The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-26
H. H. King Takes Issue With State
ment that Farmers Must Should.
er Whole Burden.
UNDER THE RECIPROCITY PACT
Milling Interests Relation to Matter
Are Outlined by Member Of Shelf
field, King Co.

That Senator Knute Nelson is not
familiar with the milling interests of
the state and the relation which thew
bear to the farming interests is the
opinion of H. H. King, of the Shelf
field, King Milling company, who
takes issue with the senator on some
of his arguments against Canadian
reciprocity. ... s.~
AS answer to an interview where
Senator Nelson argues against recip-
rocity because of proposed free wheat
Mr.. King has formulated a rebuttal.
In answer to the charge quoted as
made by Senator Nelson that "the
whole burden of the reciprocity
scheme is cast upon the farmer" Mr..
King says: =
"If the Canadian wheat is brought
in here and milled in such vast guam
titles as Mr.. Nelson fears, what would
be the necessity of putting bran and
shorts on the free list? AS far as
Minnesota is concerned, with her i'm
mense milling capacity, surely her
farmers would be able to buy bran
and shorts cheaper at home than to
import from points where freight
rates would have to be paid"
Replying to the charge that there
is no reciprocity in it for the Mime
sofa farmer" the miller says:
"If the entire surplus of wheat of
the three provinces, Manitoba, Alber-
ia and Saskatchewan, is dumped into
Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago, as
he fears, what is going to become of
the great and growing milling indus
tries of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain, as we'll as those of France
and Germany, which have been built
up largely in the past 10 or Is years,
and which must have a great percent
age of American hard wheat. We at
one time had this hard wheat -four
trade of Great Britain, but we have
allowed them to take it away from
us, and our government actually
makes them lower rates on wheat
than on flour, so that they may in
crease their capacity, while our
wheels stand idle; in other works,
this country fosters export trade for
the raw material against the man.
ufactured article, as far as milling is
concerned" -..... -.
In answer to the senator's state
ment that the reciprocity pact will
mean imitation of values in Canadian
lands to the detriment of American
agricultural tracts, Mr.. King replies:
"No farm land ever became 'valu-
able until the farmer got away large
ly from growing wheat and raised
such grains as could be fed to stock.
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and south
ern Minnesota are all examples of
this"
To the criticism that reciprocity
viii! utterly destroy the Minneapolis
barley market and mailing prestige,
Mr.. King responds to as follows:
"Maltsters and brewers of Mime
apolis do not appear to view the plac-
ing of barley on the free list as detri-
mental to their interests, as Mr.. Mel
son would have us believe. Why does
he favor conserving the brewing in
terests of Minneapolis and not the
milling interests? Why should the
-four mill not be looked upon with
more advantage by the grain growing
interests than the brewery"
Three Drunks Arraigned.
Three men charged with drunken
ness were arraigned before Judge