The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
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| DuIiu5 Tic Campaign last Idll
great deal was said about the tariff
or lack Of tariff on American products
and the depression of prices on &C
count of the importations from other
countries especially from Argentina
and Australia. We were explaining
| how the owner of wool in Australia
can float it into Boston for less
freight cost than we can ship it from
Idaho into Boston. A great deal was
said about the low price of wheat
and the great need of tariff to keep
out Canadian wheat.
w. D. Trego lives at Calgary,
Canada and in discussing the wheat
question few weeks ago thru cor
respondence with the editor of The
Republican he said the American
farmers would never solve the wheat
problem by placing a tariff to keep
out Canadian wheat. He says they
have shipped great deal of wheat
into the United States and have ship
ped great deal Of wheat to Europe
by way of the United States railroads
thus giving our roads some freight
business which they did not possess
before. If there was tariff on wheat
we would lose that much freight
traffic that is not doing us any harm.
He takes the view that the morgan
lied wheat growers of America, both
the United States and Canada, are
selling their wheat in an organized
market in Europe and that the or
ganized fellows always take the ad-
vantage of the unorganized fellows
by naming the prices and beating
one down by using the other.
Some two or three weeks ago, w.
D. Trego wrote to his brother at
Blackfoot asking him for some in
formation as to what Blackfoot men
think would be the result Of placing all
IS cents per bushel tariff on Canad-
ian wheat being imported into the
U. s. His brother consulted a few
men about town and reported that /
none of them seemed to know what
the effect Of such a tariff would be,
but strangely enough they all had
very decided opinions during the
last fall. He came back
with the following observations
which make an interesting parting
shot:
II have often wondered whether
'ou still held the same views on the
ariff question that you did in former
lays.
Last fall when you were running
he ad in your paper for the Idaho
tate central committee entitled,
Food for Thought it made me
Wonder if you still was of the opin-
on that the Infant Industries still
leeded protection.
1T was very evident that the COM
nittee was out to try to make the
armers think they must support the
republican party and the bluff sure
worked.
IF the Infant Industries continue
o grow more, Infant as time goes
n and they continue to require more
nd more protection who is going to
eed them?
I'm my opinion if they put the
ariff on Canadian wheat it will cost t
he consumers in the U. s. $40 for
very one dollar that the U. s. farm
rs gain in prices on their hard
heat.
II do not think it will make any
Inference in the prices of our wheat
u. it will be great for the rig milling
lterests as 1t will give them an OPP
ortunity to boost the prices on all c
rades of their -four which contain !
ny hard wheat and for every bushel )
hard wheat they use they will l
lend with 1t from three to ten l
ushels of their soft wheat.
There is one thing the tariff will a
do and that is to build up .
le two classes, viz: Millionaires and
aupers. If you want to see the v
ork continued keep boosting for the a
'eat and glorious Republican party" G