Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

1 AQNaA OAAARRGA aim GAA1AA 40 "a 80
Saturday from the sheep and goat RI
81 have mingled with s.ockmen
! come convinced that the protective
tariff along with the intelligent
method Of marketing their pro-
ducts through the various wool
and mohair warehouses are the
principal factors IN their present
prosperity" White said
White praised Congressman
Claude B. Hudspeth of FL Paso for
his outspoken attitude at the con-
vention and elsewhere.
Resolutions Passed
The following resolutions were
passed at the convention in La
redo:
The tariff requirements of the
wool and mohair producers Of
Texas are identical with those Of
the fruit and vegetable growers Of
the Rio Grande Valley Of Texas. 1t
Is our desire that all influences and
agencies, both economic and politi-
cal, favorable to the protection Of
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ranches Of Texas and the products
Of the Rio Grande Valley be CO.
ordinated.
The schedules as included in the
Hawley bill are. for the most part,
highly acceptable to the producers
Of wool and mohair. fruits and
vegetables, and, while in some in
stances there should be higher du-
ties levied, this being particularly
true Of the schedules affecting lus-
ter or Lincoln wool, rags. waste,
noils, shoddy. munge and flocks.
yet, on the whole, the Hawley bill
is a vast Improvement over the
present Fordney-Mc Cumby act,
and defeat Of the Hawley bill will
mean the acceptance upon Our part
Of a less favorable tariff upon the
products Of wool ana mohair.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the Sheep and Goat Raisers asso-
citation Of Texas. at its annual con-
vention assembled on this August
2. 1929, at Del Rio. Texas, that we
urge our United States senators
from Texas TO participate in for
mulating the tariff bill in the sem
ate along the lines of the Hawley
bill and to vote for the bill as a
whole upon final passage.
Praises Hudspeth
I'VE heartily approve the action
of Congressman Hudspeth of FL
Paso and Congressman McCloskey
Of San Antonio in voting for the
Hawley tariff bill in its entirity, and
we give u unqualified endorse
men to the tariff policy laid down
by Congressman Hudspeth in his
speech in the house Of representa-
tives in Washington on May 81,
1929, in which he said:
I'VE want a real farmers tariff.
We want also a just and equitable
tariff, where every industry will re-
ceive equal benefits and bear equal
burdens. Be honest with the peo-
pie at home and in Washington.
When you tell them you are for a
tariff in west Texas, vote for a
tariff If 1t carries adequate duties
on the products OF the farm and
ranch, and then show your good
faith to those splendid people ous
there and vote for the bill on final
passage.
we have become weary of the
time worn custom employed by
some Of u representatives in o n
gresS in claiming credit for sched-
ules which they vote against. AMI
we warn those in charge of the
policies Of both major parties that
the voters of the fruit, vegetable.
wool and mohair sections Of Texas
will not tolerate a continuation OF
such political tactics. We shall hold
our senators and congressman to a
strict accountability for supporting
a tariff policy that visits distress
and poverty upon our people.
We speak for the products Of the
Rio Grande Valley and the wool
and mohair belt Of Texas. and it Is
our intention to acquaint at least
fifty thousand qualified voters with
our views above expressed.
We recommend the appointment.
Of a committee from the wool and
mohair district to cooperate with q
similar committee from the Lower
Rio Grande Valley in putting this
tariff policy into effect"