Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04


to which he objects. II he is right,
then ne has proven too much, for It
proves that It's very provision of the
law made it possible for the Ameri-
can ri1ilers to export certainly three
million bushels of American wheat.
i want the farmers of North Dakota
to know that for every bushe1 Of AM,
erican wheat, all Of which was ex-
ported before this duty was refunded
to the importer. u.
The reason why / granted the draw
back was because the attorney gener-
al decided that the exporter was en-
titled thereto under the law, I'm
der the administration with which 4
was connected the departments were
expected to- administer the law as
interpreted by the! attorney general
I confess that i was very glad to
obey, though 7 took the opinion Of
the attorney general before acting,
and the attorney general gave the
distinguished senior senator from
North Dakota an opportunity to ar
que the case before he decided.
do not think that the senator's
speech before the attorney general
| caused him to reach the conclusion
which he did reach; assume that
he reached his conclusion notwith-
standing the senator's speech.
The principal reason why / was
glad that the law directed me to
grant the drawback was the fact that
that the privilege furnished a for
eign market for the product of some
American wheat. The way it was
done. was as follows: The millers
brought In some hard wheat from
Canada and mixed it with some Of our
soft wheat and produced flour at a
price which they could export. In
this way, every time a barrel of -four
on which drawback was allowed
ent out of the country, 1t carried the
! product Of at least. two bushels -
the American crop beyond the sea,
land it Kept American brands Of flour
on the European market quite an
important thing to- the American
farmer. ls s5 ss35 VI }is i. "
/ In this connection, I think ought
| to tell the farmers of Dakota for
! think the senator left 1t out OF his
speech, though he knows it is true
unless he has forgotten) that the
millers only make an average of not
1 to exceed DC, per barrel on the -four
| they. produce even for the American
market While the treasury expert
was at Minneapolis thirty offers 81
flour at less than cost were cabIed to
/ Europe with NO sales; OF course
! there was. no sale because they, were
grinding one dollar wheat IN com
4 petition with eighty cent Canadian
4 wheat exported and ground iii Liv-
1 erpool. IA
The distinguished senator is mis-
taken in his facts in another place
He says: 4 .4ss
In the midst of the wheat
shortage of 1904, the Mil1ers' AS
4 sociation commenced importing
i frosted wheat from Canada I'M
4 der a treasury regulation, adj
1 hitting free Of duty certain ma.
i terials for feed. An investiga-
4 tion showed that almost any kind
I OF wheat could be brought in UNI
i der the frosted wheat subterfuge. N
4 This, too, is erroneous ii ever.
1 particular. First: The Mi11ers' Asso
4 citation did not import frosted wflea
| or any other. Second: No wheat o
A any kind was imported under treas
!. ury regulation such as he describes
1, Third: The treasury department new
q 3er made any regulations concernin,
4 the Importation of material for feed
I Fourth: Investigation did not shoy
that almost any kind OF wheat coul,
!. be brought in under .the froste,
wheat subterfuge, for neither TIL
J, distinguished senator nor anybod
i else ever made an Investigation Of th
: matter
The incident concerning which tn
! distinguished esnator makes so man
} lunpardonable errors, Is wholly ur
q important. A grain dealer In Mime
j Iapolis imported some frosted whea
and sought to enter it as non.
/ Enumerated unmanufactured article
d dutiable at 10 per cent adi yaloren
] under section 6 of the DIngieys &c
!: The importer claimed that not d Ike
4 mel of the stuff would either max
& -four or germinate. The colleGte
+ assessed the duty at 2255c per bush
D lfegardless of this claim the iTnppr
\ Ter fised his protest, and the board
i general appEai segs snsta ined hia dol
Z tention tha I'll ii not wheat Win
n ae mean ii os TIL er
q upon the secretary og the tTealsar