The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-21

I New York central, VINO spoke here to-
| day at the celebration OF Knox College
Founders day. gave the following
statement regarding reciprocity to the
Associated Press:
Immediate Effect Adverse.
1.-THE immediate and direct effects
of the proposed reciprocity agreement
will be adverse to the farming inter-
ests Of the states in the Mississippi
and Missouri valleys, but this injury
will, in my opinion, be slight and
temporary. 1t the population contin-
ues to increase as rapidly as it has in
the past, within a very few years this
country viii be on a wheat importing,
rather than an exporting basis. and
wheat from Canada will be needed to
supply our people with bread.
II doubt If any other crop makes so
much from the soil and returns so
little as wheat, and it would be bet
ter if much of the land now devoted
to that crop throughout the corn belt
could be used for pasture and for
raising corn, which in turn should be
fed to cattle and hogs on the farm,
thus preserving the fertility of the
soil
1.-The reduction or wiping out Of the
duty on the output of our factories
will, in my opinion, fully compen-
safe for any loss, present and pros
pective, giving this country a diver
sity industrial life, which Is a better
foundation for permanent prosperity
than is possible when one industry so
largely predominates."
He evidently thinks the farming in
terests have no right to share in the
benefits Of our protective policy. That
creating new consumptive demand
for manufactured products is all that
is necessary Will the manufactur-
ing Interests never feel they have had
enough? Thank God he holds out the
hope that we may again outgrow the
injury now seeking to be done us. He
and / differs he would say: Make the
manufacturing industry prosper and
the nation will prosper, while / would
say: Make the farmer prosper and
the nation must prosper.
Admitting for arguments sake that
protection on natural products adds
To their selling price, when consume
ton and production are about equal:
Is there any reason why this condi-
ton is wrong or unfair? If We as
farmers stand for protection for the
manufacturer, keeping out foreign
competition, on the theory that such
protection insures and justifies higher
wages to the employed why in all
sense of fairness should not the con-
sumner Of food products pay a little
more to the producers Of such prod
ucts? Should not the benefits Of pro-
lection be mutual? If not mutual be-
tween ourselves it is too early for
reciprocity with Canada or any other
country, for reciprocity means mu-
tuality. Let us stand for fair deal
ing at home before generosity to a
foreign country. But they saw the
benefits Of the proposed arrangement
Will be mutual. They admit taking
something from the American farmer
They say they are giving him some
thing of equal value i'm exchange
Let me give you the proposed free
list. You can figure what you can
get out OF 1t. Free going either way:
1--we STOCK, poultry, wheat rye, oats,
barley, buckwheat, peas, beans, corn,
hay, straw, COW peas. all vegetables, all
fresh fruit, Except citrus fruits and
all dried fruits, all dairy
products, eggs, honey. cottonseed oil.
(Which is now free) flax seed, all other
OIL seeds, all grass seeds, garden seeds.
(when in packages of one pound or
more) seed houses still protected not
including flower seeds, farmers don't
raise flower seeds. Do you find any,
thing that you raise has been over
looked on this free list and how much
Of 1T, If any do you ever expect To
send to Canada? With the exception
Of a larger market for fruit raised
on the Pacific coast, a little possible
demand for corn, and a Temporary
market for horses isn't it all against |
the farmers of the United States?
What Farmers Get.
But wait bit, we are going to get
some things free from Canada LET
me give you the list and you pick out
the good things on IL for YOU. Fish |
all kinds, salt, mineral water. timber |
hewed, sided or squared, otherwise |
Than by saving, round timber. sawed |
boards, planks, deals, and other lum- /
Der not further advanced than sawed /
paving blocks, posts, ties, wooden
slaves, pickets and pailings. gypsum /
rude, mica crude, Felspear crude.
asbestos crude, iourspear crude. Civ
;erine crude, talk ground, suplhate of
soda, soda ash, extract Of hemlock.
'arbon electrodes, brass in bars. cream
'eparators, rolled iron or sheet steel
'tile wire, galvanized write type cast
ng and type setting machinery, barb
"ire' coke, pulp wood, and print pa
Der.
/ don't know how much benefit adj
hitting these things free win be to
1ou. For myself the deal looks like
his: The market Canada gets is for
Ter food products to be sold in COM
petition with our products. What we
ret seems to be some free commodi-
les for our manufacturers, dividing
nto two classes, / would be helped
POSSIBLY on horse values. Fish. con-
ume say 200 pounds a year. about
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