Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-15
HOOVER To DECIDE
WITHIN 10 DAYS
Whether Tariff Bill and Mes
sageS Agree Remains
to Be Seen.
BY JAMES P. SEWAGE.
Associated Press stan Writer.

ASSoLAleu FIEah SIAu WElLeI
Side by side upon his desk, President
Hoover this week will have for COM
. parison the completed tariff bill and
the message he twice sent to Congress
. presenting his views upon the revision
of the eight-year-old Fordney-McCum-
Der act
At the opening of the special session
and again when the regular session con-
vened in December, the Chief Execu-
tive worded identically his ideas upon
the changes needed They contain the
only views he has expressed publicly. for
since then despite pressure brought to
bear upon him. the Chief Executive
has consistently maintained hands
!. OF" attitude toward the course Of the
t legislation.
|, AN effective tariff upon agricultural
+ products that will compensate the
{ farmers, higher cost and higher stan
dards Of living was recommended by
Mr.. Hoover. Regarding the Industrial
products, he said:
View on Industrial Rates.
1T would seem to me that the test
of necessity for revision Is in the main
whether there has been a substantial
slackening of activity in an industry
during the past 10 years, and a con-
insurmountable competition in the
products Of that industry"
Whether Congress, in its tariff max
Ing has gone beyond the limits desired
by the Chief Executive or has not full
filled his expectations: whether the bill
provides for the farmer to the extent
of justice. whether it takes account of
the broad interests of the country as
a whole" with regard to foreign re-
i-ff6raa ~ will dar3de adt
the 10 days he has in which to act on
the measure after 1t is sent to him.
The text Of his tariff messages follow:
IAN effective tariff upon agricultural
products, that will compensate the
farmers higher cost and higher stand
ards of living, has a dual purpose. Such
q tariff not only protects the farmer
in our domestic market but it also
stimulates him TO diversity his crops
and to grow products that he could
not otherwise produce, and thus lessons
his dependence upon exports to foreign
markets. The great expansion of pro-
duction abroad under the conditions I
have mentioned renders foreign COM
petition in our export markets increas-
1ngly serious. 1t seems but natural
therefore. that the American farmer,
having been greatly handicapped in his
foreign market by such competition
from the younger expanding countries,
should ask that foreign access to our
domestic markets should be regulated
by taking into account the differences
In our costs Of production.
Economic Hardships Cited.
I'm considering the tariff for other
Industries than agriculture, We flnd that
there have been economic hardships
necessitating 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 enactment of that
measure. On the whole it has worked
well. In the main, high wages have
been maintained at high levels; exports
and imports have steadily increased:
with some exceptions our manufacturing
industries have been prosperous. Never
theleSs, economic changes have taken
place during that time which have
placed certain domestic products at a
disadvantage and new industries have
come into being, all of which create
the necessity for some limited changes
in the schedules and in the adninistra-
1922.
1T would seem to me that the test
OF necessity for revision is, in the main,
whether there has been a substantial
@aacken1ng OF activity in an industry
during the past few years, as a con-
seQuent decrease Of employment due to
tnsurmountable competition in the
products on that industry. It is not
as Il we were setting up new basis
OF protective duties; we did that seven
years ago. What We need to remedy
now Is whatever substantial loss of en-
ployment may have resulted from slips
since that time
In determining changes in our
tariff We must not fail to take into
account the broad interests of the coun-
Try as whole, and such interests in
clude our trade relations with other
countries"