Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-14

HFAO OF NATIONAL GRANGE
VOICES STRONG PROTEST
Objects to Having Duties Re-
moved From Agricultural
Products While Manufacture
erS Enjoy Protection.
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Concord, N H., Feb. 13.--The pro-
nosed Canadian reciprocity agreement
is attacked in a letter sent today to
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson
by former Governor Bachelor of this
city, national master of the National
Grange. The letter is q reply 10 the
communication favoring the agree
ment sent by Secretary Wilson to Mr..
Bachelor on February o.
Mr. Bachelor says the agreement
is unfair to the farmers Of the United
States who ASK for nothing but a
equare deal--eGual protection for all
classes and interests"
The letter addressed to Secretary
Wilson says in part:
Your attempt to defend the con-
tinuanee of a high tariff for manufac-
turing along with free trade for the
farmers, by claiming it is the workers
who furnish the farmers with their
chief market You are simply repeat
ing the pet argument of the manu4
facturers and claiming what is exactly
the reverse of actual conditions.
1T Is on the prosperity of the
farmers that the welfare of all other
classes manufacturers merchants.
transportation interests and factory
workers, depends.
THE sole question before the AM
erican people is whether we shall have
free trade in all farm products and
high protection for manufactured arti-
cies.
"You know the price Of farm land is
much lower in Canada than IN the
United States. You know that the
Canadian farmer buys his manufae-
tured articles cheaper because his
tariff duties on foreign goods are low
er. And yet. knowing all this, you
would strike down the very moderate
tariff. averaging about 25 per cent
which they now receive without giving
them the benefit of anyreai reduction
IN duties on manufactured wares.
~We can only. conclude that you
have been deceived blythe special in
terests which have cunningly plotted
to aliay the countrywide clamor for
an honest revision of the tariff. by
making the farmer the scapegoat for
the sins of the high protection sys-
TEN.
'Do you not know that the steel
trust sold last year in Canada more
than one hundred million pounds OF
wire, and that we bought no more
from Canada? Do you not know that
Canada produces practically no wire.
and that with the duty on Canadian
wire abolished we would not import
one pound?
you refer to the advantages to
our great milling interests Of the free
admission of Canadian wheat How
will this help the farmer? Wheat is on
the free list but flour Is TO be taxed,
0oc per barrel. Cattle. hogs and sheep
are to be free, but meat both fresh
and cured, Is TO be taxed l 1-4c per
pound. Is this an honest measure in
the interest of the consumer? Is this
your idea of fair and Just reciprocity
measure? Protection to the miller
and meat packer. Free trade to the
tiller of the soil.
VIII 1t help the farming industry
to remove the slight protection now
given il, and continue to give high
protection to manufacturing indus
triesY Surely you cannot believe for
moment that the way to encourage
FARMING Is to open our markets to the
iree admission of cheaper farm prod
uts."