The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-01-21
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER.

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WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER.
Exclusive to the Pioneer Express|
AS was predicted sinsa this letter q
few weeks ago Senator cCpmber
has proposed tariff of fifty cents
8 bushel on wheat to take the place
sf the rate of thirty cents q bushel,
as agreed upon in the House, in the
Fordney emergency tariff bill now
before sthe Finance Committee.
In statement made by the sena-
TOR. he charged that the American
market had been glutted by Cana
dian wheat and that q tariff of fifty
cents would be necessary to prevent
further exports from Canada. SEN
ator McCumber declared that there
yet remains more than 150,00O,O00
bushels Of Canadian wheat for ex-
port, and, considering the difference
in exchange between the two count
ries, he feared the ruin Of. the Am
erican wheat farmer unless a bar
rier is laid against further Cutting
Of our markets"
Just how soon a vote can be, had
upon the Fordney bill is still uncer-
tain. However sentiment would
seem to favor its passage in spite Of
the certain opposition of some sem
ators. That some support is to be
expected from the south was re-
Gently emphasized by resolution
passed by the. Alabama division,
American Cotton Association, at
Montgomery, which requested the
Alabama senator's, Underwood and
HeAin, to support and vote for the
Fordney emergency tariff bill.
With the emergency bill. before a
senate committee the House COM
mittee on Ways and Means has
turned it's attention to, a general
and permanent revision Of the tariff
to be made shortly after the inaugu-
ration, of the new administration.
Many congressman seem to consider
a reenactment of the old Payne
Aldrich act advisable, for the time
at least, to replace the Underwood
act now on the statuate books.
Others prefer various changes in the
new legislation and in particular a
tendency for an increase in rates
greatly in excess of those in the Al
drich bill upon certain manufactured
articles is apparent judging from
the, testimony of witnesses appear
ing before the House committee.
Certain American business inter-
ests were rebnked by Congressman
Young, North Dakota, for asking
for duties which he charged would
amount to licensing them to con-
tinue profteering. Young stated
that on this ground he would stren-
uously oppose the granting Of i'm
port duties ranging from 900 per
cent to 400 per cent above the Pay
ne-Aldrich rates."
Mr.. Young said:. "It is time
somebody put on the brakes. Here
and now I serve notice that / shall
oppose any such duties as these wit
nesses are asking. They are plead
ing with crocodile tears in their eyes
for import duties. ranging from 100
per cent to 400 per cent above the
Payne-Aldrich rates. am going
to fight with all my power against
such penalization of the consumer"
"The war is over and the consul
ming public is asking why those
prices also are not gone. IF we
grant the rates most Of these inter-
J ests are seeking, we will simply be
licensing a continuation Of profitee-
ring, filing the pockets Of the man
ufacturer, who gets protection, with
the involuntary contribution Of the
consumer" s
Representatives Of grain growing
states Of the northwest have been
in Washington throughout the week
to appear in opposition to the Cap
per bill to curb dealing in future
trading in grain at the exchanges.
Many grain men from Minnesota
have already been before the House
committee on Agriculture to voice
their opposition to the proposed
plan which they consider detrimen-
tai to the wheat and grain industry
in general. It is their opinion that
legislation preventing the trading
in futures might tend to prevent le-
ultimate selling as we'll as the 40.