The Springfield herald., 1913-08-29
To the Springfe d Herald:

ui'eS III toHSTeSS were uTSed u
fight tptiie last ditch" to defeat
President Tatt's proposal to Id
NIT yearly three hnndred thou
sand tons of raw sugar duty free
from the Philippines?
y DO you remember that you
were assured that Colorado
could not compete with the pau
per labor" of our island posses
sions, and that the passage of the
Taft bill would be followed by
the closing down oflthe Colorado
sugar factories, and by the ut
ter destruction of this great in
dustry"?
Do you remember the red hot
resolutions adopted by the Den
yer chamberof commerce protest
ing against the outrage" and the
miles of double leaded editorials
printed in the sugared papers
picturing Colorado as goth cen
tury Rachael lamentfn at the bier
of her fairest and fattest child.
Perhaps you will also recall
| that the bill>Rassed and that the
factories did not close, but as our
friend Kipling would say, that's
another story
! Senator Holle Smith of Georgia
delivered one of the most etfec-
tive speeches delivered in Con
gress during the tariff debate.
He showed that nnm ber one
Northern wheat is selling for 95
1-2 cents bushel in Winnipeg,
Canada, and 50 1-5 cents in Min
neapolis, MINI Of'coUrsc. we
have a tariff Oh Mheat and tlle
ITorries nave been assuring the
senate that its repeal would ruin
the farmers of Minnesota and the
Dakotas, who would be compelled
to compete with the Dauper
labor" of Canada. Now it ap-
pears that the "pauper labor of
Canada is getting more for its
wheat Than the protected farm
err of the United States.
Senator Smith considered the
case of corn. The United States
produces three-fonrths of the
corn crop of the world. Corn
brings lower price here than
anywhere else in the world, and
yet we have a tariff on corn to
protect" our farmers against
the "pauper corn producers" of
other countries.
Why has the duty been kept on
corn, asked Senator Smith, I'M
l.ss it was through the gener-
oSluy VI 'S'llutolo WIZ i'lIt
sented the protected industries
and who were willing to leave on
corn a duty which did not add a
penny to it's value, while the corn
grower was helping them to re-
tain duties on everything the
corn grower bought?
"The American farmers great
sources of revenue are his wheat,
cotton, corn and oats crops.
They bring him three billion sew
en- hundred and fifty million each
year. There is a tariff on wheat.
corn and oats, but none on cot
I ton. Does anyone pretend that
the prices paid the American
farmer for his wheat, corn and
oats are increased by reason of
the tariff or that the price that
he receives for his cotton is de
creased because it is on the free
list? OF course not.
Now let's take the other side;
1t is a safe proposition that the
farmers OF this country have con
tributed not less than five hund.
red million dollars year for the
last twenty years to the support
! of the protected industries.
| What have they received in re-
turn for this enormous sum?
Nothing"
l have decided to return to
Colorado for a short visit with
the home folks. While in Colo.
RADIO | will continue my weekly
reports. There are a lumber of
matters of national interest
which | want to talk over with
the people of Colorado, and the
editors of this ard other papors
| bo ya furpiS ba1 ma tho o,,I /,