The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-09-14

"Recollect II you Will, that in the
latter part of 1913 and 1914. the year
the World War began. depression
had cast its sinister shadows over
American agriculture and industry.
Only the commencement OF that ter
rible conflict saved our country from
a repetition Of the bread lines and
soup kitchens resulting from previ.
GUS Democratic tinkering with our
economic system in the year 1898.
Democrats Ignore History.
ignoring that fateful page in our his
tory. the Democratic nominee for Pre-
sident has reiterated the faith of his
party In the Underwood tariff act. The
farmers Of Minnesota know. however,
that among the agricultural products
appearing on the unprotected list un.
der the provisions Of the Underwood
act were fresh beef and veal, lamb,
mutton. sheep, bacon and harms. lard,
fresh pork. shoulders and other pork
prepared or preserved. swine, fresh
meat prepared and preserved. cream.
fresh milk. condensed milk. eggs.
buckwheat grit or greats, buckwheat.
corn including cracked corn, corn grits.
meal. flour. and similar products. rye.
rye flour. wheat and bran.
Butter fariff Reduced.
"Under the terms OF the Underwood
act, tariff On butter was 21s cents. It
Is worthy Of note that the Republican
tartn Immediately raised this item to s
cents. end later, on request Of the Re-
publican Congressman from Minnesota,
President Coolidge raised the tariff on
butter TO "a cents. In the Underwood
act the rates on barley and barley pro-
ducts we're cut IN harf but have since
been restored BY the Republican tariff.
Under the same ACT duty on oats was
lowered from u cents 10 g. cents per
hnahd n isa3 de Republican tariff
restored Che Is cents duty. cite
faese few Instances 70 illustrate the
Democrats attitude toward the pro-
lection q farm products"
THE Fordney-McCumbef tariff act,
sdopted coon after the war, helped the
situation materially as ! have tndt
cated By removing many agricultural
products from the unprotected list and
increasing the protection on others.
It also increased the tariff on the man
ufactured products Of the East but has
not given adequate protection to re.
Neve the American farmer from com.
petition tn bis own home market with
the foreign producer.
Industries IN the cities of the Middle
West have been adversely affected by
Increases in freight rates, Many Of
our manufacturers must ship In raw
materials and ship ont the finished
products. With rates Increased both
ways. Northwest industries have been
placed under heavy handicap"
One OF the most important questions
facing the farmer today Is that OF
freight rates, Mr.. Nelson stated IN ex-
planning the effect Of the Panama
Canal upon Northwest agriculture and
industry.
sIp the event oe my election" said
Mr.. Nelson. II shall do afi IN my power
70 correct this unjust and unfair dis
crimination against the farmer, the
merchant the manufacturer, and the
worker d the Middle West Round
the great Northwest a barrier to the
development Of It's agriculture and
manufacturing bias been built up since
the war. This has been due chiefly to
increases In freight rates, IN most
cases unavoidable. both in and out Of
this section"
Farmer Suffers Most.
The farmer has suffered most from
these freight increases for two rea-
sons. In me first place, the farming
industry is the only industry in Amer
lea that pays freight on both what It
buys and what It sells. For that rea.
son freight Increases hit the farmer
both coming and going. In the second
place, freight rate increases have a
direct bearing on the prices the farmer
receives for his products. For in
stance, rates on grain to world mar
kets from the Northwest have been
increased from six cents to twelve