The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-02
commanding better price, than soft

man VINO is the leader OF a great pO-
litical party who pledged himself to
carry out the Roosevelt policies. Has
he done this?
| Two-thirds of his own party are
today dissatisfied with him. e think
The Herald will say ditto to this.)
Now he threatens to call an extra
session of congress unless this bill is
acted upon before the 4th of March.
He did not talk that way when the
Payne-Aldrich bill was before Con-
gress. Oh no! That was for the
Special Interests to protect some
of those infant industries, some that
have grown from twenty thousand, to
one billion four hundred million dol
lars, Mr.. Carnegie's little Industry
for instance
They also tell us how nice it WOULD
be for the farmer to have market
for his horses. They tell us that we
exported 5000 more horses to Canada
last year than were imported. Again,
they forget to tell us that the owners
of those 5000 horses went along, and
are now full fiedged Canadian citizens
living in Canada. They might also
say if this reciprocity treaty becomes
a law a lot more Americans will re-
nounce their allegiance to Uncle Sam,
and become Canadian citizens.
Did not Mr.. Hill say few days ago
in his Chicago speech, if quoted cor
rectly, that two-thirds of the North
western farmers are for reciprocity
with Canada? We beg to differ.
Nine-tenths of the Northwes t er n
farmers are strictly opposed to it.
And did not Mr.. Hill tell us a few.
years ago, what market we would
have for our wheat and how the Jap
anese would be eating wheat bread
instead of rice, if the United States
would only put on steam shipsenough
to carry the wheat and -four from the
Pacific coast? He tried it but the
Japs are, still eating rice just the
same.
Would this treaty not be great
thing for the flour mills of Minneapo-
lis; and the big manufacturing estab-
lishments that are already loaded
down with projections But would it
help Sank Centre and all the other
small towns in the Northwest? If
the farmer is prosperous the small
towns and the laboring man will also
share in that prosperity. And vice.
versa If the farmer is not prosperous
the towns and laboring man cannot
expect to prosper.
Take off 10 or 15cts. bushel on the
farmers wheat, and not say anything
about his oats, barley and fax, and
you reduce the purchasing power of
every farmer yearly on an average of
800 or more Will not business men
in your town lose accordingly?
We would like to know why all the
big dailies are preaching reciprocity.
Has this free pulp wood from Canada
anything to do with it? Free pulp
| wood means cheaper paper. Cheaper
paper means more money for the big
dailies.
The increased cost of living is one
of the excuses for removing the duty
on wheat. Now is it nota fact, there
is no other food stuff or commodity
that effects the cost or living so
slightly as the price of wheat. In
crease the price of wheat from 75cts
to S1.OO per bushel and it makes the
enormous difference in the cost of a
loaf of bread, about 41O of one cent.
But the above 25ct. increase to the
American farmers makes difference
in 675,OOO,OOO bushel of wheat, of
about s1es, 10000 Take that sum
away from manufacturing and the
trade centers of the United States.
Will this effect the laboring man?
Now, Mr.. Editor you always adyo-
cate the doctrine; boost your home
town, speak good word for it, etc.
We appreciate every word of that;
you are right and we all agree with
you on the independent stand you
take regardless of any political party:
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