Evening star., 1932-09-21
Roosevelt's Seattle Speech
Democratic Nominee Wants United STATES to Take
Initiative in Restoring Foreign Trade-Scores
Hdwley-Smoot Tariff.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, September III
The text OF Franklin d. Roosevelt's
speech here last night follows:
am glad on this occasion and In
this place to extend my heartfelt re-
spects to the great Progressive Senator,
from q great Progressive State, Senator
Dill; to Clarence Martin the next Gov
ernor OF the State Of Washington, and
to Homer Bone, who is to be junior
Senator from this State.
To Mr.. Bone I want to express the
feeling again that I set forth in my
acceptance speech. that this campaign
is in behalf of principles that transcend
party. The fight this year is against
weak and mistaken and inSincere lead
ers in washington; and not against the
Mr.. Bone has paid me the great com
pliment OF responding 10 the invita-
tion that I extended in my acceptance
speech to men OF all parties and political
beliefs to join me in this battle for
new oeul / want to congratulate and
compliment him on his unselflsh and
courageous stand and to prophesy his
overwf1 ming election in the coming
campaign. No intelligent person can
doubt. after considering the enormous
Democratic vote in this State. that its
citizens realize the necessity for new
deal and will at the coming election
give the Democratic ticket an over
whelming ajority.
Hit by Depression.
I am glad to visit once more this
beautiful city and great seaport. on the
one hand facing the Orient with its
great significance in the life of the
world today, and on the other, Alaska,
our own Alaska, with its needs and its
possibilities 1 have often visited this
city and always with pleasure; while
was in the Navy Department, the line
OF my duty led me here.
regret that shall have such little
opportunity to see the beauties Of
Seattle and its neighboring city, Ia
coma. I have seen enough however,
and heard enough to know how heavily
the hand of the great depression has
fallen upon this Western country; to
see what has happened in this great
seaport brings back with keen irony
some of the things that Republican
leaders used to tell us about stimulating
foreign trade.
AS L pointed out IN my speech AT
Columbus Ohio, one of the ways they
were going to stimulate foreign trade
was to lend money to backward and
crippled countries to enable them TO
buy goods from us. That is one way
to carry on business transactions. An
other is just to give things away!
am not sure but the latter Is better
than the first. because when we give
things away We save the cost Of keep
ing books! And. moreover. We have no
disappointment in failing to receive
payment from our debtors.
Hawley -Smoot Tariff.
Another method that the present Re-
publican leaders conjured up to pro-
vide for our prosperity was the Hawley-
Smoot or Grurdy tariff. President
Hoover should have known that this
tariff would raise havoc with any plans
that he might have had to stimulate
foreign markets. But he did not. am
afraid. sufficiently understand how in
sistent are the demands of certain Re-
publiaans for special high-tarif protec-
ton. When this tariff was passed, with
its outrageous rates, he weakly yielded
to the demand of these leaders and
started us on the road where We now
OuISt1"cS. hIlu IL 10 Tic IOdu W
ruin my friends That tariff. as you
had the inevitable result of bringing
about retaliation by other nations.
Forty of them set up their own tariff
defenses.
For example. Canada imposed retalia-
tory tariffs on your peaches. so that the
tariff is higher than the freight rates
to Canada. There is retaliatory tariff
on asparagus and on other vegetables
and fruits, which is so high that prac-
tically none of your product can be sold
to your neighbors across the boIder
The market for your surplus is destroyed
and thereby fair prices for your whole
crop are made impossible.
EmbargoeS by France. and other
European countries on apples make 1t
impossible to ship your surplus apples
by the Panama Canal.
Condensaries Driven Out.
Retaliatory tariffs on condensed milk
have closed milk condensaries on the
Nothern Paeific Coast. Companies have
sold their cows That cuts of the mar
ket for the hay crops of the farmers.
That is good example of the inter-
depedence of industry and agriculture.
One great company has gone to Holland,
Germany and other European countries
and built condensaries there. And at
this time you are appealing to the
Secretary of State to use his good Office
with Germany to prevent the placing
of canned salmon ON quota basis. In
short, because We have built unjust
tariff walls ourselves. other countries
are using our own poison against us.
To remedy this. have advocated and
continue to advocate tariff policy
based in large part. upon the simple
process of profitable exchange arrived
at through negotiated tariffs with
benefit to each nation.
If am any Judge of conditions, this