The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-10-11
AMERICAN FARMERS
ARE NOT ''BUNCOED'''
I
BUY FARM IMPLEMENTS CHEAP.
Err THAN CANADIAN FARMERR.
CAMPAIGN LIE IS NAlLEE
Investigation by State Departures
Gives Facts and Figures, and
Michigan Manufacturing Firsn /
Adds Evidence. a

Farmers Buncoed by the Hssir
Tariff" is the title of a publication I'm
dustriously circulated among farnaecI
by the Tariff Reform bureau OF MsE
York, free trade annex of the DesurS.
cratic party.
1t asserts that American-made Sag.p
implements are sold in Canada a. n
lower price than they are obtainAxaS
by American farmers. The purpose
or the statement Is to prove that tses
American farmers are made to suiytr
through the operation Of the protest.
i've tariff laws.
The statement is false Plowx.
planters, cultivators and other farm
implements made in the United State@
cost twenty-five per cent more n
Canada than in this country.
The free trade advocates who try
to mislead the American farmer 69
not know, apparently, that there tg d
so-called anti-dumping law in Canaas
whereby an American manufactures
cannot sell in that country at a low&c
price than at home.
Official Facts and Figures.
In addition to this, they are s1so
ignorant Of the fact that the Unite6
States government, through its board
OF trade relations in the state de-
partment, has made thorough ipves.
tigation which disproves the false Ssy
sertion. 1t issued under date Of Mas
16, 1910, a document entitled Con
parison Of Prices of Agricultural I'm
plements in Canada and the Unitaf
States" which shows that Canadian
farmers pay more for American farcm
machinery than is paid by the Anoeyt-
can farmers. Here are some Of tho
figures:
h-inch, steel-beam walking plow-prts
In North Dakota, $22; price in Manitoba,
s25.
14-inch sulky pillow with lift-prico az
Ohio, $40; price In Ontario, $55
16-inch North Dakota sulky plow-prtSc
in North Dakota; $50. price in Manitoks,
500
17-tooth spring tooth harrow-price n
$22
S-foot, 16-inch disk harrow-price n
North Dakota, $SS; price in Manitoba, III
10-foot, 20 single disk Kentucky Drill
price in North Dakota, s125; price nc
Manitoba, $40.
Riding cultivator, portable axle-prscs
in Ohio and Michigan, $2S; price In Onr
tario, $3S. Q
Hay loader, rake bar-price in Ohio axG
Michigan, $50; price in Ontario, $7e.
First grade farm wagon-price in NoraS
Dakota, $95; price in Manitoba, $106.
Evidence Offered With Proof
Evidence to the same effect is given
by the Gale Manufacturing company
of Albion, Mich, which was specifcas-
ly charged by the free trade advocated
with selling goods more cheaply Sc
Canadian farmers than to American
farmers.
The secretary and general manager
of the company, under date of August
80. 1912, wrote to the Tariff Reform
club denying the charge and threaten
ing to sue for damages unless the 81
sertion was promptly retracted. Ths
firm also wrote to the Republican nss
tional committee as follows:
"Plows, planters, cultlvators anG
other farm machinery made In the
United States cost 20 per cent. mors
In Canada than in this country. HoC
can stand on this statement, and II 81
is challenged we can produce proof
The proof mentioned in this letter
consists of letters from retail dealer
Canada quoting the pricsn
at which the products of the Michigan
factory are sold to Canadian farmers
These figures agree substantially with
those given in the government publ
cation. For instance, a planter which
sells in Detroit for $40 costs $4S 81
Windsor, less than a mile away acrosC
he Detroit river, and a cultivat1H
which sells In Detroit for $50 cannot
be bought in Windsor for less than
1876.
As soon as free trade statements
ire subjected to the cold analysis or
their falsity Is showE-
L is an old proverb that lie viii
ravel seven leagues while truth leg
putting on its boots. 1t Is importarfs
therefore,, that farmers who have
heard the untruths of the free traders
should promptly learn the real facts tc
he case.