Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-03-02
TIRFF REDUCES
FARM MARKETS
~ Factories Closed Consumers
Cannot Purchase.
pu, WAS A BIG BUYER
Export Produce Unless Other
''' cOgnthss Can Sell UG q
By Il. & MILES,

4 years selling ialse P,'I " 10
y ..4 annually In Canada. Con-
/, the Emergency Tariff Act
"A On goods imported from Canada
~ n high that it made 1t unprOfit-
I. =. ~ the Canadians longer to sell
y. soods IN the American market
- II mail town glove factory, among
=. others, lost its Canadian mar
I. md had to shut down.
Y. an economic law that nation
i. where It sells. II must do this
,-dsr 70 have money to pay its
y. n the country where the bills
n contracted.
canada being unable TO sell her
~ n this country was forced to
n ~, surplus elsewhere. Naturally,
A ne supplied her needs in other
-.,ssts But this particular glove
srorv IS important because Of It's
M % the prosperity of the nearby
M night Of this factory is an ex-
.rrIa II how the prosperity Of every
..,s,osi IN this country is dependent
nm ne prosperity Of practically ev-
e g,ber interest. This glove factory
I Ne mainstay of the town. Prac-
gally all the wage earners work
Asrs When their means Of livelihood
81 cut Of their ability to purchase
W. gone
me- smaller farmers who had a
v,ay market at their very doors for
An butter and eggs and other farm
soducS found It necessary to seek
ahg end less satisfactory markets
n Il town. But when they got out
hts tie world market they found that
mahlng was happening.
Everything they tried to sell was sold
Il greatly reduced price, but every
hhg that they attempted to Buy they
hmd was reduced only slightly In
Rl.s q not reduced at all
The Farmer Whlpsawed
Many complicated factors enter into
situation Of this kind, but one Of the
noa Important factors is the tariff.
1--we shown IN a previous article that
4 It least two commodities, those Of
anr and wool, the tariff protection
laofied By the increased rates on
hse tWoecOmmodltIes does not reach
be iarmer, but stops with and en-
hehas The manufacturer.
There Is a chemical plant In the
aale Of New Jersey which makes a fer
alIlg product for the Cuban market.
CHbds sugar Industry has been prac-
Ideally ruined by a go per cent increase
% tAs tariff on raw sugar. Cuba is
unable to buy the product Of this chem
al factory. One thousand men are
ct Of work The families Of those
'as thousand men would use at least
thousand dozen OF eggs a week and
d less than a thousand pounds of
lgttG and certainly not less than
aies thousand pounds Of meat, all
Fptuets Of the American farmer.
Bit 10 the case Of Cuba there is even
! more direct loss Of market to the
Inner
glance at the trade reports shows
ca Cuba Is one Of the American
aners most important customers. In
e Cuba purchased Of US more than
pef cent Of all our exports of hogs,
81 tompOunds, canned sausage, rice,
aloeS beans and onions. She rank
RcOnd among the nations In the
pahase Of our cattle, horses, mules,
laled pork, sausage other than can.
poultry, cheese, sweetened con
milk, cocoa and prepared choco-
4 lad corn, She ranked third in the
slleaase Of hams and shoulders, mis-
esaeous canned meat products, huy
y aour. Cuba bought from us during
IVY and 1920 over SS5, 900, 900 worth
Z tuck gardening and farm products,
~ 100000 worth Of live stock,
~ tl0oOO.0O0 worth Of dairy prod
over 100000 worth Of meat
laaaeta, over S63.O0O.0OO worth Of
@''n cloth and over $50, 100000 worth
y manufactures Of cotton. I'LL.
Farmer Needs Cuban Market
4 pretty evident then. that the
leaa farmer needs his Cuban mar
y i is further quite clear that IL
aoFnouS quantity Of surplus agri-
sl'eiel goods were dumped on the
market bis prices would slump
&c more.
!. where does Cuba get the money
"a which 10 purchase our. Roodgi
80 y ahsEer lS sugar" Cuba produces
ssl9V0O tons Of sugar annually. This
nous crop is the malnstay OF Gu
opeSity, II 4 fails her, she must
Z @hsrupt About One-half Of her
at u sugar she sells in the United
g Increased tariff makes It i'm
s we Tor Cuba to sell her sugar In
soantFy her power to buy goods
golng to be cut OF.
~. " seio Cuba $515,OO0.O 900 worth Of
- u 1920, and q large part Of
s aalea were manufactured prod
lat,
Y me case OF the little town that
!. |, pendent upon the glove factory
- !. existence and could not buy Its
- nom the surrounding farmers
=. = factory shut down, 50 In gen.
] American manufacturers are
s,y injured By losing such an I'M
N-ll-Ml raara.na =.