The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-28

a rule, are receiving such over-suD-
plies that the price must necessarily
decline.
Another matter which must be talk
en- into consideration in the future of
wheat Is the enormous amount of new
wheat producing territory which is
being opened in western Canada. 1t
is useless to close our eyes against
the truth however painful. that mil
lions of acres of wheat land are now
being converted from the virgin prairie
in that country and that the products
OF these acres are bound to come in
competition with our foreign markets.
1t is these markets too. which are
now the especial objects of concern
to the wheat growers of this state
There is little to fear from the home
market unless perch.mce the demo-
Gratis should secure control of con-
gress and open the ports of the coun-
try to the wheat of the world free of
duty, or unless because of the wounded
pride Of the lower house or some men,
Der of it. the secretary of the treas
ury should again repeat the plan of
admitting frosted wheat from Canada
free to compete with our own product
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share of the wheat consuming mar
kets of the world. They are nom
producing markets and inasmuch as
they must buy bread it is just as rea-
sonable that they should buy the
wheat of North Dakota farmers as
, that of any other portion of the globe
The advantage which we have over all
competitors lies in the quality of our
wheat The world has learned the
value as a bread product of the hard
wheat raised in this and adjoining
states. In this particular we are for
tunate. The soft wheat of the south
and the frosted wheat which must
constitute the greater portion of the
Canadian product command only the
smallest part of the foreign trade, and
this is rapidly passing to the hard
wheat market 1t will therefore be
easy to secure and hold the greater
portion of the foreign markets for our
especial product.
AS the demand for our product is
broadened the danger from over-pro-
duction will be relieved and at the
same time the increased demands will
enable the wheat growers to secure
a better price.
The news columns from Washing
ton Saturday stated that the para
graph inserted in the pending agri-
cultural appropriation bill by Senator
Hansbrough had become law. This
will practically insure the cream of
the foreign markets to this country.
The plan proposed is somewhat
novel yet remarkably simple. The
government is authorized to establish
laboratories at the principal points
of export where wheat offered for
shipment may be inspected and the
grade thereof certified by the govern
ha
self operative. Every bushel of wheat
so certified carries to the foreign
country the guarantee of the govern
ment. The foreign buyer will at once
demand the product bearing this Ger
tificate because it insures the quality
OF the goods he is purchasing.
There could be no possible danger of
having our hard wheat blended with
the soft wheat of the south or the
frosted products OF Canada and passed
upon the unsuspecting foreign buyer
as entirely our own product. The re-
suit of this would be that the superior
qualities as bread product of North
Dakota wheat would command the
foreign markets to the exclusion of
the other products, ard the benefits
indicated above must of necessity
follow.
The enactment of this law is an
evidence of the importance to the
farmers of this state of having men
in congress who have the interests
OF the state at heart and are not in
f1uenced in their actions by personal
jealousy and desire to play into the
hands of the milling trust. Moreover
it shows just who are the real friends
of the wheat growers of this state.
The heroic work of Senator McCum-
Der for national grain inspection and
the record Of Senator Hansbrough in
this matter placed side by side with
that of Mr.. Spalding On the admission
of frosted wheat from Canada should
enable any wheat grower of the state
to decide under which flag to enlist.