The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-02-17
TARIFF REDUCES
FARM MARKETS
With Factories Closed Consumers
Cannot Purchase.
CUBA WAS A BIG BUYER
Cannot Export Produce Unless Other
Countries Can Sell Va

BY n. e. MILES.

Chairman Of the Fair Tariff League.
In a smaH town In An agricultural
section of the United States, not far
from the Canadian border, there Is q
glove factory. This concern has been
for years 'selllng a large part OF It's
product annually in Canada. Con-
gress I'm the Emergency Tariff Act
placed on goods imported from Canada
a tariff so high that II made 1t unprofit-
able for the Canadians longer TO sell
their goods in the American market
The small town glove factory. among
many others, lost It's Canadian mar
ket and had to shut down.
II Is an economic law that q nation
buys where II sells. II must do this
In order TO have money TO pay It's
bills In the country where the bills
are contracted
Canada being unable 10 sell her
goods In this country was forced to
sell her surplus elsewhere Naturally
then. she supplied her needs In Other
markets. But this particular GLOW,
factory Is important because OF IT.
effect on the prosperity OF the nearb,
TURNER'S.
The plight Of this factory Is an ex
ample OF how the prosperity OF ever,
interest In this country Is depe-den
rpon The prosperity of practically es
cry other interest. This glove factor!
~ the mainstay OF the town. Prac
f'cally oil the wage earners work
there. When their means OF livelihood
was cut of their ability TO purchase
was gone.
The smaller farmers who had .
ready market at their very doors 70,
their butter and eggs and other faru.
products found II necessary to- seei
other and less satisfactory market
out of town. But when they got ou'
into the world market they found tina
something was happening.
Everything they tried TO sell was sold
nf greatly reduced price. but every.
ialng that they attempted to buy the,
found WIS reduced only slightly w
price or not reduced at all
The Farmer Whipsa@ed
Many complicated factors enter int
HIost Important factors is the tariff.
have shown In a previous article thar
in az least two commodities, those OF
sugar and wool. the tariff protectioi
accorded by the increased rates op
these two commodities does not reacl
the farmer, but stops with and en
riches the manufactures.
There is chemical plant In the
state OF New Jersey which makes q fer
tilizer product for the Cuban market
Cuba's sugar industry has been prac-
tically ruined by q co per cent increase
In the tarifr on raw sugar Cuba Is
unable 10 buy the product of this chem
ical factory One thousand men are
out OF work The families Of those
one thousand men would use ut least
thousand dozen OF eggs a week and
not less than a thousand pounds o'
butter and certainly not less than
three thousand pounds OF meat. al
products OF the American farmer
hut In the case OF Cuba there Is even
more dlrect loss OF market 10 the
farmer
A glance at the trade reports show,
that Cuba is one OF the American
farmers most important customers In
1920 Cuba purchased OF us more than
~ per cent OF all our exports OF hogs
hard compounds. canned sausage, rice
potatoes, beans and onions She rank.
ed second among the nations In the
purchase OF our cattle, horses, mules
picked pork, sausage other than can
ned. poultry. cheese, sweetened con
densed milk. cocoa and prepared choco-
late and corn. She ranked third In the
purchase OF hams and shoulders, mis-
odlsneous canned meat products, hay
ard Hour. Cuba bought from II; during
1919 and 1920 over SS5 10000 worth
OF truck gardening and farm products
over s6.6o0Oo0 worth OF live stock
over 315.Oo0000 worth OF dairy prod.
uctS. over $4,000 600 worth OF meat
products. over s63,0O0.000 worth OF
cotton cloth and over $50. .0o0.oo0 worth
Of manufactures OF cotton.
Farmer Needs Cuban Market
IL is pretty evident then, that The
American farmer needs his Cuban mar
ket. IL Is further quite clear that II
this enormous quantity OF surplus agri-
cultural goods were dumped on the
home market his prices would slump
still more.
Now. where does Cuba get the money
with which 20 purchase our goods
The answer IS sugar" Cuba produces
4uDO 30 tons of sugar annually Thi.
enormous crop Is the mainstay OF Cu
ban prosperity. II Il falls her. She mus;
20 bankrupt. About One-half Of her
output Of sugar she sells in the United
States