The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-03
Eacts For Farmers.

cons,,1 General Frederick NJ hVoe1,
,USnntnec. Can, reports tnat h0u NI1
~ the heavy stock cattle 11oM -
harhs OF Manitoba received q. -
ITnion stock yards in WINNIPEG as ~
ing purchased by American D ,. 90
The first shipment consesteo ..sasyy
bead of what is known as aedss
-sac1-ersr mostly yearlings, and was
eonsiened to Billings, Mont. the AT
s+er nart of April; another Snapment "
.9,o.I+ 900 head, destined for po.nts II
Nson4ana and Minnesota, was SMpPeo
NTsv He reports that the ouse1
90 grlpch disappointed at not oelHs
s.,,1a no secure a greater numoer' -
4l5ey Y1TIly expected to take up aoOue
.16o0 head. They may yet succeed ~
Sofrr this If satisfactory prices can
ma agreed upon The average PI Ply =.
the cattle so far procured We -peV -
mead for yearlings and S34.Su 1or wv
rearofds. All OF these cattle were
Examined by American veteE asnS[e,
md the shipments are covered os nv s,eo
s+oc,r insurance. Thus one OF the
eAscts of the Democratic tartn law u
,7,ttInr cattle on the free list Is 10 IN
d,Ice American buyers to cross over
IA Canada, buy in that market pay
~. veterinarian examination, lnsu!
MOO and shipping, and land the Stock
IA this country TO be marketed at
profit ,, ,,-,en the
Democratic tariff law Went 1nIo ene eoo
TO June 80, 1914. nearly EVNo oV
bushels OF corn were lmpoFeeo mo IlIIo
this country free OF duty. VI oa en,s
snooy,nt over ninety per cent came
sooyn Argentine. The latest monthly
summary Of the department on com
nnerce shows that since June 81. .fsh4'
!. q nm O00 more bushels have been I'M
norted mostly from Argentine InlS
1A-geofine corn is a small, very hard
- thar looks almost like popcorn
71Ie bulk of it is imported by the
Corn Products Company OF New YORK
istafe. and Is used by them IN MAKING
cornstarch. ct contains about Two
ner cent less starch extract I ndn Gtie
American corn E. B. walden, o tne
Corn Products Company, testns1ns o1
this subject before the congressman
Ssonnmfttee on ways and means. said:
1--we woa1ld buy at an even price
q ,,,er-ican corn With the duty OF
6fteen cents bushe1 under Repuoh-
can law the importation OF TINS Ar
sentine corn was largely curtaheo'
zoTly 800, 900 bushels coming IN during
the 6scai wear 1913. Had this fifteen
cent duty been retained. not less than
e0Oo0.0eo bushels of American corn
would have been purchased from
American farmers by cornstarcn
manueacturers. With the duty on,
tiey were able to pay the freight rate
fnom Argentine on corn producing
two per cent less starch, and still find
It more profitable.
For nine months ending March,
ae15. fresh meats were imported into
this country to the astonishing amount
of 1s4 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 ia
crease In freight rates from South
American countries For the nine
months ending March 1874, six months
under Democratic law, the amporta-
tons OF fresh meats were 99.000,000
pounds. average entry value eight and
onehaif cents pound These i'm
ports rose to 7es.6Go.oo0 pounds by
June OF that year During the eigh-
teen months operation OF the Under
wood law up to March. 1915. 317.6o0:-
600 opund of fresh meat came into the