Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-12
GRANGE OPPOSES
DUTY ON LEATHER
Senators Are Told That Levy
on Hides and Shoes Would
81 i fiurt Farmer.
Nv the Associated Press.


A Senate tariff subcommittee was told
today by Fred Brenckmsn of the Ma
tional Grange that the farmer would be
harmed rather than helped by proposed
duties on hides, leather, shoes and
sugar.
Because of the number of witnesses
remaining to be heard the finance COM
mtttee today again had divided INTO
four subcommittee.
Brenckman declared there could be
mo doubt" that the House rates on
hides and shoes would work to the dis
tinct disadvantage of the farmer" and
that the farmer would receive mo BEN
eft" from the proposed tariff on sugar.
Prices Offset Each Other.
Tha duties on shoes and harness, he
said. were 80 disproportionate" TO that
on hides that the benefit from an IN
creased price for hides would be more
than offset by the duties on shoes.
Appearing in opposition to a duty
on long staple cotton, which the bill
leaves on the free list, H. F. Lippitt,
former Senator of Rhode Island, de-
clared American producers would not
benefit by a duty. even though much
Egyptian cotton is imported.
Abraham Lincoln LouiSon Of Honolulu,
appearing for the Hawaiian coffee in
dustry. asked for a 'reaonable duty on
coffee.
Colombian Coffee Duty Asked.
Felix Cordova Davila, representing
the Porto Rican coffee industry, asked
that coffee imported from Colombia be
taken from the free list and made
dutiable at 10 cents a pound.
Elisha Hanson, representing The
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation, urged another subcommittee to
retain newsprint paper and all its COM
ponent clements, including wood pulp,
on the free list
H. e. Atterbury, New York. Of tle
Association Of Wood Pulp 1mport6Ts,
the free list, while A. ". Cooper, Port
land, Greg. representing the National
Association lumber and single tariff
committee. objected to any duty on soft
wood lumber. The House bill places q
duty Of Is per cent on cedar lumber
Cooper contended duty on soft wood
lumber would add $3.50, 900 900 annually
to consumers costs.
Borah Says Pledges Broken.
Further evidence that the interna-
tional aspects of the pending tariff
revision will consume considerable
time in the Senate is given in the
statement of Chairman Borah of the
foreign relations committee that the
effect abroad is one of the elements
which ought to be considered in max
ing a tariff"
At the same time he has made It
clear that he believes the real kick"
against the House tariff bill which he
describes as showing the greatest dis
regard of the pledges of a party" in
the history of such legislation, lis with
our own people and not with the peo-
pie abroad
Citing the mergers and the COM
bines which are being formed with
reference TO everything which goes into
ones stomach and onto his back" and
holding that the House bill encourages
them. he emphasizes. in a statement
made public today. his opinion that 1T
is the American people who have tusti-
f1cation for serious protest"
Foreign Protests Held Natural
His comment on the numerous pro-
tests from foreign governments and in
terests against various proposals in the
bill, which have been placed before the
Senate finance committee now in
charge of the measure, for its consid-
Grafton, is that:
1T is natural and I think perfectly
proper. for foreign people to bring TO
our attention what they conceive TO
be the probable effect of our proposed
legislation relative to the tariff. And,
of course. we should always take into
consideration what the probable effect
abroad will be because we are inter-
csted in our foreign trade"
Tydings Assails Oil Duty.
Beginning on The free list yesterday
the full finance committee heard Sem
stor Tydings, Democrat Maryland, as
sail duty on crude oil as highly in
advisab le''
"A tariff Of ST." he declared. would
increase the total price to all con-
sumers."
Power. light and heat would cost
more, he said. and the farmer would
lose two-thirds OF the benefit to be
given him by the new farm relief bill.
Tydings also urged that no duty be
levied in order to conserve the Ameri-
can supply. declaring the best way TO
conserve oil is to keep it OH the free
list
Without OIL" he said mo nation
can successfully wage war"
Banana Duty Is Urged.
C. E. burst, secretary of the National
Horticultural Council of Chicago. urged
that bananas be made dutiable. de-
claring this would protect our farm
ers. fruit growers and laboring men
from direct competition with the low
standard peon labor of the tropics"
Chester H. Gray, representing the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
asked a duty of rs cents a bunch on
bananas and said citrus juices, such
as orange, lemon and lime juices should
be made dutiable at 70 cents a gallon
when used for beverages and at 35
cents pound when concentrated
whether in liquid, solid or powder
form.
Separator Levy Is Sought.
He also urged duties on broom corn,
chestiuts. long staple cotton, chemicals
used for fertilizer, jute and jute butts.
A request that cream SeparatorS val
ued at less than $50 be made dutiable
with higher-priced machines at As per
cent ad valorem was made by E. w.
Meese of Chicago, appearing for the
Association of American Manufacturers
of Cream Separators Under question
ing by Senator King. Democrat, OF
Utah, Meese testified that all of the
cheaper separators were sold to farm
ers and said separator sold to the
Belgian farmer for $3.50 is sold to the
American farmer for $107.50.
Eugene H. Garnett, representing
Babson Brothers of Chicago. importers
of Belgian separators, asked that the
cheaper machines be left on the free
list.