Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1928, Page 25

US.AD ACENTIVA FACNG TARFF AR Buenos Aires Regents Pro- posed Increase in American Duties on Corn. . BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Argentina and the United States, which have 8iffered periodically on a host of political and commercial occa- sions, are o-ce again at loggerheads. ‘This time ticy are in controversy over a tariff matter, and, if it is not adjusted to the Buenos Aires government's satis- faction, ther: comes from South Amer- ica the definite threat of a war on American trade. Tor the moment the dispute rests with the United States ‘Tariff Commission at Washington. The commission has under consideration, in accot e with the “flexible” provision of the ¥erdney-McCumber tariff law, a proposed increase on Argentine corn. If the raise in rates is recommended by the commission, its report will go to President Coolidge and corresponding action presumably ensue, although sometimes the Executive ignores the commission’s advice. Tariff Commission Statement. According to ‘Tariffl Commission figures, less than 2,000,000 bushels of corn has been imported into the United States annually from Argentina during the past four years. That total approx- imates one-tenth of 1 per cent of the total American corn crop. But the corn belt considers it important enough to ask for a tariff which will virtually ex- clude Argentinian competition. It is a question of freight rates which lies at the root of the American corn growers demand. As imports from Argentina ar- rive only at Pacific and Atlantic Coast ports, the South American shippers are enabled to take advantage of the cheap water haul. Argentinian corn is used principally by poultry and raisers cn our two seaboards. ly no considerable rail transport is necessary from the port to the consumer. West- ern corn growers, on the otner hand, have to send their product to the two seaboards at a cost of 22 cents a bushel from the Mississippi Valley to the East and 38 cents a bushel to the West. It costs only about 12 cents a bushel to bring corn by water from Buenos Aires to New York and 17 cents a bushel to San Francisco. Problem for Diplomats. ‘While the Tarif Commission is study- ing the Argentine corn probiem, diplo- macy is grappling with it, too. The newly accredited Argentinian Ambas- sador at Washington, Dr. Manuel Mal- bran, has handed a formal note to Sec- retary Kellogg, describing the agitation of public opinion in Argentina and fore- warning the United States of the inev- itably bad effect on American trade with™ that country if the corn duty is raised. Following the receipt of the Argentinian note, Secretary Kellogg discussed the incident with President Coolidge. The White Fouse was in- formed that Robort Woods Bliss, the United States Ambassador at Buenos Aires, has reported the gravity of the situation. Ambassador Bliss is under- stood to have urged in the strongest terms that there be no increase in the tariff on Argentina’s corn. The great Buenos Aires business com- munity makes no secret of its inten- tions to resort to drastic reprisal if the American corn belt wins the day at Washington. The Grain Exchange in the Argentinian capital has cabled Am- bassador Malbran, protésting against the projected increase in the tariff and hinting that a movement is afoot to start a formal trade war on American goods in case President Coolidge finaliy decides against the Argentinian corn exporters. Argentina’s Custom Valued. Argentina is far and away our best customer in Latin America. The United States sells her more than $150,000,000 worth of goods a year, while we buy from the Argentinians nearly $100,000,~ 000 werth a year. It is therefore a trade volume of about a quarter of a billion dollars that would be at stake in Argen- tinian-American commercial hostilities. At the Sixth Pan-American Confer- ence in Havana last Winter the ques- tion of tariffs gave rise to one of the from the United States and Argentina. Senor Pueyrredon, then Ambassador in ‘Washington and the chief of the Ar- gentinian delegation at Havana, made a celebrated speech in behalf of more lib- eral inter-American tariff relations, a project which met with no response on the part of Mr. Hughes and the rest of the United States delegation. Argen- tina is the most self-assertive of -the Latin republics. She' has never been partial to the Monroe Doctrine and openly contests the hegemony of the United States throughout the Western Hemisphere. Present Issue Foreshadowed. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons of Prince- ton has just published his latest book. “The New Map of South America.” Foreshedowing the vigorous administra- tion just inaugurated by President Hipo- lito Irigoyen, Dr. Gibbons says: “‘Our own interests first’ is the Argentine slogan. In adopting it Argentinians only follow the example of all sovereign states that feel themselves strong enough to stand alone. 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