The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-21
LAFE YOUNG ON RECIPROCITY.


$ LAFE YOUNG ON RECIPROCITY.
Hon. LATE Young was in ST. Louis
3 between trains on Wednesday Ell
route to Boston where he will sneak
before the Boston City Club this
evening In an interview published
IN the Globe-Democrat MIR. Young
said he had been invited to speak his
, mind by the Boston organization and
that he proposed to do so. As is well
, known. he is strong opponent of the
proposed reciprocity treaty. now be.
! ing considered by congress. He re-
safds the treaty as direct slap at
!, the American farmer. and predicts
tnat If 1t is accepted the farmer will
retaliate at the polls at the next cleo
ton. In talking with the Giobe-Demo-
crat representative, Mr.. Young said:
Iowa and Massachusetts long have
been partners on the tariff question,
and I shall not mince words in bring
ing home TO the fasteners the fact
4 that the western farmer today feels
he has been betrayed, and that by a
/ friend from whom he had every reas-
on TO expect the utmost loyalty. This
same western farmer stood for the
high tariff schedule asked BY the
I eastern manufacturer to protect his
industries, but now when the farmer
4 is attacked on his crop productions the
east deserts at the first fire.
! Mr.. Young declared that the men
/ who are constantly saying that Can
adam reciprocity will benefit the
country are those who do not produce
anything affected by the trade agree
ment. This is in pursuance of the
rule that men talk the most about
the things they know the least about.
The farmer when he talks about reci-
procity knows what he is talking
about. He knows that his prices have
been going down every week during
the past ten months. The hog pro
Queer knows that he is selling hogs
al s. per 100 pounds less than he was
selling them year. ago. He does not
nave TO read speeches in the Con
gressional Record to enlighten him on
reciprocity. He will. enlighten the
reciprocity congressman at the next
III OGsir, went OIL 10 say.
The farmer complains because the
loafers in the cities, who refuse to
help harvest his grain at So per day,
prices are too high Statesmen are
disposed 70 meet with the multi cde in
the cities for the purpose of passing
resolutions stating that the farmers
prices are too high. Statesmen are
heard saving the same thing, but they
are the statesme from the cities.
who never see the farm except when
travelling on the eighteen-hour limited
Or in ? seven passenger automobile.
1t is little strange that when cot
ton goes. up everybody rejoices and
congratulates the cotton grower. but
when corn, cattle and hogs 20 IN
great many millions complain. The
excuse is that the farmer produces a
necessitv and therefore ought to work
for love. There is a strife going on
in America among all classes, each
attempting TO lower the prices of the
ether while increasing the prices on
his own produce Such people used to
be called hogs Now they are called
'high-brow thinkers Such conduct
used to be called selfshness'-now 1t
passes for enlightened political econ
omy. But there must lie a reckoning
between the city man and the farmer
One is the producer and the ether the
consumer
II is related that some of the rail.
way lines are much in favor of reci-
procity They want the long haul on
food products. The stocks and bonds
OF the Canadian railroads have adj
vanced TO the aggregate OF millions
since this controversy began dis
tinguished farmer in Iowa where
live, has made figures to show that
the reciprocity talk has made a diff
ference in the selling value Of Iowa
products now on hand to the aggre
gate of sl25000.Oo0.
Our people are being educated. and
Mr. Young forcsees that they will not
need postgraduate course. He
blames the whole brood of tariff re-
formers for bringing about present
I conditions. After tie Payne-Aldrich
4 oili was passed certain insurgent Re.
( publicans, TO keep themselves in the
4 public eye. had to continue their talk
OF tariff. They succeeded so well in
bringing things 70 crisis that now
~ VI them are deyoting their
hfes 10 finding reasons for going back
on their own doctrines They brought
she people right up to the wall but
now they are afraid 10 climb over
bu' trust these shifty politicians,
declared Nj Young. @Tbey have
! cfawled out Of many small holes he.
iore' and they will crawl out again
after the fire is over they will insis,
? saa,. t t1 helped to put out the con.
,r afantlng that the tariff i9 a selfish
p pr, tha M ne would like to know
why the food producer has nor the
right to take car OF him.olt '' Ine
should the world be searched =. ~
competitor for the producer ana dot ~
i world be denied to those who ecu sn
for competitor in manufactnra aeat "a
ducts? Speaking in regard 10 NJ MI