New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-11
Milling in Bond in the Northwest.

If what is called the drawback fea-
lures of the new tariff law have not
been deliberately confused in all pub
lie discussion of it, they who talk
! about it are unfortunate in their means
of expression. The question should
not be complicated one. Only two
things are involved in it.
So long as the United States exports
surplus of wheat, the price of both
wheat and -four will be fixed by the
world price. That being so, we must
endure the competition of Canadian
wheat just the same whether it 60 TO
Liverpool through Canadian territory
or our own. In point of fact much of
this wheat does pass through the
United States in bond without paying
duty.
Under the drawback law American
millers can convert this Canadian
wheat into -four for export only, simp-
ly making the natural profit of manu-
facture, without increasing in the least
its competition with American wheat.
They ought to have the privilege, if
for no other reason, than to increase
employment for American labor.
The other point about the drawback
is naturally just as simple, but it has
been monstrously confused. When
wheat is converted into -four the waste
is valuable for feeding stock. When
oil is extracted from faxseed, what
remains is a still more valuable food
for cattle. Now if either wheat or
| f1axseed from Canada be ground in
this country, the offal remains to the
mill.
The millers want to sell it after
paying duty. Senator McCumber
wants to prevent sale of it in this
country entirely. Now these seem to
us two different methods of increasing
the price paid by the farmer, stock
raiser and owner of animals in every
capacity for their foodito the millers
who make it. This is artificial profit
to the manufactures at the cost of the
consumer.
The public mind have been so be.
fuddled over the whole tariff question
that it does not seem to occur to any
farmer OF them all that sale in this
country of by-products of grinding
Canadian wheat would in time bring
down the price of every ton of food
for stock sold by the millers.
The above article is taken from the
Minneapolis Tribune and in order to
solicit the opinion of professional, a
miller, who would naturally be inter-
ested in this subject equally as much
as the farmer Or even more, the edi-
torial scribe of the Review called on
Mr.. Silverson of the Eagle Roller
Mill. Mr.. Silverson very cordially
received the reporter and said in
substance:
81 fully agree with everything that
is stated in the article and in my opin-
ion it is most foolish and absurd for
any member OF congress, for any mer-
chant, farmer or professional in
| Minnesota or the whole northwest to
| object to have the Canadian wheat
come into the States free especially in
the case where the American miller
will export it again in the shape of
| flour. In order to meet the strong
competition of Germany, for instance,
the American miller must be placed in
the same position and ought to have
the same prerogatives as the miller
receives in that country. Germany
! imports wheat from all over the world
with a duty on it; however, the miller
in exporting it in the shape of -four is
entitled to a rebate and the govern
ment issues to the exporter govern
ment certificate to the full amount.
This puts wheat practically on the free
list. This is what the American mil
Ter demands and if this is granted him
he would have the privilege of selling
| the y-products-bran and the shorts
in this coustry anu in so doing make
], it a strong competitor of the Ameri-
!, can by-products that are gained
from the American wheat. This will
/, naturally reduce the price Of bran, 3
, thing the farmer and cattleman is al