The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-15
BIC LOSS FOR
FERGUS COUNTY
viii the Farmers Make II Up With
Free Agricultural Implements?
Will They Buy Abroad

Government crop reports show the
American wheat crop is abundant to
supply the needs Of the United States
and leave as much as usual for ex-
port. There is not anything more
certain than that price decreases as
supply increases. With wheat on the
free list we can assume that about
100 900 900 bushels Of Canadian wheat
will be marketed in the United
States. Even the prospect Of this
importation has decreased the price
6 cents on the Chicago market.
Let us see how this decrease ap-
plies to the 100000 bushels of wheat
raised this year in Fergus county.
To be conservative let us fgure the
Importation of free Canadian wheat
will make difference or only five
cents a bushels, although there al
ready is a difference of six cents be-
fore bushel of the Canadian grain
has been marketed. A decrease In
the price of only five cents per bush
ell means decreased receipts to the far
mers OF Fergus county alone Of $780,
900. Think OF that and then think
OF the fact that the entire Montana
delegation in congress voted for
the anti-farmers bill. Then think Of
the fact that Senator Walsh IL the
self proclaimed conservator OF Mon
| tana's interests by his votes for free
| wool, free grain and free Importation
Of everything a farmer produces.
Congressman Rainey, Of Illinois.
next to Underwood himself is sponsor
for the antifarmers bill. And these
are the exact words he uses under
the heading, Concessions to the Far
mer:
| We have given the farmer all Of
his farming implements free OF duty.
This ought to enable him to purchase
American made farming implements
as cheap at home as the same articles
are sold abroad. We have reduced
ing stuff until they are now merely
nominal. We have given him his baf
ging tree, and when our tariff bill
has brought about the competition
it will br:ng about and has brought
reductions, as it will in the expensive
system of distribution at present pre-
vailing in this country, he ought to be
able to buy cheaper nearly everything
he is compelled to buy for use on his
farm Or in his home.
Is it necessary to ask how the far
mer will benefit by having farm inn
plements put on the free list? Is
there Il solitary farmer in Montana
or In the United States who has a
single farming implement from hoe
to a combine harvester and which was
made in any foreign country? 1t is
to laugh when this is advanced as the
main concession to the farmer. The
farmer does not want amy such north
east wind for a concession. He wants
square deal and he knows he Is
not getting 1t in the Underwood RAIN
ey antl-farmers' bill. And then the
taxes CD on wire and other fencing
materials are reduced until they are
merely nominal. Would not you like
to have photograph OF Senator
Walsh or Myers trying to justify his
vote on the tariff bill by showing
that any tariff or lack of tariff will
make a cents worth Of difference In
the cost OF fence posts or wire fenc-
ing? But the bagging is free. al
though Rainey forgot to say that 1t
was only made free when enough
Democrats in the Senate opposed the
duty to jeopardize the whole bill.
And free bagging. then is the only
er in the anti-farmers bill. Let us
stick a pin here In that claim along
with the other that free wool will
make cheaper clothing. All proceed.
ent will be overthrow II either makes
cents worth OF difference. The
greatest possible difference In a grain
bag would be less than a cent and
the average difference in a suit of
clothes through free wool is less than
20 cents. Does anyone imagine these
differences will get past the manufac,
turer?
Does any farmer OF Fergus county
think he will benefit one cent by the
free listing Of grain and wool to
counterbalance his share of Fergus
county's $350,OOO loss?
UNEXPECTED RESULTS POSSIBLE