The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-21

ward trend of prices of food products.
and that the farmer is not getting
more than his share. Middlemen and
worldwide conditions are responsible
he claims and not the tariff.
II this Is determined to be the
fact, much of the wind will be ex-
tracted from the noisy charges about
Aldrich and Cannon being the cause
OF high prices due to their personal
activity in the passage of the tariff
bill.
Farmers remember when prices
of farm products were much less than
at present, If the tariff is responsible
for high prices as some Of the poll
ticians seeking Office claim, do the
farmers of this state want a lower
tariff with corresponding 10 wprices
for products as prevailed under other
administrations?
1t is a queer argument for candi-
dates, in an agricultural state, TO be
making, to ask farmers to send men
to congress who will lower tariffs
and lower prices of products at the
same time, If their arguments are log
ical.
Balfour Messenger: The pessimis-
TIC socialistic, anarchistic whine OF
The Fargo SearchIight is again in our
ears. The editor finds fault with our
statement that Judge Engerud does
not pretend to understand the tariff.
Are to infer from this that the editor
of The Searchlight understands 1t, or
that he knows anybody who does? We
have always taken it as mark of
greatness for an educated man to ad-
NIT an incompleteness of knowledge
of certain subjects that are not sus-
ceptible of absolute demonstration If
Judge Engerud were posing as a lead
err in mathematical investigation and
should acknowledge ignorance of the
FORTY seventh proposition of Euclid
or the simple processes of differentia-
ton or indignation. we should certain
ly be among those to turn him down,
but when man of his stamp is hon
est enough to say, 81 don't understand
the tariff" 1t gives us great hope for
when he does arrive at a conclusion
one may bank upon it that such such
conclusion is the result of honest in
vestigation. We give no man credit
of understanding the tariff. We be-
lieve 1t Is quite probable that .Sena-
tor McCumber has more comprehen-
sive knowledge of this subject than
any other North Dakotan, and yet we
have never supposed that he knew all
that could be known about 1t. Can
1t be that the editor OF The Search
light wishes to go on record before
the voters of our state for having
found man who understands the tar
lift? If SO, we should like to hear that
man and, in all candor, would ask that
date be set for him to speak at Bal
four. Perhaps we are too hard on
The Searchlight, but we have felt that
1t has an undertone of disloyalty and
that IL 1t yields any considerable in
fiuencce, such influence will prove
subversive of good government.
Page Record: Hon. L. B. Hanna is
the only congressman from any of
the agricultural states of the north
west to secure a place on the COM
mittee on agriculture and has been in
a position to do effectual work on that
account. Mr.. Hanna has been a tire
less worker and during his short ex-
perience in congress has accomplished
more than Is usual for his people. The
voters OF the state realize the import
ance Of having man of his ability
In the national house and viii elect
him again by large majority.