The Marshall republican., 1911-10-05

turat papers, several pages
to the Canadian reciprocity cleo
ton. The following is an extract
from the main article:
"What has been the immediate re
suit of last weeks election? First,
the American farmer has found
himself saved, as by a friend from
heaven, from the political machiD-
atoms OF those who sought to be-
tray him. Second, the bumper
wheat and oats and barley crop of
the American grain belt goes to
market insured Of reasonable
profit for the American farmer and
not in open competition with the
product Of the cheap lands of Can
ada. Third, President Taft finds
himself deprived, in a twinkling,
OF the one and only issue on which
he stood before the American peo-
pie seeking denomination and re-
election.
The interests Of the American
farmer were completely lost sight
OF by President Taft and those who
sought with him to rob the farm
er OF the protection the burden OF
which he had borne when he was
poor and struggling and the beDe-
fits OF which he Is now for the first
time In n position to enjoy. Not
withstanding that $4,000 900 Amer
lean farmers we're a unit in crying
out against the injustice which he
sought to perpetrate upon them,
the president went serenely ahead
and affixed his signature 60 a state
document which compelled the man
behind the plow (the man who pro-
duces the wealth OF America and
who feeds the world) to sell his
splendid birthright for a miserable
mess OF pottage. Thanks to n pat
riotic spirit In Canada, which pre-
a separate and distinct
OF government without any
semblance OF union Ceithcr CONNER
cial oil POLITICAL with the United
States, the efforts OF President
Taft to sell out the American farm
er have come to naught. Canada
has shown that Il believes in BUSH
ness integrity, In the commercial
square deal, in national indepen-
dence and in working for the great
est good OF the greatest number
instead OF the selfish interests OF
the few.
The effect OF the election so far
as prices 60 was Immediately evil
dent. Time after time, President
Taft and Secretary Wilson have
asserted that reciprocal arrange
ments between the United States
and Canada cannot affect the price
OF wheat and oats and barley, for
the reason that the price OF all
these grains 10 fixed In Liverpool.
Within twelve hours after the Can
adam polls had closed and almost
before Liverpool had heard OF the
news certainly before any con-
ference OF price fixers could have
been held there the price Of wheat
rose three cents in Chicago, six
cents in Minneapolis and eight cent
in Duluth, while barley rose eight
cents. Nothing could more con-
clusively have refuted the claims
that Liverpool fixes the worlds
grain prices and that reciprocity
would not hurt the American farm
err. As n result OF the election the
grain-belt farmer Is today receiv-
ing from 81 to 4 mor for every
wagon load OF wheat that he hauls
hauls to the market than he would
have received had not President
Taft's pet hobby OF one-sided reci-
procity been turned down at the
Canadian polls.
In the more or less unsettled con
dition OF affairs "the morning af-
ter" political wiseacres have had
no time for calm reflection as to
the effect OF the failure OF reciproc
ity upon the political fortunes of
President Taft. The Farmer and
stockman Is not bothered by this
uncertainty which perturbs the
minds OF those who view the sit
uation merely from a political
standpoint. The Farmer and Stock
mar represents the farmer of the
grain belt, men who believe that
right is right, regardless OF what
political platform contains 1t, men
who believe that dollars worth
OF labor is entitled to a dollars
worth OF reward"
NoTE-This article is not pub
iished to discredit President Taft,
as some OF our readers seem to be-
lieve that We r trying to do, but
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