Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-22
MARITIME ON
FERTILIZERS
Again Shows the Senate
That He Is a Farmer.
cFronn the NEWS Correspondent,

tFTOH EHS M We IVfTCoP~NNt'tf
washington, May 22tSenators
MARITIME, of New Jersey, and Craw-
ford, of South Dakota, INDUCED In a
lively argument on the floor of the
senate during the latter's speech on
the proposed Canadian reciprocity
agreement. Senator Crawford too a
very pessimistfc view of the effect of
the reciprocity agreement on the
! American farmer. at will increase
the number of abandoned farms, en-
courage soil waste and neglect and
mark the beginning Of the end of
the American farmer in many ines
of production" declared the South
Dakota senator.
81 should like to ask the senator If
abandoned farms have not been
brought about under the system of
Republican high protection" broke
In the New Jersey senator, as he con-
tinued: previous to Republican
high protection did we ever hear of
abandoned farms? Yet throughout
New England-not In the far Dako-
tas, but In New England-farm after
farm Is today abandoned under the
iniquitious system of your so-called
high protection"
Mr.. Crawford-If the senator from
New Jersey will be patient ! will dis
cuss that, and 1 will show that under
the present tariff on farm products
and under present conditions, what
ever abuses there may be, there has
been a falling off in the number Of
abandoned farms In New England,
and we want to let the progress we
are now making go on.
Mr.. Mart1ne-That has been large
ly due to immigration and not to the
ubiquitous system that has ~burdened
the farmer.
Mr.. Crawford do not agree with
the senator In his claim that 1t Is be
cause of immigration. 1t Is because
farming has become profitable, and
as long as farming can be kept profit
able the number of abandoned farms
will continue to grow less.
Mr.. MARTINEZ want to ask under
what system and what administrative
policy this horrid condition (congest-
ed living conditions in big cities)
that is pictured In the eloquent adj
dress of the senator took place? Was
it under Republican policy or under
some other policy} Answer; please
answer.
Mr.. Crawford-We had in my
recollection, as young as / am, about
four years of Democratic rule, and |
do not remember that conditions
were alleviated In n particular dur
ing that period.
Mr.. Martine-You have not allevi-
ated them In ten times four years.
Mr.. Crawford say this will
never come to pass IL the bars are
thrown down and the products of
allen farmers admitted on the same
basis with our own.
A little later in his speech Senator
Crawford referred to the great cost
Of fertilizers that American farmers
are compelled to buy. He declared
that the what growing states In 1910
spent $40,409.00 for fertilizer, an
increase In this item of expense Of 81
per cent. In ten years, Here again
WILSON
Senator MARITIME interrupted the
North Dakota senator, the Congress
sional Record reporting the debate as
follows:
Mr.. Martine-Will the senator per-
nit a word here.
Mr.. Crawford-Yes. l do not care
for extended remarks though.
Mr.. Martine-No; I shall not
make any. But fertilizer, of which
the senator speaks, Is a prime neces-
sity In this country, and growing
more and more SO each year. Then
I ask. If the senator's heart beats so
fondly for the farmer, why is 1t in
your tariff scheme you have not re-
lieved fertilizer from the iniquitious
tax which Is a burden7 Kainit, Ger
man salats, which Is the basis Of fer
t%ilizer, and the other Fertilizers
Mr.. Crawford am afraid the
senator from New Jersey Is making a
speech.
Mr.. Martine-And the other ferti-
lizers that are controlled by the Stan
dard Oil. Company are all on the
tariff list. So, If the senator believes
that which he speaks, lift the burden
and let US have fertilizer free, so
that we need not ask odds of Canada
or any other country.
Mr.. Crawford-As to my sincerity,
I cannot help the senator's incredul-
ity. but this very much ~accursed
Payne tariff law did take the tariff off
sulphate of ammonia, and our South
ern brethren were all demanding it,
because 1t went into fertilizer. We
did something, after ALL"
EVENING NEWS covers the field.