The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-05
FIGHTS
|CANADA TREATY
,,mers' Organization Charges
mat Proposed Agreement Is
Benefit to Trusts.
|FoT An HONEST EFFORT TO
REDUCE COST OF LIVING"
p,ptest Asks That Duties on
Manufactured Articles Be
Lowered as Well.
lasroclafed Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-The machinery
t, shs National Grange, an organiza
!, claiming a membership of one mil
I, farmers in thirty states, has been
tsd 10 defeat the ratification by
..,usx of the Canadisn reciprocity
,,.ty. The legislative committee of
4, grange at a special meeting today
5noisi a resolution protesting against
enactment OF the reciprocity bill,
-.jJs5 upon the membership to exert
--r~suYe upon congressman from their
<,r;ous districts to vote against the
-.ssure and decided to go to Wash
ZION TO map out campaign there.
/ fhs legislative committee is com
-,,sJ az former Governor Nahum j.
|,skelder Of Concord. chairman; Aaron
=,rss of Sonth Bend. Ind, and T. C,
{.ienson OF Morgantown. w. Va. AS
<ct as the terms of the proposed treaty
|ecame public they exchanged tele-
-ams agreed upon New York as a
<r,finp place and left their homes
.ifAout DELAY 10 head off any possible
.npaicn that might be started for the
MIS- enactment.
ave are not opposed to n general re-
|ustion of The tariff Mr.. Atkenson
LA, "but We are opposed to any ar.
nrTement which will make fish of
1e Industry and flesh Of another Re
a the tariff. yes, but do it all al
~ and not by q reciprocal treaty
IA q country which exports agricul-
|rL products almost exclusively.
Fear Injury to Farmers.
."Remove the duty on iron and steel
rd manufactured articles along with
|trn products and VIC won t object.
IN We Go not think it fair to compel
u farmers 10 compete with foreign
-oiucts aud allow the manufacturers
D derive the benefit of n high pro-
:rlisc tariff. Las.
."AetiDg on these lines. we have de-
|2ed TO oppose the enactment OF the
IN. Tie commission issued a state
.snt this afternoon which will be sent
b everyone OF the 1900 oranges in the
|Igmizalion. These have 4 membership
4 from fifty &c one thousand farm
1--WE shall ask every member to
=fie his representative in congress.
ggirg HIN to vote against the bill. /
|lrk We can defeat it IN this manner,
Ct We are not going TO take any
|slnees, and the committee has de-
1ded 10 90 to Washington and work
" that end. y
n its statement the committee says
- acting in response to thousands
Filters and kilograms urging 1t to
1leci the farmers in this, the follow
-g protest is issued:
!be Undersigned representing the
<1rripa organization OF farmers in the
Htsd States. earnestly protest against
h enactment OF the Canadian reci
witty bill. now pending In congress, for
~ following reasons;
J. The bill provides for the admis-
~ free Of duty OF all Canadian farm
oalcts Since Canada is the, only
rntry from which any consider rable
'zsntlty Of these products can under
" circumstances be imported, this
91h result in practically free trade In
rninlns the farmer produces
3 while putting farm products on the
4. lsl the reciprocity bill makes no
.enal reductions on the high tariff
,ss on the manufactured articles the
l,nsr buys. and therefore gives no re-
from the heavy burden OF taxation
-Posed by these duties
Discrimination Alleged.
~ me theory on which our protec-
" policy has always been defended Is
" ~. w Classes and interests are equally
alHd 10 protection. The farmers.
~ * receive much less protection
tne manufacturers, for while farm
'aocs are taxed on the average about
pr cent manufactured articles are
~ On uhe average about 40 per cent.
iue enactment OF the Canadian
-f,g,oe'y bill would still further dis
'4" ~" against the farmers BY abolish
We comparatively slight protection
rs.s, SVEN Them. while leaving the high
dnSsuFc duties on manufactures prac-
ally untouched.
H. LIanadlan farmers. by reason OF
1.susI y".r general tariff and their pref
-,sns. ua9e arrangements, can buy
,,satuted "a goods ct lower prices than
10. dysreyaliing " In this country, The
<crS ~ arm lands in Canada are also
7fss. ".er Than In the United States
,,,rs. conditions give the Canadian
'r,s .a az advantage over us, and the
|rta,, ,',nission Of their products will
IA W. 70 unfair competition
|rt-iys nold that the farmers should
<fc,sst,,,e e"dc'ly The same measure OF
ia mar ,als as Is given the manufacturers
|-.s ava. ihere must be no reduction OF
|<reItv' '" iarm products. either by rcci-
stsss VI tariff revision, unless the
a ks w al manufactured articles are
IA sa'flu time correspondingly re-
.r-s show that this reciprocity
1,e In, not an honest effort to re-
he cor. .ost oi living in the interests
\. lin, '"rsrher, n.,.mer, IL Is sufficient 10 point
IA is ,axnn wheat is on the free list
@Acu oo cents per barrel. and