Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-04 | Page 20 | Republican Club Hears Trade Treaties Hit

Republican Club Hears Trade Treaties Hit American agricultural product havt been placed on the altar of aacrifict by Secretary of State Hull's reciprocal trade treaties, James A. Hooper, executive secretary of the Utah Wool-growers' Wool-growers' association told members of the Women's Republican club , of Salt Lake City at a meeting Monday at the Ladies'' Literary club. "In the last six years we have seen cotton exports cut In half, tobacco to-bacco refused by other nations and wheat exports reduced to practically prac-tically nothing," Mr. Hooper said. He asserted that from 1929 to 1938 exports decreased 59 per cent He said there are 22 trade agree- t ments allowing a reduction on Import Im-port duties on 1100 articles, with sn Increase In duty on no commodities. commodi-ties. The purposes of the agreementsto agree-mentsto expand foreign markets, overcome unemployment end raise the American standard of living-have living-have not been accomplished, he said. .