The Jersey City news., 1906-10-29
TIE FARMERS COMBINE:
Af4smps 20 Raise che Price OF
Wheat.
THE TARIFF PaorHoFBD TRUSTS

zhs rHsznsrs sen their sarpIas PROD
uGts In Competition VITA other
counsrses-Tise VruatS Are licensed
70 Ylander tise Farmers asa ossses
Consumers.
one can hardly blame tle farmers in
the wheat growing regions FOR organ
izing a comBine 10 hold theirwheat ull
til the price advances. a dispatch from
Kansas City reports the price 81 wheat
as so cents a Bushel ana less at the ia
terlor markets il kansas. There IS q
less in growing wheat at that price.
with All tie farmer buys at the pres
cnt high prices. Ihe tariff protected
uasts have advanced flie prices Of
neariy everything the farmer buys
over 4 pars cent. since tie present high
iasia law was passed, SO tllEt Dgosperi-
tg for the wheat farmer is q myth, 81
secretary Of agriculture, should know
better, declares theN farmers were neT-
er 50 prosperous. SecEe AIRY Shaw is
making equally preposteroas state
ments ana states IN the speeches he is
making On his partisan stunlping tour
that the tazia makes the farmers pros
porous because it protects The home
market from foreign ilanorsations But
facts belle ieir wofds, fc wheat Is
protected in flle tariff bs q duty Of %
cents btsliei. but that does not pre-
vent the price from oepfeelating until
lie price ia Ksnsas, as noted above, IS
50 cents d busbel
It is strange silat Republican farm
ers swallow sreh3 Republican state
nents and vote to- continue that psletJ
I'll power, which protects every trlst
iaat produces what the farmer nlst
buy ana only preteRds to protect tie
farm produces The tariff includes dp-
ties on wheat, corn. oats, barley, cattle,
hogs and ether agricultural products,
but the price OF those farm products
is settled BY tie law Of supply ana ae-
manG. II there is a surplus Of wheat
and other farm products. it has 70 be
exported ana sold ii the worlds mar
kets in competition with the surplus
OF other countries, and that hxes the
price here. The tariff duty Light bes
doubled, and it would have no effect
on Easzsssaas, .lesill> be og2aed
and The price would not be afeeted.
There is no tariff duty on cotton, that
predgct being Oh the free list, vet tie
ptice af cotton is advancing. while tiN
projected wheat has declined.
No farmers trust or farmers union
can. ronuo4 the price Of wheat unless
Tie continuation IS complete enough to
prevent wheat being sold to fae alills
which supply the -four that the A4neEi-
can people require. IF the wheat grow
eTs e5nlG prevent enongh wheat being
naasketed to supply tie mills, the mill-
ilis. aasnbine AZ The. great doug milling
ssntefs. sucliIas Minneapolis, would
aably bid up the price enough tos
Ece the farmers ito sell pgfI the
Blee was 900 high to. Manufacture aud
eilip the -four abroad at a profit When
dat limit was reached. yeu may be
sure the mills would be shut down
rather than rim them at q loss. To
prevent the mills shutting down III the
spring of o5, when there Mas short
age of seas, Sne administration al
lowed Canadian wheat TO be imported
Il bond without tie payment Of the
duty Of p cents . lsp:sllai sac gsopad
In the mills at Minneapolis al6 ex-
p1rted rs -four. Tbat vas rs Ise:saD
sElcan way OF protecting tie lafmers
s#laela saey had garE stsoss crop and
an opportunity Of averaging up the
9Fies With the 7e6rs HKs, me present
one, whsn laTge sufpaaa has been
sed and he pvles Is leH
The facs Is vhat rse Farmers have
prospeSod IL spite q tbs sar11s. which
Pas lncr;ase4 the psisa az zseue al
tbay pgy shrp.sgb sas arat8etlaa the
GrySsa aud roEnaiaes e7y- Tho good
Or peer eross are noe kas sssalt oS she
earllz Ezst aea9 er1oa 4rs Gus to the
bounty 1t xzsis1a Ns1sn he H0asen IS
pyopi1f1ua xna essg 2ooe crops avasen
s4aSnee AseSsFas. Sa4 y :aszga@Sra bIs. INC
fd*az lDS shs sarglAs Is g 30 al.Ssped
So azsY IL the cheapest Nlaxszes withous
asy Ensso <aE & restss.ttvn than is nee
asss1E ar 7xs1sass enough aTenua for
sns gEssnn'szst fsenert4g and econo.a-
acaIfy administered and u eel IN she
4a4esE naar6et Kat ais produce can
sencfs- Tia EepSaEi1an policy niscall-
sd psesscginxs. ponpels tns raFJner, apd
svusv szss assa Ezr hat naffpr III rap