WASHINGTON REPORT
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman J|K|
16th District—Pennsylvania
It used to be that members gressmen are classified as either
of Congress were thought of as ‘’protectionists” or “free trad
toeing ‘‘high tariff” Congress- ers”. The argument stems from
men or “low tariff” Congress- the freer trade policies under
men. You may remember those taken by the United States sev
terms from your studies of eial years ago, and the hardship
American history. The terms to some American industries
describe the foreign trade argu- which- has resulted from those
ment which occupied Congres- policies
sional attention 100 years ago
The hardships that have been
The argument was not about caused are well documented. The
whether the United States industry, which plays
should have tariffs to protect its sue j l a p rom | nen t role in our local
own goods but about how high eeonomyi has taken a real toeat
those tariffs should be. ing f rom foreign imports. Im-
Today, the argument is con- ported shoes are made from
siderably different The debate materials that cost less, by labor
is about whether we should have which costs less, and therefore
tariffs or whether we should re- can be retailed in American
lax all barriers to selling import- stores for much less than corn
ed goods in this country. Con- parable American goods.
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Fred Frey, Mgr.
Francis Cole
A new slate of officers was
elected by the board of direc
tors of the milk bargaining co
operative, Eastern Milk Pro-
Along with footwear, several
other industries like textiles and
electronics are being forced out
ol the American retail market
bj the influx of foreign-made
pioducts
Prompt action in foreign trade
would seem to be in order Cer
tain tariff rates should be raised
to provide immediate relief for
some of the really hard-pressed
segments of our economy.
Or, in heu of raising tariff
rates, some binding agreements
should be worked out with the
countries whose products most
threaten U S goods in our home
market. Such agreements could
permit foreign competitors rea
sonable access to American cus
tomers, but should assure that
comparable U S products can
compete fairly in our stores
Increased tariffs in specific
areas or effective trade agree
ments would be “protectionist”
in concept However, such pro
tectionism need not be complete
ly at the expense of a free trade
philosophy.
There is a great deal of merit
in the argument that the United
States benefits most by encoui
aging freer trade in the world
simply because we have the
most products to sell
There also is merit to the argu
ment that it would be disaster
ous to the cause of world sta
bility to shut the developing
nations out of an opportunity to
compete in the woild’s most pro
fitable maiket, the United
States
Finally, free trade does have
the advantage of giving the con
sumer more goods from which to
choose in a more varied range
of prices. Such arguments dic
tate that we do as much as we
can to keep our doors open to
foreign products.
But, free trade should not be
synonymous with self-destruc
tion. We need to find an ac
ceptable formula for permitting
fair competition between certain
Phone; 717-786-2235 , . ,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 19,1971—1'
Voted Eastern President
ducers, at a meeting in the
Association’s headquarters in
Syracuse, N Y , June 10
Francis Cole, Cedarville RD,
Ilion, NY, became president
for the coming year after hav
ing served the past three years
as vice president of the nearly
10,000 member cooperative
He replaces Howard Merrill
of Walton, N Y., who took over
the increasingly important role
of treasurer.
Dwight Burnham of Vergen
nes, Vermont, a long time legis
lator and eastern district direc
tor from the state was elected
vice president as he enters his
sixth year on the board of direc
tors.
The office of secretary went
to Robert Baldwin of Maryland,
N.Y., who has been active on
various committees within the
organization
Harold W Rotz, District 15
Director from Waynesboro, Pa ,
and E. R. Smith, District 11
Director from Seneca Falls,
N Y., joined Cole, Burnham and
Merrill to comprise the execu
tive committee.
domestic goods and their im
ported competitors
Because, unless we do, there
will be dozens of American in
dustries and thousands of
American jobs seriously threat
ened and very likely lost
Cole was raised in Ilion NY,
located along the Mohawk Val
ley just west of Utica, New
York He married Grace Smith
of nearby Litchfield 32 years
ago
For the past 25 years the
Coles have lived at their present
address, a 150 acre farm with 50
head of holsteins Here they
brought up their four children,
three of whom are now married.
The new Eastern President is
also a member of Farm Bureau,
Grange and Winfield Lodge 581
F.&A.M. Cole is currently serv
ing as Patron of 0 E S , Win
field Chapter 418, West Win
field, N.Y
The election was held by
Eastern’s 15 member board, as
is customary, at its reorganiza
tional meeting the day follow
ing the Annual Convention.
Holstein Fieldman Named
James E (lav) Howes, a
junior in Agncultural Economics
at Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY, has been appointed in
terim Holstein fieldman in
Eastern Pennsylvania, effective
June 3
He will continue through
August 31, at which time Carl
Brown will begin work as full
time fieldman Brown is cur
emtly completing wo'-k on his
Masters Degree at Virginia Poly
technic Institute
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