The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-29
GRAND FORKS N. D. FRIDAY.

Growers association, was then called.
He told of the anomaly Of Manitoba
flour selling for 80 cents a barrel less
in Liverpool than in Manitoh- Moth
ing but the duty kept the price Of
flour up and the burden of this duty
fell on the consumer.
I'VE are producing a surplus Of
wheat. yet we have to pay like fun
for our flour. We protect the miller.
and this is what he does to U.S." Mr.
Wood said. There are lots of men
who sit down and put their feet up
on radiator and say, why don't
they get into mixed farming?' They
haven't tried It,"
NJ. Wood told Of having bought
United States firm. Tho price had
gone up to $50 before he was through.
which was the price of 3-year-old.
Canadian buyers had to compete. yet
his neighbors had called him dis
loyal" and insisted that the animals
should have been kept for two days
longer.
Some people seem to think that if
ANYBODY wants to buy ANYTHING from
you that is the thing you should not
sell him. said Mr.. Wood.
Labor Serious Obstacle.
The witness said labor was another
serious obstacle In the way Of mixed
farming. and feed had been expensive
until this year. Cattle could not run
on $40 land and feed on so cent bar
ley and make any money. unless there
was sure market. Cattle were
worth a lot of money today just as
potatoes were. simply because there
were neither cattle nor potatoes I'm
the country. Just as soon as there
was good production Of either under
present conditions the price would
drop.
E. G. Drury of Barrie. was the last
witness called. Reciprocity would
have been as helpful to Ontario as to
the west. he said. He was interested
In supplying cream to Toronto and
the prices were only fair. Across the
border they were better. The mar
one firm. The combination of the
city dairy practically controlled the
market there.
Ontario Going Down Hill.
The lambs from the United States
which had been slaughtered in Tor
onto were "A distinctly inferior grade
to the Canadian lambs. Ontario was
going down hill in the production Of
cattle and sheep. Agriculture was
the staple industry Of Ontario and
Great Britain was the best market
at present. This was limited. hoWev-
er. and the logical market was in
the United States. He believed that
it would be to the advantage Of the
farmer were there free admission of
United States early vegetables and
fruit.
II don't know of a single way in
which the Canadian farmer or public
would be hurt by the passage of re-
ciprocity," said Mr.. Drury. He de-
clared that Ontario had to continue
growing barley and. apples and the
market for these was in the United
States. Ontario apples had been sold
at loss in the west last autumn.
Cana dian turnips were not making a
profit IN spite Of the duty in the Uni
ted States.
Roderick Mackenzie was recalled
and read tables. of figures showing
that the expectation Of wheat and
-four from the United States was
l1.56 per cent Of her production and
that her prices in Winnipeg in cattle,
wheat. dairy products etc. were low
er than in Chicago and Minneapolis.
IIe declared that seven pound sack
Of Manitoba -four which sold for 35
cents In Winnipeg could be bought for
22 cents in Manchester. England.