Gunnison news-champion., 1924-05-09

tect its raw material by . tariG. all Of
this surplss va dumPe1 spoa the
ei:s iss. 10 sSs oroSuesrs ana
turists OF our country.
Let me give you few new figures
In the nscai year ending June 80. 1918.
the year that the war ended: and BE-
used for foreign commerce.. the exports
OF meat from the q. & amounted to
ssis. soc. 600 pounds- -.
the exports had decreased to 2.ots.o0e.-
0oe pounds anA the following year.
1891. this had decreased TO the lowest
ssi.oo0.o0s pounds. less than one
fourth Of the amounts exported either
in 1918 or IN 1919
psrts have upon me cattle marketr In
July 1873. beef sold on the Chicago
market for eiS-ss . hundred. and In the
... .s:s i.s sr sr1sesa 'ss 70 :sSs s
This. OF course. Was the reason that
~e suffered our losses on our feeder
il 10 estimated that approximately rs
per cent Of the gross Agricultural pro.
ductioa OF the u q must be exported
or rsmcIn a home ,,,o, - s s.rs,Hs ss,., os
greatly ~ we know since the var. sue
10 EuFops's lack OF ability TO buy. The
employment situation has been ana Y
many other nasioas and the rates Of
exchange. due TO the issuing OF too
much payer money In certain countries.
ity to purchase raw material from this
country. Also American people we're
told 10 eat less meat and many still eat
Generally srsaksas. the ssriculturai
products which we export have shown
the greatest 1oases-Wheat pork. Deer.
sSme sssmvns sach 'S =: dairy produss.. poultry
and small fruits. are In much better
shape The adverse conditions under
which the American farmer en9 tne
| over production In the world sense.
but tc the restrictions In purchasing
power OF our former customers aorono-
From this we are led to the conctu-
sion that until Europe gets Its finances
worked out. and the German Repara.
tions are finally settled upon. practica,,,,
verge upon q surplus In this country
and our wheat and other EXPORT pIos-
ducts cannot prosper a. they sh1uia.
General DAVE: and sne ,ss otsea nsnru -
| be accomplishing something oermeny
and France both secm to have accepseo
| In theory At least. thetr rscommenua
tions problem and II II TO be hoped that
Europe will soon disband its army and
again start to produce. This should
tween @ farm products and crude materi-
ais on one hand. and manufactures
| and services on the other. which we're
disturbed by the war:
| 10 ou- tarin. The American market 70
still the best In the world and with the
bars let down. our coutnry woud &c
swamped again with the cheap meaos
from South America
| was brought up on the tartu
question. My father was one Of the
Manufacture silk gloves He wa. com
petIug with similar factories In Belgt-
nm and France. At that time giris
were paid approximsseiy ~ csm,s ,s varg ary
standard Of living was higher. with
! tariff We prospered: without y the
from Republican to Democratic sd-
/. ministrations. putting the tariff on In
one administration and leaving II on
the rSs Ps.t I,.t Ss".ss "ss san n,% mneh nms :"
The producer. Of the west & are .hn ~
much the same position TO-DAY tna. tne
early m:nnfretSssr ,;n Srss .nsiepsd m she with
the present cost of labor. machinery.
etc. we cannot compete with tax-Iree
/ ali the year-round ranges without hay;
and labor at few cents Day. II
their cattle. sheep and their by-pr9-
ducts are allowed to come into 'h's
Peculiarly enough the tariff auestion
ha. changed and we md the eastern
Snsn Sn .ns frse list and the
western producer insisting that he
needs the same protection at tnts MS, time me
and under these circsmstamcshs, h,s shH. indu.e @
try was in Its infancy. ! nrmy os
on hides. that one item alone s.ons .S,siein wsS
instead inst Of a loss last fall The claim
that the duty on hides would make
shoss sssn snd tsae G,aer tsey lsee .re now l. not
borne out BY the facts. The cards are
reversed and we must insist upon tns
least until such time az the world shall
require to get somewhere back 70
In this connection I must call your
attention TO the effort which was made
last fall by the corn feeders In the
Middle West to have the duty on feed
cr cattle taken from Canadian imports
snd a yss kssRey say ,as want enesper
and they would get them from Canadn
n the duty was reduced. for little as
we get for our steers. Canada gets
' Wnder the present economic condi..
tions we must hgure very closely ana
cut out all unnecessary expense. ~
tion few suggestions for your CON con-
liberation: First grazing fees. Our FOR
est Reserves were established primari"
| " 10 conserve Irrigation water. LUMBER
minerals. etc for future generations.
1t was never intended 70 De osed lon
commercial purposes. Grazing upon
the forest was merely : side .S Issue uann Snn
the cost OF administration
we and today ,s ssrons nls.snf smGrs srssins ssin
Sees From An original policy OF
charging stock raiser: SO of.dns .dns " wecs rsru.
ission and administration OF the lot
ests. the officials have , a1dsd -.npe-ens 70 emf
rene raiiy 4 500 Ger cent increase over
The cost Of this IeEuiassona ora: ana receipt, sc
tom srasing total per annum S2.sio,.
oeo;O q ss.in:,s &c soss ss.o 81 ooc aeE' g.
Nos content with this. our essterh
friends q congress: tn,nsinat ,hs nst,on. so are
tryinE 10 still further boost this nss. ras1
and put Il upon haSIs h.n1,usre;al o. S1% Values.
6i.re9arding our contIguous rancn ,,
nroperty and the fact that IN many
ksOb.s county, u