The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-03

filiated with the American Federation
of Labor, the membership of which
are forced to compete in American
markets for their jobs with compar-
able products of workers in foreign
countries, have tried in several ways
to protect the job opportunities -, of
Americas workers.
We secured several benefits in the
Tariff Act of 1880 only to have them
Reciprocal Trade Treaties, or, to have
them set aside by decisions Of the I'M
porters Customs Court, or by regula-
tions set up by the Free Trade
theorists in the legal division of the
Treasury Department.
After considerable study we realize
that there are two steps which must
be taken. First, we must educate the
American people to BUY AMERICAN,
and, secondly, of prime Importance,
we must secure legislation in the form
of an Excise Tax through which the
government will collect the difference
between the present landed costs of
comparable or competitive products of
workers in foreign countries and the
American costs of production and de-
livery into American markets of SIM
liar products. it,
In both these instances you, your
families, and your friends can help.
You can refuse to. purchase foreign
made goods, and, you can refuse to
send to Congress any candidate who
will not agree to vote for an Excise
Tax which will equalize the difference
in costs of production. Your Congress
men should go further. They should
agree to sign Discharge Petition
which will make possible the Congress
voting for this meritorious legisla-
ton. Your Senators should likewise
be forced to fight for a similar Tax.
There are some who really do not
understand why our Washington Of
fcials refuse to protect the job op-
portunities of those now employed, or,
why they should hesitate to prohibit
the dumping into our country of COM
parable products of workers in foreign
countries, which action would provide
jobs for hundreds of thousands of
Americas workers. Neither do they
understand why the Treasury Depart
ment should virtually nullify our laws
to promote and finance Nazism, or why
our Customs Courts should, as they
do, set aside the findings of govern
mental appraisers and permit import
ers to land products of workers in
! fn fria irfo
kets at tariff rates which are less than
the rates set by Congress. 1919 of
the Customs Courts recent decisions
were in favor of importing interests
and for lower rates.
The answer may be found in look
ing over the list of those who are this
week participating in what they term
National Foreign Trade Week." in
New York.
You will find in control there off
cials of Standard Oil, U. S. Steel, Gen
eral Motors, General Electric, Inter-
national Business Machine, Gamers
| and International Bankers with the
usual array of College Professors.
However, you will also find there the
Assistant Secretary Of Commerce and
8 or 10 of his assistants, all bowling
to the will and the wish of the Inter-
national Bankers and their satellites
who head these gigantic corporations.
For what? To enlarge the less than
5b Of our domestic production which
is sold in foreign countries?
The International Bankers located
I i
Antwerp deal principally in money and
credits. They profit by financing i'm
ports and exports when nations are
not warning upon one another.
Here in the United States, through
organization of the workers, we have
established the highest wages, the
shortest hours and on the whole, the
best labor or working conditions in the
world. These conditions are of value
to us only while we have jobs. We
have jobs only when the employers
find a market for the products of our
labor.
SO long as our law makers and
livery into the American market of
Iproducts of workers in foreign coun-
tries at less than American cost of
production of comparable products, so
long as the merchant can secure and
distribute to his customers, at great
er profit to himself, the products of
workers in foreign countries; and, just
as long as the American people will
purchase products of workers in
foreign countries, just so long will lit
orally, millions of Americas workers
be deprived of job opportunities which
are rightfully theirs.
Located here in the Midwest, de-
pendent for your markets in many
cases on the delivery of manufactured
goods into the heavily populated
markets of our Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific coast areas, | wonder how
many Of you realize how dependent
for jobs are even our American rail
road workers on our laws denying en-
try into American markets, at total
costs which are less than American
costs of production of comparable