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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