The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-15
REPLY TO CURTIS.
Senator Gore Answers Predic-
ton of Ruin to Farmers
With Similar Prophecy by a
Canadian M. p.

washington, june 1o--SenatOr MIC
Cumber drew a mournfu1 picture in
the senate of the desolation that
would submerge the nation il reciproc-
ity prevails. The North DakOtan
spoke at great length. When he had
concluded, Senator Gore arose and
asked permission to have printed in
the record the speech or Canadian
who foretold for Canada as result of
reciprocity, disasters fully as harrow
ing as those pictured by Senator Nc
Cumber and by Senator Curtis. who
had made a speech along the same
line. The blind Oklahoman's speech
was short, but it brought appreciative
smiles from the other senator's. He
said in part: 81.
"Mr. President, If there be any
truth in the adage, desire to afford
the senator from North Dakota (Mr.
McCumber) and the senator from
Kansas (Mr. Curtis) all the wretched
rapture resulting from the compan-
ionshfp of misery -
at hold in my hand a speech deliv-
cred by the Right Honorable Mr.. Sex
smith. a member of the Canadian par
lament. Mr.. Sexsmith is farmer,
and in this address he demonstrates to
his own satisfaction that the approval
! of the reciprocity agreement by the
Canadian parliament absolutely would
fshipwreck the agricultural interests OF
| the Dominion of Canada He proves
that 1t would depreciate tn, value OF
/ their lands, depress the price of their
products. reduce the wages or their Ia
| Dor, and that it would subject them to
| a competition with the farmers of the
{ United States which they could not
Withstand.
| A Gloomy Prospect.
s'If the senator from North Dakota
! imagines that he has painted the dark
est picture which it is possible for an
artist to portray, 1s,desire to- cali hls
attention to the gloomy prospect by
Mr.. Sexsmith.
"Mr. President, I do not believe thai
either artist has painted true to ma
ture. Both have projected upon the
canvas the phanton1s OF their own
over heated fancies, rather than the
cold facts of international trade and
| commerce. I ask that this speech be
| printed in the congressional record al
/ a companion piece to the speech of the
senator from North Dakota that the
farmers Of the United States may bt
assured that if this agreement does no
result in reciprocal beneht 1t Will d
least result in reciprocal ruin.
''Mr. President, the section of this
union now designated as Arizona and
New Mexico was once peopied Dy
prosperous and enlightened race, nov
known as the cliff jewellers. The ruins
of their former prosperity still mari
tant region. They were brought to al
untimely end through some unaccount
able cataclysm of nature. The remain
of these people are still found witt
their hands clasped upon their mouth
as if protecting themselves against tn
I noxious fumes and calculations from
quaking and distracted earth.
Ruin from Removal of Taxes.
"Mr. President,7 when ruin come
again upon the people of this countr.
| shared by our neighbors to the north
: ward, it viii not be through poisonin
. air that they breathe. Sir, 1t will b
: | through removal of the tax upon tn
: bread that they eat, the removal of til
. tax upon the wheat and cattle whic
they import from the Dominion {
f Canada. Our neighbors will suffer
+ similar catastrophe from the remov;
r. of the tax on the wheat and on til
i cattle which they import from tt
c United States. I repeat, sir, not froI
n too little breath, but from too niue
. bread.
n Some may marvel that such result
g should flow from this Canadian agree
d ment. but I suppose the fact that it
t to precipftate disaster upon both tt
It countries results from that ancient an
s established canon of philosophy tn:
! like causes produce like effects, and
Y, would be unfair for this agreement
e precipitate chaos and ruin in I'll
I9 united states without precipitating
J. similar fate upon the inhabitants
70 Canada.
IT 81 wish to print this speech, so tn;
l. when these two lands, now fair. frui
p full and prosperous, shall become
Il weltering waste; when the traveller
n the future. impeiled by curiosity. shs
n wander through this land, now pro
II porous, then desolate, he shall find d
re posted in the cornerstone of tn
"a mausoleum in which our homes oI
IT prosperity and our DESTINY are entorn
10 ed, the speech Of the Senator fro
1e North Dakota, accompanied by 4
< speech of Mr.. Sexsmith of the Can
50 dian parliament, accounting for 4
l. catastrophe" ~--..