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intervene and prevent Il.

intervene and prevent Il.
A sugar surplus-or sugar
shortage --can totally destroy the
effect OF tariff either one way or
the other.
Sugar in 1890 went to twenty
cents. q pound under the low Dam.
ocratice tariff.
It never since has gone half as
high under the high Republican
This does not justify the high
Republican tariff. It only indicates
that the sugar problem contains
many factors besides the tariff.
1t only indicates that people
ought to b Q little bit less dog.
matte and o little bit more ceYl.
siderate In their contentious on
both sides Of the controversy.
The solution OF the controversy.
IN this writer's Judgement, does not
lie, however, In statistics Of price.
IL Up TO Farmers.
In this writer's Judgment N liea
IN whether or not the farmers OF
the United States feel that foreign
materials are invading this country
excessively.
The farmers have the votes to
settle this issue or any other issue.
The crucial question IL: What do
they think?
The answer IL that ct this mo.
ment the farmers are going through
the agonizing throes Of adjusting
themselves to a period in which the
competitive products coming into
the American market are ceasinR
TO be manufactured materials and
are coming to be raw materials,
Our farmers, through, the pack.
ers, exported and export lard. That
10. they exported and export animal
fat and OIL They now find that
vegetable oils from Africa and Asia
are entering this country in enor.
nous quantities. i
They accordingly have been be.
fore the Tariff Commission to re.
sist all proposed reductions Of tariff
duties on vegetable oils.
Protests Methods.
Their chief spokesman has been
Charles W. Holman, of the National
Producers Federation.
Now what does Mr.. Holman do
about the proposed reduction Of the |
tariff duty on sugar.
The President receives a letter !
from him protesting against the
methods of the Tariff Commission
In studying the, costs Of the pro- |
duction OF sugar.
Mr.. Holman tells the President
that those methods do not sui. |
ficiently include a study Of the |
original costs borne by the farmer.
He implores the President to send |
the whole sugar tariff matter back |
to the Tariff Commission for |
further exploration.
In other words, speaking on be |
half of one of the largest and most /;
effective organizations of farmers
IN the country, and writing on the |
stationery Of the National Board |
OF Farm Organizations, he i'm |
plores the President to stay his |
hand and to do some more pausing. |
This writer thereupon goes TO |
see Mr.. Holman Mr.. Holman |
says:
F1exibIIIty O Failure.
1--WE do not hesitate to say that |
we regard the flexible up-and-down |
provisions of this tariff as a |
failure. We are against having the |
tariff moved up and down every |
few minutes. We would rather |
take a long spell Of one sort Of |
tariff and then, If necessary, a long |
spell Of another sort of tariff. We |
are against this tinkering which |
makes 1t impossible for any pro- |
Queer to know what to expect next |
year."
Mr.. Holman additionally is afraid |
that if the tariff is reduced on |
sugar by the commissions present |
methods, 1t then by those same |
methods will be reduced on casein |
and butter and other milk products.
He has been one Of the really |
effective successful farm represen-
tatives in Washington.
He reveals the deep conflict now
going on among farmers about the
tariff
Hesitation Natural.
Farm spokesman in the Fair
Tariff League promote the reduc.
ton Of, the sugar tariff. Mr.. Hol-
man, a farm spoke srnun second 10
none in actual accomplishment, en-
deavors to retard that reduction.
Naturally the President has been
seen to hesitate. The statistics OF
the subject are confusing to the lay
mind. The politics Of the subject
are confusing evoE to the best po-
litical mind.
The subject begins with a division
between two A nerlcan sugar
groups. one Of which has a foot in
Cuba and wants a reduction IT the
tariff, and one II which resides in
American territory and wants no
reduction.
1t ends with a division in our
dominant group nj voters, the
farmers, some OF whom want a low
tariff because they think Of them.
selves as consumers ard some Of
whom want a nigh tariff because
they think of themselves as pro-
ducers Of raw materials.
How can any humane blame the
statistical layman and tho political
professional, Calvin Coolidge, for
having been perplsxcd:
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