The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-03-17

accounts. inspecting the form Of his
bond and ascertaining the RESPONSE
bility Of the sureties.
In my opening remarks criti.
cised the lack Of frankness of the
Democratic platform in It's assur-
ance to the farmers Of the country.
I can not charge lack Of .frankness
to the authors and supporters Of
our new tariff law. With b frank
ness almost brutal there is indicat-
ed on page 8 Of the report filed
by the Ways and Means Commit
tee in support Of the Underwood
bill the following statement, the
remedy for which is the principal
object Of the Underwood bill.
(Here follows a table In proof
of the gentleman's argument. See
Record Of March 8, page 4506.)
At the head of the list and charg-
ed as principal offender is. the
high price of farm products, which
demands a lowering remedy. This
is made despite the fact that farm
products In 1897 were relatively
much lower than were the other
classes Of articles at that time,
and the tariff bill delivered its
most deadly blow against farm pro-
ducts prices. The committee, on
page 3s of its report, concentrated
the meaning of its whole measure
within the limits of single SEN
tence which expresses now Its OBJ
vious effect. This is the commit
tees deliverance:
In our judgment the future
growth of our great industries lies
beyond the seas."
or all our industries agriculture
is and has been the greatest. 1t
has been the belief of most Ameri,
cans that the growth of our indus
tries should be within our own ma
tional borders and not beyond the
seas. Yet this measure, by its
terms calculated and by the quot
ed statement, processes the purpose
to locate the growth Of our great
est industries beyond our national
borders. Most of us would rather
see prosperous wheat fields this
side of the Canadian line than be-
yond 1t. Somehow or other, have
not been especially interested in
the special prosperity of our wheat
oats and barley in Canada, beyond
the unsalted seas.
A fierce attack was recently
made In the Senate of the United
States upon h publisher Of my
state for advertising the adyantag-
es, prospects, and the benefits of
Canadian lands. His means of in
ducing the migration from the Uni
ted States to Canada was severely
censured. How slight his offense
was compared with the deliberate
statement Of the great Ways and
Means Committee, which, over the
signatures OF fourteen members out
of twenty-one. tells every American
citizen interested in the production
OF meats and cereals that growth
In that industry does not lie with
in the American borders but does
lie beyond the seas. l think that
vast majority Of the American
people would rather see rich wav
ing fields of corn all the way from
the Lakes to the Gulf and from
ocean to ocean than its source o
production beyond the seas, upol
the slopes of Argentina.
The Ways and Means COMMITTEE
directs the attention OF the youn
farmer to the grassy plains OF Aus
tralia, Argentina, and Canada 10
the production of cattle and sheel
and bids the enterprising citizen &
hence to mingle and participate
would rather keep this class OF cit
zens at home and build up on
rocks and herds here, so that III
American people in time OF war