The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-24

World Court originated with and Is
being fostered by the International
bankers, whose selfish interests in
international investments is more
precious to them than our national
advancement"
| The campaign against munitions
makers and war profiteers goes on
apace. The Nye Investigating Com
mittee has been voted an additional
$4,000 to enable il TO investigate
the ship building and steel indus
tries and their connections as it
! pertains to their activities in pro-
noting war scares IN the various
countries, from time to time, in Or
der to promote business in war ma
terials. I would not be surprised II
the thing will finally result in the
government taking over the entire
field of munitions and armament
manufacture. That would go a long
way toward establishing permanent
peace, leaving only the information
al bankers to play the role of trou-
BILE makers.
The Presidents message on econ
omic security was very well re-
ceived. He recommended the fol-
lowing types of legislation:
Unemployment compensation.
aOld-age pensions, including
compulsory and involuntary annu-
tiles.
sFederal aid to dependent chill
dren thru grants to the states for
support of existing mothers pen
sions systems and for services for
the protection and care Of neglect
ed, homeless, dependent and Grip
pied children.
Additional federal aid to state
and local public health agencies.
The President asks Congress to
prepare the legislation.
The trade agreement which the
President recently concluded with
the Republic of Cuba has come in
for some heavy broadsides in the
House. Members from northern ag-
ricultural states denounce the new
tariff rate on Cuban Irish potatoes,
which has been reduced to 3Oc per
hundred pounds, during the three
months of each year beginning on
December LIST. The rate on pota-
toes as fixed by Congress is 75c per
hundred pounds. Under this agree
ment Irish potatoes from Cuba will
displace American grown potatoes
during the winter months and there
is a strong delegation down there
from Maine, which is one of the
important potato producing states,
protesting vigorously against the
reduction in their protection. Then,
too, the beet sugar states are loud
ly protesting the concession that
we have made to Cuban sugar.
which they say will have a ruinous
effect upon them. In addition to
the 20 percent tariff differential
that Cuba already enjoyed on her
agricultural products shipped to
this country. the President has gem
erously granted Cuba an addition
al 90 per cent reduction in the duty
on her sugar. Having lowered the
duty from $500 per hundred to $50
per hundred this will in effect an
nually transfer from the Treasury
of the United States directly into
the pockets of a handful of Wall
Street bankers who own the Cuban
sugar industry the stupendous sum
of $42, 466,122.
Other reductions in the tariff
rates on Cuban agricultural pro-
ducts are 3712 per cent on filler
tobacco, 17.6 per cent on wrapper
tobacco, 80 per cent on honey, corn,
lima beans, cucumbers, egg plant,
okra, lines, grapefruit and pineap-
pies; % per cent on tomatoes and
peppers. In addition Cuba has Sc
cured an increase OF 100000 tons
In the quota of sugar that she NAV
send to this country and a similar
amount has been cut from the al
lotment of American sugar beet and
sugar cane producers. Surely, Cuba
is a favored child of Uncle Sam.
1 understand the administration
Is now negotiating a trade treaty
with Denmark which will call for
80 per cent reduction of the tariff
rate on Danish butter coming to
this country. Do you recall that in
my remarks in the House last Nav
.