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.
President Kennedy's advisers!
are resisting this pressure. They !
feel that one retaliatory pres-i
aure brings another, and they!
want to cut tariffs not to in-1
crease them.
Postal Aide Dies
WASHINGTON (OT Deputy
Assistant Postmaster General
Elmer P. Brock, SB, died Tues
day at the National Institute of
Health of lymphatie eanrer,
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