The Coconino sun., 1912-10-18
AMERICAN FARMERS
 ARE NOT "BUNCOED"
BUY FARM IMPLEMENTS CHEAP ER THAN CANADIAN FARMERs.
CAMPAIGN LIE IS NAILED
investigation by State Department Gives Facts and Figures, and Michigan Manufacturing Firm
 Adds Evidence.

Farmers Buncoed by the High Taritf," is the title of publication inr dustriously circulated among farmers by the Tariff Reform bureau of New York, a free trade annex of the Demo cratic party,
 It asserts that American-made farm implements are sold in Canada at a lower price than they are obtatnable by American farmers. The purpose Of the statement is to prove that the American farmers are made to suffer through the operation of the protec- i've tariff laws.
 The statement is false. Flows, planters, cultivators and other farm implements made In the United States cost twenty-five per cent more in Canada than in this country.
 The free trade advocates who try to mislead the American farmer do not know, apparently, that there is g so-called anti.dumping law in Canada whereby an American manufacturer cannot sell in that country at lower price than at home.
 Official Facts and Figures.
 In addition 10 this, they are also Ignorant to the fact that the United States government through its board of trade relations In the state de- partment, has made thorough inves- tigation which disproves the false as- sertion. It issued under date of May 16, 1910, a document entitled Com parison of Prices of Agricultural I'm plements in Canada and the United States" which shows that Canadian farmers pay more for American farm machinery than is paid by the Ameri- can farmers. Here are the figures:
 14.inch, steel beam walking ploy-- price in North Dakota, $22; price in Manitoba, s25.
 14-inch sulky blow with lift--price in Ohio, $40; price in Ontario, s65.
 16.inch North Dakota sulky blow price in North Dakota, $52; price in Manitoba, $60.
 17-tooth spring tooth harrow-price in Ohio and Michigan, s17; price in Ontario, s22.
 S.foot, 1e-inch disk harrow-price in North Dakota, $3s; price in Manitoba. s45.
 10-foot, 20 single disk Kentucky drill price in North Dakota, s125: price in Manitoba, $40.
 Riding cultivator, portable axle price in Ohio and Michigan, s2s; price in Ontario, $3S.
 Hay loader, rake bar-price in Ohio and Michigan. $6o; price in Ontario, s7O.
 First grade farm wagon-price in North Dakota, $95; in Manitoba, $105.
 Evidence Offered with Proof.
 Evidence to the same effect is given by the Gale Manufacturing company of Albion, Mich, which was specifical- ly charged by the free trade advocates with selling goods more cheaply to Canadian farmers than to American farmers.
 The secretary and general manager of the company, under date of August 30, 1912, wrote to the Tariff Reform club denying the charge and threaten ing to sue for damages unless the as sertion was promptly retracted. The firm also wrote to the Republican na- tional committee as follows:
 Flows, planters, cultivators and other farm machinery made in the United States cost 20 per cent more in Canada than in this country. You can stand on this statement, and if it is challenged we can produce proof"
 The proof mentioned in this letter consists of letters from retail dealers throughout Canada quoting the prices at which the products of the Michigan factory are sold to Canadian farmers. These figures agree substantially with those given in the government publi- cation For instance, planter which sells in Detroit for $40 costs $45 in Windsor, less than a mile away across the Detroit river, and cultivator which sells in Detroit for $30 cannot be bought in Windsor for less than s36.
 As soon as free trade statements are subjected to cold analysis of in. vestigation their falsity is shown. It is an old proverb that lie will travel seven leagues while truth is putting on its boots. It is important therefore, that farmers who have heard the un- truths of free traders should prompt ly learn the real facts in the case.
 The Kind of Man He Is.