The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-01-20
FAVORS TARIFF ON
EGG IMPORTATIONS
Harry II. Collier Urges Protection
For Home Industry; Meets With
Favor Here

Lynden poultrymen are endorsing
movement for a tariff on foreign
eggs and poultry, and are urging the
representatives in Congress to protect
the poultry industry.
On January 12 Harry H. Collier
received telegram from John w.
Summers, congressional representa-
tive. from the Walla Walla District.
requesting Mr.. Collier to forward
him data pertaining to the present
tariff requirement on eggs and poul-
try Mr.. Summers telegram reads as
follows:
Washington, d. c., Jan. II, '21
Harry H. Collier, Dept. of Agricul-
ture, 800 Alaska Bldg, Seattle.
Wash.
Mail me. within forty-eight hours.
your views as to need of tariff on
eggs and poultry.
John w. Summers.
In response to this wire Mr.. Col
lier dispatched the following letter
to Congressman Summers:
Jan. 12, 1921
Hon. John Summers,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Mr.. Summers: The Washing
ton poultry breeders did a business of
$1O,60O,OOO in eggs and poultry for
the year 1920. They shipped 125
cars of eggs to New York and East
ern points and 1O2 cars to Alaska
and many carloads to British Column
bia. Despite the very high cost of
feed the poultrymen had very pros
porous year.
The poultrymen of the state are in
great danger of having their markets
taken away from them by Japanese
and Chinese eggs. The customs re-
ceipts disclose the following figures: :
All the eggs listed below were
cleared through the Port of Seattle
and do not include many carloads
of eggs that were shipped in from
British Columbia, especially from
the Port of Vancouver, B. c., many
of these eggs coming by train to
points other than Seattle, for which
the figures are not available.
Eggs in shell. :. ....$ S4,6S2.0O
Ero,or agos 1761 0c6 On
Dried or powdered eggs 766,4O5.OO
Total -. :. $2,602,3 ,352.O 90
These figures show a gain of i'm
ports over 1919 of nearly half mil
lion dollars. During the war, owing
to the scarcity of shipping facilities,
and the fact that many of these eggs
were shipped to Europe, the Chinese
lproducts were not a menace like they
were prvious to the war. When you
consider that the State of Washing
ton shipped in 125 carloads of eggs
in 1917. you can see that our indus
try has made great gains in the last
few years.
II Chinese and japanese eggs con
tinue to glut our markets We will
find that the Washington poultry
breeders cannot begin to meet compe
tition. l would strongly advise q
duty large enough to prohibit the i'm
portation of these eggs.
We poultrymen figure that a duty
of 40 cents per pound on frozen eggs
81 per pound on powdered eggs ant
80 cents per dozen on eggs in shell
would give us the necessary protec
tion.
Owing to the fact that Western
Washington is covered with a very
heavy growth of timber, it makes
clearing of land an expensive propo
sition, as we'll as taking much tim,
to get these lands into condition fol
cultivation; but it has been founC
that one can handle poultry from thu
start. and he can make living will
his fowls while he is making the he
cessary clearing; and it is also dem
, onstrated that the lands are adapta
BILE for growing small fruits, whicl
!, takes about two years for the SAT-
: fruits to come in bearing. 1t ha
: been found very profitable to ru'
, what someone has been pleased t
term "three-story-farmi - poul
3 try ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
with cherries. plums and pears, a.
D on the same ground 1t is claimed b
: the good berry growers that runnin
I fowls in berry patches saves niue
cultivation, and the fowls get the ber
eft of such green stuff as might gro