Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1936, Page 28

Landon Speech at Minneapolis American ‘Application of Favored Nation Tariff Principle Not Reciprocity but Charity, Says Governor. By the Associatd Press. MINNEAPOLIS, September 24.—The text of Gov. Alf M. Landon’s cam- address: I am most happy to be with you here in the great Northwest. Many of your achievements stand as an inspiration to the rest of the coun- try. You have developed to an unusual degree a system of com- bining dairying and general farm- ing in such a way that it provides a year-round income and at the same time conserves the soil. You have proved that farmer- owned and farmer-controlled or- ganizations _are an effective way for helping the income of the pro- ducer. The success of farm co- duced by the present administra- tion our farmers were led to be- lieve that it would be of particular benefit to them. They were told it was the only feasible way by which this country could regain its lost foreign markets. They were assured that it meant greater sales at better prices. ‘We have had only two years of this program. But within even that short time certain conclusions have been proved beyond all ques- tion. The reciprocal trade agree- ments made by this administration him: they have taken more of his markets away, both at home and abroad. They have not caused him to get better prices for his prod- ucts; they have prevented him some detail. Before doing 80, how- ever, there are two points that I their general tariff program for special treatment. Both countries make concessions; both countries benefit.. This is sound doc- trine. In some cases it may be the only sstisfactory method of meet- SWING DRESSES IN CREPE ore such Tri-color trims. Cunning models for sizes 12 5.95 FELT BRETON SAILOR.._.._L7 fun to swish about in! . to 16. Green, brown, navy ond MuSteeoo oo ing a situstion. The Republican party this in its plat- form. It does not condemn the principle of reciprocity. It con- demns only the kind -of trade offensive to American principles. The secohd point I want to make clear is that I am opposed to a policy of isolation. I see & prosperous world as well as & prosperous America. A healthy internationsal trade is essential to world prosperity. And even more than this, world prosperity is good insurance against war. I am convinced, too, that rea~ sonable protection, which is 20 es- tention to our own bell-being, is not deterimental to world prosperity. At & time like the present, when ‘economic that might come in at this re- duced rate. Now what was the result of this increase of over 700 per cent. I do not have to tell the dairy farmer what happened. Down went the price on the American mar- CAPED RAINCOATS with sleeveless coat. Matching beret, sizes 8 to 16.- Nice to wear over your 3 95 heavy school coat-caeeo.. Pe LANSBURGH'S GIRLS' hggfi; 3 4l E : Unfortunately the same stand- ards are not imposed on imported products. 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And the hope of increased domestic produc- tion of corn and potato starches ‘was destroyed in the same agree- ment because tapioca and sago 'ep found on the free list! ow Jet us look at some gemeral results. Eight of these agreements have been in force long enough for us to see the results. In these cases the imports of farm products have increased 84 per cent over & core other words, under these eight agreements our imports increased more than three times as fast as our exports. Today the exports of our farm products represent the smallest proportion of our foreign trade in the history of the Nation. This is MONOGRAMMED SHANTUNG SHIRTS with no extra charge for monogram! Action pleated backs; sizes 10 to 16, -eight ' l,s colors .. > T C., - FRIDAY; of e 8;;? HiE & g ; 1 e T 1L ef g §E § 1 Y producers. It is inevitable, there- fore, that the effect of the agree- ment showld be, not an iriSreased trade on non-competing articles, but a reduction of tariffs on articles on which we do compete. If an agreement is on non-com« peting articles, there is the possi- bility of mutual advsntage. But when it is made with a competitor, one side or the other is almost cer- tain to lose. Had the administration been in- terested in using the principle of reciprocity in its proper manner it ‘would have made agreements only with our customers. It wouldn’t have made an agreement on agri- cultural products with our very good friend Canada, which in this fleld is a competitor, not a cus- tomer! It is for this reason that the Re- publican platform pledges “to fure nish Government assistance in dis- posing of surpluses in foreign trade by bargaining for foreign markets selectively by countries, both as to oppose treaties which trade off the Ameri- can farmer.” To do this intelli- gently, we must know at all times the exact status of our trade with every nation—in other words, how ‘we stand on the books 30 far as both consumers and competitors are concerned. 4 Another further major shortcom- 1ing of the trade program of this ad- ministration is the method by which the agreements are made. It is & regular star-chamber proceeding. ‘Those producers whase products 2.KNICKER SUITS with lined plus- fours. Worsteds in single or double breasted models. Greys and browns, sizes 8 to 16. Grand buys 895 . . 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