The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-03
Facts Tor FarmerS.

consnl General Frederick NJ. Fyoe.,
& usnntner. Can, reports that nucn
- +1,e heavy stock cattle from al
Narte OF Manitoba received sne
1Tnion stock yards in WINNIPEG IS "
ing purchased by American ouy 90
The first Shipment consisted o.
head OF what is known as 80
stocxersr mostly yearlings, ano Mas We
eensfened to Billings. Mont, the ia1,
49, e- mi offApril; another shipment OF
.S,o,1t 400 head, destined for po1nes n
NEon+ana and Minnesota. was sn1ppeu
No. He reports that the puyefs
are much disappointed at not oetns
aI,le to secure a greater nu Inoet, -
+I,ev s11lly expected to take up aoou.
1o0oe head They may yet succeeu ~
5otne this il satisfactory prices cau
me agreed upon The average Pr no -.
the cattle so far procured was soo ps.
mead for yearlings and $S1-0u 1oI wv
Srea-obfs. All Of these cattle were
Z ssesne.I nv American veterinarians,
and the shipments are covered Dy At ~.
s+octr insurance. Thus one OF 1ne
sIects Of the Democratic tarth law IN
{ Uniting cattle on the free list IS 10 IA
d5Jce American buyers to cross osel
"a Canada, buy IN that market, pay
FOR veterinarian e1am1nat1on, Lnsui-
s1ce and shipping, and land the STOCK
A., this country TO be marketeo at .
profit o,, chen fhe
Democratic tariff law went INTO ene eoo
to June 80, Ta14, nearly 1svVv'ovo
Z sS,sheIs of corn were imported INTO
: az 800 country free OF duty or this
anrounf: over ninety per cent came
from Argentine The latest montnly
snnmary OF the department OF com
e,osss-ce shows that since June 80, l9l4'
5000 600 more bushels have been m
norted mostly from Argentine Inls
th4cenfine corn is a small, very haro
49, that looks almost like popcorn
me bulk Of it is imported by tue
Corn Products company OF New 1oFk
state, and is used by them m nakls
cornstarch CIT contains ABOUT t~o
per cent less starch eStracI .lnan ~ ~
American corn z. B. Walden, OF 1ne
corn products Company, testny1nS ON
this subject before the congresslonal
COMMITTEES on ways and means, saao'
eve would buy at an even prfce
Ar,erican corn With the duty OF
f9teeu cents buShel under Repuoh-
can law the importation OF this Ar
genuine corn was largely curta1eu
only 900, 600 bushels coming IN ourins
the fiscal year 1873 Had TINS oI1een-
cent duty been retained. not less Inian
&0.0O0.OVO tDnSaGES u &A4ASAAS11 49,
would have been purchased from
American farmers by cornstarcn
manufacturers. With the duty on
they we're able to pay the freight rate
from Argentine on corn produclns
two per cent less starch, and still mo
n more profitable
For nine months ending March,
1915, 6resh meats were imported into
thIs country to the astonishing amount
OF iS4, 100000 pound. with an average
value at the port of entry of nine and
one-half cents pound, and this de.
spite the severe handicap OF decreased
ocean tonnage and the consequent n
crease In freight rates from South
American countries For the nine
months ending March 1914. six months
under Democratic law. the tnporta.
lions of fresh meats We're So.OO0.OOC
pounds, average entry value eight and
one-haif cents pound. These i'm
uorts rose to 1pes6Go.0o0 pounds by
June OF that year During the eagh-
teen months operation OF the Under
wood daw mp to March, 1915. 3I7s6oo-
Oo0 opund of fresh meat came into the