Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-28

The Pan-American Conference In Ha-
vana Is now ready 10 instruct the United
States that We should lower our protec-
tive tariffs. especially upon agricultural
products shipped TO this country. For
example. there Is laxseed. We buy an
nuslly from Argentina some S3T 000, 900
worth of naxseed and charge a tariff
duty of 10 cents q buShel. Flax in
BuenoS Aires, Argentina yesterday was
selling for $l.6T q bushel. in Winnipeg
for Sl.sl and in Minneapolis tthe pri-
mary market for the fax growers OF
Montana, the DakotaS and Minnesota
for $2l6 Yet, in addition 70 all that
We produce in our Middle West, We pay
TO fax growers OF Argentina more than
$4,000. 900 q month to grow fax for US.
As the tariff must be paid by the buyer
when he receives the fax, II We deduct
that 20 cents from the American price.
1t leaves $l.76-just 9 cents higher than
Argentina can get from any other mar
ket. How ''imperialiStic" that appears.
OF course our importers pay in Buenos
Aires only the BuenoS Aires ''wo<ld
price" Wherein Is that q hardship TO
Argentina?
Should tariff protection. like love be
gin at home or in the antipodeSp Amer
leans have been listening for years 70
the complaint Of our own farmers that
the protective tariff did not help cur
agriculture as much as Il does indus
try. So long as We are paving COM
petitors of our own fax rstserS $37 900. =
600 q year TO supply us with naxSeed. It
would be interesting 20 query eS-Sena-
tor McCumber OF North Dakota. who.
with Representative Fordney, inserted
that Accent protection on fax into the
law. as 10 why they failed 70 make It
equal 10 the difference between the
markets in Minneapolis and BuenoS
Aires
The present administration is ahSo-
hitely committed 10 the policy OF pro-
lection 10 home industries including
agriculture and. even in the agitation
now raging in the Pam American Con-
ference. not one reason has been SliS
gested as 10 why the United States
should not consider the Interests os It's
own producers, except that Latin Amer
lea wants the money" Our farm pro-
tectioniStS declare that there are mil
lions Of acres Of fax land" in oar Mid
west which might raise that $sT. 600
600 worth OF flax. At sale \ huShel, il
the Argentina f'aXSeed at 81 81 plus 40
cents tariff were further Handicapped
from our market Our own farmers
typical example OF agricultural conl-
petition.
The New York World which perhaps
raises no cattle. complains that the
present tariff taxes imports 81 cattle.
hides, meat, corn, wheat and wCNol. all
OF which were imported free 81 duty
under the previous tariff law of 1913
Now We protect sheep by tari2 cl
s. u head and cattle az the rate ~ u.
cents a pound II they weigh less than
/ ,oao, or cents pound w heavier
cattle, And the ArgentiuianS, as we'll rs
the American farmers, C<Asnplain~eQt
IL, Numerically opposite reasons
Besides. all the South and Central
American nations also prptect their OWN
farmers; Cuba. Colombia Rrasn and
Venezuela hay duties W % per cent or
more on their nnisftS While otsr asrs~
cultural protection amounts so an aver
aye Of only 81 per cent, Our Ctansnegrr
With Latin America has doubled Sis,ce
1918, The difference III the tariffs Is
one Of principle; In Latin America the
tagi1 Is flor revenue only" and they
do not undertake thereby IL introduce
h"t0NtsA &NG NNNA AaNAVStNA
he products of agriculture, They have
few industries, and Atgrn'inaS farm
products duplicate our own, Ihen
statesmen seem tn have little or no ctsn~
sideration for them unemployed, whether
~ human lah,G er NJ acres. ~ hing ~
they can inlA,gt enough IL make their
duties for revenue only M khe treas
urieS The chieet NJ the MrCuMnes-
schedules. As stated IN the pIe.
smhle of the law. Is raise revenue and
~ reduce unemployment"
Argentina alSa complaints against rs
because at an alleged ''elneaSSe sN
meat" There IL a tariff duty SA nseat
NJ CENTS pound. while under the
nreviaus law IL Was <snlS ~ CensS, II
hat has asesrnriche1 cur uwa eAttlS,
sheep and heg raiSefs thsolsgh pa<.ttSt-
mig the hoane market a. that extent,
win Senator MoNary explain the eSan'
plants III cur tafmetSs On viii Repre-
sentative haukehs
az course, the tartn Is not an "sM-
aaggo" what Is meant by the "eM"
aarsa" iiaS III the aett>,n at tlse neINatt-
aent ~ Agriculture, aaeset the clause
II the law, ~ talsuws'
provided, however, that naNe tN she
Iotegoing meats shall be admitted tata
he United StateN unless healthtMl
\ wholesome and Al tM human ts>,sd TSAAr
aiming no dNe, chemical, plSSersatlNe
N tnstesiient Whieh renders the same
aaAsAllaial AeAaalsseaas " aaasss tesl