The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-26
TARIFF ON SUGAR
Starts ARGUMENT
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Hides Schedule Is Demanded by
Stockmen Of West Testify.
ing in Finance Group

Washington, June 26.-H)-Tarif
| duties to be imposed upon sugar an.
hides, commodities affecting ever!
household and each individual. wer'
taken up for consideration today b!
| subcommittee of the senate finance
committee.
Rates to be placed on these article.
precipitatcd a storm Of controversy
when the tariff measure was before
the house and the dispute now has
been transferred to the senate.
Although not listed to be reached
until Friday the hides schedule was
taken up Unexpectedly today to hear
two of several dozen witnesses who
have asked to be heard on the SUBJ
ject and the first of these, F. E. Mol
lin. Denver. Colorado. urged the rate
of 10 per cent ad valorem. proposed
in the house measure. be retained.
Rate Prohibitive
Before another subcommittee.
Frank A. Dillingham;. New Jersey.
representing the association Of sugar
producers Of Porto Rico, headed the
long list Of those waiting to discuss
sugar duties. He described as pro.
hibitive as far as the island was con-
cerned, the increase from 81 to So a
ton on sugar cane as recommended
by the house measure
Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah.
chairman Of the subcommittee, said
he had information that one Porto
Rican factory had made $345, 900. in
profit in one year by importing Santo
Domingo cane at 81 a ton and ship.
ping its raw products :ree to the Uni
ted States.
Dillingham; favored the rate Of $40
on raw sugar from Cuba as
against 1.76 now but said in answer to
questions that If it we're applied to
Porto Rico. from which sugar is al
lowed free entry. the sugar industries
there would be ruined.
Want Higher Duty
Dillingham; declared he thought 1t
would be fair to limit free importation
of sugar from the Philippines to the
present output. He said he believed
the house rate would stimulate
Philippine production unless a re-
striction were placed.
At the other committee hearing.
Mollin said every stock raiser and
dairy farmer would feel the benefit
Of the duty Immediately arguing
that hides were a small item in the
price Of Shoes"
Higher prices. he said. would help
the agricultural industry generally.
He asked for a specific duty in
place OF the ad valorem rate, assert
Ing hides were imported from every
country in the world and declaring
the latter duty would mean nothing"
He also urged a duty of s cents a
pound on green hides and ten cents
a pound on dried hides.
Jardine TestifieS
A higher tariff on sugar as a means
OF encouraging increased production
IN this country was advocated today
by William M. Jardine. secretary OF
agriculture under Calvin Coolidge, be.
fore q senate finance subcommittee.
Appearing in the interest OF beet
sugar producers, MI. Jardine said it
vas sound public policy to maintain
a reasonable amount Of sugar produc-
ton in this country" and that a
higher tariff would permit an expan-
sion Of a crop Of which there was no
surplus and no prospect Of q surplus
from domestic production.
He said he regarded the house duty
OF 2.40 cents a pound OH raw sugar.
as against the present rate Of Its, a
fair tariff.
Give US a duty that will bring six
cent sugar." he said. and the western
sugar factories will pay the beet sugar
farmer So or $3.50 a ton and We will
show you how to produce more sugar
in the United States"
He said 100000 farmers were en-
gagged In sugar beet production in II
that the sugar beet was a good
rotation crop and 1t was one farm
product on which q tariff could be
made effective II you want to raise
it."
Jardine said he had made a per-
sonal tour Of beet growing states and
had found only one company that was
making a reasonable profit.
Asked by Senator Connally, Demo-
crat, Texas. II the export debenture