Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-15
South Dakota and Nebraska
Senators Declare Reel
procity Will Spell Ruin for
Western Farmer.
WILL LOWER MARKET
LEVEL OF COUNTRY
McC Cumber Says it Will Take
From Farmer of u. S. the
Advantage He Has Ac-
ouired From His Labor.

X Washington, d. G.. June 14.-With
kthe prospect Of daily sessions, Deeln-
Ming at noon and continuing as ions
Y Ms the various senator's who Wish 70
Me heard, have anything to say, the
REenate today began the long dlscus- W.
EJsion Of the Canadian reciprocity Dill.
|gSenator McCumber, OF North Dakota'
n took the floor Immediately after the
| senate assembled and vigorously op-
posed the measure.
Senator McCumber Of North Dakota
opposed the reciprocity agreement IN
\ the senate today declaring It woulo
linjure the American farmer.
i II believe this treaty" said Senator
,McCumber, sif enacted into law would
tnot only postpone for many years the
Sconsummation of hope indulged py
the farmers Of the country-a nope
Eheld out to them by every speaker ana
Writer who sought to secure and hold
Aheir votes for the protective policy
pf the country but that Its logical re-
4 lsult would be to destroy the policy
Riitself. must, therefore, either repu.
Idiate all ! have advocated for years or
|oppose the consummatlon OF TINS
agreement"
After reviewing testimony intro
duced in the hearings of the finance
committee relative TO Canadian and
! American prices, Senator McCumber
said:
.Having established beyond any pos
tsible controversy that our prices are
fhigher than the Canadian prices at
4 the present time and that this reci-
kprocity agreement II enacted into law.
lwill level those prices in the imme-
&diate future to the worlds level. the
l[nuestion arises, will it be possible for
Nus at any time in the future to again
Epccupy the position we have for the
Nlast several years, that OF having
home market worth from 10 to Is
\ cents bushel on wheat; 25 to 80 cents
bushel on flax and 20 to 80 cents
! bushel on barley more than 1t would
! be II we were dependent upon the
foreign market7"
II say again that the farmer, who
for years has looked forward to that
period when consumption and pro-
4 luction OF wheat, barley and flax
should equal each other in this country
4 viii he doomed to remain for cen
atury to become absolutely dependent
anon and subservient to the worlds
Of prices for his products; and
.tA1at with the enormous possibility OF
3tain production in the Canadian
N{rthwest, those prices will be lower,
IN Imparatively, than he has received
/; q number OF years"
"a Curtis Opposes Canadian Pact.
~ Irhe loss to the United States
81 jouRh the ratification of the Cana
~ ,.n reciprocity agreement, would in
M le opinion OF Senator Curtis, be
M loportionate to Canada's gain. The
XII .ansas senator today addressed the
H enate In opposition to the reciprocity.
N Mr.. Curtis declared that the people
Sfenerally were not informed regarding
sIhe pending legislation and that they
Ashould be given opportunity to study
sShe subject until the regular session o.
y congress.
ssD II. Curtis quoted figures to show
sghat the United States trade with
aranada last year had amounted to
AI3S ,552,278, and maintained that this
y lountry should let well enough alone.
tN"It would" he said, "be unwise to re-
Sn to the disastrous policy which
Sb followed from 1854 to 1866. BY
agreement we are to open to them
splendid market Of 10000, 900 peo-
A n ana III I0LuIu Lucy give US IAC
sket Of 100000 people, and this,
q market which is now largely
trolled by our producers"
xsa lie contended that to open our mar
to Canadian products would mean
iM Iit large number OF people would
Il s8 attracted to Canada by the low
nh ice Of land and that great develop
n &ht. improvements and production
n vii follow It Is estimated, said the
senator, that there are 200,000000
acres Of wheat land In western Canada
not yet cultivated, which would pro-
duce 900, ,000, 100000 bushels OF wheat
annually. Do you think the opening
up of th ese vast tracts would help
the wheat growers Of the United
States?