Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-04-29
FARMERS UNION
WANTS ARE KNOWN
COMMITTEE IN LIVELY TARIFF
DEBATE OVER DUTY ON
POULTRY PRODUCTS.
TELL OF THEIR BIG LOSSES
Profiteering Caused Growers to Lose
Seven siIIions-complete Pro-
gram Of Their Wishes Given
To Congress.

WASHINGTON. Tariff taxation
and Americanization were discussed
at the recent session of the National
Farmers union. which met here to
frame a program of national legisla.
ton affecting agricultural interests. A
committee recommendation for duties
on poultry products precipitated a live.
ly tariff debate between free.traders
from the south and protectionists from
the northwest. A compromise was ef-
fected by the adoption of resolution
pledging the moral support of the or.
ganization for the poultry men.
Former Representative Pollard of
Nebraska opposed indorsing any spe-
cific duties of protection, but favored
tariff which would represent the diff.
ference in the cost of production at
home and abroad, He said the farm
ers should be careful in their demands
for duty on farm products.
A report from committee named
TO report an estimate of losses sus.
tanned recently by farmers was re.
committed because cf opposition TO
part of the findings hich some dele
gates construed to be an indorsemen.
OF the Plumb league plan for operation
of the railroads.
AlIege Loss Of $1,000 100000
Tht committee reported the farmers
mad sustained loss of 100000 900
as a result of the unnecessary profi.
teering of middlemen. arbitrary ro
striction of credit by federal reserve
banks and unreasonable rise in rail.
road rates, all of which have been ere
ated by autOcratic economic power ex.
ercised under unjust laws" II also
suggested taxation of war million
aires
Inc convention endorsed the Amer.
icanizatiOn bills introduced in con.
gress by Representative Upshaw of
Georgia. which would require publi-
cation In parallel columns of an Eng.
hsh translation OF all newspaper arti-
cies and publications printed in for
eign language and forbid "hyphenat
ed names by making it unlawful to
use the name of any other nation be-
fore that of America in combinations
OF words. Another resolution de
plored the attitude of the federal farm
loan board toward the National TN.
ION OF Farm Loan Associations and re-
qnested them Ito desist in their oppo.
sitiOn'
Appeal to Harding.
Delegates were received on the
south lawn at the White House bv
President Harding. who promised to
give serious consideration" to their
suggestions that conference of rem
resentatives of labor capital. the basic
industries and the railway executives
De called to consider means for reduc.
ing freight rates. The president said
the suggestion was deserving Of sin.
cere thought
Big Program Framed.
WASHINGTON. - Repeal of the
guaranty section of the Transportation
act, reduction IN rates. eqrlal protec-
ton for agriculture under the tariff
and adequate credit facilities for the
Industry is announced as the execu-
tive program which the American
farm bureau federation will recon.
mend to congress as an aid to farmers
The program was formulated by the
executive committee of the federation
after two weeks conference here.
Strong opposition was expressed to
any sales tax, to repeal of the excess
profits tax and to any tariff on lum-
Der and fertilizer. Another recon-
mendation proposed the submission
OF a constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting the issuing of all tax free Sc
curities, as more than $4,000, OeO, 900
In securities now escape federal tax"
The federation reaffirmed it's stand
for packer regulation vested in the
department of agriculture and oppo-
sition to any federal excise tax on