Show Sen Senator tor Smoot Defends Defends' Wool Tariff Senator Smoot of oC Dean In a spirited spirit spirit- j ed d d debate past last week with Senator Walsh of ot Massachusetts vigorously denied the charge of at the cue Massachusetts Massachusetts senator s that the thrift tariff of 31 CUlts cents a pound on on woos wool was responsible ble for Cor the rise In the price of woolens wool wool- woolens ens ns and clothing as Just announced by the American Woolen en company and by sundry eastern manufactures manufacturers tur- tur es ers o of clothing t Senator Walsh opened the tariff debate by reading leading to fo the senate from Now York papers In which appeared the tho announcement of material increases in the the- fall price of or woolens woolens' and wool He was particularly particularly oU outraged at the report re- re port that the price of suits and over over- would QuId advance ance en on an average of or 10 per garment Senator Smoot wlm permitted to tu reply said emphatically that the ariff was not responsible for any uciL uch increase as is promised On tho the cr contrary he pointed d to the world price of or wool and to the London price which has kept pare with the advancing price in the United States ilie he Fordney- Fordney McCumber Fordney-McCumber bill he declared declared de de- had not boos boosted tea the price In l England Figland or elsewhere In the world and in no sane manner could it II be established that the Mc Fordney Cumber tariff justified an all increase of 10 10 in the price price of an overcoat overcoat or 01 uit of clothes in this country Claim Absurd f Senator Smoot said that the tariff on m wool today is lower than it was v len the Fo McCumber Fordney-McCumber law vent sent into effect Prior to that time I or or more than a year the emergency tariff imposed a arate Tate rate or 55 cents euhe on Ol he scoured content whereas the We present law reduced the rate to 31 tents While the emergency tariff vas in effect importers had loaded lotion lown the bonded warehouses with pounds of wool woos and ana held lit it there until the tariff was reduced out he recalled no lowering in the pi price ice e. e of woolens or of clothing l ll by lay l reason mason ason of the lowering of the wool tariff That the tariff would Justify i an tn Increase in increase tn- tn crease of 10 in the price of an overcoat overcoat over over- coat or a suit Senator Smoot said saidI j I I was when it is reca recalled that I I the a average suit contains f four ur pound pounds of wool and the duty on this wool I is only An ov overcoat he said contains eight pounds or wool The TUP tariff rate that is 12 in effect today wad ui be in effect next fall fall and that b biu in true he said aid there could IJ oo no ground for the charge that a tarp of on the the wool in a suit of Is responsible for advancing the tha price 10 Avoids oMs Making Charge Chaise Senator Walsh and other Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- interrupted Senator Senator Smoot frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre Senator Walsh in particular lar striving to make the Utah senator senat senator sena sena- t tor r charge the clothing manufacturers ers or or orthe the cloth manufacturers with profi profiteering but Senator Smout Smoot bided a this contenting with witha a a. de denial ial that the Tariff ariff on raw wool is 3 I responsible for th the impending increase in increase in- in crease In the price of clothing Senator Smoot did in answer answer an an- to Democratic questioning that the tariff on wool wacl wO bad jad enabled c ih- ih 11 AmerIcan wool wool growers to get more for their wool than they had gotten before and he frankly stated that was the object of Imposing the duty but he said there was a wine gap ue- ue tween the protection afforded the wool grower and the advance in the price of clothing as described by y Senator Walsh and asserted LIla fiat any such advance In n the price or clo clothing could not b be charged up against he wool grower who l like the tho wool grower in other lands is no now getting getting getting get get- ting better prices than prevailed prevalle In recent years t L O to Justified Senator Smoot further pointed out that the advance in the price of ot otwool wool to where It is today justifies increasing the price of a suit of clothes clothe anywhere from to 3 pursued leads to economic restoration of agriculture as a gre great industry and consequent great and permanent prosperity for the he state as a whole Shortly after the experiment was lag started in New Mr Ir r. Knox went to Europe and anal while hUe there he ho made a close study 0 of the cooperative marketing methods in Denmark He wrote a series oC or articles articles ar ar- Ucles on the subject which were published in his newspaper ana aim have served to stimulate interest in inthe inthe inthe the movement It has been found round in New Hampshire that the farmers ar are slow to appreciate the critical Importance importance importance im Im- im- im of the success of the experiment experiment experiment and have as yet supplied less than 50 per peli cent of or the capital needed to carry it on A small group of spirited public men have shouldered shoulder shoulder- ed the burden and h have ve found it necessary repeatedly to use their personal personal personal per per- credit to tide the association over periods of embarrassment Mr I Knox nox Is now making a a. drive to enlist mUst the active support of busi husI- business ness men bankers and manufacturers ers of his state in a manner somewhat somewhat some some- w what lat similar to th the way they have been brought into the cooperative movement in California Californi Recently he published a an appeal In which he said A few men men a very few men have havo b been en zealously and unselfishly backIng backing backing back- back Ing this project Its success means no more to them than it does to to any group of similar size that thai might be lathered gathered If the Ule experiment is successful they will share in the general advantage which comes to the state tate as as' as a whole no more and no noless less This small group ought not to be asked ased to carry this vital work on alone It ought to have ha the unqualified fied and enthusiastic cooperation of such bodies as the State Manufacturers Manufacturers' 1 ers ers ers' association the State n Bankers Bankers' association association the State of Chambers of Commerce the State Gr Grange and the State Federation of I irm F-irm irm 1 This is primarily an appeal for all of the varied interests of the state to support a movement that Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Hoover accurately defines as the greatest hope ut lIt future agricultural al prosperity in the United States o 0 |