Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-28
ASSERTS GROWERS
|. ARE DISCOURAGED
OVER CONDITIONS
Planters Are Greatly in
Need of Help, He
Declares.
SOUTHERN CONGRESS
Is WELL ATTENDED
All of States in This Section
Are Represented at Gather
ing in Atlanta.
RAW PRODUCTS DISCUSSED
Louisiana Executive Says COMPETE
ton with Certain Foreign
Glasses Impossible.
RAW PRODUCTS DISCUSSED
Louisiana Executive Says Competi-
ton With Certain Foreign
Glasses Impossible.
tBy United Prcss.1

ATLANTA, Jan. 27.-A strong plea
for protective tariff for tho farmers
Of the country was made here today
by Governor John NJ. Parker, of Lou
isiana. whose address marked tho
opening of the Southern Tarir Con-
gress.
Declaring there was no class OF
people more discontented, discour-
aged and unsettled than the agricul-
turists of the South, Parker ndyo-y
Gated protective tariff on raw
products.
He pointed out that 1t was unfair
for the American farmers to come
in direct competition with certain
glasses of foreign agricultural labcr..
which. he Characterized as under.
fed anu Ignorant, with no thought
OF the future and only with the one
idea OF existing in their mind"
Governor Parker said /. was little
short OF crime for self-rcspectinE
American farm labor to be forced
to come into competition with the
driven moujiks Of Russia, the pa
droncs OF Italy. or OF that class OF
farm labor in Central Europe which
has been crushed for centuries by
toll and labor.
"A protective tariff is the only pro-
lection the American farmer can
hope for to bring relief" said Parker.
Unless the American farmer Is pro-
tected against unfair competition
from other nations the tiller of the
soil faces bankruptcy"
Parker advocated prompt and "in-
telligcnt action" IL we ara tc' avert
the dangers sure to come otherwise
He recommended:
l. a non-partisan committee to
make careful study OF conditions
of those countries with which we do
business.
,. immigration laws prohibiting nm
desirable pauper labor Of Europe
coming to America.
9,
Holsheviki or any people of that type.
regardless of their position in life.
!. THE country should, after care
fui study. prepare tariff with those
various countries. commensurate with
the relative difference in the cost OF
labor and the amount OF wages and
method of living OF each country, and
power should be given to change any
such regulations as often as may be
needed after reasonable notice"
.. Improve agricultural conditions
In order to assure the farmer and his
FAMILY happiness and contentment.
6. Labor and capital should be COM
PEELED to recognize the rights OF each
other
4. Men OF vision and forethoueht
should be willing to put aside per-
sonal ambition to be of real, prac-.
teal service at this period"
John Fl. Kirby. of Houston, Tex.
president OF the congress. in his an
nual address. declared "the associa-
tion is unalterably opposed to n doc
trine OF free raw material. because
that is q direct discrimination against
the producer"
We Insist that this course is not
partisan because the Republican
party never has advocated IL and only
one time in the history OF the Demo
cratic party was II incorporated into
their platform and that was In 1892"
said Kirby. This policy was repu-
dated by tho Democrats themselves
In 1886 as being against the best In
terest of the country.
The free trade policy which is re-
hected in the present tariff laws was
not in response to u platform de.
mand. but was rather intended as an
experiment. 1t has proved costly
experiment. however. and ono tha.
must not be repeated IL tho produc-
tive Industry of the South Is to sur
v!ve.
The Southern 1tarlfr congress will
remain free OF partisan politics. con-
dneting It's I1vestigations and aelib-
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