Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-01
SENATOR'S
DEMAND TARIFF ACT
TO 0PROTECT FARMER
Demand That Agriculture Re-
ceive as Much Protection
as Manufacturing Milers
Seek Higher Rates on Flour
i; and Mill Feeds-F Fordney
Tariff Will Be Compromise.

Fargo, Aug. 31.-Practically ev-
cry United States senator from west
of the Mississippi river has united in
a bloc, according to a statement here
by Senator E. F. Ladd, to demand a
tariff bill that will protect farmers
as we'll as manufacturers. Farmers
are awakening to the fact that previ-
GUS tariffs have been written almost
wholly in the interest Of manufac-
'turers. They are demanding that the
Fordney tariff give agriculture as
much protection as is given manu-
facturers. This awakening and this
demand are reflected in the attitude
of senators from the agricultural
states.
Senator Ladd says eastern sena-
tors from the manufacturing states
have become somewhat alarmed at
the new attitude of the western SEN
.ators, who have been reinforced by
"a number of southerners. Intima-
tions have come from the fasteners
that they would be willing to let the
western senators write the agrfcul-
tural schedules, if the fasteners
were given a free hand in the others.
MOSC oCnAGOfS ttCluSC
7 This the western senators have
refused. Fhey have maintained that
it is highly important to the farmers
what duties are placed on manufac-
tured goods. The farmers are the
biggest buying class in the United
States. If duties on manufactured
goods range higher than duties on
agricultural products, it is the farm
er who suffers most. The prices on
many agricultural products are fixed
by world competition, so that there
is definite limit to the amout of
tariff that can be placed on manu-
factured goods without crippling ag-
riculture.
Millers Seek Protection
e Washington, Aug. 0.Representa-
tives Of Industries of two countries
presented arguments before the SEN
ate finance committee today striking
at rates in the Fordeny tariff bill.
From England came a delegation to
urge revision downward of: rates, on
high speed steel, higher rates ON
flour and mill feeds were sought by
domestic milling interests.
g I'd SAdAA1o, VI CuO 1uIA1O1S, 6uU.
mitted by L. E. Moses, of Kansas
City, Mo-, president of the South
western Miller's League, and A. L.
Goetzmann, of Minneapolis, presi-
dent of the Miller's National feder-
alton, were for rates which would
be compensatory for the IS cents
bushel duty on wheat. Unless the
flour duty was made practically
double the house rate, they argued,
the duty on wheat would bring no
good effect. .-t ys.
Mr.. Moses asserted that the mill
ing industry was. making no profits
and that it's position in the business
world would be more perilous with
out the. protective duty. ~.
IF you can give us rates which
will keep us running" he said, 1--WE
can and will furnish the people Of
the United States flour at the cheap
est price of any people on earth. If
you force us to run only part of the
time, your flour price will be high
er and the consumer will pay, and
the producers market will be dis
turbed and lower and he will lose.
I won't predict what will happen to
the mills themselves If we have to
close our plants part of the time"