The Washington herald., 1921-04-23
SOUTH DAKOTA VISITOR
OPPOSES HIGH TARIFF

OPPOSES HIGH TARIFF
A high tariff will result in no
benefit to the farmer, says George
H Deal. of Sioux Falls, s. D., seen
yesterday at the Washington. who
assails certain Representatives in
Congress as helping in the spread
of pro-tariff propaganda which has
as its end the welfare of the manu-
facturers of the United States.
These altruistic individuals are
spreading propaganda to show that
tariffs must be granted the farmers
as a matter of protection, with the
expectation. that after the farmers
are protected by the manufacturing
interests high tariffs must be estab-
Deal pointed out.
SAYS FARMER NEEDS
MARKETING FACILITIES
Tariffs might be put higher than
ever. but II will not be the farmer
who will benefit. What the farmer
needs now is the facilities for mar
keting his goods. Economists, our
own trade representatives in foreign
countries, our commercial attaches.
leaders in organizations of business
men-there Is but one story from
all. of them-the world wants our
goods. And we have products
enough for the world, but We must
nnd some way Of getting them
across the seas.
Farmers need a market abroad
and they need credit with which to
carry on their business with for
eign buyers. But a high tariff will
avail nothing. II established 1t will
result In the same old game of pass
Ing it on to the consumer in higher
priced merchandise. As for the
farmer. he will receive no more for
his goods than he did before.
This has always been true Of a
high tariff. manufacturers always
charge the tariff on their products
whether their industries are in the
infant stage or have passed beyond
the age Of adolescence"
PRODUCTION SLASH
HELP TO FARMERS.
Farmers must cut down produc-
tion to bring prosperity, in the
opinion of Deal. who points out
that in the South the cotton and
tobacco acreage is to be restricted
to half.
This curtaiiment Of production
will assure prosperity to the South
both through the increased price of
her staple articles, cotton and to-
bacco, and in the reduction of the
number of articles which she has
been in the habit of buying from
other sections of the country be-
cause of lack of space for their
cultivation.
The production for 1920 of the
eight principal grain crops is now
estimated at 5,Ss6,000,O 900 bushels.
compared with 5.426, 200, 900 bushels
in 1919. The white potato crop was
43o.o0o.00o bushels, compared with
3Ss.ooo.ooo bushels the preceding
year.
FINDS DROP IN VALUE
OF FARM PRODUCE. ~
Last December the farm value
OF % pancipal grain, fruit and
vegetable crops was $9.l49,00O, 900
compared with $l4,0SS, ,000, 900 which
was the value for the correspond
ing crops of 1919. December I
1920. the value of the 81 principal
grain. fruit and vegetable crops
was ss,755,o00,00O compared with
$13.636, 100000. the farm value or
crops for 1919 on the corresponding
date
About sS.so7. .ooo, 900 was the
average value OF the same crops
for the preceding five years based
on the average farm price of each
years crops on the first day of De-
cember of each year. This makes
che per acre value OF the 81 prfn-
cipal 1920 crops S25.73 compared
with per acre value in 1919 for
the principal crops Of 1886 and an
average per acre value fr the pre-
ceding five years of S25.s7.
TT will therefore be easily seen
that already the farmer is sched-
uled to shoulder heavy losses, and
losses much greater than those in
other industries" r w n