Evening star., 1926-01-07
Public Sees Difficulties
In Rubber Price inquiry

prisal? Not with Mr.. Hoover's con-
sent. Financial coercion by a censor
ship Of American foreign loans? That
policy is already in effect, though
not in full force. VIII our investi-
gators appeal to commercial fair deal
ing? They will have to be accom-
plished hypocrites to make such an
argument over the schedules of the
tariff law and demands of Senators
Borah and Reed for every last cent
we can squeeze out Of our debtors
Fair dealing, like charity. begins at
home" The Kalamazoo Gazette Gn-
dependenD also holds that "as long
as we put the economic interests Of
our own country above all other con-
Siderations it i'll becomes us to whine
when Great Britain or any other
nation assumes the same attitude" "
The Portland, Oreg., Journal dnde-
pendenD maintains that the rubber
monopoly does not cost half as much
as the FordneyMcCumber tariff"
X
Secretary Hoover's reply to charges
in Great Britain that we take the
same advantage Of our cotton and
wheat production that the British
| rubber interests do in respect to their
| commodity" is called convincing by
the Providence Journal independently
In that reply 1t is pointed out that
"if we had a price-fixing system like
that in operation for the British rub
| Der industry, the export price of our
wheat would be approximately So a
bushel and the export price of our
cotton would be rs cents a pound
| The Journal continues: 1.-The f1nan
cial and commercial relations of the
United States and Great Britain are
so intimate that 1t is difficult for many
of us to understand why the British
persist in their attitude. We shall
never cease to use moral suasion to
correct the manifestly unfair situa
ton, and, of course, we shall increase
will make us less dependent on the
British supply"
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram lin
dependent Democratic) agrees thai
| "other sources of supply will be de
veloped, and it is probable that reali
| zation of this imminent possibility
will serve the purpose of actual exist
cnce of the supply, by persuading
the rubber growers that half a LOAF
is better than one that is all crust"
| "Curtailing consumption and scrap
/ ing the world for odd lots and small
iOLS, Hoover Teuleuy, 10 liluoi ScI
| by the Birmingham News Gndepend
ent Democratic), which says: "Secre
tary Hoover calls for reduction of 2;
per cent in consumption. If the mo
torists want relief they can get Il
by standing resolutely to him in th'
fight
| Viewing the crisis as assuring "s
long farewell to Filipino independ
ence," the Akron Beacon-JournalC Gre
publican) believes it will force the
American Government to put the
rubber producing soil of the Philip
pines to work." while the Knoxville
| Sentinel independent Democratic) calls
attention to advances in American
production of reclaimed rubber, ant
expresses the opinion that this "wil
affect the foreign price" AS to the
Investigation, the Dayton Daily News
independent Democratic) argues thai
export control of rubber In the Brit
ish East Indies is a matter Of purely
domestic concern, and the American
Congress has no more to do with i
4 than the British Parliament NIGH
] have to do with our attempted con
troll Of prices Of our own products