The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-01
FRIDAY, AUG. 1, 1918.
GRoNNA MADE A SPEECH,

~SANANS NASAAAAI VI %FoA VA AC"hcN"
made a speech in the United States
senate yesterday. He damned right
into that old democratic tariff bill
for the sake of the folks back home
and he certainly did soak 'er a good
one" AS Mr.. Dooley would say
"'Twas a turribul slaughter, Hin
Missy"
Mr.. Gronna is not going to stand
idly by and see rank discrimination
against the farmer. Not on your life.
If the farmers of North Dakota had
been forced to have sold their 1912
crop, the 143, 0O0. 900 bushels Of wheat
that was raised in this state last year
under the conditions that will be i'm
posed by the new tariff, they would
have lost 1 5000, 900.
his figures.
The Forum wonders just what the
hard headed North Dakota farmers
who make a study Of the grain
markets of the world are often better
posted on prices and conditions in the
worlds markets than professional
traders, will think of a statement like
that. Mr.. Gronna says that under the
conditions obtaining in 1912, when
there was a short crop in foreign
countries, that if the farmers had been
forced to sell in the open market Of
the world they would have lost $15,-
600, 900.
The North Dakota farmer will take
hat statement and subject it to a lit
tie analysis. He will pick up his last
edition of The Forum, the one which
was printed last night and which con-
tanned the report of the speech made
by Mr.. Gronna in Washington, and
turning to the market report he will
figures:
Winnipeg wheat, cash close-No. l
Northern, SO.
Minneapolis wheat, cash close-No.
/ Northern. $40. SS15.
And the North Dakota farmer knows
that Winnipeg prices have been high
er than North Dakota prices during
almost If not the entire time since the
1912 crop was harvested. If the North
Dakota farmer has any competition to
fear in selling his wheat or any other
crop, 1t is from the Canadian north
west. And the Canadian farmer, SELL
ing in the open market, has been OBJ
tanning higher prices than the Ameri-
can with his protected market.
But, MI. Gronna will say, that
proves my second point. If the remov-
al Of the tariff does not give the con-
sumer cheaper food, what is the use of
taking off that tariff?
And right there is where the think
ing North Dakota farmer is going to
come back at MT. Gronna with a Jolt,
h farmer wants the tariff cut and
Gu: downward. lie is tired Of having
that mythical protection" foisted on
him as an excuse to keep a heavy tar
If on the things he buys.
He knows thu watches, sewing ma
chimes, harvesting tools. and many
other things that he has to buy car be
made in the United States and sold in
foreign counties at a less price thar
he has to pay for them. He knows
that those are the effects of the tariff
that are hitting him and he knows
that all this fol de roll about protec-
ton for he great industry. of agricul-
ture', to put it into very expressive
slang, is merely "hot air" pumped out
of Washington In the endeavor to fool
the farmer.
I And when the North Dakota farm
crs named Mr.. Gronna to 90 to Wash
ington as a progressive" republican,
fi1tsy expected Mr.. Gronna to look out
for their interests and not take UP as
his pet hobby, one Of the Oldest of the
WORKOUT stand-pat arguments.