The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-03-16
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA
VIII be a Success When Amend
ed by Our New Congress


Eaeduce prices on American pro-
ducts? Or will it reduce prices On
the necessaries of life? Or will it
reduce the output of our factories! p
To answer those questions right a
person should have a copy of the
agreement between the two nations.
also copy of other products that
will be put in as amendments by
the new congress this being i'm
possible at present we will have to
take the information of CONNER
cial experts that have access to
facts and figures on the imports
and exports between those two
countries. They claim the average
price of lumber per Thousand feet
rose from $11.OS in 1899 to 1857
in 1908, meanwhile the demand for
lumber has greatly increased.
Even under the protection at pres
ent in effect. The United States
imported over $19, 100000 worth
of lumber from Canada during
our fiscal year ending June 80 1910.
Under the present rate on shin
giles we were forced to import
81, 100000 worth from Canada
during 1910 We also imported
laths from the Dominion to a value
of 81, 100000. BY the terms of
agreement the United States will
admit free of duty railroad ties.
paving posts, telegraph poles, etc.
The writer fails to see how this
last agreement has anything to do
with the necessaries of life, the
people can't eat railroad ties, tele.
graph poles or paving blocks, but
the commission showed their wis
dom by putting ''epsom salts" on
the free list. This may help "di-
gest" the above diet. Putting the
above articles on the free list has
given reciprocity a black eye in
the estimation of the farmers, it
would seem the railroads had a
friend at court in selecting the
commission. Three railroads own
more than half the forests in The
United States. Cut out those cor
poration magnates Mr.. Taft and
give US free lumber, free coal and
free fish, or you will find yourself
neglected and forgotten when 1912
rolls around.
We welcome the agreement for
free fencing material, all duties
are removed from fencing wire
whether barbed or not. BY pend
ing agreement, fish of all kinds are
made free of duty by both coun-
tries. In 1910 we paid Canada over
81, 800, 900 for fish. The removal of
this tax upon a poor article much
used by laboring classes is alright.
BY the agreement both countries
will remove call duty on live animals.
The magnitude of the Canadian
supply upon which the American
consumer and packer may now
draw without restriction is thrown
by the fact that the Dominion is
able to export about s1l, ,5OO,OOO
worth of those animals annually.
The mutual rates on meats of all
kinds will be 14c per pound. At
present our rates on meat range
from 14c per pound for fresh meat
to 4c per pound for bacon and
hams. Canada's wheat, oats, barley
and rye, are free. The price of
those grains are controlled by
Liverpool market and wont cut
much of q figure in Canada on the
United States.
If my brother farmers would
scrutinize the personality of the
statesmen thatare fighting reciproc-
ity they would find they are the
same bunch that voted for the
Ship Subsidy bill and voted for
the PAYNE Aldrich tariff bill, that
Is robbing the producers, q bill
that president Taft now repud-
iates. Let our hard working far
mers compare the Canadian reci-