Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-05
OVER PRODUCTION OF CATTLE.

OVEn fHOOOC ION OF CA LIZ,
/ Editor Times Republicans: The re-
ceipts of cattle in the Chicago market
Increased largely over the previous
year as they did in the other five wes-
tern markets. The imports into Great
Britain from all sources of live cat
| tie increased the trife of 10000 head
but the dead meat supply from the
United States fell off. The cost of
| production of finished beef cattle put
on the Chicago or English market has
increased variably between so per
cent and 10 per cent on account of
lne increased value of corn and feed
ing mil StutfS over the former period
oi cheap corn. Our home market and
I he English market is all we have for
the consumption of live or dressed beef
and the latter market is now being cut
from under us. Argentine supplied
England with 2,2S0,7l4 cwt of dressed
beef. which is more than the United
States contributed during the past
Year, the former country increased her
exports 729,567 cwt. over 1904. while
we decreased ours 1901 cwt for the
same period. Stockmcn here see the
wedge that Argentine competition has
SiiiSlCu " Icllu our IllSllSn market.
In consequence of this free importa-
ton of beef the English market has
been dull and unsatisfactory for us.
With our home markets glutted and
the only other one being cut from UNI
der US what shall we do about it? Or
ganize. Every stocllman, and every
man interested in the prosperity of
the farmers should lend his name to
the American Reciprocal Tariff League
a. II. Sanders, presidents; w. f. Skin
ner, secretary: office Il jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. The purpose
of the organization of the western
farmers is to reach our representa-
tives in congress; that they give at
tention to our demands for the opening
of the markets of Europe thru reci-
procal arrangements to our products.
Should congress withhold the requisite
authority to the president to make
such arrangements with Germany, now
asking for such a trade agreement,
and to offer similar agreements to
France and other countries whose
markets we ought to reach. and count
enance a tariff war in which we have
everything to lose and nothing TIC
gain, then it will be for the farmers
and their friends to see if they will be
content with a republican policy that
ends with the placing of reciprocity
in the platforms and denying it to us
in congress.
While the largest number of the
standpat congressman remain silent
and inactive on the subject. some have
said the reciprocal trades for new
markets would sacrifice American in
dustries and that in advocating it we
are enemies of projections: il it would
be parliamentary it would be said that
they lie. They know they lie because
the lowering a rate here and there,
already higher than the protective
point endangers no industry nor does
it remove the margin necessary for the
difference between the cost of labor at
home and that abroad.
The Mckinley reciprocity treaty with
France killed in the senate will illus
trate this point. The articles enum.
Grated in that treaty, silk goods. cot
ton goods. articles of flax and hemp,
leather and skins. articles of Paris in
Guiding jewelry (being fancy articles),
articles of food such as preserved veg
etables and fruits. chicory macaroni,
nuts etc, chemicals, metal work, earth
en- and glass ware, ETC.. carry an aver
age rate of duty in the Dingley law of
AIS per cent ad valorem. the conces-
sion reduced had the treaty been rat
flied to an average of 44.2 per cent |
ad val Note that the averages given
don't approach the rate received by
the principal kickers on their products
al i,,,it n iaUplry md I
knit goods participating in a rate of
60 per cent and upwards. The princi- |
pal articles. competitive. such as cot |
ton goods earthern, glass ware, leath I
ar. are made as cheaply here as abroad
the freight on the raw
and the finished product, and
hey are exported at profit and sold
some of them in large quantities es-
oecially manufacturers of cotton. and
he metals and leather.
The French treaty would have OPEN
ID a wider market for our sailed, and
heap fresh meats suitable for those
people that want something cheap to
;tew and boil. The farmers have had
10 consideration by congress and will 4
lave little likely while it seems to be
dominated by the trusts and if it is
proposed to ourtail or interfere with the
At cuts the trusts are slicing off from
he little the farmer tries to secure for
lis labor the rich monopolists in and
nut of congress stir like nest of eels
when one of the number is disturbed
Will the farmers get together and put
lp, now and hereafter, until we are
leard? For one I am ready.
S. B. PACKARD.