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Ttf A EUQENE REGISTER -GUARD, ThUM, Mar. tU 1M EEC Hurting Ameri ncan Farm Market By CARL HARTMAN . Of the AnocUlid Pru BRUSSELS Western Eu rope's Common Market, fos tered by Uncle Sim, ha grown Into i self-assertive teenager who baa the old man worried. - The Common Market's system or customs duties threatens the maritet for American farm prod ucts in Western Europe. Its members, especially France, want 10 proauce more of these products instead of buying them Droao. In 1981 the United States (hipped $1.6 billion worth of xarm goods to the Common Mar ket countries France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hoi land and Luxemhnurff Prelim. inary figures indicate the total was even nigner in lBflZ. ' Present plans of the Common Market authorities could up wis oy a third or more. Sales of American cotton and tobacco are not much threaten ed. Common Market members produce little of these. Poultry Hard Hit Sales of American poultry nave been hard-hit and grain may ne next on tne list. After World War II Ameri cans were saying that Europe could get out of its vicious cir cle of poverty and war only if it crone down old trade barriers at national frontiers. Europeans, it was argued, should be brought Into one big market so Europ ean businessmen could give the consumer mass-produced goods at low prices. It would be eco nomical for European countries, with their smaller farm area nd many tiny plots of ground, to concentrate on dairy and meat production. Grains could be bought much more cheaply broad. ' These ideas appealed to many Europeans, and the Common Market is now formed and mov ing toward unity in many ways. But when it comes to farming, things are not work ing out as the United States might have liked. Farmers in Western Europe pull a lot ot political weight. In the United States only 8 per Cent of the workine nnnnlntinn is engaged in farming. In West Germany tne figure is 15 per cent ana in f ranco 23 per cent. Italy-dominant countries in the common Marxet are ruled by ennamrvat Ivm narflma uhfeh mob strong appeal to the farmer. ; Protection System ' The Common Market authori ties have figurad out an over all system to protect their farmers. : A series of variable levies can make any farm Import sell a little higher or, If desired, a whole lot higher than the home-grown variety. Chicken used to be a luxury tn Europe. Ordinary folks ate It rarely, and with the feeling that they were doing aomething fes tive the way Americans used to feel a generation ago. Then In 1958 the West German gov ernment began allowing the spending of foreign currency for poultry. Within four years, the United Stales was selling 155 million pounds of chicken a year to West Germany. The price was well below the red meat, des pite a duty ot five cents a pound. German domestic producers and exporters in Denmark and Holland also stepped up sales. Chicken became a common Item en the German worklngman's table. Export Prop Last summer the new Com mon Market levies went into effect on chicken. Entrance fees for American poultry shot up 250 per cent, to 12 5 cents a pound. American x p 0 r t s dropped oil. West German housewives now pay about 44 cents a pound for chicken. The American prod net could be sold for 25 per cent less If It were not for the levies. European consumers are he Ing denied a bargain but the Common Market chicken farm' ers are cleaning up. American chicken farmers iact the loss of $50 million of business a year. Even more money is Involved in U.S. exports of grain and grain products to the Common Market $.189 million in 1961. Here too the levies have begun tn be felt. Eggs and pork arc also affected. American farmers are putting pressure on their government to retaliate against the poultry levy by way of warning. One suggestion is to slap a really heavy tariff on some kinds of French champagne entering the United States. 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