The New York herald., 1922-03-07
COMMERCE BODIES
OPPOSE VALUATION
Are on Record Against Pro-
posed Fordney Tariff
Measure.

Twelve chambers OF commerce. nine
associations and boards or commerce,
eleven State merchants associations,
seventeen city merchants associations,
twelve national associations and eight
State associations have entered formal
protest against the American valuation
plan in the proposed Fordney tariff BILL.
This has been ascertained through the
National Council of American Importers
and Traders. OF which N. e. Franklin is
president. The National Council OF
American Importers and Traders Issued
the following list OF such associations
as an index OF the sentiment OF the
country on this proposed legislation:
Chambers of commerce which have
gone on record as opposed to American
valuation are Lansing Chamber Of Com
merce, Portland Chamber OF Commerce,
Maine; Worcester Chamber of Com
merce. Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.
Lincoln (Neb.) Chamber OF CONNER ce,
Springfield Chamber OF Commerce. Hol-
yoke Chamber OF Commerce, Boston
Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of
Commerce and Civic Association of
Pasadena, CAL; Michigan Chamber OF
Commerce, Chicago Chamber of Com
merce. Battle Creek (Mich.) Chamber
of Commerce.
Associations and boards of commerce
against American valuations are: In
dianapolis Board OF Trade, Milwaukee
Association of Commerce, Ypsilanti
Board of Commerce, Grand Rapids AS
ISOLATION of Commerce, New Orleans AS
ISOLATION OF Commerce. Detroit Board OF
Commerce. Chicago Association of Com
merce, Fond du Lac Association OF
Commerce. Association OF Commerce OF
Bloomington. Ill.
Connecticut Merchants Association.
Maine Federation Retail Merchants AS
sociation. Iowa Retail Dry Goods and
Apparel Association, Texas Retail Mer-
chants Association. Nebraska Federation
OF Retailers, Michigan Retail Dry Goods
Association. Indiana Retail Dry Goods
Association. Wisconsin Retail Dry
Goods Association. West Virginia Re-
tail Merchants Association, Pennsyl-
vania Retail Dry Goods Association,
Maine Federation OF Retail Merchants
Association.
City merchants associations are:
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
ciation OF Atlanta, Retail Merchants AS
chants Association Of Louisville, Cincin-
nati Retail Merchants Association, Dali
las Retail Merchants Association. Helena
Retail Merchants Exchange. Fort Dodge
Retailers Bureau. Kansas City Mer-
chants Association. Salina (Kan.) Dry
GOODS and Clothing Merchants. Canton
(Ohio) Retail Merchants Association,
Merchants Credit Association of Bir-
n,inghan. Retail Merchants Association
OF Mason City. Iowa; Merchants Ex-
change of Ottumwa, Iowa: Three Riv-
ers Exchange Club, Michigan: Balti-
more Retail Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association, Grand Rapids Manu-
facturers Association. Louisville (Ky.)
Retail Merchants.
National Associations are:
National Council of American Import
ers and Traders, Fair Tariff Lague of
Racine, Wholesalers Stationers Associa-
ton OF the United States. National Asso-
citation of Merchant Tailors of America.
Committee Opposed to American Valua-
tion OF the National Association of Man
ufacturers. National Retail Dry Goods
Association, American Bankers Associa-
tion. International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, National Garment Re-
tailers Association, members or the
American Manufacturers Export Asso-
citation, National Association Of Up
holstered Furniture Manufacturers and
United Garment Workers Of America.
State associations OF farmers and
others opposed to American valuation.
arc:
Louisiana Division OF Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union of Amer
lea. North Carolina Farmers Union. Ar
kansas Farmers Union. Cotton Growers
Association, Pennsylvania Grange, Ar
kansas Division Of the Farmers. Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union of America
and New England Importers and
Traders.
The Consumers Committee OF Women,
a national organization, has also gone on
record as opposed to American valuation.