New Britain herald., 1929-09-06

asked by the United Press to sum- marize their respective positions in view of the senate debate which is to begin next week. Following are their statements).
 By PAT HARRISON
 United States Senator from
 Mississippi
 The Hawley- Shoot tariff proposal Is monument to political hypocri- sy, in the conception, as the coun- try was led to believe, the tariff was 10 be lowered so as to give, if possible, some measure of relief to agriculture through a readiustment of tariff rates.
 The aroused sentiment of the American people in January of last year influenced tho senate by a vote of 54 to 34 to adopt the McMastar resolution, expressing the sense Of the senate flor an immediate revi- sion downward of present excessive tariff duties with q view of estah- fishing a greater parity between agriculture and other industries.
 In the presidential campaign last year the chief spokesman sof the republican party on the eve of the election eXaCted from the candidate for president. on the republican ticket, a pledge If elected" to call an extraordinary session of tn" congress to consider a limited re vision of the tariff, that the gulf between agriculture and other in dustrics might be narrowed. When this sesslon of congress was called it was hoped that some approach to that promise might be made.
 Claims Promise Populated
 The Hawlcy Shoot bill is a com pletc rcpudiation not a fulttllmcnt of that promise While the senate finance committee has made some increases in rates upon certain agricultural products they are in the main but shams and pretenses. They are the acme of deception They are merely paper rates. As an illustration: There are high, and in some cases, increased rates carried on corn, hay, rye and bar ley, and yet in every instance the importations of these products are practically negligible. and our pro- duction is immense and our exporta- tions are large. These rates, or any other rates that might be inn posed upon these agricultural products would have no effect upon the price of them. The price Sof these products is fixed in the world market. This principle has not only been recognized by economists and leaders in the democratic party, but has always been recognized by the economists and leaders of the republican party.
 The bill seeks to increase the rates on such agricultural products as pineapples, almonds and dates. The production of these products in the United States is infnitesimal, yet, as in the case of dates, the duty is increased by 100 per cent.
 And so the policy of those who framed the Hawloy- Shoot bill was to grant such increases on agricul- tural products as I have cited, while
 
 the rates on practically everything that the farmer buys.
 Building Costs Raised
 They have sought to increase the cost of building operations whether in the construction of a home, building, highways or bridges through the imposition of higher tariff duties on brick. cement, tiling, roofing, structural steel, window and plate glass and practically every thing that enters into construction.
 They have added to the cost of the housewife in increasing the duty on cotton clothing, wooden clothing, blankets. sheets, clocks, toilet articles, toOthbrushcs, electric light bulbs, sugar, maple syrup. pottery, china and glass ware. shoes. stock ings and innumcrable other items that are household necessities
 "Dcccption" Practiccd
 Even in the very preamble of the bill deception is practiced. It runs through every paragraph of the bill. It begins by conSeCrating the bill to the high purpose of protecting American labor" The number of people engaged in the protected in- dustrios of the United States is in finitcsimal when compared to the great number whose burns are in creased by the many increased duties written into the bill. There are only about g million people employed in the manufacturing enterprises in this country, and of this number the highest paid laborcrs as a rule are those engaged in those manufactur. ing industries that either receive no protection or are lninfluenced by the tariff rates. TypewriterS are on the free list, yet labor employed in that industry is among the best paid the hundreds of thousands E the auto mobile business who receive high wages are not affected by the rates "n automobiles.
 Many Jokcrs
 Tho bill rocks with jokors and if passed in it's present form will in crease the cost to the American con- Sumer upwards of five hundred mil lions of dollars In the senate debate we will point out these many dis crlminations and make every effort 10 readiuSt rates in all the schedules to meet present day world Condi- tions. Our action will not be with the purpose of fooling anybody, but with an eye single to the general welfare of all the people.
 Will Ruin Y. s. Trade
 When we consider that our cX- ports are but six per cent of our productivity, We can appreciate the disastrous effect the tariff restric. tions are having upon our interna~