Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-02 | Page 2 | Radio Address Made on Farmers' Aid

Radio Address Made I IOn On Farmers' Farmers Aid Aidt t W WASHINGTON July Juh 2 UP CUP UP- UP Enactment of or the Hawley Smoot-Hawley tariff was was praised as s a distinct advantage ad advantage ad- ad vantage to farmers b by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde toda today in hi a radio address over tho the National Broadcasting Broad Broad- casting asUng system Delivering Dell the latest of ot a series of ot talks by high administration officials off om- dills coals in a a. program of tariff education education tion H Hyde de attempted to the argument that the new tariff In Increases increases In- In cre creases ses rates on things tho the farmer bu buys s more than It does on what he be produces I Taking tho the average farm Income of ot 1159 1169 a year ear Hyde said the tho new tariff might Increase the farmers farmers' budget b by 4 per cent or 01 about J US USa a year However Hyde added 50 per percent percent cent of the American farmers farmer's PUX pur purchases chases is for com commodities produced b by American agriculture About 39 per cent of ot his expenditures are for tor commodities on the free freo list This leaves only 11 per pcr cent cent of his ex expenditures expenditures expenditures ex- ex for commodities which have havo a a. and In which bleh he is s not Interested as a a. producer This he said would leave the tho average farm family's s budget 6 a year ear greater