Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-22
LARGE AUDIENCE
GREETS M'CUMBER
Senator Draws Vivid Picture Of
What Will Follow After
European War

Valley City, N. D., Oct. 21.-The
largest audience which has yet greet.
ed any political speaker at Valley City
during this campaign assembled Fri.
day night at the Armory to hear Unit.
ed States Senator Porter J. McCum.
Der. The senator was introduced by
former Governor Frank White, and
among his interested auditors was
Lynn J. Frazier, Republican candi.
date for governor.
Mr.. McCumber drew vivid pic.
ture of what is sure to follow the close
Of the European war. He told how
the war had created a great demand
for almost all kinds of American prod.
ucts, including not only munitions Of
war but everything eaten or worn by
men, as well as harness, saddlery,
horses, mules, as we'll as feed for them
He cautioned his hearers that the
competition from European countries.
as we'll as from Japan, China and 9th.
er countries would be more fierce FOL-
lowing the war than ever before. He
told of the very greatly increased ef-
ficiency Of England, which is now pro.
ducing more than ever before in its
history, in spite of the fact that four
million men are absent on war fields.
Germany, always an efficient nation,
has also added to its efficiency and
possibility of production, and he
claimed that the same was true Of
France and other countries. He claim
ed that these countries would have
after the war less money with which
to buy anything which we might have
to sell and a greater need than ever
to make goods for sale in other coun-
tries. He told of the great flood of
agricultural imports into the United
States during the 10 months period
after the passage of the Underwood
law up to the time of the opening of
the European war and showed IL the
same had continued it would have de.
moralized the markets of the Ameri
can farmers. He declared that the
Underwood bill Disseminated against
farmers in that it retained duties at.
fording protection to manufacturers
while placing II out of % different
farm products upon the free list. The
farmers were compelled to buy in a
protected market and sell in the mar.
kets of the world with open competi.
ton from all other countries.
He also stated that the balance of
trade during the last year of Repub.
lican rule in favor of the United
States amounted to 635 million do
lars and that Immediately after the
passage of the Underwood tariff law
that the balance of trade in our favor
began to vanish, and that during the
last four months before the breaking
out of the European war the balance
of trade had entirely disappeared and
instead we bought of foreign countries
in excess of what we sold to them 20
million dollars worth of goods. This
resulted in the closing of many factor
les and the placing Of many Others up
on half time, and II the war had not
broken out American industries
would have suffered and the farmers
would have been deprived Of great
part of their home market.
The senator also discussed the for
eign policy Of the administration and
the Mexican question. In the case OF
Mexico he gave a detailed account OF
all the official acts of the administra.
ton and asked his hearers to Judge
whether the record was one OF which
they could approve.
He also told how the election Of q
Democratic senator from North Da-
kota 20 years ago gave the Democrat
ic majority of / in the senate Of the
United States, thus making possible
the passage of the Wilson-Gorman
law, the most destructive bill against
American agriculture ever passed by
congress. He appealed to farmers
and business men to stand by the can
didates of the party believing in the
protection of American agriculture as
well as other American industries.