The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-20
HERALD AND TARIFF.


The Bismarck Tribune explodes some
of the theories of The Grand Forks
Herald on the tariff questions, as fol.
lows:
The Grand Forks Herald insists that
the tariff is not the cause Of prosperity
in the case of the farmer.
The Herald also insists that Ii is a
robber tariff and destroying the pros
perity Of the county.
The Herald also admits that the
farmer is prosperous and getting high
prices for his products.
/ The Herald also argues that while
the farmer is getting a high price for
| his products, it is only surface pros
| pertty-there isn't any real foundation
| for 1t, because he Is paying so much
more than he ever did for what he
buys.
A visitor to the rural community in
the state the other day noted the great
number of automobiles owned by
farmers.
All over the state come reports of
building, progress, investments in lands
and properties, and a continual demand
for more land on the part of the buying
public. If the tariff, the policies of the
republican administration, the eco
nomic policy Of the government for the
past decade is all wrong, as The Herald
insists, why this growth and pros
perity?
And il the tariff hasn't raised the
price of farm products and things 20
eat-why this outcry on the part of
The Herald and it's following against
the tariff?
First, The Herald says the tariff
doesn't raise prices. And then The
Herald says the tariff is impoverishing
the country by raising prices
The Herald ought to get together
with itself.
The Herald says the suit Of clothes
that the farmer could buy a few years
ago for SIS will now cost him $40.
Without desiring to disagree with
The Herald, we may say frankly that
we don't believe it.
We don't believe The Herald can ad
vance any proof of this statement from
the advertisements of it's local cloth
iers.
The Herald says that labor is higher.
Well, is The Herald in favor of low
wages for labor?
The trouble with The Herald's atti-
tude is that it is seeking to mislead the |
voters as to the actual nature and eff |
feet of the new tariff act, for the pur- |
pose of gaining an advantage for fac |
tional candidates, who must have some |
thing to kick about in their campaign.
In the condition of the farmers of |
North Dakota today, there is very little |
to kick about. And The Herald knows !
it, The fractional shouters know it.
And the people pretty generally know
North Dakota was never so prosper
Gus as it is today. The calamity that |
The Herald sees is purely the creation |
OF lively political imagination, exerted |
In ne interest of some candidates for |
Office. .....a -
GE Perhaps Halley's comet thinks fc's
April /.
sT The lid should be put on the fire.
crackers.
fT Hotel airs lily become those with
boarding house salaries.
eT Fargo cannot afford to take
chances on it's milk supply.
~ Some people are pleading for a
.air deal for the new king of England.
R@ Repentance after you have eaten
green apples is no promise Of a new
life.
e% The Chicago woman barber. who
s securing divorce, will no doubt say
next"
E% The st. Louis man who presented
Ill his friends with gold bricks may
lave been benefactor.