The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-08-24
DR.. T. +. LADD's +.
WEEKLY LETTER
Some Observations on, the Pending
Tariff Bill

Tariff Bill
! My personal opinion. is that if the
avenues of transportation, the natur-
al resources Of the country as well as
the money and credit of the nation
were permitted to function as they
should be permitted to function in
the interests of all the people instead
of for the benefit of a privileged few,
the American farmer, laboring man
manufacturer and business man could
more than hold their own in competi-
ton with any country in the world
without a protective tariff, but under
conditions which now exist this is i'm
possible and a protective tariff be-
comes necessity. Tariff for infant
Industries or to develop new industries
for national protection as for ex-
ample the nitrogen industry at Muscle
Shoals, is both commendable and a
wise policy.
By failure to recognize the true
function of government as to issuing
and controlling the volume of money
as well as conserving our natural re-
sources in the interests of all the peo-
pie and controlling the avenues of
transportation from the standpoint of
service instead of profit, we have
created artificial conditions which
make it impossible for the American
farmer and laboring man, with their
higher standards of living, to cope
with those of foreign countries with
their lower standards of living. Re-
gardless of whether we believe in a
tariff for revenue or tariff for pro-
lection in the abstract as to the best
policy for America,-"it is a condition
and not theory that confronts u.s."
From my study and observation of
present day conditions I am forced to
the conclusion that protection wisely
gagged so as to avoid creating monop-
olies and to develop all the natural
resources of the country is undoubted-
ly of great advantage in preventing
leveling in prices and wages in Amer
lea to those in other countries. Re-
presenting an agricultural state
large percentage of whose citizens
believe in the protective principal,
certainly would not be true to my trust
or worthy of the confidence they
placed in me if I supported or failed
to support legislation contrary to their
known wishes. It would be unreason-
able to expect that the farmer who is
the largest manufacturer should be
forced to continue to sell his finished
product, namely, wheat, oats, barley,
corn, cotton, wool, livestock, etc, in
an open market and at the same time
compel him to buy in protected mar
ket. The farmer believes in the doc
trine of the square deal. He asks no
favors for himself that he is not will
ing to extend to all other groups of
citizens.
In the last analysis the real test
OF any measure or movement is the
results produced. In this connection
l wish to submit the inclosed compars-
ion of prices of wheat under the
provisions of the present Emergency
Tariff Law. The figures speak for
themselves and our readers will be
able to draw their own conclusions.
There is shown the comparative daily
price for wheat at Minneapolis and at.
Winnipeg for November, 1920, before
the Emergency Tariff was III force at
time when the bulk of the crop was
coming into the market and again
for November, 1921, while the Emer-
gency Tariff was in force.
Prices of wheat in Minneapolis and