The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-03-10
TARIFF REDUCES
ARM MARKETS
with Factories Closed Consumers
Cannot Purchase.
CUBA WAS A BIG BUYER
Cannot Export Produce Unless Other
Countries Can Sell Va
CUBA WAS A BIG BUYER
BY n. z. MILES.
Chairman Of the Fair Tariff Ieani.

from the Canadian border. there is
glove factory, This concern has been
Tor years selling large part of its
product annually in Canada. Con.
gress In the Emergency Tariff Act
placed on goods imported from Canada
a tariff so high that it made It unprofit.
able for the Canadians longer to sell
their goods In the American market
The small town glove factory, among
many others, lost its Canadian mar
ket and had to shut down.
II is an economic law that nation
buys where it sells II must do this
II order to have money to pay its
bills in the country where the bills
are contracted
Canada being unable to 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 glove
factory is important because of ite
effect on the prosperity of the nearby
farmers
The plight Of this factory Is an ex.
ample Of how the prosperity Of every
interest In this country is depe-Gent
upon the prosperity of practically ev-
cry other interest This glove factory
Is the mainstay of the town. Prac-
tcally all the wage earners work
there When their means Of livelihood
was cut off their ability to purchase
was gone.
The smaller farmers who had
ready market al their very doors for
their butter and eggs and other farm
products found il necessary to seek
other and less satisfactory markets
ont Of town. But when they got out
into the world market they found that
senethin" was happening
Everything they tried TO sell was sold
al greatly reduced price. but every
thing that they attempted to huv they
found was reduced only slightly in
price or not reduced nj all.
The Farmer Whipsawed
Many complicated factors enter into
situation Of this kind. hut one of the
most important factors IS the tariff |
have shown in a previous article that
In al least two commodities. those Of
sugar and wool the tariff protection
accorded by the increased rates on
these two commodities does not reach
the farmer. hut stops with and en-
riches the manufacturer.
There is a chemical plant in the
state of New Jersey which makes fer
tilizer product for the Cuban market.
Cuba's sugar industry has been prac-
tically ruined by go per cent increase
IN the tariff on raw sugar Cuba Il
unable to buy the product Of this chem
ical factory. One thousand men are
out OF work. The families Of those
one thousand men would use at least
a thousand dozen of eggs week and
not less than a thousand pounds Of
butter and certainly not less than
three thousand pounds Of meat, all
products Of the American farmer.
But In the case Of Cuba there Is even
a more direct loss of market to the
farmer
A glance at the trade reports shows
that cuba Is one Of the American
farmers most important customers In
1920 Cuba purchased of us more than
80 per cent Of all our exports Of hogs,
lard 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-
Cellaneous canned meat products, hay
ard Hour Cuba bought from Ii, during
1919 and 1920 over 5000 900 worth
OF truck gardening and farm products
over $4,000 600 worth Of live stock
over $4,000 900 worth OF dairy prod
ucts. over S60.oo0Oo0 worth Of meat
products, over S63. 100000 worth Of
cotton cloth and over $50. 900. 900 worth
Of manufactures Of cotton.
Farmer Needs Cuban Market
II is pretty evident. then. that the
American farmer needs his Cuban mar
ket. II 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 10 purchase our goods
The answer is sugar" Cuba produces
1 600. 900 tons Of sugar annually. This
enormous crop Is the mainstay OF Gu
ban prosperity II II fails her, she must
90 bankrupt. About one-half Of her
output Of sugar she sells In the United
States
II an increased tariff makes II i'm
possible for Cuba 10 sell her sugar in
this country her power TO buy goods
here Is going 10 he cut Off.
We sold Cuba s515.Oo0Ooo worth Of
goods in 1920 and a large part OF
these sales were manufactured prod
ucts
As in the case Of the little town that
was dependent upon the glove factory
rar its existence AM could not buy its
supplies from the surrounding farmers
when the factory shut down. SO In gen
eral. II American manufacturers are
seriously Injured by losing such an i'm
portant market as Cuba. II Is going 10
. curfail the wages paid 10 labor and IN