Show W 01 Listen o grower s f To Sl Slashing sh ng Attack Upon New Deal idahoan Urges s Repeal of Presidential Pow Power Pow Pow-J er to Make Reciprocal Trade Pacts acts t Taylor Grazing Act Defended j By CLARENCE WILLIAMS IS v A s slashing ashing attack on ne new nev v deal activities a denial th that the forest service is using a current land study as a smoke screen to cover up a policy of reductions in grazing and- and defense of f. f the Taylor act were brought forth in i speeches at the second days day's convention of the National Wo 01 grow ers ers' association Thursday at the Hotel Utah Sheep en heard S. S W. W McClure 51 of BUs Bliss Idaho ormer former executive secretary of ot the thc National association bitterly assail new now deal policies a as pertaining to agriculture t f F. F A. A Silcox chief of the United States forest service said zaid this de de- of the federal government govern ment is elis is trying merely to hold the capacity of ot ranges so they can be used indefinitely without tion F. F R. R Carpenter director direct r of ot gra grad grading ing characterized the Taylor raylor act ct as the most state statesman like man congress has hns ever done Repeal of Power In urging repeal of ot President Roosevelt's power to make reciprocal cal trade agreements and return to constitutional government Mr M Me Mc Clure asserted that while congress and the president may zany violate te the constitution with Im impunity thank thank- God the supreme court still by the American people He said the only remedy for this tbs reciprocal trade situation is to re repeal peal the thc presidents president's power Mr McClure e flayed activities of t f Secretary of Agriculture re Val Wallace ace and lauded the Smoot-Hawley Smoot tarl tariff f fact act of 1930 which he sa said d was the best tariff act ever pass passed d by con con- conn n II gress Q- Q Secretary Wallace e tells the farmers farmers' farmers farm farm- ers ers ers' that processing taxes are their thel tariff thrift asserted Mr McClure but sane thinking farmer farmes armets' armets ar an ara not fooled Protective tariff Is for giving giving ing the American producer possession possession possession posses posses- sion of our market at a fair price to establish new industries and to create new markets for American labor and materials to give employment em to American labor Jabor and t tp tb sustain a standard of ot living Hv and raise revenue to meet government t expenses t 4 He ch charged that hat pro processing si g t taxes levied directly at th sumer reduce and destroy y th tho- hc- hc demand to for things farmers produce and make a slow low return t to a a amore more prosperous condi cond tion Produce No Revenue Processing taxes taxes promise wea wealth 1 without work while tariff promises wealth as a result of ot work ork he hi sal said Processing taxes produce no revenue revenue revenue reve reve- nue for the government and the su sl supreme su preme c court urt says they we re un unon- unon o The farm leader however n not t twilling willing to face the truth asserts that farmers are not benefited by these tariff duties while industrial products arc are Secretary Wallace has hasso so repeatedly made this charge that I there are indications he is coming to believe them H He believes many things that are re n not nt t so asserted Mr McClure We dont don't want to fool ourselves about world trade said the vet eran cran sh epman War Var has taught I nations to become supporting self and arid sanctions increase the necessity World trade also has led to financial financial financial finan finan- cial entanglements and always will eventually ending in war Be He cited that in 1929 total world trade was vas was 64 i billions and in in 1934 dropped to 24 billions We Ve recognized d the soviet republic lic said Mr tr McClure We V got gota a few million d dollars in trade anda and anda a dollar billion Insult In a reply to a charge by E. E L. L Potter the of-the of the division of agricultural economics Oregon State Agricultural Agricultural tural college at Tuesdays Tuesday's session that the tho forest service was wing using a curre current t land study tudy program to cover up a policy of ot grazing reductions Mr Silcox said sald Scientists always seem to know what should be done but are are prone prone to urge that st steps ps ps' be taken faster than is Is' possible to develop a g good oa a program programs Preserve e Ranges I admit it is not a popular thing to make range reductions but we wedo wedo wedo do want to make them where it Is necessary so that we can preserve the ranges on the national for ts We Ve are c earnestly trying to rate the carrying capacity of oC the ranges he said Other speakers during the days day's day s session were were M. M 0 O Cooper of ot Washington Wash Wash- Vashi i ington D. D G C representing the packers pack pack- ers era and livestock administration P.O. P.O. P. P O. O Wilson manager of oC the National Livestock Marketing association of ot Chicago D. D D. D McKay regional s su supervisor su- su emergency conservation work ork at Salt Lake City and Adair J. J Hotchkiss attorney and sheep sheep- man of Grand Junction Colo Cob who spoke on the grazing rights of ot shee sheep and cattlemen |