The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1921-08-05
Pres. Harding Helps Side
crack Morris Agricultural Bill
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tion of war. except to repel invasion
or to suppress insurrectlol1, snaIi ne
issued by the executive until TIC leo
pie shall have voted upon the same,
YOUNG INSPECTS INLAND WI
ERWAYS
Representative George Young re-
turned last week from a three Gays
trip over the proposed Great Lakes IN
land waterway. He Inspected the
Welland canal and examined the locks
on the Canadian side which will per.
nit ocean liners drawing 20 feet OF
water to enter the Great Lakes and
take cargoes of western wheat Tor
Europe. The proposed Graf Lakes
water way will cost $3.50, ZOO, 900 and
take eight years to complete, but 1t
will save one months time transport
ing grain to Europe and greatly re-
duce freight rates. Inasmuch as the
farmer pays the freight and the in
terest and insurance on grain IN
transit, the inland waterway would
ultimately save millions Of dollars for
the western wheat growers. 1t also
would develop 100000 horsepower
which would speedily pay the cost of
the project. Mr.. Young declared him.
self heartily in favor of the undertake
ing. 81 think" he told your cores
pondent on his return, chat we could
well afford to cut down our military
appropriations and devote the money
we are now spending for battleships
to complete this constructive work
which would assist in the production
and the prosperity of our people"
SINCLAIR VOTES AGAINST TAR
Congressman J. H. Sinclair Of
North Dakota is one of the seven
Republicans who takes no stock in the
theory that prosperity can be return
ed by passing a high tariff which will
shut off almost nonresident Euro
pean imports and enable American
trusts to raise prices. Mr.. Sinclair
stated that his objection to the meas
ure, aside from the fact that special
rules made it impossible to offer am
endments from the floor or to consid-
er unreasonable sections separately,
were that no one could state what the
rates will be under the new. valuation
plan. Mr.. Sinclair declared this meant
almost prohibitive duties on most ar
ticles which cannot help hut result in
an increased monopoly of the market.
This can have but one effect, accord
ing to Mr.. Sinclair, namely, to con-
tinue the high cost Of manufactured
products and will afford no relief to
the overburdened farmers. This is in
direct violation Of the pledge of the
Republican party to decrease taxa
ton and to lower the cost of living.
Mr. Sinclair also points out that we
must depend upon foreign countries
to absorb our surplus farm products.
If foreign nations cannot sell goods
here they will be unable to buy our
exportable surplus, which must inevi-
tally result in further depression of
prices of grain and live stock. Rep
resentative Sinclair's analysis of the
situation is correct. The Fordney
tariff is an aid to monopoly which
permits the trusts to shut off Euro
pean competition and to take a heavy
toll from the American consumer.
Representative Sinclair is. to be COM
mended for his courage in joining the
little group of Republican progress
sives who voted against the vicious
masure. Representative Oscar e.
Keller Of st. Paul, also was paired
against the measure, but all the other
Minnesota and North Dakota repre-
sentatives voted for the bill.
FORD MEETS WITH OPPOSITION
Opposition has developed to leasing
the Muscle Shoals power plant to
Henry Ford. The auto magnate Of
fered to pay for the completion of
the dam and works and to turn it back
to the government at the end Of 100
years. He also offered to manufacture
farm fertilizer at cost, plus eight per
cent profits, and to let farm organi-
cations audit his books to show there
was no profteering. This is a most
advantageous offer so far as the
farmer consumers Of fertilizers are
concerned, but it is rll1nored that Sec
rotary of War Weeks and other reac-
tionaries are blocking the deal.
Weeks already has informed Ford
that he (Weeks) cannot guarantee
100000 horsepower and that Ford
must make a new offer. Weeks re-
Gently blocked the Great Falls Poto-
mac project which would have provid-
ed cheap water power and light to
the city of Washington. The firm
Of Hornblower & Weeks, with which
the secretary is associated, handles
power and light securities and natur-
ally is opposed to the principle Of
nl1nioinal ownership Cnvno r,oc,.~