Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1930, Page 40

C—-8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930. WWEATHER IS BLAMED FOR FATAL CRASH Air Line Board Explains Plane Ac- cident Which Caused the Loss of 18 Lives. By Lhe Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 23.—Trans- | continental Air Transport-Maddux Air Line's technical board of inquiry last | night expressed an official opinion that Sunday’s crash of one of the com- pany’s transport planes, with loss of 15 lives, was the result of local A 277777 % The Boysad Miss T weather condition of unpredicted and unforeseen characteristics.” ‘The report of the board of inquiry was made public as having been approv- ed by the T. A. T.-Maddux board . of directors. It followed a day spent in hearing testimony of witnesses and pilots, who had flown planes over the territory between Oceanside and St. Clement, Calif., in which the company’s “race special” from Aqua Caliente to Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, Calif., fell and burned. “Based on testimony and the experi- ment of the members of this board,” the report said, “it is believed the ac- cident occurred in the following man- | ner: “Russel (Chief Pilot Basil Russel of the wrecked plane), after reaching Oceanside, encountered light rain and a gradually lowering ceiling. This con- diti 1 was an unpredicted and an un- foreseen local storm moving in from over the ocean. “It is believed that coincident with the disintegration of the plane on the second impact, the fuel tank rip open, throwing gasoline over the hot engines, causing fire. “It is believed by the board that all engines were functioning properly up to the moment of the second impact.” “The report was signed by Lieut. D. W. Tomlinson, vice president in charge of operations; Frederic Whitney, senior pilot; S. D. Welch, special representa- | tive of the president, and Edie Bellande, | superintendent of section“A,” T. A. T.- | Maddux Western division. At a recent church bazaar in Steven- age, England, a woman bought from a stall of odds and ends a bhrooch which she had lost 15 years ago. iy Tomorrow is a signal for Mr. Rummage Sale, Mr. S. P. Down and Miss Thrift Friday to go | to work with redoubled energy preparing amazing bargains! OQur Entire Basement is crowd- ed with special Rummage savings—Special Purchases, 0dd Lots, Soiled and Marred Mer- chandise, Exchanged Pieces—drastically cut! 4&‘Pc. Walnut-Veneer Bedroom Suite r regular $112.50 value, consisting of Frenc! B’ Sl spacos $7 9.0 Vanity, Double Bed, large Dresser and spacious chest, Walnut finish on selected woods. Slashed $198.00 Four-piece Artistic Suite—48-in. dresser, Hollywood vanity, double bed, 7-drawer chest. 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L2777 77727 F VTREETS ish War, the Mexican punitive expedi- | To Correct Misapprehensions With Respect to the Effect of and Need for a Duty Upon Hides and Shoes DUTY on hides will increase the cost of leather shoes and other articles made of leather, while a duty on shoes will not increase United States must import about 30% of the hides they consume and about 40% ot the calfskins. There are not enough cattle or calves in the United States to produce all the hides we use. Therefore, the price of imported hides determines the price of domestic hides, and a duty on hides will be reflected in the price of all hides consumed in the United States. A duty on hides will mean an increase of millions of dollars in the cost of shoes, sad- dles, harnesses, trunks, suit cases, and other leather products. Hides are a by-product of the cattle in- dustry. The value of a hide is only about 1/15th the value of a steer. Cattle are raised foe beef and our per capita consumption of beef and the number of beef cattle are stead- ily declining. No claim is made that a duty on hides will result in the raising of a greater number of cattle, or the employment of the cost of American made shoes. Consider these parallel columns : SHOES Our shoe factories have a capacity of at least 50% in excess of the requirement of our domestic market and export trade. We can produce all the shoes we use. ‘Therefore, American Manufacturers, 1300 of them, are engaged in the keenest compe- tition among themselves, even with no duty. With a duty, the same intense competition and the same low prices will persist. A duty will do no more than shut out some im. ported shoes or will place the foreign ar- ticle on a basis where it costs the American retailer more nearly what he must pay the American manufacturer. X 1£2/3rds of the shoesnowimported should be manufactured here, it would mean addi- tional wages in the pockets of American shoe operatives amounting approximately to $2,800,000 without adding to the shoe bill of the consumer. The additional pur- chasing power of shoe operatives, to say nothing of tanners and manufacturers of additional farm laborers. shoe supplies, would help other industries. SOME cattlemen want a duty on hides because they believe such a duty would increase the price they will receive for hides, tho it has been demonstrated that on account of the manner in which hides are handled and the number of middlemen through whom they pass, the cattleman will secure but a small part, if any, of the increase in value. The shoe manufacturer, on the other hand, wants a duty on shoes, not so that he may increase his prices, but simply so that we may make in this country shoes now made abroad. Remember also that very few farmers raise enough cattle to benefit to any material extent from an increase in the value of hides, while every farmer wears shoes and uses other articles of leather which will be increased in price by a duty on hides. It has been argued that shoes should have no duty because imports of leather shoes represent but a small percentage of our domestic production. Note, however: ; () During the year of 1929, there were imported 7,158,163 pairs of footwear, duty free, as compared with 3,250,882 pairs during the year of 1928. (b) Of these totals, 6,182,641 in 1929, were leather boots and shoes, as compared with 2,616,884 in 1928; an increase of more than 136 %. {c) Imports of women'’s shoes will probably amount to 5% of our domestic production. (d) Many commodities of which imports represent much less than 5% of domestic pré- duction, at present carry a duty which it is proposed to increase—milk and cream, for example, whete imports represent about one-half of 1% of domestic production. It has been said that we do not need a duty on shoes. However, (2) Wages in Czechoslovakia, the largest shoe exporting country in the world, are about 25% of our wages. &b) The workmen there are probably just as efficient and factories just as well-organized and equipped as ours here. () We should consider what may happen before the next tariff bill is framed. Between 1923 and 1928, imports of leather shoes increased 655% and of women's shoes 1653 %. Im« ports are now increasing over 100% annually. If this continues, in 1932 at least 48,000,000 pairs of leather shoes will be imported. While our purpose is to point out the fallacy of a duty on hides and the justice of a duty on shoes, we assume it is generally recognized that a duty on hides or leather, without a duty on shoes, would be manifestly unfair. The National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association will be glad to send to any- one who may apply, further statistics or information upon the points above outlined. National Boot & Shoe Manufacturers Association, Inc. " 342 Madison Avenue, New York HAROLD C. KEITH, Geo. E. Keith Co., Brockton, Mass., President JAY OTIS BALL, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, Managing Director RAYMOND P. MORSE, Cantilever Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y., Treasurer EDWARD J. KUHN, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, Secretary FRED L. EMERSON, Dunn & McCarthy, Auburn, N.Y., Chairman Allied Trades Committee PAUL O. MacBRIDE, Milford Shoe Company, Milford, Mass., Chairman Trades Relations Committee CHAS. H. JONES, Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Co., Whitman, Mass., Chairman Federal Relations J. FRANKLIN McELWAIN, J. F. McElwain Co., Boston, Mass., Chairman Tariff Committee VICE PRESIDENTS HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS CHARLES AULT Auburn, Me. Jformer Presidents of the Association Ault-Williamson Shoe Co. HON. JOHN S. KENT Brockton, Mass. E. M. RICKARD Haverhill, M: M. A. Packard Co. ey averhill, Mass. The Rickard Shog Co. J.FRANKLIN McELWAIN, Boston, Mass. J- B. McElwain Co. JOHN R. GARSIDE, Long Island City, N.Y. JOHN C. McKEON Philadelphis, Pa. A. Garside & Sons Laird, Schober & Co. HARRY G. JOHANSEN St. Louis, Mo. HENRY W. COOK Syracuse, N. Y. Johansen Bros. Shoe Co. A. E. Nettleton Co. BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHARLES AULT Auburn, Me. JOHNR. GARSIDE Long Island City, N. Y. A. Garside & Ault-Williamson Shoe Co. . BLAKE Stoughton, 3 g e P ey WAL . BOOTH Milwaukee, AT et Tt Shoe oo W C. BOYD St. Louls, M JOHN €. B - Wilih Shioe Cor S EVERETT BRADLEY Haverhill, Mass, peniiey oo diteh o Tams > e . B. BURDETT L ) Mase, b BurdettShoe Co. RLES G. CRADDOCK _ Lynchburg, Va, A e Tav o ™ VER E. DeRIDDER Rochester, N. Y. o “E. P. Reed & Co. H.R.DRINKWATER ' E Weymouth, Mass. Edwin Clapp & Son, Inc. . FIELD, JR. Brockton, Mass. § New York Ci D avow o e IRRRME L il e Ol The above advertisement bas been approved by each individual whose name is signed thereto, The association membership represents a large majority of the dollar and per pair volume of production of shoes made in the United States. STUS J. LATTEMANN Brookiya, N. Y. A e ta. it HERMAN Y] iladelphia, c".i.«i'..wm noohc.. s GEORGE Ml'tlfl- PA m{::-‘ City, N. Y. RAYMOND P-gg:lz!- hm," NY. 1.r.rmog.‘._w‘-“~c=.b-h.u-. TOWARD 1 B Bl o ROGER A. SELBY Portsmouth, The Selby Shoe Co. - A.K.SELZ Chicago, IIl. 1 Mt. Joy, Pa. E. 8. GERBERICH DAY o Jov. ALBERT C. GRIFFIN Brooklyn, N. Y. The Griffin-White Shoe Co. CHARLES T, HEALD So. Weymouth, Mass. The Stetson Shoe Co- HN T. HOLLIS N ‘Cushman-Hollis Co. HARRY G. JOHANSEN St. Louts, M ."oh-nul Bros. Shoe Co. i Auburn, Me. UL JONES Whitman, Mass. s C!u-na-'n.lth Shoe & Leather Co. HAROLD C. KEITH Brockton, Mass. o Geo. E. Keith Co. . KENT, JR. Brockton, Mass. B R v ca T Selz, Schwab & Co. H. L. TINKHAM Brockton, Mass. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. F. L. WEYENBERG Mily Wis, Weveabers Shoe My Car ke