New Britain herald., 1929-04-16

of products. for such courses can lead only to bureaucracy and domi- nation. Government funds should not be loaned or facilities duplicated where other services of credit and facilities are availa ole at reasonable rates. No activities should be set in motion that will result in increasing the surplus production. as such will defeat any plans Of relief.
 The most progressive movement in all agriculture has been the up- building Of the farmers own market ing organizations, which now en- brace nearly two million farmers in membership and annually distribute nearly S2,5Na. 100000 worth of farm products. These organizations have experience in virtually every branch of their industry, and furnish a substantial basis upon which to build further organization. Not all these marketing organiza- tions arc farmer owned or farmer controlled. In order to strengthen and not to undermine them, all proposals for governmental assist ance should originate with such or ganizations and be the result of their application. Moreover by such bases Of organization the govern ment will be removed from engaging in the business of agriculture.
 "The difficulties of agriculture can not be cured in day: they can not all be cured by legislation; they can not be cured by the federal government alone, but the farmers and their organizations can be as sisted to overcome these ineQuali- ties. Every effort Of this character
 is an experiment. and we shall find from our experience the way to fur ther advance. We must make a start. With the creation of great instrumentality of this character of a strength and importance equal 10 that Of those which We have created for transportation and banking. We give imm ediate assur- ance of the determined purpose of the government to meet the difficult ties Of which We are now aware, and 10 create an agency through which constructive action for the future will be assured,
 Tn this treatement of this prob lem We recognize the responsibility of the people as a whole. and We shall lay the foundations for a new I Iiv aurir111tIlrp from jph u-,. shall preserve to the nation the great values of it's individuality and strengthen our whole national fabric.
 Tn considering the tariff for other that there have been economic shifts necessitating a readjustment Of some of the tariff schedules. Seven years Of experience under the tariff bill enacted in 1922 have demonstrated the wisdom Of congress in the enact ment Of that measure. On the whole it has worked well. In the main our wages have been maintained at high levels; our exports and imports have steadily increased; with some eX- V i'NlOiAS oII iltei!lQ LII IiiS l4At tS- tries have been prosperous, Never thcless, economic changes have talk en place during that time. which have placed certain domestic products at a disadvantage and new industries have come into being, all of which creates the necessity for some limited changes in the sched- ules and in the administrative clauses of the laws as written in 1922
 Tt would seem to me that the test of necessity for revision is in the main whether there has been q substantial slackening of activity in an industry during the past few years. and a consequent decrease Of employment due 10 insurmounta ble competition in the products of that industry. IL is not as if We were set ting up q new basis of protective duties. We did that seven years ago. What We need to remedy now is whatever substantial loss Of employ ment may have resulted from shifts since that time.
 No discrimination against any foreign industry is involved in equalizing the difference in costs of production at home and abroad and thus taking from foreign producers the advantages they derive from paying lower wages to labor. In deed, such equalization is not only measure Of social justice at homo but by the lift it gives to our stan dards Of living we increase the de- mand for those goods from abroad that We do not ourselves produce. In large sense We have learned that the cheapening Of the toiler decreases rather than prom otea permanent prosperity because if re duces the consuming power of the people.
 Tn determining changes in our tariff We must not fail 10 take into account the broad interests Of tn , country as a whole. and such inter ests include our trade relations with ot her countries. II is obviously un- wise protection which sacrifices 1 greater amount of employment in exports 0 gain a less amount of en- ployment from imports.
 "I am impressed with the fact that we also need important revision in some of the admnist rative phases Of the tariff The tariff commission should be reorganized and placed upon a basis Of higher salaries in order that we may at all times com
 mand men of the broadest attain ments, Seven years of experience
 have proved the principle of flex-
 ible tariff 10 be practical. and in the long view a most important princi-
 pie 10 maintain. However, the basi., upon which the tariff commissit n
 makes it's recommendations to the president for administrative changes