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UNCLE TED BOOSTS
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"Wasnt that & good dinner" In
quired Jack from the depths Of . chair
- Ruth and Uncle Ted seated them-
selves on the porch where they could
watch the glow in the western sky
following the sunset Of long sum-
mer's evening. z, s
Indeed it was," agreed Uncle Ted.
"lgow wei see II we can have as
good > story ~ that was dinner. I
was wondering, during dinner, il You
children knew whore the butter came
from that we ate tonight"
"That's essy-from the grocery
store, Of COURSE" said Jack. F
"where did the grocery store get
Mr" asked Uncle Ted.
"Oh, from the farmers and dairy.
mon in the country" replied Jack.
"where else could they have gotten
III That isn't SO easy, is 1t, Jack.
Well, I will tell you. They might
have botten it from siberia.''
"siberia! exclaimed Ruth. "Why
Siberia is miles and miles from here,
way up in the Arctic repion.''
"Just so,' said Uncle Ted, "but
not all of Siberia is frozen land Cat
tie raising and dairying is the princi-
pal occupation Of that country and
they ship butter into this country.
Three thousand tubs arrived in one
shipment some time ago at the port
Of New York to be sold in this coun.
try"
"wen, would think we could make
enough butter for everybody in this
countryH said Jack.
"Yes, one would think so. With
the huge farms, the immense amount Of
land and our varied climate, we ought
to produce what this country needs
IA 1svs some to export besides. AS
q matter of fact in the twelve months
ended with June this year we imported
about 10000, 900 pounds Of butter and
exported only about $500, 900 pounds. I"
"That's lot Of butter" said Ruth.
"Did it all come from Siberiaf"
- "No, Ruth" answered Uncle Ted.
"Siberia has Just recently begun to
send butter here again. Much Of it
eame from Denmark and New Zealand,
and if it were not for the Republican
tariff those countries would send far
more than they do. That tariff COM
pels the importer to pay for the priv.
ilege Of selling his product in this coun-
try hence the price he charges is more
nearly what the producer here can af-
ford to sell his butter for. Under the
Democratic tariff law there was a tax
Of only eh cents pound on imported
butter. The Republicans raised the tax
to cents a pound, but even now the
tax is not high enough to keep out
the foreign butter and a move is on
foot to increase the import tax"
"But there are other dairy products
which we import-milk, cream, cheese.
More Of these commodities should be
produced in the United States and it
il my belief that farmers are going in
more and more for raising different
things instead Of relying on just one
crop. The farmers who devote their
whole acreage to wheat, for instance,
have nothing to fall back on If that
crop fails or the price is low.
"Another commodity which We i'm.
port to a large extent and more Of
which ought to be produced in the
States is eggs."
"How could they ship eggs from
other eountriesi" inquired Jack.
"They ship them in preserved or
dried form, chiefly for the use of
bakeries. We imported about 25,O0o,-
600 pounds Of egg products during the
past year. The Republicans raised the
tax on imported egg products from 10
cents a pound to IS cents pound.
Just think how many more egg prod
ucts would be imported if the tax had
not been raisedl The value Of the egg
crop in this country exceeded the
wheat crop last year. That is another
argument that the farmers ought to
add live stock, dairying and other
crops to their wheat production. If
they would do this the worst Of their