Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-14


c.nr, While the Farmers Have to
zeay These High Prices With Fifty
e-sx, Wheat.
eg,ne export shippers Of grain at Chi.
gag, declare that the trunk line rail-
s-a=sEs refuse to accept grain for ship
.as.1t from Buffalo to New York, Bos-
5yx, and Philadelphia or contract for its
II ire transportation. The railroads
.aAAim thcy have not cars enough to
.:sanve grain, but the shippers declare it
IS I'll scheme to hold back grain at
. licago and other western points until
II igation ON the lakes Is closed for
<+he winter. Then the railroads can
,saBe their time in transporting 1t at the
advanced freight rates which invari-
s-ahlv go into effect after navigation
CLOSES.
This Is bad news for the wheat grow
.s-rs, Tor it will probably force down the
,.,rice of wheat, which is already too
. 5W for profit. 1t may also lead to the
LOSS of market for large quantities of
wheat which would be bought by Eng
Hish buyers if delivered in advance Of
r1Ie argentine crop, which begins to
1nove in January. The price Of wheat
Is now but from so to 60 cents to the
s~-ruWer at the local markets, and fur
.a-uer decline in price will be disaster
sIp many growers that have bills to meet
Esased on the high prices Of what they
S1aVe purchased.
Flow do those farmers who have &C
srepted the stand pat doctrine that the
T1heat grower is protected by the tariff
a--rcm the pauper raised wheat Of Ar.
a-sentina, Russia, India and other coun-
cries like the outlook? How can the
Republican spellbinders and organs
explain the low price Of wheat, al
enough 1t is protected by tariff duty
e-5f % cents bushel? The speeches Of
s-secretary Shaw and Secretary Wilson,
IN which they try to prove that the
e.zritf protects the farmer and is uni
v-ersal prosperity producer. must fall
s..ather flat and provoke anything but
enthusiasm in the hearts Of the west
GIT wheat growers.
.:As The price of nearly everything the
fa11ner buys Is still advancing and
Essradstreet's index numbers for Octo-
Z ts2 show that the average price Of
commodities has increased since June,
S-esI1, nearly 80 per cent, to make things
rAn wheat should be 80 per cent high
ss.r and be advancing annually in price
a. bUnt 5 per cent as other protected
s.roducts are.
How much longer will Republican
Farmers submit to this one sided pro-
e.ection that fosters trusts and allows
sshem to force up the prices of their
a&ariff protected products and compels
;shc farmer to sell his surplus products
AZ the markets of the world at world
aEide prices? No system of trust pro-
erection can protect to farmer in OBJ
t1ining better prices Tor his products,
dDf which more are raised than can be
consumed in this country The sur
Eslns must be sold for what it will
aoring. No combination Of wheat grow
DTS can force up the price Of wheat,
Soor the shrlnkage and expense Of stor-
G0g will eat up any increase in price
7:Tnich might be gained by holding back
-.-5e surplus from market, unless there
Eshould be worldwide failure Of the
1Sheat crop to cause very great adj
vance In price.
The impudent attempt Of the Repub-
1zcans to make the farmers believe that
sss1elr prosperity has been brought about
Agy the Republican policy Of protected
Galstead of the bountiful crops which
a1nture and hard work have provided Is
entirely disproved by the dlsappolnt-
&Uent Of the wheat growers at the drop
IN The price Of wheat. Nor can the Re-
mlublicans explain to the satisfaction Of
:aHrg wide awake farmer why under
tihe system Of trust protection that
a--ss SO vastly increased the price of
r---..ust products the price Of protected
swheat should not be equally advanced
tSGo explain how the tariff fosters trusts
:H1s1 does not foster agriculture would,
Z. truthfully given, entirely demollsh
a....zaf stand pat doctrine upon which the
aermers are asked to support the Re
s..y1olican ticket.