Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-08

Canada of any considerable amount win
| consist of wheat, barley. rye and oats.
The world price Of these four cereals II
fixed abroad. where the surplus from
the producing countries is disposed of,
and Is little affected by the place from
which the supply is derived
| "Canadan wheat nets perhaps 10 cent?
| less n bushel to the producer than wheat
| grown in the Dakotas or Minnesota, due
to the fact that the coat of exporting
| that wheat and warehousing It and mar.
! keting it IN Liverpool is considerably
| greater than the cost 10 the Dakota form
or OF dsposing OF his wheat to the rnillers
J Of Minneapolis or sending It abroad
IF now the duty is to be taken oH Ct
wheat and the Canadian wheat can
come to the millers OF Minneapolis end
other places. It can and will be nad'
into -four, because the capacity Of the
United States mills is 80 per cent sreatei
. than IS needed to mill the wheat In this
country.
WILL CHECK HIGH PRICES
"Cnnadian wheat can be imported ano
ground into flour without materially re-
lucing tho demand 70. o. price of United
States wheat. and the surplus will be sent
abroad as flour The price Of Canadian
wheat doubtless will be increased a few
ccnty. bat the access to the market nearer
at hand will not educe the price OF his
wheat to the intel States farmer for the
| reason stated.
"A material benofit to ali the FARMERS
of the country, especially the STOCK anu
cattle raisers ana tnc DAIRY FARMERS WI"
be the by-products OF bran ana s"uI's
from the flour rntliS hNc'F 10 l"H'N '.'
free export OF wheat from 'aNadN I"
those mills Those hN-lro""''S arc "'N
so scarce and SO hish-priced that many
farmers are unable TO procure thc!H'
What l. true of wheat Is true Oh o,her
cereals. The trade between me 'hlted
States and Canada cannot nut increase
the sale Of nFrioult'r'I products across
the border both ways to nearer markets
: than they now reach IN many instances
The trade will be beneficial to ooth the
seller ana the BUYER II VIII not III my
= Judgment reduce the price Of wheat OF
other farming products for our neo!ie IN
any married way. IT WILL howeNet' by en-
larGinE the source OF supply prevent
undue fluctuations ana It Will ana ought
10 prevent an eNorb''aht increase IN inc
prices of farm prodncts' which, as they
have been Tor the last thf"e or your
= years nave incurred greatly 10 tHe prof.
II or all engaged IN agriculture
, AS TO INCONSISTENCY CHARGE.
"I have been attacked on the floor Of
= the House and elsewhere as occunvins
t an inconsistent rosition It has been said
that have urged the reciprocity agree
t n,ent with the idea OF lowering the cost
Q of living on the one hand, and then have
t asserted that tho farmers would not be
, injured by reduction In the prices at
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80 AMERICAN AND ENGLiSii TRADE
4 with respect to this argument all
e have to say is that It is not true. The
lie average cost of living in the United states
,r Is not higher than it is in Canada. This
(. Is conclusively shown by two facts first
. that in spite of the preference given to
J. English products imported into Canada,
\ that imposed on goods from other coun'
n tries, the United States imports into Can,
=, ada s225 CO., C0 goods Of the widest vari,
+, cry OF manufactures, all Of these entering
20 into the cost of living. while Canada, with
preference in favor of England. import,
from England goods TO the value Of only
Se2, CoO.UoN
TO I'm other words, despite the protoctiv,
~ tariff maintained by Canada against the
ee United States Canada, In the matter o.
n articles entering into the cost II Twins
a of her ueoplc buys two and onc-hal
70 times as much from the United States q:
r she does from England.
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