Arizona republican., 1921-05-08
Needs of Producers of American Egyptian Cotton as Presented to
 the Ways and Means Committee

Brief submitted by Dwight B. Heard on behalf of the cotton growers so inc ways and means committee of me house of representatives, and ap- r.roved by the entire congressional 6elr<a ton from Arizona:
 Hon. William R. Green,
 Chssrnzn. Subcommittee on Cotton' Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives
 Sir
 axailinz of your suggestion that l rres~nt in concise form a statement s, behalf of the needs of the pro- s.nrers of American Egyptian cotton, I rreSent the following:
 Statement by Dwight B. Heard ot Phoenix. Arizona representing eie Arizona Egyptian Cotton Growers Association, the Phoenlx tArizonal s-,,an.ber of Commerce, and the Tphcenix Clearing House association. as 10 the need of a protective tarlII =, American Egyptian or Pima long staple cotton.
 Preliminary Statement
 The American- Egyptian or Pima so-r-staple cotton industry, Whlch during the past fifteen years mas oe- N-elonssd as an essential national m .s.,S-r,-- now faces destruction through ,-n-nnetition with cotton of similar sx-ns rroduced by the peasant laoor of fcrVpt on a present wage Scale ol 70 cents per day for 12-hour day
 This Egyptian long staple cotton is now being laid down at New Ehslafu SnirninS points at 26 cents per pound, sTr,,rSr exactly one-half the estimated production cost of last year Ailiell. ,., ,-am- Egyptian crop, as per report y-.--,anrlv furnished congress by NIT wallace. secretary of agriculture.
 a- rb.a season of 1919-1920, 4So,ooV Ras~s of Egyptian cotton were im- ,.,~z,.,l into the United States as com = na~aS with an average importation for the previous five years or ZVz'oVo Rats-S IL is conserVatlNeIy estillateo -r.r 70 rer cent of this importation - Sakeilaridis cotton. the typ .,-s.,r,nallv used for the manufacture ,.s -irs warns and with which the Ar.,crican-grown Egyptian cottoi ,--.-,..s in direct competition.
 -rhe standard of living Of the ,,-,-Dsian peasants who furnish the Ssfs.y i'm the cotton fields or Esyp sS vastly inferior to an Anerlcai l-i- .---,aard of living This peasdh S.l,or is exceptionally etrlcleilt- He9' ss.--,,-so,, laborers at the price O - cents per day, work from sun -ss, -o sunset. while III AilMHolla M ..-s,sre Ss per cent of the AiheiicaiI ,-s-,-,,-ian crop is grown, the cost U ~s5 1ahor for a nine-houi uaS A eS - Ss OO. It is estimated Una
 SaSr this will be reduced to sz.o -s-. n more than five times as iaIs
 e sbs Egyptian wage, In we" ol LII s,.,,--sr hours in Arizona ,
 ss rouservatively estlmateu @ @tIla
 .Sssr5 of the cost of the produc .. .-s hong staple cotton IS lnVoiVe' rirkinG The cost or pichIl i,-'cn e1. in Egypt in 1920, acGorains ,.s . s.'.se-. ,s- information available wa & Ssan SIC per 5oo-pouiiu +aioir, n'iie ls.s,, ls, sr Arizona the cost o oI pi0i1lli n,,,; Nil1'e ~. size bale was SSo. m m s...~- which can only be reiiieuieu li'ed of # .,.'- ressonable protectiieoln nSi srstn7ent C tne 'sS the |. $ Depar tnlent . . t'el~'s .,e,,~c have recently estIliiaeT n,ii,,e5 As..' ,se cost of producing Alilel i,nna l
 III s-e Pima cotton in Aflzoi,a 2t h, If ES pun ,b', basis of yieid ol i'rri1 Tb
 tn the acre was sroro well in te ,s statements rom Sow a
 ..s Arizona grow productio fofiiie". ...-1 .s,rrage cost or pi lanf r~l-l',..,' rla.e. ,S anproximateIy r,,ars, Ar'el ,.-,,. ,-'- old-world ksHI',i,.t ksI'.ictv II e@olS .,r SskellaridIs rrssnonc .ra 'l e.Cb most nearly eoF'esi' '''