU must have, for YOU, household or
| your farm to be carried abroad over
thousa nds of miles of ocean and sold IN
n to rk nc cent at less pfr sn ts prce
| that is charged to you is not in your IN.
,erest 1t is because of that system that
we pay annually an unknown amount t.o OIL
! ty-iive billions of dollars which IS lhe
estimated volume OF our domestic trade:
that is. the buying and selling that so-s
that and in order that it may not be
changed by the fraction of hair that
now to reach S-NO00.u0O annually. and to
require the imposition of other taxes.
such as you have never heretofore con- nd
as a part of the sacrifices that IT mn
poses: Is this to your satisfaction, ana Is
This the form of service that will call
| 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
the opinion of an expert, Mr.. Harold
Boice of the treasury department, who
had written an elaborate article taking
fled by statistics showing how small an
amount of our products the South Ameri-
can car states states could possibly, use. He quoted
! cure one-half the imports of Asia. that
traffic in one year would pay the cost OF
me canal and leave a balance of $500
0tNtaN. 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 lie
T! highly commended the national irrigation
way would redeem GO,0OO,O0O acres, and
he had no doubt in the end many times
| that amount.
The final question of all was securing
markets for our products, he said.
OF agriculture for the year 1904 were
valued at $S53,6l3,O73, and were 59.4s per
cent of all our exports. Our exports Of
nuiactured articles We're valued at
NO., Ala ,92l, or 31.52 per cent of the whole.
The ratio is very nearly two TO one. More
increase while the latter decreases. In
the commercial war upon lis which has al
ready heard the firing of the first gun, it
banned by the severest prohibition But
upon all that we have to sell the disad-
Vantage will fall. Our statesmen assurn-
ed that we alone could use a protective
tariff to advantage. overlooking the very
simple process of other nations meeting
one tariff with another. The rest OF the
world has been wonderfully patient. it
has taken no notice until we began 10 he
thought Of not exactly as dangerous
for We are not yet. but as a possible
one. Then it took counsel. and the new
Gf hnr e tariff sh is the first step in league
going to do aboSt it: Where al are W we GO ws
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
ra
reach of us in Asia to require our entire
annual wheat crop if each person con-
S"nns1s only naI the. the {rng amount Of twe
that trade and prepared for it, We have
helped to build it up, and put millions Of
ever sailed the seas to serve it. We did
| these things in order that We might lie
abe TO- MAKE make, Il rate under which this
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 a big or
even 4 reasonable mileage charge
Well, We have met with obstacles at
every step: nor the obstacles that busy
men have Il right to expect and know
competitors or the difficulty of conuuerins
material things. but interference WITH
plans and regulations and rules and or
make impossible the maintenance of this
new market. These customers are out
ragged by policy that insults their 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
llamnnered and tied down by regulations
which make it as costly as possible to
| 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 tram, that noats
rhe seas. And this, mind you. not in be-
| bali of any home interest that might snf-
fer. tor these ocean rates do not concern
| The domestic producer more than they
must he low enough to admit him to out
side markets. bat only to the annoyance
| and ,'etriment and dscoura cement 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 S7I3o00o.ONn a year in round
! numbers. 1t is destined TO increase and
multiply at a rate that will astonish th.
world; and we might have the lions share
| of it if we only exercised common sense
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