Evening star., 1933-09-19
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Senator Smith yesterday calling for
suspension Of the processing tax.
H. L. Mcknight Of Ruston, La, said
Senator Smith as ex-officio member Of
the Resolutions Committee sought to
have the resolution on the processing
tax included in the resolutions adopted
by the conference"
He failed to get it included in the
on the floor of the convention and 1t
was adopted" Mcknight said, adding:
Senator Smith, we must remember,
has more than 100 cotton mills in his
State. The cotton mills do not like
the processing tax. In addition Sen
ator Smith was ably assisted by Robert
Harriss, a New York cotton, broker in
Back Mcknight in Views.
I'VE don't think that the processing
tax resolution should have been brought
up because the checks are going out to
the farmers from the Agriculture De-
partment to cover their reduced acre
age under the plowing-up campaign
and this tax has to be collected to pay
the farmers"
Representative Riley Wilson. Demo-
crat. OF Louisiana, sa3d the entire
Louisiana delegation cCncurs with Mr..
Mcknight in his views, and We think
1t unwise to have approved a recon-
mendation to suspend the processing
tax at this time"
Championing imitation, Thomas said
yesterday the President could fix the
price Of any single commodity by con-
trolling the dollar.
He can raise the price Of a farm
commodity to any common point that
he SETS" Thomas said. "All the agita-
ton for imitation, the hope that it
would be done, put farm prices up but
won't keep them there unless some
thing is done.
1t is going to take imitation to keep
them up there. I do not think that
increases in anticipation Of imitation
would be discounted by the actual or
would lift prices Immediately and they
could be kept up"
Representatives Of the cotton States
insisted In their meeting. in which
Thomas took an active part, that unless
the currency were inflated, there would
be serious trouble with farmers and
that farm debtors would remain unable
to meet their obligations
Claud N. Sapp Of Columbia, S. c.,
chairman Of the States Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, asserted an over
turn Of the Government would be
threatened by Southern farmers unless
the administration turned to imitation
to cheaper the dollar for paying debts.
The prediction that II the admins
tration did not initiate, Congress would
at the next session was presented by
Representative Rankin. Democrat, of
Mississippi. statement similar to the
declarations in some Of the kilograms
received by Thomas favoring infla-
ton.
Few opponents to imitation have ex-
pressed their opinions to Thomas.
kilograms he sent to Senators Metcalf.
Republican, Of Rhode Island; Hastings,
Republican, of Delaware and others
identified in the past with the anti
imitation group in Congress, were re-
ported undelivered.
Hatfield Wants Gold Basis.
Senators Barbour, Republican. of
New Jersey: Austin, Republican, Of Yer
mont. and Hatfield, Republican. of West
Virginia, however, expressed their op-
position. Barbour telegraphing Il am
not in sympathy with any imitation of
the currency" while Austin wrote that
was a matter for Congress to decide,
rather than the President.
Hatfield asserted. 1T is my modest
view that In respect to the monetary
situation. that one Of the best things
that could be done would be to get
the country back on the gold stand
ard" adding:
Il am against skyrocketing prices of
the necessaries of life when so many
millions are hard pressed to exc out a
scant living"
lican, approved imitation. but Repre-
sentatives Robertson, Democrat, of
Virginia and Corning, Democrat. of
New York opposed it,