Evening star., 1932-09-18

find the market as the first process
| ing of his crops, the elimination Of
the spread between agriculture and
industry is more than completed.
In fact from this point of view
agricultural products, starting with
AZ point in the act of 1922 and gain
| ing ITO points in the act Of 1880,
| now stands 8.12 points better pro-
tected than industry.
Granting that the farmer does
not get all Of the tariff benefits ac-
cruing from duties on processed agri-
cultural products, it will be seen that
he does not need to get all Of such
benefits In order to be on an ap-
proximate tariff equality with indus
first processed forms are noticeably
higher In rates than Is industry
without such first processed forms
of agriculture"
The flexible tariff provisions were re-
/ tained this enables the President upon
recommendation Of the Tariff Board to
raise or lower the rates.
Out of 81 leading products OF agr1-
culture our Democratic friends fixed
duty on only 5 of them, and left the
others on the free list. while Republic
ans in the act of 1880 placed duty
on each and every one OF the 81 prod
ucts. The duty fixed in the Demo-
cratic Simmons act was l
cent a pound on live poultry, while the
rate fixed in the 1880 act was cents
per pound. The rates in the Under
wood act on dressed poultry was cent
a pound; in the 1880 act it was 10 cents
The Underwood act put a duty OF 10
cents a pound on dried eggs; the act
If 1890 put a duty of 18 cents per pound
Butter had a duty of 21a cents pound
| In the Underwood act and IA cents
pound under the 1880 act. Oats carried
a duty of cents in the UNDERWOOD act
and l6 cents per bushel in the haWieSo "
Smoot act. Flax seed had duty OF ~
cents a bushel in the Underwood Dill
and IS cents in the 1880 act.
Non-Partisan Problem.
While this problem has not been and
should not be partisan, yet the Repub-
lican party wishes to solve 1t and Is
anxious to bring the farmer into
situation Of equality with industry. one
Of the problems Is to reduce the spread
between what the producer on the farm
receives and what the ultimate con-
sumer pays for such products. Another
is to provide the farmers better mar
keting facilities.
have for years believed a national
| co-oneratiye system would help solve
| the problem and I still believe such a
system, properly organized and con-
Quoted, would enable the farmer TO get
a better price for his products and at
the same time do no injury to those
who deal honestly in the buying ana
selling Of farm products, while protect.
ing the farmer against those VINO WILL
net give him a square deal
Our party cannot be charged with
! having neglected the question, because
since March 4, 1921, 1t has enacted into
law various measures intended to solve
the problem. These acts were not only
supported by the various farm organiza,
tions, but many OF them were proposeo
by such organizations.
I have not commented upon Gov.
Rooseyelt's farm relief plan because he
eral plans that have been discussed for
years and then leaves them Tor 1urther
discussion.
William Mckinley said:
| Agriculture and manufactures
should go hand in hand. the one
enricheS the other, the one trades
with the other-they are mutually
dependent one upon the other. There
is no conflict of interest. Agricul-
ture increases in its products and Its
wealth with the growth and in
crease of manufactures. Prices are
! better. steadier. and more reliable
to the farmer with prosperous manu-
| featuring interests employing labor
| which consumes and does not COM
| pete with his products. Impair or
destroy our ability to manufacture,
strike down any Of our great manu-
features, and the farmer would be
, the first to seriously feel the loss.
Dismiss the army Of operators from
the workshops and send them to the
great unoccupied and fertile lands
Of the West, and the farmers would
not only lose just so many con-
sumers or customers. bat, more than
| that. he would find them as his COM
petitors in the field of production"
Britain Abandons Gold Basis.
Every one knows the effect Of the
action Of Great Britain going on the
gold standard had upon this country.
| The action of Great Britain was fol-
lowed by the withdrawal from the
United States of $4,000, 100000 in gold
and other investments by foreign ma
tions and their nationals Over $780,
| OOO, 900 were withdrawn from cur banks
and our bonds dropped far below their
true value
A financial panic might easily have
resulted, and if it had the injury to our
country would have been disastrous and
it might have taken years to overcome
its effects.
A movement was started to get
boarded money back into circulation.
The people of our own country and
the world were fully informed as to the
| ability of cur Government to meet its
| obligations and the soundness OF our
money and the stability Of our Govern
ment bonds.
In June the Withdrawals Of funds
from the United States stopped and a
return few of gold began at the rate
of about 10000 900 per week. The low
point in monetary gold stocks for 1882
was June Is, when 1t was reduced to
So ,90o 600, 900. September Z our stock
of gold had increased to $4,105, ,000, 900,
or total increase of 196.00o.000.
Our bonds are back around par; in
fact all but two issues are at par two
above and two are only few cents be-
low par.
| lnrCugQ Cne prompt dCllON OF Iue
President of the United States and with
the hearty support of the people and
business interest Of the country, the
danger wa saverted and specie payments
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