New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1929, Page 4

MILL MEN FIGHT DUTY ON COTTON New England and East Opposes ~ Long Staple Fibre Tarill Washington, Feb. 22 (P—Further opposition to proposals for a tariff | on long stable cotton was registered [quality threads and would have lo ys and means committee yesterday by New Eng- before the house wa land and castern cotton manufac- turers. Representatives from the inches or over. long staple product grown in southwest and Imperial Valley of California could be substituted for Egyptiun cotton if imports were cnut off, in the manufacture of automo- bile tires and fine cotton threads. Taking up the opposition toda John B. Clark, of the Clark Threa company, Newark, N. J., contended there was no substitute for t yptian long staple in this coun- try at this time. He -id the Ariz- ona Pima cotton had been tested hy the manufacturers and found to be much “weaker and very irregular.” Idie Spindles Feared duty on the long staple from Clark said, would incre to both Egyptian manufacturer: a other mun- to the Further, he crease the consump- spindles, and throw many s out of cmployment, Clark maintained that the du would not help the Amcrican farm- er, who, he said, was better off than the cotton ufacturer, in far as he was now exporting w the latter was not. He told sentative Crisp, democrat, that a duly would not cncourage the grower in this country again 0 turn to the production of Sca Island cotton which has almost disappear- ed in the United States because of the boll weevil, While agreeing that t was the only substitute for ptian, Clark said the only way it could be produced satisfactorily azain would be under a government & v or a complete embargo agai Egyptian. No duty, he said, would keep out A iEypt, the cost American the prices of thread ufactured cotton American cons said, it would ¢ tion, and cles ile pre- Georgia, Egyptian cotton as long as the pub- | lic demanded it. Mill ‘Ben Testify Allan Barrows, Wamsutta milfs, New Bedford, Mass., and Robert C. Kerr, Amerizan Thread Company, also spoke against the proposed tar iff, as did M. E. Clark, representing the tire division of the Rubber As sociation of America. Clark said a duty would impose a burden on the American tire con- sumers and result in no benefit to ) the cotton grower. He added that 75 per cent of cotton used for tires, or 530,000 bales a year is a staple of 11-16 inches and over. Of the to- tal, 210,000 bales in 1 1-8 inches and above, and the remainder under that length. The 310,000 bales on shorter length, he said, is all American cot- ton while 150,000 of the longer staple also is American grown. Clark contended the American cotton of 11-8 inches and over was | not interchangeable with Egyptian, and was used only in the mau ture of smaller and cheaper tires, while the imported was deminded tor higher priced tires used for south- western Pima cotton district yester- day urged a duty up to ten cents a pound on cotton of a staple of 1 1-8 It was claimed the the | INWORLD HISTORY , | like to know why.” company used Sea Island cotton in embroiderics and mercerized sewing threads until the boll weevil nearly wiped it out. He then turned to Arizona Pima, he said ,but found it unsuitable. “Would your customers accept merican cotton as a substitute for yptian cotton?” said Representa- |tive Garner, democrat, Tevas. “They say not,” Holmes replied. C. E. Chaffin, Bay Thread | company, Springfield, Mass., also op- posed the duty, declaring that 30 thread manufacturers he represented wanted to continue to make high "L'O out of business if a tariff werc | placed on raw long staple. He said it would be difficult for | manufacturers to increase the price | to their customers by passing on any | duty to them such as that proposed. A duty, he contended, would force thread users to import manufac- tured articles. MOST FOOLISH AGE | 1‘Congressman Says Moderns | Rely on Force, Not Wisdom BY RODNEY DU | !I‘ marked Congi Huddieston of Alaban of a general conversation, | most poolish age in histor “I wish,” suggested your corre- [spondent, “that you would fully ex- plain yoursclf for a very large num- ber of readers who probably would George in the course *is the | George Huddleston is one of those | rare members of Congress who, ex- |cept in matters involving a question lof good taste, is willing to see in | | the newspapers anything he says in | private. None of his votes conflict I'with his beliefs, | “There are,” he progeeded to say, {*#a halt dozen reasons for the | sertion. By the reliance of this age |upon force, T mean both physical force and law. And coupled with that is our lack of regard for prin- ciple, political, cconomic or other- | wise, This is the day of the oppor- tunist; the man who gets while the getting is good. 1t is most d Iy not the day of men of wisdom, vision and principle, for whom we | have lost nearly all regard. | “Our present position in respect to spiritual concern as distinguished from material concern 1 trace back to the development of industry and |commerce and their tremendous multiplication of human conveni- ences, luxuries and opportunities for |financial gain. Men have amassed [fortunes and the poor have had |luxuries denied to princes in other | times ' “The result is that all of man's interest and attention has been de- {verted away from the spiritual life, {which embraces religion, art and politics in the purest sen and con- |centrated on the material side—on things that one can see, smell, fecl and hear® So we have clevated to |the supreme matters relating to sex, {a low form of materialism, and to {food, drink, fine clothes, automobiles, | buildings and other things shading [up to the power, influence and pres- tige that comes from the possession of wealth. “Thus every human activity 1s ainted. Even the preacher preaches t his richest parishioners, preach- ng what they want to hear so that they will contribute and give him a “And so on down to the workman who scabs on a job so that he can ride in & second-hand car and get a | > of bootleg liquor once " George Huddlest 60 years old. “Among nations, “no reliance is now honor or chivalry. Ever no longer at a premium. in devising safe ways of is now the vogu« “With §ts past long ago have settle its troubles. to build cruisers and to ar treaties re ¥ much. Among ourselves we to, put our faith in legal forces. are now treatimg prohibition legal and political question instead of a moral qquestion. he prohibitionists great original mistakes. ing passage of the pro expected the law to cnfo communities where against it. Second, the they failed to su Many prohibitionists viol openly who do. “If we are to have prohibition in this country—and T bel of the people w majority must get legs and fight for it. inconceivable to me tionists can give counte respect and patronage violatol “Prohibitien tion a hibition until a very lar is an eth placed experience might suppose thut this world would | andoned the practice of relying on force to But we continue ibition laws they anticipated public opinion and sentiment after enact and those who do willing to take to their bosoms those up on 1t is utte how nd we will not haye real pro- tor others in on is nearly a|is growing. you must- r continued, upon | 1 courage is Ingenuity | killing men | peonage, onc same cla entirely admit that ally do not | have come We a | tor them. as made two! In obtain- ree itself in was ing pport them. ate the law not are since th day. Before cov mitted fre by consuls followed. jeve a ma ants it— its hind V[$10 tax. prahibi- nance and | to known trictions Freight e a few hical qques- g¢ percent- cven though sentiment unanimously “It may take | satisfactory expect that a sentiment will develop which will put the bootlegger in the s8 with the narcotics vendor and cause his customers to be re- T voted against iendment, but the sooner people make up their minds + [that we have prohibition the better garded as addi the eighteenth the ant among nations which- per- tons ¢ of people believe in it not only - 1 think that sentiment for prohibition ‘We will never have ab- . soliitely complete enforcement for me | Sections of the country we still have a modified form of slaver}. - but for themselves. member that in sol in_ alm ainst it. cnforcement. But O /$10 Italian Visa Tax Terminates March 1 New York, 1Pel |tourists zoing to Italy after March 1 will not he $10 visa tax which has been levied war, Col. M. 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