Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-05-15


. corn for the four months IN 1921
under protection amounted 10 bu
3 per cent Of the imports for the fou
months Of 1913-l4 under free trade.
For those same months under pro
lection we imported 1850 bushels o
! oats. and under free trade we import
cd fC.t9f.1li bushels Of oats. Thu
: importation Of oats for che foui
months Of 1912-13 under the protection
lamounted to but two tenths OF ] pei
cent the imports II those -four
month IN l913-14 under free trade.
For ise four months under pro-
| lection ua imported 470175 pounds Of
/ butter. aud under free trade for those
same mOnfha we imported 4,575.079
pounds Of butter.
/ importation ~ animals. principally
cattle: we imported in those four
months Under protection S3,468. 1892
worth Of animals. ana under free trade
we imported sl2.27s.1GG worth Of ami
mails.
For these four months we imported
s5.3G4.523 worth Of bread stuff. and
for th0se same months under free
trade we imported s1S.584,956 worth
Of bread stuff.
INI ilfst iUli IlOIAN0 hiiilti - "
trade we imported 2,S85.56 dozen eggs
For these four months under protec-
ton no Importation of eggs are shown.
We imported for the four months
under protection 1880 bushels Of po-
tatoes and under free trade for those |
same months we imported 3,26l705 |
bushels Of pototoes.
This government had a quarantine
~ an the foreign countries on po-
atoes, owing to the diseases that exist
n those countries. The quarantine is
icing raised as the different countries
comply with tho rules and regulations
demanded by this government. just
few days ago the quarantine was
aised against Holland, but most Of /
he great potato producing countries I
Z the world are still under quaran- I
inc as against the country, but it is
xpected by the time this years crop Is q
aady for delivery that they will all |
ave met the rules and regulations |
by this government. 1t is q
wise man who can predict what will (
appen to the potato industry this t
ear If there should be normal /,
'op and the quarantine is raised +
salnst all foreign countries, Idaho's il
,tatoes will not be worth the freight T
Iat we must pay to reach the mar h
It's of the large cities in the east d
Butterfat a year ae c~ worth T
rty cents in Portla It is c,
)rth twenty eight &c land G
TT pea industry tina cised to T
a great industry in this state is also hi
a dangerous condition In Fremont CO
unity alone 100000 was paid out for II
as last year. This year the acreage II
3 been reduced so per cent. and the 10
ice has been reduced fifty cents b;
ndred. 1t is safe to say that Idaho to
II lose a million dollars on peas this fir
ar. w
Millions of cases of eggs are being CO
ipped into our great cities, and are
ing placed in cold storage to be tn
ought out next winter and sold in w
npetition with our Christmas eggs. ov
ese eggs are being bought in China RI
from five and a half to six cents pc
zen. II is estimated that they can WI
laid down for three cents dozen bu
king them cost here eight and te,
Il to nine cents a dozen. The result en-
these importation has been to de- un
ralize our egg market in America.
.Iany of our people do not seem ito an
alarmed because the farmers pro- tn,
IT'S nave been put upon the free list. tee
CIV point to the fact that hides We're me
ced upon the free list and that it on
not reduce the price o. hides. TIL
nj is true. but they do not seem to wi
lerstand that the great country Of thi
gcntiue which supplied this coun- er
with hides as soon as the duty was Wi
ioved. placed an export duty ON me
u.s. which was higher than the tariff up
his country before they were plac- ms
ON the free list So it is not strange An
{ the price of hides was not reduc- us,
This was true also as far as chi
her was concerned. The Republic in,
party reduced the tariff on lumber far
it ala not reduce the price; for the pre-
SON that the Canadian lumberman has
orbed the difference in the tariff in
the price on lumber ship a
into America. This government All
four and half million dollars var
'evcnues ON hides and lumber ana pla
people are paying more today imam wo'
. before for their shoes and lumber. Y
arover there is a monopoly that for
trolls the price OF any product hay
monopoly will be able TO regulate two
prices, ana tneN VIII uot "' AN SIM
a. but the farmer has no organ tart
ion to control the prices of his pro- to
IS. SO he is at the mercy of the "a f
le world. tart
1t mo read you some of the condi- are
! as far as labor and freight rates for
in these new countries. peti
Idaho the average cost for feed pro,
sheep the year round is 1924 who
/. In South America feed is furn- iner
4 the entire year for 23c. and in not
ralia for &c. ceiv
,e price OF labor in Idaho for past
Hing live stock, including board is p
g 90 per month. In Australia the the
are price per month including tobs
a $4,000. In South America the rece
age price including board is $40 ic y
I'm Russia we find most startling on
ition IN labor. There we find the tarii
,s are from ten to twenty cents a thin
and this Is not given ina money, "a I
is given in food just enough 60 can
,fn life and 81 IS said that Rus This