The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-05-27
N ecu MBER'S RECORD
Facts and Figures Show That Senator Has Worked for
Ills Constituents Ii Every Instance.

business and the lumber in
terests of the Pacific coast de-
siroyed. Although the effort
to secure free lumber was un-
successful, still substantial re-
auctions on all classes of lum-
Der whether surfaced or not,
were largely through his in
strumentality obtained. The
reductions on lumber were:
81" ..s. Per cent.
Timber, round -. so
Lumber, whitewood, bass
i wood, etc. so
All other lumber, rough
| sawed 81
Finished one side 80
Finished two sides ...... ...33
Finished four sides. 80
Finished one side and tongued
/ and grooved -. .33
Finished two sides and ton
| gued and grooved ........ .33
Fence posts (free) ......... 100
Lath 20
Shingles raised from 80 cents
to 30 cents per thousand.
He was largely instrumental
in securing substantial reduc-
ton of the Dingley rate on
agricultural implements. To
illustrate: - .v
Per cent.
Wagons, a reduction of. -25
Mowers, a reduction of .25
Binders, a reduction of .25
Harrows, reduction of =. rs
Drills, a reduction of. .25
Threshers' machinery .25
Rakes, a reduction of .25
Plows, reduction of :. =. .25
Cultivators, reduction of. .25
planters, a reduction of -. .25
All other agricultural imple-
ments, a reduction of. s.. 20
administrative features of
bill provide for no duty from
countries not imposing duty on
American machinery ~
On pages 1852 and 1921 he
offered amendments materially
reducing duties on all kinds of
common glass and the higher
grades of plate glass. The re-
ductions in glass over the
Dingley rates range from 70
per cent for common window
glass to 4 per cent on plate
glass of the highest quality.
The amendments were adopted.
On page 1861 he offered an
amendment to admit free of all
duty all machinery for the
manufacture of linen or cloth
from flax or flax fiber, which
amendment was adopted and
all such machinery can be inn
ported free of duty from July 1,
1909, to July l, 1912, thus
directly aiding an industry
which, if established, means
much to North Dakota. To
Senator McCumber alone must
be given the credit for the en-
actment of this provisisn. In
this, as in all matters affecting
the agricultural interests, he
worked in accordance with the
wishes of the American Society
Of Equity, the friend and pro-
tector of the farmers of the
northwest.
On page 4139 he offered an
! amendment eliminating wheat,
wheat flour, flax seed wheat
products and. by-products of
flax seed from the provisions of
the drawback. He energetical-
ly contended that applying the
drawback to these products
meant the same as taking from
them all protection. His con-
tention prevailed and the
amendment was adopted by the
senate.
On page 2511 he strongly ad-
vocated the retention of duty
on all cereals, such as wheat,
/ oats and barley. He was then,
as at all other times, safe
guarding the interests of the
farmers. He demonstrated that
the duty on wheat increased
the price to the North Dakota
tarmer and proved this by a
comparison of the price OBJ
tanned at Pembina, North Da-
kota, and Emerson on the
Canadian side, from 1904 to
1908. During that time the
average price Of wheat at the
i Canadian border was eleven