Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-13

, Mr.. Fordney: You voted in Texas the
democratic ticket, and put IN the House
. OF Representatives Il heavy democratic
delegation. and immediately after cleo
ton. packed your satchels, came up here
and prayed to them for Gods sake not
to do the very things they agreed to dc
if YOU elected them. u.auEhtrr).
Mr.. towun: There Is no use 10 takt
time about this because we both under
stand ii perfectly well.
After this Mr.. " went ON ana made
one Of the ablcSt arguments for Il protcc-
tive lurin that has ever been made any
where; hu, what | canno, understand
Is how Il man so able and Intelligent as
Mr.. Cowan can have the audacity to
ask for protection for his own industry
and then demand free trade on shoes
and hats and coats and pocketkniVcS ana
everything else. but that seems t" ba
the fundamental difference between Il re-
publican and Il democrat, a republican
believes that he has no right TO So leg
iSlalr as to increase the profits Of q
few industries at the expense of all
others. lie understands that no tariil
system will work out In practice that
does not treat an industries alike. The
farmer cannot sell his industries at II
profitable price unless he is willing to
pay Il price for the products he wants
in exchange for his own, that win per
nit OF reasonable wages ana prottt IN
their making: and If this htll becomes
Il law our factories, shops and mills will
soon discover that they cannot maintain
Il profitable business after the farmer
who Is the biggest consumer OF their no
duets. has been robbed Of his profits.
This is. nevertheless. In accordance
with democratic doctrine. for democrats
all seem ohsrssrd with the idea that by
some Legislative legerdcmuin il can be
made possible for everyone tn sell their
own labor at Il high pric and buy every
Their persons labor and products at Il
cheap price. The doctrine. like pcrpct-
ual motion. has been declared possible
as far back rs We hawke any records.
but neither has ever been put into sue
ccSSiuI operation, and it is safe to say
never will.
But let us go back to MIR. Cuwan's
testimony und brief before the commit
tee. The gentleman from New York CHR.
ilarri&on) accused Mr.. Cowun of taking
a narrow view Of the subject, saying:
You are not considering the welfare
of the people of the United States
Mr.. towan: If YOU will allow me to
proceed, ! will show YOU that | am.
Mr.. Harrison: | shalt be very glad if
YOU can do so.
Mr.. cowan: ! am representing the
best interests of the people of the United
States. undertake to say that when
You discourage cattle raising in this c"un
trN-mind YOU. Texas and the Mexican
border ana Montana aud Idaho and Ne
braSku and kansas are not the only cat
tie growing countries. There are over Il
million head of cattle in the state of
New York, cattle shipped from Texas
which are finished in New York and sold
ON the l;ullaI" market. Calves that are
bought in TrHa% are fed on the farms of
Indiana and ohio. The interviewer fab
ric of farming where You raise corn, grain
Of all sorts and hay with the live stock
in the cattle producing business Of this
country. IS such that you cannot srpar-
ate tn" two. that YOU cannot continue
the i"retilitN of the soil of this country
with out the use of live stock. In the
states of Kentucky and Tennessee hay
ing been born in TcnnrSsrr-l know that
tn red hills Of Tennessee and large parts
of Kentucky are rrjuvinatcd because
they SOW it in clover and HruS and Craze
cattle on II. ANA so they do in Virginia,
and $" they d" in Pennsylvania, and so
they Ito AL over the entire farming conn.
try.
"Now ! say it is to the best interests
of the country that It he self surpnrtmg
in tn" way OF the productions of cattle
s." that if YOU. Just for the sake Of
latrniZlnE some people, who say they
want cheaper meats, shall open the q ""s
of this country to the flood Of meas that
not right now-from South A"mcriru.
Just to the extent that that mcA; takes
tn" plac" in New York, in pN.hlrlpniu.
in Boston, in Baltimore Of tn" cattle
wi ich we are shipping from the west
uut here. just to that cxtcl., we shall
to- get Il marl'Ct.
'Who is ginr 10 ship it here? Have
yon ever Thought of that? the man who
can candle II. why. | know members
Of congress. men running for office. max
thar the Object they had in putting meats
on the fire." list was in order TO undertake
to curb the Packers Trust rhat IS u
W i'ular thing to do at lngrni'iur. 1t is
,,tl lt -. a., l,,I... a.,,l, .Ir. a. $50 i,-.,
ANYTHING about it, and yet the hackers
Of the United States own Il majority Of
tn" packing houses of l:ucnus Ayers. AMI
there is not II single packing house IN
':u"n's Ayers that undertake IS t" start
out a Shipluad of beef for New \orl."
Now let me give YOU some statements
made on this subject by IIcri,rrt W.
Mumi"r1. chief of Animal Industry, last
September, ANA we will he able TO bet
ter understand the position the American
farmer will hr in if this bill brrnm : Il
law.
lie says:
"Frnm the international standpoint the
most important and recent development
ct the meat industry Of the Argentine
Republic is tn" entrance and growing
,lhiraEo meat industries entered this
'i"ll "nlE seven years aHo. but have al
readily attained such a position that they
ar" Il decided. if not Il dominating, in
nS'rldanry of North American interests.
Ilurnrr i. the progress Of the trade and
the control of prices. The extent Of
their interests is only partially known
10 the public. either of the Argentine
or the United States, but they admittedly
hold two OF the seven companies engaged
in the production and export Of cold stor-
age meat and are believed to have at
least Il working understanding with sew
cral IF the others. They have also Sc
cured land for the purpose, ii is believed,
Of establishing new plants.
'1Nlc two ;VOWcdlV North American