The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 25, 1936, Page 2

. ‘Text of Landon’s Address Imports Under Tariff Treaty bindrances to healthy exchange..of goods between nations. We must net Join in this kind of madness. If we sre to maintain our standard of living the channels of world trade must re- main open. Now let us consider some of the ef- fects of the reci trade of the present administration. O f Ihave developed to an unusual degree Republican Candidate Says/a system of combining dairying ‘and -. general farming in such a way that it Farmers ‘Sold Down River’ | crovides a year-round income and at by Canadian Pact {the same time conserves the soil. You have proved that farmer-own- leq and farmer-controlled organiza- Minneapolis, Minn,, Sept. 25.—(4#)—| tions are an effective way for help- the text of Gov. Alf .M. Landon’s | ing the income of the producer. The campaign address here Thursday | success of farm cooperation in Min- night: jnescts, Wisconsin and neighboring Z am most happy to be with you |states is an epic chapter in American here in the great northwest. Many of | agriculture. your achievements stand as an inspir-; Tonight I am going to discuss the ation to the rest of the country. ‘You | reciprocal trade program of the pres- LISTEN! —TO— WDAY KFYR Fargo Bismarck KLPM KDLR - Minot Devils Lake Saturday Sept. 26 Beginning At 9 P. M. U. S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler JOHN MOSES N. D. Democratic Candidate for Governor A state-wide hookup taking you direct to the Democratic campaign opening in Minot é <) ~* (Pol Adv.) WANTED: Man With Automobile and Commercial Camera To take pictures on contract or salary basis. Write X1, care of Tribune, giving full details and kind of camera to be used. ; : Effect on Dairying ent administration. I am going to} The dairy industry is a good cx- discuss it from the point of view of ample of how these agreements have. the American farmer. injured the farmer. One of the im- What Farmers Were Told portant . commodities. developed: by When this program was introduced |this industry is cheese. In one trade fermers were led to believe that it}has been lowered on cheese and our j Would be of particular benefit to them. {markets opened to foreign products. They were told it was the only feas-| Under the Canadian agreemeng, for ible way by which this country could | instance, the tariff rate on Cheddar tegain its lost foreign markets. They |cheese—known to most of us as Amer- jwere assured that it mean: greater |ican cheese—was lowered from seven sales at better prices. to five cents a pound: No limit was We have had only two years of this|Placed on the amount that might program. But within even that short |come in at this reduced rate. time certain conclusions have been! Now what was the result of this proved beyond all question. The re-|agreement? Whereas in the first six jciprocal trade agreements made by | months of 1935 we imported only half {tts administration have not bene-|8 million pounds of Canadian cheese, {ited our farmers; they have hurt our |in the first six months of 1936 we im: farmers. They have not regained his|ported nearly four million ‘pounds. Sy the present administration our|agreement after another the tariff |policy. markets for hii they have taken more of his markets away, both at home and abroad. They have not caused him to get better prices for his products; they have prevented him from getting as good prices as he {otherwise would. Sold Down the River In a word, the reciprocal trade pro- jstam of the present administration jhas delayed recovery for our farm: ters. It has sold the American farm- er down the river, I want to present the record of this destructive policy to you in some de- tail, Before doing so, however, there are two points that I want to make ‘clear, The first of these is that I am not cpposed to reciprocal trade agree~ ments. The general principle undei iying them is simple. Under certain conditions it is to the mutual advan- j tee of two countries to lift various commodities out of their general tariff program for special treatment. Both countries. make concessions; both countries benefit. This is sound doctrine. In some cases it may be the only satisfactory method of meet- ing a situation. The Republican party |vecognizes this in its platform. It | does not condemn the principle of \reciprocity. It condemns only the {kind of trade agreements now being jmade. It condemns them because tthey are injurious to American ‘citi- | 2cns and offensive to American prin- ; ciples. | Opposes Isolation Policy | The second point I want to make {clear is that I am opposed to a policy ct isolation. I want to see a pros- ‘perous world as well as a prosperous {America. A healthy international ‘trade is essential to world prosperity. {And even more than this, world pros- | perity is good insurance against war. | Iam convinced, too, that reasonable |protection, which is so essential to our own well-being, is not detrimen- tal to world prosperity. At a time like the present, when cconomic nationalism is rampant, we cannot afford to scrap our economic cefenses. We'can be a good neighbor without giving away the latchkey to jour door. | The great enemy of world trade jtoday is not fair protection of effi- jeient American producers and labor- ers. It is the war-inspired doctrine o1 isolation and its resulting demands tar self-sufficiénoy..” this we get embargoes, exchange. restrictions and trade quotas. These are the real FOR RENT Lovely This was an increase of over seven hundred per cent. 5 T do not have to tell the dairy farm- er what happened. Down went the price on the American market. It fell trom 17 cents to 12% cents a pound in the first four months of the agre ment. Is this what the present ad- ministration meant when it said that the American farmer would get a bet- ter price for his products? It seems tu me that the farmer would do bet- ler to trust the Republican party. We are pledged in our platform “to pro- tect the American farmer against the imports of all livestock, dairy and ag- r:cultural products ... which will de- press American prices.’ Cites Other Examples This is not the only example of aamage done the dairy farmer. “After long and painstaking effort the dairy industry got protection against the tropical oils and fats that compete with butter. But under the Brizilian greement a new jungle product— Babassu nuts and oils—is ‘permitted to come into this country in direct competition with American dairy products. The administration has not only placed the product on the free list, but also agreed that it will be exempt from any taxation. This last point—exempting a prod- uct from. taxation under a. trade agreement—I want you to note with special care. It is an amazing. pro- vision, Because it signs away,one of the most important powers .of con- gress—the power of taxation, In my opinion, there is no justification for the chief executive so limiting the legislative branch of our government. Now I want to touch on one point that belongs in any discussion of the problems of dairy and livestock pro- ducers, although it. has'no direct re- lation to reciprocal trade agreements. I refer to the sanitary requirements covering these industries! Our fed- eral and state governments, as well as the dairymen, have spent enor- mous sums in the eradication of con- tagious diseases of cattle. In addition we impose rigid standards for the care of barns and stock. Only one other country has made equal prog- ress in this field, As a result of our standards, consumers can always rest assured of the quality and purity of the products of American dairy farms. s Would Impose Quarantine ~ Unfortunately the ame ranges we ere not imposed on: importéd ‘ prod ucts. To correct this situation the zFEE eiserecd eae ear dian cattle that would bring more of them into this country!” Paul market at 90.75 a hundred- weight. By June the price was down. to $7.25 a hundred-weight. On every cccasion the biggest drop in € tollowed the heaviest rectipta of Canadian cattle. Be: Wiped Out Hope of Profit This price decline was reflected in the cattle markets throughout the country. It wiped out the hope of any profit for thousands of cattle-feedera in our middle-western states. In short, as @ result of the policies of this administ! has been added to.the drouth and the deptes- sion another burden for the American farmer to carry—foreign compétition. In spite of its promises, the present administration hes given American farmers the short end of the deal. I have discussed only two of the casualties of the trade polieies of this administration. Numerous others might be listed. The Florida grow- ers of early vegetables had their mar- kets turned over to the cheap-labor products of Cuba. The grewers of cigar-wrapper tobacco in the Con- necticut valley lost out-in-the agree- tion, there ment with the Netherlands,.as did the bulb industry in the Pacific north- west. And the hope of increased do- mestic production of eorn and potato starches was destroyed in the same agreement because tapiota and sago were found on the free list! Now let us look at some general re- sults. Eight of these agreements have been in force long enough for us te see the results. In these cases, the imports of farm products have in- creased 8¢ per cent over a correspond- ing period prior to the agreements. Exports of farm products increased only 26 per cent. In other words, under these eight agreements, our im- ports increased more than three times 8s fast as our exports. Small Farm Exports New Today the exports of our farm products represent the smallest pro- portion of our foreign trade in the his of the nation. This is que in large measure to the confused and: destructive policies of the adminis- tration. With the most intelligent and capable farm population in the world and with unsutpassed natural resources, we are now one of the largest importers not only of those. donot produce, ‘but of those we\ are adapted to’ produce. This is ®& scandalous situation! Republican party is pledged “to im-| Now why-have the reciprocal trade 4-room unfurnished APARTMENT Has stove and refrigerator. Heat and water is furnished. Reasonable rent. Phone 1059. Boutrous Apartments 504 3rd KNOWN WHEREVER WELL MEN GATHER ! i # [ E s E z, | | 5 g ze Fee f E He : | i z st 5 ting articles, but @ reduction of tariffs on articles on which we do compete. fan ent is on non-compet- ing articles there is the possibility of mutual advantage. But when it is prices |made with a competitor, one side ‘or the other is almost certain to lose. Had the admitiistration been inter- ested in using the principle of recip- tocity in its proper manner it would have made agreements only with our ‘customers. It woulkin’t have made an agreement on agricultural products with our very good friend Canada, which in this field is a competitor, nét a customer! It is for this reason that the ublican platform pledges “to fur- |? nish government assistance in dispos- ing of surpluses in foreign trade by for foreign markets sélec- th by Countries, both as to exports land imports. We strenuously oppose so-called reciprocal treaties which trade off the American farmer.” To do this intelligently,-we must know ‘at all times the exact atatus of our le with every nation—in other} how we stand on the books s0 | far as beth consumers and’ competi- toré are concerned. ‘ Pact-Making Methed Rapped Another future major shortcoming of the trade program of this admin- ietration is the method:by which the agreements are made. ‘it is a regular jatar-chamber proceedng, Those pto- ducers whose products may be covered by the agreements are ‘given no real chance to make an effective presenta- Uon of their views. Hearings are Held, it is true, but from the point of view of. producers they amount, to lit- tle, They amount to little for the getting anything in return: This ,0t reciprocity. It is charity FRI, - SAT. SUN. HIS JOB! DANGER WAS Screaming Rails Draw a Steel Net Around the Last of the Mob-Men! ——— IWS THRILL PACKED! 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