The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-04-27
CANADIAN farmer vs..
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reciprocity was wholesome and good
| Taft's is reprehensible.
After a hundred years OF patien'
| struggle of sacrifice and grim walt
ing and in the very hour Of a victory
fairly won, Taft proposes to tear down
the ancient time honored dikes and
invite the flood of Canadian surplus
farm products to roll over us.
Without proper investigation, with
out a hearing, with but two days OF
debate, triumphant democracy starts
it's steam roller and gives us free
comp etition with a great and rapidly
developing empire. Democracy would
push the American farmer into the
calamity of destructive free compe'
tition and then salve his wounds with
imaginary percentages. They would
destroy for political advantage In the
campaign in 1912 the business of the
American farmer and then pretend
to cheaper the tools with which ne
carries on that business. In 1910
when Canada was sending $4,000
dozen eggs to this country and pay
ing the protection in order to do it.,
she was sending 100000 dozen eggs
to England When she was sending
100000 pounds Of butter to this coun-
try and paying cents per pound In
order to sell it, she was sending to
England 100000 pounds. When
she was selling us 275,000 pounds OF
cheese and paying 4 cents for the
privilege per pound, she was selling
to England 2OO.O0O,000 pounds. Can
ada produced in 1910, 2S7,000,0O0
bushels of wheat and will produce this
year perhaps 350,O00,000 bushels. Ten
years ago she produced little or no
fax. In 1910 she produced 100000
bushels and of potatoes, 100000
puouelo dhu Vi DdllSy, Ao,Ouo,oUu Uuol-
els. The market for this surplus was
England, 5000 miles away, but with
Taft's reciprocity, the market will be
at Canada's door and the greatest the
world has ever known-the American
market. Canada, Ontario, Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta and British
Columbia, make up an empire Of
million square miles. When you re-
call the vast amount of agricultural
products those states have poured in
to the markets of the world, you may
form some idea of what will happen
to our great American home market
when the flood gates are removed.
"The London Economist" in dis.
cussing Canadian possibilities short
time ago, said, I'm Canada there are
2o0,000,000 acres Of wheat, flax, bar
ley and other small grain land not
yet touched by the pillow and that can
produce 100000, 900 bushels annu-
ally; also 25o,ooo,oOo acres of land for
stock raising and dairying. Western
Canada is now breaking up 100000
acres annually and they will keep up
that process so long as there is free
or cheap lands with which to make a
home.
Given the Canadian reciprocity pact,
the American farmer for three genera
tons will not again see the era of a
reasonable margin of profit on his in
vestment OF money, toll and sweat.
II this sweeping attempt to lessen
the cost OF high living was made up
on the over-protected trust manufact.
ured articles of the East, which for
more than forty years have been
in the sunshine of special
favor, while they have reached out
with greedy, grasping hands and cry
'more"-always more-that woulu
right wrong, remedy an evil, &C.
complish purpose and a consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished. That's
where the ak should fall and it could
not fall too soon. Taft, however, in
his blind folly, backed by the polit,.
cal diplomacy of democracy, Who see
the opportunities Of 1912, Join hanls
to take away the protection Of 10000
OO0 people and permits the iniquities
STEEL, cotton, sugar and woolen sche.'
dulles to remain. The farmers pro.
lection was the last to go on and be-
cause Of the greed Of the manutactur.
Ing east, who cry high cost Of liv-
Ing, that protection Is the first TO 60
of. Marx you, te American farmer
will bend, If need be, t. :ae storm
There will be sorrow, sadness and per
chance hardship. In many 4 bill
side and prairie home, .ho mortgage
will look bigger. The interes. and
tax become harder to meet, but there
Will be no strike, no riot, no unseem-
y Glamour. The American farmer
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