Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-22
Outside Point of Vierp

! !, is questionable II the American
,sonie-njn i, down c!oser-if the peo-
pie OF Iowa so not as easily get ex-
cited. do nol have sort Of mental
craze very much as -he Frenchman.
close observers Will admit that MT.
BRYAN and his sixteen 10 one doctrine
s,rep, the state Of Iowa a. ons time
50 strong and 50 popular Was tree sli-
var" that Al The psychological! NOM
er..' MI Bryar couid have carried
Iowa History Is repeating itself just
,7ov- OF reciprocity with Canada. Our
delegation, in congress set tie pace"
by voting against II. all but TWO con-
--assr7,e1 C',r-1l!ns proposes 70 amend.
ar4 Senator Young fights il openly. Yet
rec.p-ocitv was the doctrine Of b'alne.
7-f NIcEt7ley's last speech AZ Buffalo
was tremendous argument IN favor
a II Ad;i 70 this that Iowa IS rep
resented II N-ashi,, sto-7 by II majority
Of 'so-oe-e=s:ves." and reciprocity is one
o. the s,-ore pianks in the progressive
o;etec--- a-i we have practical sis-
ua-:on. hard for the roli.ica. econon-
lists IF the outside word TO under
stand
81 acute IS the situation that hun
--ers ot Formers now believe and MANY
saw = tha. even this talk this ae|ta
-io- over -eciproctetv with Canada, has
already lowered the price of farm pro-
ducts ASK snch men how il IS done.
row I. IS -rarag@d and the general re-
-iv the soecularors. the trusts and
combines have go. together and nut
I down rrices" Then meet man who
IS so sure -ecinrocitv with Canada Will
---t agricultural Iowa ask him how.
re WIZ say ne-hans -he chear land Of
80 northwest will make oats and
vs'-rat lope- ed sor7e one answers the
sarrll,s Of those products in Canada IS
+ and aluays VIII be IN competition with
}-ra surplus product OF Iowa Today
/ re Iowa farmer that raises a Few acres
/ Of wheat. conpetes with Canada. CALI
forina. south America. Russia, and ev-
c-v wheat PRODUCING country in the
world The price is fixed in Liverpool
ever 6av. and the chances are that the
Liverpool dealers manv OF them will
reve- know Of our little reciprocity
t7&e1 Ard here's a strange thing, The
ve-v man 80 fearful OF the competition
ot Canada ignore an5 apparently for
get. the real and already felt COMPETE
ton in corn and hogs in our own
southern states
Ard ask -h=se NJ n that are blindiv
/ acceoting Senator youngs statements
/ concerning reciprocity with Cana da
g bout butter It's worth more IN north
western Canada than in Iowa. car
4 lnaa Of eggs was shipped from Sioux
I CITY Two weeks ago TO Canada not for
fun t,ur profit Iowa men that emtgrate
/ 70 Canada Invariably take their horses
with them. Corn IS not possible crop
In Carada Cattle NAV be pastured
here. hut viii be finished off, on
Iowa farms with Iowa corn. and the
manure sp-eader take out twice the
number Of loads each wear TO enrich
our Iowa soil Veg 'abies they can
not com rete with Us in price. quality
or quantity Fruits. large and small,
never will be- raised TO be sold against
our Iowa fruit farms. And as
sumo shat labor is a commodity, wages
Of al kinds Of occupations are nearly
he same IN both countries. What is it
I that we produce in iowa that Canada
can urde-seil US in the markets Of the
world? And, admitting that there
Nigh. Re some SOIL product they can
connection With such an ina zinary
surpluso The Canadian farmer
quarter O. q mile from the Minnesota
: line has 20 sack the same market for
MS eurp'-s IS his neighbor this side Of
.he invisible line.
| Then to turn to the other side no one
VIII dispute the big adva r te &c that Will
/ come TO the Iowa manufactures, large
or small, :. having new free market
/. for his products. And no one viii dis
pute that Iowa IL It holds its own and
| grows. must have more manufacturing
! institutions. AS purely agricultural
| state we have 10 great future. Finally
II we can add to our manufacturing
plants ard increase the output OF those
already established. this means an in
creased home demand for our soil pro-
ducts Figure what land would be
worth mile from the city limits Of
Marshalltown. II we had a hundred
thousand men working IN Marshalltown
factories today.
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