Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-10-19
LEAv|TT SPEAKS
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the date on Mr.. Leavitt's "certifi-
cate of office saying that Mr.,
Leavitt's fellow legislators in
Washington do not think of him
as a Republican only, but as q
good congressman"
Mr.. Hazelbaker and Mr.. Arnold
were obliged to leave the meeting
early, in time to drive back to
Billings and make a train connec.
ton. Before leaving the plat
form, Mr.. Hazelbaker introduced
the speaker of the evening, Con-
gresham Scott Leavitt, who was
given an ovation as he rose to
speak.
In speaking of his own work In
Congress, the example of the Rec
Lodge Cooke road legislation came
naturally to MI. Leavitt's hand, as
an instance that is close and wei
known to Carbon county people
The careful effort and constant
zeal required to accomplish this
job must be part of many under.
takings that constitute the worl
of a conscientious legislature, hi
said.
Passage of the Cooke highway
bill took years of time and per
sistent effort, to say nothing o.
the preliminary negotiation ant
planning before the idea was ever
introduced in congress.
"Not to me is the credit-but II
others in congress and others from
this community, your own Mr.
Shelley and those loyal ones WHIT
worked with him. And so it il
with most worth while actions il
the legislature"
After giving examples of other
accomplishments in behalf of this
state and his people, he turned Il
discussion Of the tariff laws, tax.
ing the example of the sugar in.
dustry in Montana for illustration
Montana sugar factories, which
lend prosperity to a variety Of
minor industries including thu
coal mining industry, could moi
possibly compete with the $2.75.
sugar that could be imported from
Cuba under the competitive" tar.
if laws as proposed by the Dem
ocratic party. Farmers in lower
Carbon county are paid between
four and five dollars q ton fol-
beets only because the protective
tariff holds the price of Cubar
sugar at $4.18 on the Atlantic
coast.
The Republican tariff is de.
signed to protect the workers anC
industries of the United States, hi
said, not to allow them to com.
pete with the lower standards il
other countries. The American
Federation of Labor gives the av.
erage labor wage in the United
States as go cents an hour, a:
compared to an average of 8 cents
an hour in Italy, and z cents il
Japan.
In answer to the argument o.
the loss to foreign trade, he quot
ed figures showing that SO pei
cent of American made products
are consumed within this country
To clarity the issue of the re.
construction program of the Re
publican administration, Mr.. Leav
lit began by saying that "there il
TOO general a misunderstanding o.
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, its basic idea, and meth
cd of operation. The idea that il
is designed to help only the banks
and corporations, the insurance
companies and the railroads
should be dispelled, for it is yer,
untrue.
"In this county" he went on
A219 farmers were given croI
loans from the Reconstruction Fl
nance Corporation -. and direct
ly in this state. $4.295,613 was ex-
tended to 1920 farmers, in order
that they could go on with their
business of food production"
At this point he made an ex.