Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-09-22

distinguished service TO the country,
IN the exhaustive report of the find
tngs, of the committee. At the
time of his death he was a leading
member of the committee inyestigat-
ing the sugar question, and i'm many
other matters before the national con
gress he was very active.
1t was our pleasure TO have a per-
sonal acquaintance with Judge Madi-
son for a period of about twenty
years. We first met him at the
Sons of Veterans encampment at
Atchison in 1892, and had been fast
friends ever since. In that same EN-
campment were w. Y. Morgan, w.
H. Russell, Grant Harrington, c. D.
Joles, and others, who have since
risen to prominence in the state and
nation. Ed is the second of the old
crowd, as we were termed at those
gatherings, to pass the lines to the
other side. We feel the loss of a
personal friend in his death. Judge
Madison was a man Of high ideals.
He was friend to every one, and
was always trying to make friends be
tween those who might be estranged.
To show the high regard he had
for the welfare of the general public,
We quote a letter received from him
last spTng. 1t was at the time of
the Reciprocity fight. We we're at
tempting to get such litera-
ture and information on both sides
of the question 10 study the same
carefully, and had written to him for
some information. HIS letter is as
follows:
W. P. FEEDER, Great Bend Kan.
My dear Billy:
l will take pleasure i'm sending YOU
some literature with regard to Can
adian Reciprocity. The President s
speech at Chicago was one of the
most forceful things that have been
uttered In regard to that PROPOSE
ton. / WILL send you that although l
expect YOU have seen it, and will
send you quite an amount of other
stuff. l particularly commend to
your attention the report Of
the tariff board There are a num-
Der Of things in that which show that
prices of farm products, with the ex-
ceptiOn of wheat, are generally high
er in Canada than in this country.
The difference lin price in wheat has
only averaged about ten cents a. bu-
shell, that rs the difference between
Minneapolis and Winnepeg. The Win
nepeg prices were half OF the time
Of the time higher than the Kansas
City prices, so you will see that so
far as Karses wheat is concerned
that there win he no change in price
for our farmers. It amuSes me
somewhat to hear the folks charge
the reduction In price here to the
proposed agreement. Prices have
fallen i'm Canada the same as here.
They have also fallen in Liverpool
and the decrease in price is world
wide. Canada will ship millions of
bushels of wheat i'm the future TO
Liverpool 10 bear the worlds market
1t seems TO me that it is good sense
for us to let the wheat come down
here and be MIXED and sent abroad
as flour. Our millers will get the
advantage and our people will also in
the way Of offal, which as the Presi.
dent says is now at such high price
that 1t iSdifficult in many communi
ties for farmers TO obtain 1t. The
President told the truth
at Chicago when he said that the tm
Der and paper trusts are using the
farmers as a blind. They are the
real factors behind the movement
against reciprocity. That was appar
ent last winter and YOU will remem
Der l gave out an interview at To
peka in which | said that the mem
bers Of the lower house OF the legis
lature had sized up the situation cor
rectly In the resolution which yol
passed.
The question is one of none THAI
: local Importance It Is a matte
which affects the future business
: prosperity and happiness Of tw,
great nations and the man who fail
to rise to a full appreciation Of it
great importance and simply look
at the matter from a purely local an
selfish standpoint Is to say the leas
not taking a big view of the situa
ton and the one that broad-minde
: patriotic men should take.
: I never have been 80 busy IN m
life as I have been since the con