The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-01-24
THE FARMERS WHEAT TARIFF

suDJoct ctose 10 the heafI OF all peopi
of this prairie, was handed in las
week by its author, o. A. Roupe,
well known farmer of this community
but previously received matter crowd
ed it over until this week.
Dear Editor The Herald:
Another year has passed, and occ
sionally I notice your editorials boost
ing for agriculture; which shows yol
are still on the job. Otherwise,
believe, Lewis county is almost if mo-
wholly dead ON the issue
| Quite often and just recently ]
noticed in papers where our neighbor:
on the south have held meetings to try
to further the cause for relief from
our deplorable condition. Also Oregon
and Washington keep pounding away
for something better.
There is no question but what cap
ital and politics have got the farmer
and small businesses by the boot
straps and are dumping them at fast
rate on the scrap heap. Most of our
politicians are not to be depended up
on. There was time when we said
we must believe man to be honest
until he proved himself otherwise,
but now we have to say, believe u
politician to be crooked until he
proves himself straight. =
Now, tariff is supposed to be placed
upon an article to help foster that
article across all rocky places. Has
it done so on the farmers wheat
Let's trace it down the line and see.
Congress placed a 30-cent tariff on
wheat SO as to keep the Canadian pro-
duct out of the states. The markets
all fall and so far this winter aver
aged about the same as the quotations
at the present time-Jan. IL. The
Portland markets show northern
spring, hard winter and western red,
81 cents; Baart and white, 98 cents.
markets.: Northern, 1.12
to LII; dark northern spring, choice,
1.20 to 1.25, and good to choice, LII
to l.20, and ordinary to good, LA to
l.18. These last figures would ordi-
narily catch the bulk of our grades, |
and our coast price is "a cents, show
ing a difference of from 20 to 24c. |
On choice dark northern, the Mime
apolis prices have continued right |
along all fall and winter away over
Chicago and Portland markets. / re-
,eived Canadian government bulle-
in last month from Lethridge, AL
1erta, when prices were about the |
anne as right now, showing where
hey paid farmers n cents for bulk
lots on the streets, while
It that time good, bulk grain went
'egging here in Nezperce for 65 cents.
Now, you staunch believers in tariff
thought when we were get
ing 20 cents, Canada was taking
like 40 cents. If so, you
ave another thought coming.
1t is like putting tariff on roast
ig, then handing the wheat grower
spare rib to nibble on, making him
elieve if he will only keep nibblng
e viii finally get some bacon. Moth
lg doing; the bone is his limit. The
illsbury mills and other big interests
AIRY off the bacon.
Minneapolis is the only direct out
It into the United States for Can
dian wheat, and Minneapolis millers
lake it an object for Canada to send
down there, as the profits on oper-
ting mills are so great they would
OF think of allowing one to stand
lie.
You farmers right now are giving
0 pounds of wheat for from 28 to
D pounds of flour. Your bushel of
ulk wheat, with dockage off, is only I,
orth an average of go cents. Out
{ their 80 to 32 pounds of toll they
-ind out another 10 to IL pounds of
our and sell it for 30 to s36 cents.
hey still have 20 to % pounds for
-an, shorts or mill-run, and the bran
the cheapest of all and you are
larged ~ cents a pound for it. So,
Ill all the balance bran and they i
I'VE another 80 to 36 cents, or to- d
] of go to 20 cents out of your 60 i
nts worth of wheat. 1t looks like
ey made over 100 per cent and in v
,sted nothing on every bushel of Ic
heat handled; and you put in IL d
Dnths getting your go cents, besides
ying 20 cents to thresh and sack it. v
Now what about your dockage : n
ere you ever around a mill and did r
u notice the dump groundsf From Il
e dock you farmers have to take you d
,uld naturally think you would find p
lie after pile, like saw dust around a
saw mill, or wild oats, mustard, Il
nut, etc. Nothing doing; guess 81
ain: all sells at first-ciass price. t.
State Grade Inspector Hagan of lp
nth Dakota testified before the el
nate investigating committee that
e wheat farmer did not get suit