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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 
Mr. Taser. Require at the ports of entry that no man can import 
cotton into the United States until he does certain things. 
Mr. Kincueror. Of course, that is equivalent to a tariff. 
Mr. Taper. He has got to put a metal tag on that cotton and stamp 
the bales of cotton in such a manner that they can easily be dis- 
tinguished from an American-grown bale. He can not get his 
cotton into the United States unless he does certain things. 
Mr. KincarLOE. Suppose he does that and it does not cost him 
anything. What becomes of it? Does it not come in competition 
with domestically grown cotton? 
Mr. Taper. We provide in our bill for transportation through the 
United States for export. We do that because certain cotton comes in 
from Mexico and goes through the United States. Of course, if Doc- 
tor Aswell does not like the cotton schedule it could be taken out, 
simplifying that bill and reducing the cost. 
Mr. Aswerr. I do not want it taken out. 
Mr. Taser. It would save $69,000,000 to take it out. 
Mr. AswerLL. If cotton was selling at 11 cents it would not help 
very much. 
Mr. Jones. That two cents would be the profit. There was not 
any profit at 11 cents; it would be additional. 
Mr. Taser. Here is the schedule I am going to file in the record: 
Fresh beef and veal would add $50,000; swine would add $36,500; 
fresh pork would add $121,699. The total amount of money pre- 
vented from getting into the Treasury would be $146.183.341. 
Mr. KincueLoe. That is a year? 
Mr. Taper. That is the five-year average from the figures from 
the Department of Agriculture. 
(The statement submitted and referred to by Mr. Taber is as 
follows?) 
Averane amount over 5-year period of debentures under Ketcham bill 
[Computations made from figures supplied by Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United 
States Demartment of Agriculture? 
Wheat co ________ 
Wheat flour meen 
CONN eet tt Cv ——— 
Rice (flour, meal. ete.. included) _ meme 
Leaf tobaceO— mm. ee. 
COE ON ee em 
Cattle mo. eee 
Fresh beef and veal ___________ ___ oo em 
SWIC 
Fresh pork________________ SE 
Canned pork _____ __________________ 
Pickled pork___________._. —_—— 
Bacon. 
Hams_______________ ee 
Yard 
$29, 431, 248 
14, 548, 264 
5, 006, 925 
1, 875, 185 
15, 095, 240 
69, 042, 000 
157, 500 
50, 520 
36, 500 
121, 699 
35, b70 
335, 530 
3, 209, 650 
2, 969, 410 
4. 268. 100 
i 146, 183, 341 
You say it is a good bit of money. It is. And that raises the 
question, How are you going to fill this hole in the Treasury? In 
Le et place, we have a number of agricultural commodities that 
iy not now have a tariff that they should have. It is quite possible 
at there should be some increases along that line. But prosperity