Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-05
Form of Government Law is Sustained
REVISION OF THE COTTON
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ers OF print paper to secure a letting
down of the bars in Canada for the ex-
portation of pulp wood.
The agreement looks far into the
| future to create q condition of absolute
ly free trade in paper and its mater
| ials, a condition that is the best for
the industry as 1t certainly is for the
consumers.
The third class Of opponents to the
bill are those who claim vociferously
to represent the whole farming indus
try of the United States.
This, OF course, is a much more for
midable opposition than the special in
terests to which l have referred, and
terests should be found cooperating
with those who claim to represent the
farming interest
The employment OF New York city
firm, skilled in sending circulars, is
is not the subject Of proper criticism,
providing the statements made In the
circulars are reasonable and we'll
founded But 1t is significant that this
same New York firm is looking for f.
nancial assistance in the campaign
they are carrying on against reciproci-
ty, not only to the grange, but also to
gentlemen INTERESTED in lumber, in the
manufacture of print paper, and in
other manufactures
EFFECT ON THE FARMER
How is the farmer TO be affected by
Canadian reciprocity and free trade in
agricultural products? Canada is so
far north that its agricultural prod
ucts are limited to wheat, rye, barley,
oats, potatoes, live cattle, horses, AMI
dairy products. 1t does not raise more
than one-sixth Of per cent of the corn
crop of the United States. 1t raised
but few vegetables, it raises but few
hogs because it has not the corn to
feed them with; it cannot fatten cat
tie as they are fattened in the United
States.
The United States sends into Can
ada great many more horses than IL
imports from the Canadians 1t sends
to Canada a much larger amount of
potatoes than it receives from. The
United States exports to Canada about
10 times as much meat and dairy prod
ucts as Canada sends to the United
States.
IMPORTS WE MAY EXPECT.
"The only real importation of agri-
cultural products that We may expect
from Canada of any considerable
amount will consist of wheat, barley,
rye and oats. The world price of these
four cereals is fixed abroad, where the
surplus from the producing countries
is disposed of. Canadian wheat nets 1t
perhaps 10 cents less a bushel to the
producer than wheat grown in the Da-
kotas or in Minnesota, due to greater
cost of exporting.
''If now the duty is to be taken off
Canadian wheat, Minneapolis and 9TH
er places can make it into -four be-
cause the capacity Of the United States
mills is 33 per cent greater than is
needed to mill the wheat of this coun-
try Canadian wheat can be imported
and ground into -four without mater
tally reducing the demand for or price
of United States wheat and the sur
plus will be sent abroad as flour
"A material net to the stock and cat
tie raisers and the dairy farmers will
be the supply of by-products of bran
and shorts from the flour mills. These
by-products are now so scarce and high
that many farmers are unable to pro-
cure them.
REGARDING PRICE OF WHEAT.
"The agreement will not. in my judg
ment, reduce the price of wheat or
other farming products for our people
1t will, and ought to prevent an exorbi-
tant advance in the price of farming
products which for the last three or
four years have been highly profitable
to all engaged in agriculture"