The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-14
NJ 'cuMBERR SAYS
FARMERS HAVE
ALONGER WATT
Passage of Agreement Would
Postpone Realization Of
Hope Indulged in
WOULD Have TO REPuD|hTE HIS :
OWN POSITION TO SUPPORT n
Contends That Agreement VIII Lower.
American Prices to Those of
Worlds Level-ReyieWs Evidence
Presented to Senate Finance Coul>t
mittee. 4

Washington, June 14.-At both end6
of the capital, national legislators to-,
day championed or opposed theiH
measures. In the senate Canadian
reciprocity had the right Of way. thd
proposed agreement having been reAt
ported to that body yesterday by sen-i
ator Penrose. chairman Of the finance
committee. 4
The discussion Of the measure,
promising to extend over a period Of
many days. bids fair to begin in.
earnest, for Senators McCumber and
Curtis had given notice that they
would speak today.
Would Injure Farmers.
Senator McCumber Of North Dako.
ia, opposed the reciprocity agreement
in the senate on the ground that It
would injure the American farmers.
II believe this treaty." said McCum-
Der, III enacted into law would only
postpone for many years the con-
summation Of the hope INDUCED in by
the farmers Of the country. must
therefore either repudiate all I have
advocated for years or oppose the
consummation OF this agreement"
After reviewing the testimony in
troduced In the hearings of the I'm
ance committee relative to the Cana
dian and American prices. McCumber
said: after having. established any
possible controversy that our prices
are higher than the Canadian prices
at the present time, and that this re-
ciprocity agreement, II enacted into
law, will level those prices in the im-
mediate future to the worlds level,
the question arises. will 1t be possible
for us at any time in the future to
occupy the position we have held fo1
the last several years, that of having
a home market worth from 10 to 10
cents bushel on wheat, Is to 80
cents a bushel on fax, and 20 to 30(
cents a bushel on barley, than II
would be II we were dependent upoa
the foreign market.
Il say again that the farmer who
for years has looked forward to that
period when the consumption andd
production of wheat, barley and haxS
should equal the other in this coun-
try, will be doomed to remain for Z
century to come absolutely dependent
on and subservient to the worlds
level of prices for these products and
that, with the enormous possibilities
of grain production In the Canadian
northwest, those prices would be low
er, comparatively, than he has receiv.
ed for number Of years"
Spirited Coloquy Results.
During the progress Of McCumber'S
speech he engaged in spirited colo
guy with Senator MARITIME of New Jer.
sey. McCumber was attempting to
show that the American farmer had
failed to procure his share Of the pros
perity of the past few years. Mar
tines question was intended to de-
velop the fact that the failure was due
to the protective policy, but MoCumber
contended that the American market
for agricultural products had been Inn
proved by the conditions in other in
dustries, due to the tariff.
"Your specious arguments and dis
honest policy have failed to put bread
into the mouths Of the people" Mar
tine fairly shouted.
"You gave US dose Of your theories
in 1897" responded the North Dako-
tan, "and, by jing, we don't want any
more of It,"
Few Were Present.
| During the day there were but few
members Of the senate in their seata
for the debate on the Canadian reefs
procity agreement. only about dozen
Republican senators remaining In their
places while less than that number Of
Democrats were present.
| Most of the senator's who have in
dicated their intention Of speaking are
opposed to the pact. Comparatively
few senator's favoring the pact are exc
pected to speak, as they say they d0