Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-08-02
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MINNEsOTA's PROTEST

The Minnesota senatorial election should surprise
no one It was vote of protest. to be expected ana en-
reIy legitimate But it is protest not much poitl
cal as it is economic 1t has behind it the deporaDe con-
ditions existing in the agricultural West 1t IS the OUT
come of 8Ocent wheat but 1O-cent loaves Scent hogs
but 35cent ham, higher than freight rates out pre-
war farm pricesprofiteering the profltess LUIS
burgh-plusing on farm Implements excessive tariff o-
ties on hghprced necessities And on down the long
lane Of our out-of-plumb economic situation.
should surprise one acquainted with TINS stua.
ton that the regular nominees of the two dominant pot
cal parties should be defeated by candidate OF the farm
er-abor group How else the great masses OF our
people more ephaticaly express their dissatisfaction
with their unfortunate condition than at the polls! lhey
went the whole distance but whether they have really
bettered themselves time alone will tell
After than two years OF so-caled REIMBURSEMENT
the only man in the country today who IS compelled TO
produce at return and buy at prices near 1ne
compelled to take less than the cost OF production Tor
his wheat and others of his products his dollar
still is 68-cent dollar That is all it will buy OF otner
mems goods It is terrible disadvantage
With this immense spread and the spread between
producer and still too great we have proflteer
ing in of the necessities TO make the cnasm sun
wider An economic situation which permits proflteerng
on the onehand and denies living on the other which
shows no relation between the prices the producer has to
accept and which maintains the prices both have to
for necessities far out of balances intolerable.
1t is this thing that is the matter with US Until we
get this abnormal and mOnStrOuS disparity adjusted we
shall continue to have widespread discomfort and d1ssats
faction and should have for that precisely the thing
that good for us out OF the dtch we need TO Oe saD
ed broad awake
The Minnesota election was demand for economic
justice-not only from farmers but from others. Inc
people of our great stretches of farming country are STIR
ed to their depths by this long continued injustice They
will enter next years campaign with nsstent demand
that corrective steps be taken. They will demand a
straightforward to the question why the dollar
of the man who produces the nations food is not worth
as much as any other mans dollar
High freight rates and excessive tariff duties on
manufactured articles rated necessities two fac
tors of great influence in the Minnesota campaign Min
nesotas vote again gave notice OF the farmers demand
for freight charges that farm prices pay for tariff
rates common necessities which DO not contribute to
the high cost of living and which do not stand between
us and sound economic readjustment.
When a carrier gets more for hauling a commodity
than farmer receives for producing it. as not nfrequent
y happens have striking proof of the need OF read
ustrnent there. If immediate relief is not forthcoming
for this burden it will be leading issue in the next cam
pagn That and reduction of tariff duties will be two
issues which, believe will receive sharp attention from
the people.
closely around domestic problems than they will in
the years campaign Our general foreign policy the
question whether shall participate in the Information
al Court Of Justice urged by the President will OF
course be discussed and should be- but the dominating
issues will be those which touch the everyday life of
the people, and outstanding among them VIII DC the de-
mand of the nations basic industry for economic JUS
tce.
This is repair work that cannot be done in hurry.
Destruction is far speeder than construction 1t takes
much less time to knock down than to build up
The relief legislation for agriculture in the last Con
gress not of the instant panacea kind It consisted
of constructive measures supported by all the farm
zations in which farmers put in position to help
themselves and each other thru developing and
largely thru organization and cooperation 1t will take
time for results to show Any really constructive pro-
gram for agriculture will have to be carried out by the
farmers themselves and this requires time And how
ever sound and such legislation may be- it cannot
create prosperity the farms overnight No act pro-
gram of legislation effect speedy of ills,
but foundation for great progress in agriculture has
been laid and time patience and above all, sticking to-
gether will ultimately bring it about. We shall continue
to strengthen improve and add to this foundation.
Our great present purpose must be to find means to
restore the whole unbalanced situation to balance to
make the farmers dollar worth much anybody elses
dollar We are fundamentally wrong and until get
back to this basis of equality there will be health in
1t will be up to the next Congress to take econo
mic spirit level and about the job OF reducing these
economic inequalities
First and foremost there should be prompt reduc
ton of excessive freight rates, revision of the tariff
farer readustmen of the burdens of taxation according
to ability pay and service rendered And another egs
lative provision important at the present
ment the universal draft law which provides that
in time of war; wealth and property shall be put on par
and drafted along with manhood. This would be the
greatest protection the people have against war and
war profteerng Such measure should be enacted at
once believe it would be the strongest peace law we
could put on the statute book, it would take the
fit out of Wallpapers Weekly.