The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-09-04


n. Names will be withheld on request.
do otherwise would repudiate the At.
lantic Charter
1t lis pretty much conceded now that
the war will, if not finished, be de-
cided on the Russian front in 1912
and any preparations for future cam
paigns will have to be drastically re-
vamped. Our best protection for the
Siberian coast is a Western European
Front; more effective route to
strike at Hitlerism than through Per-
STA or the Murmansk way is to start
the Western front; to end the war or
make future campaigns possible, start
the Western front NOW while ships
are still available.
A. E. ANDERSON.
Butte, Mont, Aug II, 1912.
Rudyard, Mont, Aug. II, 1912
University of Chicago Round Table
Chicago, Illinois
Dear Sir:
| listened to the discussion about
our post war economy on the Univer-
sity of Chicago Round Table program
August Is, 1912.
1t appears some are of the opinion
that limiting production and import
ing that same product is beneficial to
America as a whole Some speakers
from the administration as well as
some of the international group that
has foreign investments want the
American market for the products
from their foreign investments That
policy is debatable. The American
producers have investments in Amer
lea that are taxed to support our gov
eminent, and should be allowed to the
first claim on the American market.
1t was stated in the discussion that
is would be difficult to take the pro-
duction of peanuts and other oil pro-
ducing products away from the farm
ers: and the American tariff was
blamed for the loss Of our export
market.
We American farmers can supply
all of our own needs for sugar, if per-
mitted to do so. We could expand
our production and supply all of the
synthetic rubber we need if permitted
to do so. There are our New From
tiers. Production means income for
the individual and the nation. 1t the
government policy creates the de-
mand prices stabilize without sub
sides. The American farms are
mechanical, which has created de-
mand for the products of industry and
made employment for labor. The i'm
ported products are mostly produced
without the use of machinery. 1t is
stated the American people are on
higher standard of living; and our
costs are higher. The tariff is for
the purpose of giving the American
producers an equal chance to compete
in our own home market with cheaply
produced foreign imports. Foreign
ers can pay the duty and compete
with the American producers. The
trade agreements has reduced the
tariff so percent on many competitive
commodities.
The 1910 Yearbook of Agriculture
was prepared under the direction of
Henry A. Wallace. | wish to refer to
pages 240 and 241 which does not |
agree with the statement that our |
tariff caused the loss of our export |
market | quote extracst from The |
1910 Yearbook
"The results of these huge cereal |
and meat imports on European social
and economic life were of the most |
character. On the one
hand the laboring classes in cities
were provided with cheap and abun-
iant food At the same time, how
ever, European farmers, unless pro-
.ected by tariff barriers, were unable
10 compete, and many were ruined
by declining prices and falling land
values. Great Britain was our
chief market, and with free trade pre-
vailing after the repeal of the corn
avs in 1916 agriculture there suf-
'ered particularly. From 1878 to
1907 wheat acreage declined 80 per-
cent. Many factors were respon-
,ible for this precipitous decline.
European governments in an effort to
lid their agricultural classes, raised
luties and imposed embargoes, on
sanitary grounds, as in the case of
log products. In the eighties
lew agricultural regions were opened
n Russia, Argentina, Australia and
canada"
We lost much of our export mar
,et as result.
But, quote: "At the same time
hat foreign markets were contract
ng, the domestic market was expand
ng, industrial development in the
United States caught up with the :
ver-stimulated agricultural develop
lent, and as urbanization increased
larger share of farm produce was :
onsumed domestically. In 1899 !
he average number of wage earners !
4 industry totaled 100000 by 1909 it
ad increased to 100000" (Ref
$40 Yearbook p. 240-1)
The conclusions must be that pro-
ressive development in industry, 9