The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-02-23
THE SOUTH DEMANDING PROTECTION

THE SOUTH DEMANDING PROTECTION
The following article, taken from the Southern Tariff Ad
vocae published at Fort Worth, Texas sets forth in very
plain language just why Southerners favor the
establishment of tariff material favoring also the
schedules prepared by Idaho junior senator Frank Good
ng against the Fordney tariff in which many of
the products of foreign countries would be admitted to the
United States free of duty in competition with home produc
ton:
Marshaing the industrial commercial and agricultural
forces of the South for the final drive for tariff Southern
material representatives of the Southern Tariff associa
ton appeared before the senate finance committee January
10 and presented evidence tending to show that the industrial
South is united in its demand for tariff its products.
The delegation introduced by Senator Frank r. Good
ing of Idaho whose efforts largely responsible for the
alignment of the industrial forces of the West and South
attempt to get legislative justice.
eff may introduce the president of the Southern Tariff
association, want to say, Mr. Chairman that little
than year ago organization formed in the state of
Texas known the Southern Tariff association the Idaho
senator stated in his introduction Snce that time every
southern state has become member OF that association
fact several western and eastern states have affiliated with it
that today they have membership of This
association represents 81 different industries linked with
it membership of 247 state and local organizations The
president of that association is here Mr. Chairman and
would like for him to tell the committee why this organization
formed its purposes and aims. have the pleasure of
introducing Mr. John H. Kirby of Texas president of
Southern Tariff association
We of the South thoroughly appreciate the invitation of
this committee giving this chance present of
problems President Kirby stated in response
Following the suggestion made by Senator Gooding
would suggest that the association grew out
of the Distress largely of the agricultural elements of the
South under the application of the doctrine which has
come to be known the doctrine of free materials
personally not producer of any product lat least
leading business is that of the manufacture of umber
that socts desires could be affected by form of
i legislation with respect to that particular commodity But
interested in public welfare. interested in the thrift
of customers interested in the progress and prosper
ity of my country Therefore took upon myself the work
and the duty of acting president of this association its
ception.
The association first composed of farmers stock
rasers IN Texas Then grew and other Southern states be-
attracted to until it has reached the magnitude out
lined to you by Senator Goodng
Distress brought into being The cotton farmer of Texas
1920 found that his cotton seed had undergone shnkage
that true not alone of Texas but all of the Southof
something like $300O00000 We knew that part of that
in consequence of the deaon program of the
through the federal board But convinced
that the greater part of it resulted from the importation
free of vegetable oils from the Orient and from the Tropics
The peanut farmer in the South whose crop in 1919 had
sold for practically $100O0OOO0 would in 1920 $1O
100000, largely from the cause.
The and poultry of the South, who had
oyed prosperity prior to 1920 found themselves unable
to keep their hens largely from the importation free of
of eggs from China.
THE wool growers of Texas found their spring clip
their fall clip still in the warehouses at San Antonio
Angelo Del Rio and Ell Paso and other concentration points
without bidder for that commodity all through the free
portaton into this country of foreign woods largely from
tralia and Argentine.
THE cattle rasers of Texas and every farmer in Texas
cattle raisernot big herds though large
herds but do not that the farmers have large
but all engaged in the cattle industry found that their
had shrunk until there demand for their steers
through the free importation of meats from Argentine