The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-11-15
LOSS FOR MONTANA COUNTY

and leave as much as usual for export.
There isn't anything more certain
than that price decreases as supply
increases. With wheat on the free
list it is reasonable to assume that
100000, 600 bushels of Canada wheat
viii be marketed in the United States.
Even the prospect of this importation
las decreased the price 8 cents on the
Chicago market.
Let's see how this decrease applies
to the 1000, 900 bushels of wheat rails
ed this year IN Fergus county. To be
conservative, let us figure the importa
tions of free Canadian wheat will
make a difference of only 5 cents a
bushel, although there already is a dit
ference of 8 cents before a bushel of
the Canadian grain has been market
ed. A decrease in the price of only )
cents per bushel means decreased re
ceipts to the farmers of Fergus coun
ty alone of $350,000. Think of that
and then think of the fact that the en-
tire Montana delegation in Congress
voted for the anti-farmers bill. Then
think of the fact that Senator Walsh
is the self proclaimed eonservator of
Montana interests and that Senator
Myers would not nave had a corpor
ais guard of votes if 1t had been
known in advance that he would be-
%~axv AIou+ap n > infaraStG hNr his. xatag
for free wool, free grain and free i'm
portation of everything a farmer pro
duces.
Congressman Rainey, of illinois,
next to Underwood himself, is sponsor
for the anti-farmers' bill. And these
are the exact words he uses under the
heading, Concessions to the Farm
err
eve nave given the farmer all OF
his farming implements free of duty.
This ought to enable him to purchase
A~merican-made farming implements
as cheap at home as the same articles
are sold abroad. We have reduced the
taxes on his wire and other fencing
materials until they are now merely
nominal. We have given him his bag
ging free, and when our tariff bill has
brought about the competition it will
ling about and has brought about
reductions, as it will, in the expensive
system Of distribution at present pre-
vailing in this country, he ought to be
able to buy for use ON his farm or in
his home.'
Is it necessary to ask how the farm
er will benefit by having farm i'm
there a solitary farmer in Montana
or in the United States who has a sin
gle farming implement from a 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 any such
northeast wind of a concession. lie
wants : square deal and he knows he
Is not getting IT IN the Underwood
kainey anti-tarmers' bill. And then
the taxes(f) ON wire and other fencing
materials are reduced until they are
merely nominal. Wouldn't you like
to have a photograph OF Senate
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 fencingl But the
bagging is Tree, although hainey for
got to say that it was only made free
when enough Democrats in the Senate
opposed the duty to Jeopardise the
whole bin.
And free bagging, then, is the only
concession that can benefit the
farmer in the anti-tarmers bill. Let S
stick a pin here in that claim along
with the other that free wool makes
cheaper clothing. All precedent Will
be overthrow ii either makes a
cents worth of difference. The great
est possible diff erenee in a grain bag
would be less than a cent and the ay-
erage difference in a suit OF clothes
through free wool is less thai 70 cents.
Does anyone imagine these differences
will get past the manufacturer
Does any farmer OF Fergus county
think he viii benefit one cent by the
free listing OF grain and wool to coun-
terbalanee his share OF Fergus
county's $4,000 lossELewistown
(Mont.) Argus.