Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-06

conditions. wages and climatic advantages
of Canada compared with the United
States. declaring that the farmer in Canada
laborer under weather conditions so severe
as to more than compensate for what other
advantages he might have.
The most important advantage to be
found in the treaty for the United States
he declared to be access to Canadian woods
and next free access for trade in agri-
cultural products, aside from the great GER
eal staples.
What Secretary said.
He said in part:
THE United States exported in 1910 ST.
ss4S1s bushels of wheat and flour reduced
to bushels of wheat. Canada exported N
1919, 67,961, ,222 bushels, including flour re-
duced to bushels. The United States 10
gradually reducing exports of wheat owing
no doubt, to the rapidly growing popula-
ton and the desire of farmers to adopt
animal husbandry as the leading feature OF
their operations.
I'VE must look the situation squarely in
the face Half century ago the American
farmer had no home markets in which to
sell his surplus product. He arranged for
Q home market by protecting all diversi-
fled industries. This brought him the home
has outgrown production from the farm In
some cases and threatens to outgrow it in
others. But for the introduction of Durum
wheat seven or eight years ago we would
have hnsn importing wheat before this time
Meats reached their highest after the short
corn crop OF 1908 and went down when the
corn crop of 1910 was above the average
Some folks tell prices are lower owing
to proposed reciprocity. Prices follow sup
ply and demand
THE advantages that will come from
reciprocity to the people OF the United
States will be- first, access TO the Cana
dian woods, and this has been the back
bone Of opposition to reciprocity by in
terested dealers. There will be access TO
Canadian markets for our fruits, free fish,
cottonseed oil, free trade in seeds, free
trade in flax. cheaper barbed wire fencing.
FIRE trade in horses.
Reciprocity is proposed with a people
who are our neighbors, who are
such people as We are, who speak our
language. who have similar laws, who are
engaged in similar occupations and who
are developing along similar lines.
Il am firmly convinced that II would
be to the advantage OF both countries for
| US to take the export wheat of the
markets of Canada, mill 1t and send
the flour to the markets of the world be-
| cause the dairymen Of the United States
would then get the byproducts of the mills
and as the population Of the United States
| increases the dairy market will be greater
and greater.
| 1t should be remembered that the Cana
dian is one OF our best customers. We
sell more to Canada than we do to any
other country except Great Britain. More
than half OF everything we sell goes TO
English speaking people.
Move for More Markets.
| Reciprocity is a movement for moro
markets for the products OF diversified
industry from field and factory, an en-
iarSement OF the policy of half a century
that has made our home market and
Drought the farmers customers nearer the
Held. Canada is our second best customer
now. We have sold to it in the last five
years about $500. 10000 worth of goods mora
than We bought from II, mostly factory
goods. We feed the factory people from,
our fields. There Is no prosperity for the
farm 1t other industries languish. Tba
American watchword should stin be, Mora
factories and more diversified Industries
as 1t has been for half century. The
farm win feed the factory"
II 10 interesting 70 note our Importation
from Canada during the last five years
ana our expectations TO Canada during the
same period Of strictly farm products
From 1906 to 1910 inclusive, the United
states exported to Canada t14l72,l75 worth
| Of horses ana imported from Canada
t2,b492M worth OF horses. q difference of
| 81, ,622,79L
Exports of Meats.
During the same five years the United
States exported to Canada Sl7,OO6, 1875 worth