of (29) AGRICULTURE my COMMISSION ER WEDNESDAY, ere 26, 1944 00D EDITORIALBy Tom Linder . Under a Republican Administration, Congress passed. ie Tariff Act of 1930. _ The real purpose of the Tariff Act of 1930 was to hood- ink the farmers of the nation. - The farmers were led to believe that tariffs on agri- ultural products were protecting them on the same prin- iple as tariffs on industrial products protected the Ameri- an manufacturer. The Tariff Act of 1980 (Section 318, Drawback and Refunds, Sub-section A) provides as follows: SEC, 318. DRAWBACK AND. REFUNDS. ; (a) Articles Made From Imported Merchan- _ dise Upon the exportation of articles manufac- tured or produced in the United States with the use of imported merchandise, the full amount of the duties paid upon the merchandise so used shall be refunded as drawback, less 1 per eentum of such duties. : - The above provision was clearly intended to permit mexutacturers to import raw materials from foreign ountries, manufacture these raw materials and then re- export the finished product without having to pay ee tariff provided under our tariff laws. Someone will ask what is the harm in pamaveie a manufacturer to import foreign raw materials and then xport the finished product without paying the tariff. The answer is very simple. When a manufacturer im- ports raw materials, manufactures these raw materials and then re-exports the finished product, naturally the manufacturer has a profit in the transaction. The only ay the manufacturer can get this profit is through the importation of additional raw material to compete in the erican market with American raw material. Jf the American jute manufacturer imports jute, manufactures it into burlap and exports burlap bags to Argentina or Brazil then it is necessary to import wheat, corn, meat, etc., from Argentina or Brazil without the pay- ment of any tariff, in order for the manufacturer to clear ag profit he has made on the jute and burlap deal. __ If Congress had passed a law permitting the importa- ion of wheat, corn, meat, etc., from Argentina and Brazil, duty free, then the farmers would have been put on notice. of what was going on and would have raised a protest and po pended the repeal of such a law. Under that: condition, the farmer would have known Livestock Sales, Georgia Auction Markets Reports received at this office show following average priced No. 1 Hogs at the Livestock Auction Markets named. January 21, 1944 Tee CWT : 13 (Thursday)Valdosta -$11.75 |- January 14 (Friday)Thomasville W - 12.25 _ January 17 (Monday)Sylvester i 12.00 Peanuary 18 -Cruesday)bainbridge 2 2.02 5 14285 SS January 18 (Tuesday)Cairo 12.00 2 19 (Wednesday)Albany 11.85 19 (Wednesday)Moultrie ee 12.10 19 (Wednesday)Rome 13.40 , 19 (Wednesday)Vidalia 11.97 TOP FED CATTLE 13 Cehiuesday=-) aldosta. ea ee $10.00-$13.00 14 (Friday)Thomasville Peery ere 10.00- 12.85 _17 (Monday)Sylvester 10.00- 11.70 18 (Tuesday )Bainbridge. ; 10.56 18 (Tuesday)Cairo __ Sees : 10.00 19 (Wednesday)Albany 13.00 19: (Wedyppsday)Moultrie 5 12. 00- 15.00 19 (Wednesday)Rome. 12.70 A9 (Wednesday)Vidalia _ - 13.60 NUMBER 19. that he was Boing put on a free trade basis with Areenti a and Brazil, while the inanufacturers protected tariff con- tinued in foree. Of course the oe would have e raised: howl about this. ae How The Farmer Was Hood-Winked | : The present National Administration has not correct dl this condition but has followed it through. In order to prevent the farmer knowing anythi 2 about what was going on, the present New Deal Admin retary of State the power to make special aa agi ee ments. Under these special trade agreements, ihe Secretar . those countries became special favored nations. Under these trade agreements, large quantities of agricultural and raw products were brought Into thi United States. - During the year 1943 the work of the State Des ment in flooding America with foreign farm products raw materials, was exposed throughout the nation by som - Senators and Congressmen and newspapers. When the trade agreements were up for re- passage in 1943, their detriment to American agriculture was so thoroughly exposed, that it was possible to get re-ena ment only by the Administration pas their pa as a war measure. The Georgia Market Bulletin er Aue figures exports of iron and steel to J apan under the Trade Agr ment Act of 1937, which thoroughly demonstrates that w would not now be at war with Japan had it not been for t re-enactment of trade treaties by the Congress in 1937 The trade treaty question, therefore, became such a he brick that the Secretary of State did not dare to perm free entrance into this country of farm products which he American farmer was not permitted to grow.\. a In December 1943, just a month ago, Congress pass a resolution, which reads as follows: ; & Resolved by the Senate and House. of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled, that notwithstanding the pro- visions of the Tarriff Act of 1930, the following, when imported into the United States from foreign countries, and when entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, during the period of ninety days beginning with the day following the date of enactment of this joint resolution, to be used as, or as a constituent part of, feed for live- _ stock and poultry, shall be exempt from duty: | Wheat, oats, barley, rye, flax, cottonseed, corn or hay, or products in chief value of one or more of the foregoing or derivaties thereof: Provided, That this Act shall not be construed to authorize g the importation of wheat for milling purposes. As. used in this joint resolution the term United (Continued on Page Two) = Fresh Fruits and Vegetables January 21, 1944 Collards, per dozen bunches Mustard Greens, per bu. hampers Sweet Potatoes, per bu. baskets _. Turnips (Bunched),, per dozen buriches 2. oe Turnip Salad, per bu. hampers dares all ftems for oublicdtiog aad all vamhiects to be. put * mailing list and for change of address tu STATE BUREAU | A RKETS, 222 STATE CAPITOL, Atlanta. _ Notices of farm produce and appurtenances Wamissabe postage regulations inserted one time on each request and { ad only when request is neces iparied by new copy of 3 Limited. space will not Bette insertion of notices containing e than 30 words including name ard address. 1 Legislative Act the Georgia Market Bulletin gece not x any responsibility for any notice appearing in the etin. ; Published Weekiy at -122 Pace St.. Covington, Ga. Department of Agriculture s / Linder, Commissioner, utive- Office, State Capitol : Atlanita, Ga. Publication Office 4-122 Pace St., Covington, Ga. itorial and Executive Offices State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. ify on FORM 3578Bureau of flarkets, 222 State Capitol Atlanta, Ga. tered as second class matter iwust. 1, 1937, at the Post Office vington,. Georgia, under Act une 6. 1900. Accepted for i at special rate of postage - Jed for in Section 11038, Act ctober 8. 191% OO DWIN (Continued from Page One) States? means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin fslands. Soe, 2 The Exemption from duties provided for by this joint resolution shall be subject to compliance with regu- lations to be prescribed by the Seeretary of the Treasury. Under this resolution, the Secretary of the ber 31st, 1948 | Pe ury feened an pole Giese iad to one control over the United Shad os: the Collectors of Customs and others concern- providing that, under the authority of Sec-| ons 1 and 2 of Publie Law 211, approved: De- yer 22, 1943 (this is the Senate Resolution oted above) wheat, oats, barley, rye, flax, tonseed, corn or hay, are exempt from duty December 23rd, 1943, to March 22nd, 1944. Congrss Abolishes Itself To Hood- Wink The Farmer n order to hood-wink the farmers of the tion, Congress delegates its powers to various | sundiy boards and bureaus. HH, ignores the titution. The Constitution of the United st be ratified by a two-third vote of the United s Senate. Neither the Congress, the Presi- 0 make treaties with foreign countries. The de Treaty Acts are direct contraventions of Constitution. . The resolution of Congress to permit free ort of agricultural products right in the face estricted production in this country, demon- tes to what extent the majority of Congress- and Senators has*come under the baleful luence of big international inter ests, who have! teregt in America or its people. Ity On Wheat Now Pending In The Courts have before me copy of " Rarivers Guild s now published at Frankfort, Indiana, uary, 1944. On the front page of Farmers id News appears the following notice: The Wheat Penalty Situation CoE, Wayne, Ind., Jan. 7.The prelim- inary hearing in the wheat penalty col- lection suit of the Government vs. Eugene Hodge- was held here today in ie federal district court. Judge Charles C. Briggle of Springfield, ML, presided as Judge Luther M. Swygart had disqualified himself because of his vious connection with the ease when district attorney. The National Ss Guild, whiclr is defending. Mr. L leys, was grant- (ripens 60 days from planting) n rguuaonal 10 days to file an answer to the governments complaint. You see from the above that even today the |! federal government is prosecuting wheat grow- ers in the United States for growing wheat, right rat the time that they are providing for free im- | portation of wheat from all over the world. What is true of wheat is true of other crops. Would you believe that your own American Congress would permit the administration to prosecute American wheat growers, while at the same time, that same Congress would pass a resolution providing for unlimited importation of wheat which the American farmer is prosecuted |for growing? Tt sounds like a Tale of the French Revote- tion. But its a fact of conditions as they exist in these United States in this good Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred forty-four. World Wheat Agreement The administration in Washington, through the Department of Agriculture, has entered into a world wheat agreement. The preamble of this | agreement recites that its purpose is to proyide consumers with wheat from low-cost producers. This leaves the American farmer entirely out of the picture. | The American farmer is and must continue to be a high-cost producer. This is true because he produces behind tariff walls. These walls make him pay two prices for everything he buys. The rules under which this international wheat combine or international cartel operates are made by what is called a Council. The mem- bers of the Council are furnished by the different nations who are parties to this wheat trade. Tn this international trade or compact, the United States (the largest nation concerned) constitutes one member. The British Isles constitutes a member, Canada constitutes a member, Australia sondttntes a member. This gives Eneland a three Today. while these American farmers are being prosecuted for growing wheat, we are im- porting into the United States one hundred mil- lion bushes of wheat from Canada. Cotton Cartel A meeting was held in Atlanta a few days ago which was addressed by a representative of | the Government and it is now proposed to form a world cartel on cotton, the same as wheat. The American cotton farmer, hke the Am- erican wheat farmer, must continue to be a high- cost producer. ates provides that treaties with foreign nations | ly eliminates the American~cotton grower, the same as it does the American wheat grower. t, nor the two together, has any constitutional : er to give ta the Secretary of State authority | All of this is just a part of the over-all plan to destroy American agriculture. It is just a part of the over-all plan. to ereate a world indus- trial monoply and a world monoply on raw materials. ~The high-cost American farmer does at ETL into that picture. The Amercian white. collar worker and the American professional man does | not fit into that picture. American soldiers across the seas have dem- oustrated they have the courage to destroy our chemies over there. Do we civilians: here in America have the courage to do what is neces- sary to preserve our American government here at home while they give their lives on foreign. "| fields? TOM LIN DER, Commissioner of Agriculture. SEED FOR SALE SEED FOR SALE Limited amt., heavy bearing Black Pole Bean seed 50c tea- cupful; pure Stone Mtn. wa- termelon seed, 50c large tea- cupful: good bearing Okra seed, 25-per 2 this. peo Mrs. W. V. Dobbs, Flowery Branch, Rt.. I. Early Queen Seed eatin. iia 129- 16 Big Green Cane, good lengths, $16.50 per 100 stalks. W. W. Williams, Quitman, : Dill seed, 10c : teaspoonful, plus postage. Mrs. Paul Un- derwood, Mystic. 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