The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-07
of the Young Mems Republican Tar
iff club as follows:
Farmers Will BE Losers.

Farmers Will BE Losers.
''As a result of this, therefore. our
manufacturers. merchants and indus
trial laborers viii profit at the ex-
pense of the farmers. The farming
interest always, has been one of the
great bulwarks OF the republican party,
and while / naturally hesitate about
antagonizing any important measure
favored by the administration of Presi-
dent Taft, / will have to experience a
change OF heart before vote to de-
prive one class of our industries of
that protection to which they are just
ly entitled under all theories and
practices of the republican party for
the benefit of others"
AS a resident OF North Dakota and
quite extensively engaged in farming,
write to thank Senator Oliver for
having uttered the foregoing senti-
ments. Your position shows that you
not only correctly represent the great
state of Pennsylvania, but of the whole
country.
The farmers and more especially
those residing in the northwest are
entitled to the same degree of tariff
protection for the results of fourteen
hours "a days work" on the farm as
those who raise cotton, tobacco. sugar
and rice. south of us, also the same
as the producer of oil. coal minerals
and materials OF all kinds, including
manufactured articles used by the peo-
pie.
believe that all unbiased people not
controlled or influenced by selfish per-
Srn~z oarl nv4A
you for the efforts that you are Toak-
ing for all the people.
While the duty of "a cents a
bushel on wheat does not make the diff
ference in the price realized between
the grain growers OF the two coun-
tries when they ship from their own
ports direct to Europe, yet at all times
in the northwest, the farmer on our
side OF the dividing line realizes from
10 cents to Is cents per busheI more
than his neighbor on the other side
of the line. And this applies not only
to wheat but more especially to barley
suitable for brewing purposes. Re-
that nearly all our barley used
in the United States is produced most
ly in the west ana northwest OF our
country and comes in more direct
than any other. kind of
grain with the short crop season of
Canada.
Barley natures from twenty to thir-
ty days earlier than wheat and quite
often the early frost of northwestern
Canada affects the wheat crop but
never catches the barley crop. If you
remove the 30 cents per bushel tariff
from barley, then northwestern Can
ada will food the United States with
cheap barley, mostly for our brewers.
OF course it may reduce the price OF
beer, etc, ETC., etc, then you will have
the temperance people after you.
The public must remember that
while the United States has many mil
lion acres OF public lands left, yet on
ly a small amount OF 1t is arabic or
suitable for "homesteads' without ex-
irrigation. About all the choic-
est arabic public land has been taken
up" by actual settlement during the
last thirty years.
Consequently land seekers who 80 to
the northwest looking for lands must
purchase at a good price from those
who have acquired title or cross the
line into the great northwest territory
Of Canada and take up free or purchase
the cheaper lands and pay our tariff
Many of our good American citizens
have crossed over the line. Fifteen
thousand Of them last year became
with farming conditions in
Canada. principally be-
cause OF their home market for the
of 1fe farm and being shut
out OF our market b. reason Of (tariff)
orr tax. ard have returned BY way or
Minnesota, North Dakota Montana
and Washington to the United states.