The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-04


purpose of manufacturing starch and
glucose Argentine corn is about as val
liable as the extraordinary quality OF
corn produced in the United States.
The importations OF oats for the same
months under the old law were 23.5S0
bushels. and under the present law
! lsl9i,li5 bushels.
Are the Farmers Satisfied
] The gentleman from Iowa 'Mr.
VoIimerj states that the farmers i'll
/ his state are satisfied. Perhaps so.
/ He would have US believe that the
Iowa farmers are satisfied with hav-
| ing their corn placed on the free lis'.
manded and received protective
duty on rice He would have us be-
leye that the Iowa farmer is pleased
to have his potatoes on the free list,
while the farmers Of Virginia and
North Carlino have exacted duty
on peanuts. He would have us be-
llcNt tudl tilt ioNd diHiciS dit sdtiS-
tied to have their live stock placed
upon the free list. while the farmers
OF the south insisted upon having
their tobacco highly protected. He
would have US believe that the farm
ers of the north are satisfied with
having fruit placed on the free list
or at very low rate of duty, while
the orange and lemon growers of
Florida demanded ample protection.
Would he have us believe that the
Iowa farmer is pleased with having
wool placed on the free list while
Texas had demanded and obtained a
protective tariff on AngOra goat hair?
Loss N the Price If Potatoes
Let me call the gentleman's atten-
ton to another article - butter of
which we imported $122.OOO worth
in the same months under the old
law, and 1881 900 worth under the
present law.
The gentleman referred particular
ly to potatoes. OF these the importa-
tons for the four months named
under the old law were 10000
bushels. value $S4 900. and under the
present law for the same period
3.261 900 bushels. value $1.476,OO0. If
the gentleman will refer to these fig
ures he will find that the import value
of potatoes under the old law was
$l.29 per bushel. and now under the
new tariff law. 49 cents a bushel
Does the gentleman think he can
throw out any sop of that kind to the
Iowa farmer by saying, Here's to
the Iowa hen, whose son never sets"
LaughterD You forget that the Can
adian hen and rooster, with a pleas
ant smile on. look over the border in
to the United States, and with delight
say to each other, I'VE can now be
employed full time and have no fear of
finding a market over there for the
fruits of our toll "
Loss on Corn Crop SlSN,0%D<I.lkt0
Mr.. McLaughlin-Does the gentle
man know of the testimony of very
prominent witness before the COM
mittee on rules the other day, telling
of the effect of the immense importa-
tions of corn from Argentina. when
he said that the loss to the American
farmer on account of that importa-
tion was $65.OOO,OOO?
Mr.. Fordney-fes. my friend; and
at six cents a bushel on the amount
of corn produced in this country last
year,, 100000 bushels-it is $3.50
100000. And that is what the price of
corn reached.
Mr.. Borland-Will the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. Fordney-I have not the time to
yield now. will a little later. Our
importations OF breadstuffs for the four
months | have referred to under the
old law were s5.364. 523, and under
the new law, for the corresponding
four months, they were s1S,534 .966.
Do you think the Iowa farmer likes
that? l would ask the gentleman the
name of farmer who has requested
him to make the statements which he
has made-that they are satisfied-or
| if he knows OF any northern farmer
who has asked any Democrat to do
these things? If so, the poor unfortun-
ate farmer does not know anything a
bout the importation of agricultural
products now coming into this coun-
try from abroad in direct competition
with is products, the product of the
sweat of his brow.
Now to get down to eggs. There
were no importatiOns at all under tho
old law given in the report, against
| $612.0O0 worth under the new law
| Take 10 agricultural products, II
items produced on the farm, and the