32 The Tariff and the Farmer. 



If there is any nation in position to compete with our 

 farmers, it is Canada; and it is from here that most of 

 our agricultural imports of Class 3 come, with the excep- 

 tion of hides and cotton. To show how absurd is fear of 

 the Canadian farmer, we give the totals of the various 

 agricultural products imported from and exported to 

 Canada for the year ending June 30, 1906 : 



United States Ageicultukal Tkade with Canada. 



Totals, $7,966,002 $25,642,985 



Here it is seen the American farmer is sending three 

 times the value of products to Canada that the Canadian 

 farmer is sending to the United States. Over $25,000,000 

 worth of our agricultural products cross the line and are 

 sold in the Canadian's home market. Most if not all of 

 these, we believe, pay a Canadian duty. If they can be 

 sold there, with a tax the Canadian farmer does not have 

 to pay, why does the farmer of the United States need to 

 be protected from the Canadian farmer in our markets? 



Since writing the above it has occurred to the mind of 

 the writer that opponents might urge that the story of a 

 single year's imports and exports was insufficient data to 



