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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1909)
aHsagsriCsarw It wasn't the name' that made the fame of It was the goodness of the crackers that made the fame of the name Sold only in Moisture Proof Packages NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY The Indefensible Lumber Tariff. Farmers are profoundly inter ested in the lumber tariff. The farmer is probably , as a class , a greater consumer of wood than any other class in the community. Substitutes for wood and lumber have not yet made much headway on the farm. In the west , at least , as a ruleFall of the farm building's are built of lumber , and it is used to a considerable extent in fences and for various other farm pur poses. Wood enters largely into the construction of the imple ments the farmer buys for the operation of the farm , and he is the continual buyer of lumber for repairs arid odd uses around the farm. We believe that the farm ers of the United States are almost unanimous for free lumber , and we are sure that they will not be satisfied with1 any makeshift legis lation , or with any suctunanipula- tion of classifications as that in the Payne bill , just intro duced into congress , which , while reducing the duty 50 per cent on rough lumber , leaves it practically prohibitive on finished lumber , which is what the farmer , like every other individual con sumer , mostly buys. The general argument for the removal of the I tariff on lumber is , in our opinion , .What would you take ? Suppose you were required to live for a certain length of time on only one article of food. Which would you choose ? There is one food that stands without a rival for such a test. Quaker Oats is that one. It furnishes more strength with least wear and tear on the digestive organs than any other food. You'll feel well and strong at the end of the time. ' Try it Don't stop eating other things , . but eat more Quaker Oats and you'll notice the gain in strength. You'll find Quaker Oats put up in two"sizep'acka'gcs , th'c'fegular size and the large , family size for those \vfco are not convenient to the store. All grocers sell these. Eat Quaker Oats daily for breakfast , It strengthens you for the day's ' f j r I i absolutely incontrovertible , and may be summed up as follows : 1. Because it does not protect American labor. Numerous rlata and payrolls filed with the Ways and Means committee show that Canadian lumber labor on the whole is paid a higher wage than American labor. In Quebec and the Maritime Provinces wages are slightly less than' in Maine ; in Ontario they do not differ from those in Michigan , Wisconsin and Minnesota , while in British Col umbia they are in excess of wages in Washington , Oregon , Idaho and California. The coast mills in British Columbia employ some oriental labor ; so do the Puget Sound mills in Washington. This , however , is not cheap labor , as it is inefficient and demands a mini mum wage of § 1.25 a day. As a matter of fact , the average wage paid lumber labor in this country is much less than in Cana da. Southern yellow , pine , the annual production . of which amounts to over 11,000,000,000 feet , or almost one-third the total coniferous lumber product of the United States , -is manufactured chiefly by colored labor , which is paid an average wage of § 1.25 per day. day.Is Is it therefore to be the policy of this congress to protect Ameri can labor against as high or high er priced labor of Canada , and all at the expense of the consumer ? * 2. It costs as much to manu facture lumber in Canadaas in this country. , The Canadian saw mill being equipped with Amuiican machin ery , subject to a Canadian duty of 25 per cent , costs more/ than the American mill. With Cana-lian labor at least equal , and Canadian saw mills greater in cost , what has the lumber manufacturer to fear ? Nothing , 3. The only person , therefore , protected is the American timber owner'who has been enabled to r a vail himself of the mtmiik iK& ol- > - our people and acquire vast hold ings under the timber and stone , the homestead and the lien land laws , and by sharing in the forest liberally bestowed upon the laud grant railroads of our country. Is it to be the policy of this congress to protect not- only a rapidly dis appearing natural product , , but the owners thereof as well , ' who' exceed jn wealth any other class of our citizens ? 4. The price of lumber to the consumer will nevertheless be re duced , especially if the tariff on finished lumber , which is what the ordinary consumer buys , is re pealed. To treat finished and rough lumber differently is ridicu lous ; 95 per cent of the lumber consumed is finished. Transpor tation charges prevent importation of lumber except by water. Noth-1 ing is gained for American labor or manufacture by the discrimina tion While the cost of manufacture of lumber in Canada is as great as in this country , nevertheless the price of lumber will be reduced"to the consumer because of lower priced Canadian stumpage. Un less Canadian lumber is sold ai a less price than our own , it will not bs shipped into this country , and , conversely , if it is shipped in it will be sold lower. If Canadian lumber is not going to be sold to the American con sumer , why is the American lum berman so exercised over any prospective change in the duty ? This congress must , therefore , choose between the lumber con sumer and the American timber owner. Which will it be ? 5. Free lumber will conserve our forests. For every tree'cut down in Ca nadian forests and shipped to this country in the shape of lumber , a tree is saved here. This talk about Idw'gr.ido lumbar being left in the woo Is by our lumbermen in case Canadian lumber is shipped 'in isrulyoieh' . It will oe fche nadian lumbermen as much , or more , to take the tree out of the woods and manufacture it into lumber as it will our own. In ad dition thereto he will have a great er freight to pay on account of his remoteness from our market ; so if Canadian stumpage repre sented no value , our lumberman ' would nevertheless , fron ? an eco nomic standpoint , be compelled to manufacture his low grades. But even if the low grade log was left in the woods and the lumber which would otherwise be manufactured from it is supplied from Canadian forests , it would not result in the greater destruction of our forests it would have no effect thereon. It therefore appears : 1. That a lumber tariff cannot be jestified on the ground of prq tection to American labor. ! 2. That it cannot be justified on the ground of protection to the American manufacturer. 3. That the only person pro tected is the American timber owner. 4. That the removal of the tariff will reduce the price of lum ber. 5. That the removal of the tariff vill r'licrvf1 th < * Aniptic n No one of the above propositioi s can be honestly controverted. What , then , should your action be ? You should write to your con gressman irr mediately and pmpha- sizu your desire lo hue ; him MI ) - i port the removal of the lumber 'tariff. ' Farm Life. V i Notwithstanding the fact tint about 90 per cent of the leading papers of the country have de clared for free lumber the house of representatives has voted to keep a tariff of § 1 on rough lumber ; and while reducing the tariff on finish ed lumber , has left the dCrimina tion between the two greater than in the Dingley law. Most rough lumber is imported by manufacturers. Consumers buy finished lumber , which the tariff excludes. It may be , therefore , that the effect of the Payne bill will be ? o give the manufacturer more of a cinch than ever on the consumer. In any event there is but small promise in the Payne bill rates of any reduction in the pressure en the domestic forests. If the rates on finished lumb-r were reduced 50 p'er cent , the same as on rough , the bill wou d be. a satisfactory compromise. i But the.lumber lobby is now planning to restore the Dingley rates on tile floor of the senate. The lobby expects to accomplish its purpose by the same means n the senate that it used in the hou. e in defatiug free lumber , viz : "TKADES.3 Massachusetts is a free lumber state , so is Ohio. Press and pub lic in both cases demand free lum ber. The Ohio legislature m , - moralized congress for it , but most of the representatives of those states sacrificed free lumber for something else free hides , high wool , high barley , etc. Similarly the Illinois delegation to a large extent misrepresented its people. Only two Ohio republicans , one Massachusetts republican and s x from Illinois voted right. A sol d free lumber delegation from any one of these states would have won the day. Similar trades will be made in the senate or at least a > tempted. As there is no great business interest to fight for free lumber , it is the easy victim of business interest trades. The individual with the pressing private interest wins over the public with the widely distributed general interest. The question now is , whether the active lumber lobby camp ed at Washington or the millions of plain people at home are to dic tate the tariff rates of lumber. House. 18 rooms and bath , Main street , Valentine , Neb. 160 acres improved ranch , sec tion 19 , township 34 , range 25 ; lease or school section , ALL 33- 34-27 , with above ranch ; the best open range in Cherry county. One-half section hay land , whh or separate from above ranch , sec tion 34 , township 33 , range 26. Apply to owner , D. 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Horses branded SO on left hruid d AW la * * " " left hip of horses S. Eowley. name as cut on lefi tide and hip , aud on' ' left shouldpr of her ses. AlsoK on left Hide hip F X on left s 5 So me cat tle brcrui- * BBf H ' ' ed husk-iQHHflitng pec ( either side up ) on left side or hip. f on left Jaw and left shoulder nf horses. HI HIQ on left hip of horses. T on left jaw of'horses C. P. Jordan. Rosebud , 3D Horses and cattle same as cut ; also CJBK fJ on right hip. Range on Oak and Butte creaks. A liberal reward for tnf ormatioa leading to detection of rustlers of-stock bearing uv of thase hranrt Kohl & Terrill. Brownlee , Neu. Tattle branded as in cut on left side. Some branded JL T Y on left hip. Range on North Loup river two raita west of Brew nice J. A. Y.aryan.nil nil ( man , Nebr Cattle branded JY on right side Horses branded JY on right shoulder Reasonable reward for any Information leading to the re covery of cattle strayed from my range D. M. Sears. Kennedy , Nebr Cattle branded as on cut.lelt side Some on left hip. Horses same on Idft Hhoulder. ttanse Squan- Lake Eoan Bros. Woodlake Neb E , ( PI \ Range on Long RB Lake' and Crook ed Lake. Si Tfl John Kills Plenty branded as in cut ; horses on letf thigh. Kange be tween Sprinir and Little W river. G. K. Sawver has 38 ! Metzger Bros Cattle branded anywhere on left side. Earmark , square crop right ear. Horses have Fame brand on left thigh.
