The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-28

The following letter written by r. T.
Kingman of illsboro concerning the
results of Canadian reciprocity con-
tains some striking facts and is self
explanatory:
Feb. 27, 1911, C. c. Dalrymple, Min
neapolis, Mimi, My Dear Clark: Re-
ceived your letter Saturday morning,
| just as | was leaving for Fargo to see
my baby, who had an operation last
| Sunday, and who is in the hospital
there now, His mother is, of course,
with him.
had no copy of the letter of which
you requested copy, but when I ar
rived at Fargo found that r. s. Lewis
had dug up copy and was sending
1t to G. e. Lewis. asked him to be
kind enough to request Mr.. Lewis to
show you a copy.
wrote the letter in my first rage
after reading Jim Hills speech in Chi
cago. only regret that some of the
really good letters that have since been
written by our friends could not have
been read into The Congressional Rec
ord instead of mine.
The one thing that strikes me more
forcibly than anything else is the, to
polls chamber of commerce. For thirty
years they have been our partners in
the building UP of their present enor-
nous business, reaping the benefit of
the development that we have made in
all these years without outside COM
petition or outside interference of any
kind. They have been sufficiently clever
to win our good will and il they have
profited by our association we bear
them no i'll will.
Presenting for the sake of argument
that this measure will pass; assuming
that they will handle more wheat than
they handle now, let us draw for con-
illusions upon some facts that should
be as well comprehended by them. as
by us,
VIII any business from Canada
great or small come ITO them without
effort and expense on their part?
Will the handling by Minneapolis and
Duluth of, say 25,OOO,O0O bushels Of
Canadian wheat offset the loss they
will sustain from their friends of
thirty years standing?
VIII not the excess surplus incident
upon the bringing in of any consider
able amount of Canadian wheat force
your market price down to an export
basis7 If so, will not the Canadians
find cheaper and shorter route to
their export outlets of Port Arthur
or Fort Williams?
Will not the miller in buying only
that portion which he absolutely needs |
OF Canadian high grade wheat buy |
direct from the Canadian elevator in |!
Stead of through your commission |
houses, thereby saving the commits |
sion? ...
II, through the introduction of Can |
adam wheat you bring our northwest |
srn markets down to an export basis |
will You not lower the price to our |
own producers?
II so, upon today's basis of 13 cents |
(out of line) difference, you will rob |
your partners in North Dakota of at
least $10,000,000 a year. on wheat alone. |
This measure, is passed, will add an
additional robbery of 2 cents a bushel
IT least from our barley. which to-
gether with loss on flax will take an
additional 100000 from this state
alone. If North Dakota is to lose SIS
100000 annually in this benevolent |
transaction Minnesota will lose at
east $15,000,000 more, and / imagine |
that it would be safe to estimate that |
South Dakota's loss from territory !
to Minneapolis would be |
another $5,000.000 in addition. This |
makes q total amount of $35. 000, 900 |
which, under present condi-
ions and trade relations would be ex- |
pended by the. people of these states
'or the comforts and necessities of |
lie, large portion of which expendl- |
lures would find repose in the cities OF !
st. Paul and Duluth. How |
N the world can you ever hope to ger /
back one-half of this tremendous an~
lual loss in your own territory from |
any Canadian business you may ac-
1uire with it's consequent competition |
and cost?
Winnipeg is practically no further |
rom lake ports than Minneapolis. 1t |
has as large access to needed capital
and at as low rates of interest as |
The manufactured ar
icles there jobbed and sold are pur-
chased in the open free trade markets
If the world--don't forget that. Let |