Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-05
SENATOR M'CUMBER
DELIVERS ELOQUENT
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dreamed Of. A mighty organization OF
an entire empire under one great COM
manding head. Already each of these
nations has entered into commercial
pact with its ally, the effect of which
is that at the close OF the war; the
produce OF each will be given pref
erence in the market Of each OF the
other allies and the exclusion OF the
produce OF great neutral powers,
which have founded upon their calam.
tiles. And so the physical war will
be firing up commercial war. The
crushing charge of armies will be fol-
lowed by crashing charge OF equal
commercial competition. Now in that
contest, we cannot be neutral In
that contest, Europe will carry her
war into our own domain. And as she
hurled her forces into the ranks OF
the enemy, so she will hurl her prod
ucts into the markets of the world
for whatever: she can secure. s.
ill., End is Inevitable.
"Mr. Chairman, the utterances. OF
President Wilson to every CONNER
cial body has warned the American
people of THE approach of this dan
ger. Again and again has Mr.. Hughes
in his travelling over the United States
called our attention to the same dan.
ger, and we can no more close our
eyes to the swift approach OF this
commerce Of the world than we can
be blind to the approach of a black
thunder cloud, whose roaring pro-
claims the approach Of a storm. Now,
how has the present administration
prepared the American people to
meet that contest? I am speaking to-
night to a people dependent entirely
upon the agricultural resources OF the
state of North Dakota. And, there
fore, l will discuss this from the
standpoint of the interest OF this state
because we must remember that our
prosperity, yes. our prosperity, is de-
pendent entirely upon what is lured
out Of the proud bosom Of old Mother
Earth by strong army, and the bur-
den operates on the farmers Of North
Dakota. We do not get one dollar
from Minneapolis, Chicago or NeV
York. And how has this administra'
ton protected the North Dakota
farmers to meet this situation, Mr..
Chairman, by placing everything that
| we produce upon the free list The
present administration has deprived
! every farmer of the protection he
heretofore held to defend their mar
kets from invasion.
The New Tariff Law.
| "NOw, so long as this war lasts: so
long as the food products of the world
are rolling like mighty wave into
that consuming flame: so long as ship
load after shipload, from four to ten
day, are sent to the bottom Of the
ocean, loaded with wheat and -four
and food products, we shall not -uffer,
but the moment that. this war closes
and conditions return to the normal,
we shall find ourselves in an absO'
lutely helpless condition. Now, my
friends, on the third day of October,
1913, the, present administration put
into effect it's. new tariff law. Now,
what happened. l will tell YOU There
began to pour into this country from
Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico and Aus
|tralia, the greatest quantities Of farm
products that ever entered our ports
in given length of time by ten times
lover. And what was the result? &c
back to October, 1913, you will recol
Ilect that everything that you produced
I got down to the bottom and never
rose again until the third day Of Aug
ust, 1914. F.rf '"2
] War Responsible for High Prices.
"When the flame Of war burst over
three-fourths of the earth, then your
prices began to soar But that little
Interval was sufficient to demonstrate
with accuracy that if the war had not