Evening star., 1932-04-20
SPORTS GOODS TAX.
BLOW At YOUTH
Opponents Tell Senate Com
mittee II Amounts to Double
Levy for Games.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The levy on sporting goods carried
in the new revenue bill was called a
tax on youth by witnesses who brought
to the Senate Finance COMMITTEES today
their opposition to various taxes car
ried in the measure
Opposing the sporting goods tax,
Julian w. CurtiSs of New York City,
representing the A. G. Spalding Co., said
most Of the goods we manufacture go
Nrgely to the youth of the country"
and the tax would harm their physical
development.
He said that about rs colleges have
large foot ball receipts, but in no case
do they supply more than enough for
athletic needs"
Seen as Double Taxation.
Since the bill proposes to tax also
gate receipts, Curtiss said. cit seems TO
me to be a case Of double taxation
Curtiss said s5 per cent of sport
goods goes 10 young people, except ma
terial for golf, which he added was q
game for old and young.
man." observed Senator Harrison, DEM
ocrat, Mississippi indicating Chairman
SmoOt, Republican. Utah.
Later a new tariff drive opened be-
fore the Finance Committee with the
appearance Of a group of Westerners to
lay DOWN their arguments in behalf OF
import taxes on humber and puipwoods.
Like the copper tariff advocates who
appeared yesterday, they said their IN
duStry was hard hit, and the duties
we're needed to hold back foreign COM
petition and retain jobs for American
workmen.
Arguments for Levy.
Arguments for the levy were pre-
sented by several l5-minute speakers
Who appeared in the stream of Wit
nesSes that came to oppose various
taxes written into the billion-dollar
revenue bill. .-.t
H. B. Van Duzer, Portland, Greg,
opened the lumber tariff drive, telling
the committee the industry was ''des-
perate"
Consider that 100000 out of 14o,-
600 men in our industry are idle" said
Van DuZer. We look ahead fearfufly
to the Fall and Winter An import tag
will only be measure Of relief"
w B. Greeley Of Seattle, represent-
ing the West Coast Lumber Mems As
sociation, presented detailed program
calling for numerous import taxes
on lumber. He estimated the schefule
ne proposed would yield $40 SOC, 900 rev.
enue annually
What has happened since 1880 when
we wrote the tariff bill, to cause THIS
demand for protectionp" asked Senator
Couzens, Republican, Of Michigan.
Terrific shrtnkage in our home con-
sumption together with heavy shrink
age in foreign demands, due to de-
preciated currencies and the British
and French tarfffs have left us fat, /"
replied Greely. 81
That is why we have from rs, 600
to 100000 unemployed IT. has lust
reached the point where our inssa1 Try
Is going to pieces"
Claims for improvement
Replying to. Senator Tilcshas.. Re-
publican, OF Idaho, the wisness c2id
the tax rates VIII give as ia l1rSs
share of the domestic naglSes nd n =
terially reduce unempioynaayiH,
that the Tariff Commission had fl. co
to change the rate on iuTnos~. H
added, however, that As. per cent OF
forest products are now on the fire. lis j.
and beyond the jurisdiction of the
Tariff Commission.
''The lumber industry of Csnada
frankly declares" said Greely,~ :, sl.ct
the entire British Empire is lis 90. le--
tic market. American lumber will be
excluded therefrom by high preferential
tariffs.
DEPRECATED exchange is .Canadas
powerful weapon for wrestling other ex-
port markets from American lumber
products.
To the extent the American producer
sells In such markets, it can only be
at the ruinous prices established by
Canada's lower cost Of production and
transportation.
Ossian Anderson of Everett, Wash.,
speaking for the woodpulp msnufac-
turers, said the proposed tax would help
to Offset the advantage gained by Great
Britain and Sweden in going OF the
gold standard.
Ralph Shaffer and e. w. Demarest Of
Tacoma, Joined in the appeal Deme-
rest cited log inportations from Canada
in appealing for log tariff and esti-
mated $4,000 foggers in his State were