Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-16
RECIPROCITY
CONVENTION
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A, club, there are others to which Eur-
oue can turn for her food supplies, yet
liz we can get the country Interested IN
our reciprocity movement it is yet pos
sible for American farmers TO feed the
world for many years to come.
Germany, perhaps our second pest
customer for farm products otters q
field for immediate exploitation. Her
soil is inadequate to the demands OF
her people and the latter are growing
in numbers to the extent of 100000
souls every year. Today in spite or all
her efforts to stimulate her agriculture
she is short 8 per cent of the rye she
consumes, 20 per cent OF the wheat ana
flour. 30 per cent of the barley, b per
cent of the oats and far short OF the
meats she needs Like England she
manufactures for export but must buy
very much of her food. These are con-
ditions favorable to the American far
mer II given a fair chance. But his OPP
portunities are to end next March and
here is the point want every Amer
lean farmer to grasp, hope the gen
tlemen of this conference will make 1t
clear, Germany's new tariff and her
products out her market, her politi-
clans tell us, have been the result of
the demands Of the agrarians. The
German farmers have been looking out
for No. in German politics. Me-
thinks there is a moral.
Ut is claimed upon competent au-
thority that the manufacturers of knit
goods and snide jewelry defeated re-
ciprocity treaty with the French. 1t
was a sorry spectacle for the United
States senate to thus treat President
Mckinley and his commissioner, Mr..
Kasson, after the popular approval
layished upon him and his efforts to
"extend our markets abroad" Knit
goods made on automatic machines are
probably not serious competitors to
American labor for French machines,
as rule, run no faster than American
machines, yet this favored industry
was not willig to spare 20 per cent
cut from IS per cent tariff to increase
our trade with. France, altho Mr.. Kas-
son after months of study reported
that said reduction would do no SER
ious harm. This was the pretended
reason given by the senate but am
one of those farmers who fear Roose-
welt could not get any more of hear
ing for any treaty he might propose.
In Germany certain things are done
in response to demands from the agar
rians. In this country it is time the
same results were obtained. I believe
that every senatorial constituency
in the nation is In sympathy with
President Roosevelt's efforts to extend
our foreign markets but unless they
look after the kind of legislators whom
they send to their state capitols to elect
United States senators there is not
likely to be any reciprocal treaties get
ting past the United States senate. We
have been presuming that our congress
would support our president but it now
seems time to do some demanding. We
need a few senators like La Toilette
who will rattle the dry bones a little
mittee appointments. When l hear
that Germany's tariff is dictated by the
agrarians long for an agrarian move
ment in the United States.
The fact that congressman can move
in the interests of the people whenever
public sentiment becomes sufficiently
strong gives me encouragement. When
President Roosevelt attempted to full
fill Presidents McKinley's pledges OF
reciprocity with Cuba he was baked
for two years by congress and the SEN
ate. When a new congress had been
eiected aud .--the voice apf the people