Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-06-23

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Administrative features of the
bin provide for no further duties on
4 american machinery.
On pages 22tiie 22ti2e- 2-:'32 3332l he Offered
amendments materially reducing
/ duties on ;.ll kinds of common glass
and higher grades Of plate glass.
lhe reduction on glass over the Ding
IlcN rates range To ! per cent on plate
glass of the highest lualitl The
amendments We're adopted
On page 3stl he offered an amend.
Iment to admit free of all duty all
! machinery for the manufacture OF
linen or cloth from tlaX or flax fiber,
which amendment was adopted and
all such machinery can be imported
free If duty from July |. 1909 To
July /. 1912. thus directly aiding the
industry which. if established. means
j much TO North Dakota
'Ia senator McCumber alone must
be gwen the credit for the enact
ment of this provision In this, as
in all matters affecting the agricul.
tural interests, he worked in accord
ance with the wishes of the Ameri-
can Society of Equity, the friend and
protector of the farmers of the
| Northwest.
On page il39 he offered AN amend
ment eliminating wheat, flour. flax
seed. wheat products and by pro-
| ducts Of flax seed from the provisions
of the drawback. He energetically
contended that applying the draw
back to these products meant he
same as taking from them all pro.
/ lection. His contention prevailed
! and the amendment was adopted by
/ the senate
On page 29ll he strongly advorat
el the retention of duty on all cere
| ais, such as wheat, oats and barley
| He was then. as at all other times
/ safeguarding the interests of The
/ farmers He demonstrated that tn,
duty on wheat increased the price tt
| the North Dakota farmer and prove,
j this by q comparisonof the price ob
81 tanned at Pembina, North Dakota
4 and Emerson. on the Canadian side
from 1901 10 l9llS During tha
sNtlme the average prlce of wheat al
the Canadian border was eleven AM
a fraction cents per bushel less OF
1.-THE Canadian side than ON this side
4 In 1904 it was - cents less, in l9O
Il and 1906 it was q cents less. In 1870
it was 10 cent less, and in 1908 j
i was II cents less. His sturdy ant
! unYielding insisiancc that the agri
cultural interest," must be save,
/ from the cheap land and cheaper la
bor Of Canada convinced the Senate
The senator's attitude regarding tn
duty ON farm proucts is we'll know
a to every farmer in the state. IA
has championed their cause at al
4 times and their products are ampl.
& protected.
Senator McCumller favored the az
pointment of commission of eS
perts who should investigate and re
port the facts as to the cost o
: sproluction at home and abroad. IA
was opposed to delegating to sue
commission the right to frame legi:
/ lation, or To advise Congress as I
t the character Of legislation it shout
/, enact mother words. he maintaine
l that th, commission. if created
should he placed within constitl
= tional bounds, and that is a SCUM
? contention.
His guiding star throughout tf
bitter struggle qhich took place
the nitpd States senate over tart
relision was tho be3 interests of III
, American people The record o
that proposition is an open book an
completely an wers the accusate
of his critics. He exercised a clea
AMI Independent Judgment. Whe
he believed The downward revision
ist right he Voted with them.
What did Senator McCumber a.
comlpisil for the people Of North ID
fkota This: A reduction Of all du,
, on everything the farmer buys, az
:, eqnate protection on everything
4 produces. Or a senator aptly ar
. graphically said The farmer bu.
everything from a tackhammer to
thrashing machine cheaper, and sci
{ his products higher because Of Il
e protection given to him by this bill
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