The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-13

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Why Is 1t that prices have ranged from
south than on the north side Of the Can
adiian ltneG Here is a table showing the
prices In Pemblna and Emerson. two towns
In close proximity with each other, one
on one side and one on the other side OF
bthe Canadian line:
Comparative Prices Of Wheat.
Diner
Pembina. Emerson. ence.
October, 1905 ..So.S0 S.e4 S.os
October, 1906 !. O.05 O.b9 O.O0
October October 1927 1927 d9s go S S1S
be carried over the same railroad here In
this country under bond to the same port
OF export. SO 1t Ia not the freight that
makes Canada's wheat lower or ours high
er. What is it7 We need all OF our north.
ern wheat to mix with southern wheat to
get the proper grade OF -four, and we need
t little more. That little more would be
supplied BY. Canada, and we would not be
not for the tariff protection.
Barley Tariff.
The brewers wanted lower duties on
barley and barley malt So they succeed
ed in getting both cut down In the house
at our table of imports will show that
when we lowered the duty on barley the
importations increased enormously and
uFQWe the price Oh DaEAEy u0WHWAAut anu
that under protection our barley prices
are about double what they were before.
The Canadians, while they do not raise
better barley, take better care Of IL than
we do and keep Ii whittier. The brewers
would prefer 1t II they could get IL duty
free Not getting 1t duty free they are
compelled to buy ours. That eompul-
sion increases the home demand and con-
seQuently greatly increases the price. |
was right In insisting on a duty on all our
cereals. We need protection for every
thing the farmer produces except on corn.
have never claimed that any duty would
help us on that.
The Flax Propositions.
Eastern manufacturers Of fax seed oil
have been importing fax seed, manufac-
turing the oil, re-exporting the oil cake
and securing rebate Of 80 per cent OF
the tariff on the proportionate value Of
the cake. II II were not for the rebate
they could not afford to bring in the for
eign fax and would be compelled to pur-
chase the home product. This would of
course increase the demand for our fax
and consequently increase the price. North
Dakota raises about one-half of the fax
raised in the United States. 1t Is a most
important industry. Was / right or wrong
in insisting not only on tariR on fax
oil cake?
Facilitate Sale Of Wheat and Flour.
The more -four we can sell abroad the
higher prices will we secure for our
wheat. 0A0 everything possible TO In
crease our -four market. / will cite but
one instance. Hollands tariff schedule Is
favorable to American -four. That coun-
try, however, felt that we were not treat
ing her exports to this country, which
for the most part are flower bulbs fairly,
and there was danger OF retaliation against
our -four. / introduced an amendment and
put 1t through very materially reducing
the duties on her bulbs. That was sat
isfactory both to that country and to
this, and am certain that 1t will facili.
tate our -four trade.
By-produets of imported Wheat.
1 opposed the measure to allow the mil
lers of this country to keep and sell IN
this country the by-products of wheat i'm
ported under the bonding privileges and
ground into -four. Why? Because the
price Of wheat is the value not. alone Of
the -four 1t will make, but Of the -FOUR
the middlings, the shorts and the bran.
II you allow there by-products of imported
wheat TO be sold In this country, you In
crease the home supply and increasing the
supply diminishes the price Of that prod
uct and by reaction decreases the price of
the wheat from which 1t Is made. / leave
to any honest thinker who is interested
in the welfare Of his state whether / was
right.
Rebates on imported Wheat.
Under the present law any amount of
wheat can be imported into the United
States and the duty thereon rebated IL the
same wheat Is ground into -four and exs
DOrTeQ. i introduce an amendment TO the
tariff bill and passed 1t through the senate
which prohibited rebates upon wheat or
fax or the products or by-products thereof.
know 1t is insisted By many that as long
as we export that which we Import we get
the advantage of the grinding for our
American Iaborers and It does not AFFECT
the price of our grain, as the same tour
would go into the markets OF the world
IL ground elsewhere Under ordinary con.
ditions this might be true. But as every
one knows the price Of grain advances or
recedes as the visible supply decreases
or increases. If, therefore, when our crop
Is little light and we ought therefore to
get higher prices, we have onr elevators
filled with imported wheat to be ground
into -four. increasing the visible supply,
1t will naturally depreciate the price For
that reason and because desired the tariff
to protect our grains and because our
American Society Of Equity, Representing
the farming interest OF this state had de-
manded the repeal OF the rebate, intro
duced and passed the amendment. III was
defeated in the committee on conference
and OF course we had to pass the bl4l as
it came from the conference or have no
bill.
The Truth About Reduction.
A great many papers prophesIed before
the tariff bill had reached congress that
there would be no reduction. As soon as
II reached the congressional committees
the work of scaling downward began. Still
the same press prophesied that there would
be no reduction. The bill was completed
and passed with very great reductions. and
still many Of those papers do not yet wish
to acknowledge that they were In error
and take back their original prophecy
President Taft, upon an investiration of
the old and the new tariff bills. and be-
fore signing the new, gave to the public
his conclusions as follows:
1T sufnces TO say that, except with re-
gard to whlskys, wines and LIQUORS. and in
regard to silks and as to some high
classes OF cottons-al Of which may be
considered as Injuries and proper subjects
Of revenue tarif-rbers hive betn very
few increases In rates. There have been
a great number OF real decreases IN rates
and they constitute a sufficient amount 10
justify the statement that .this bdi is a
duction of excessive rates.
subsequently In one of his addresses. as
am informed, he stated that the per-
centage Of reduction In this bill are ac-
tually greater than In previous revislons.
Is this true or falsef 1t Is one OF the
other. II 1t is true there has been q sub.
stantial downward reyilson and a reduc-
ton OF excessive rates, we have made a
greater reduction than has been made BY
INV other tariff revision. If 1t Is true
then al the false statements to the con
Irarg cannot shake that truth. The presi-
dent does not stop with mere assertions
he establishes this declaration By faures
that are irrefutable. There may be those
who think that while there has been
very considerable reduction there could
SNAAA ~ nAOkS Out uo uOHcbI mau &c
Quainted with the facts can deny that
there has been reduction very much be-
low the Dingleg taTiH rates. Ehe percent
ages Of reduction which have already
quoted are what might be called heavy
reductions and they cover practicaiv
everything that we purchase, except cot
ton and wooden goods.
The Consumer specially Benefited
The rearrangenents have been made
with a view to benehting the general con-
sumer The beneit TO the consumer. does
not depend 20 much upon the reductions
In the comparative amount 80 imports as