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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FIVE TRADE TREATIES CALLED BOON TO FRUIT1USTRY International Assn. Group Shows How Agreements Have Been of Benefit Thanks Due Secy. Hull SIX DIE IN NEVADA MINE All I know Is that I gradually eama to underatand reality and to achieve a certain peace and serenity that I could never have bought with ten times the money I once hsd., Compares Gains "I mean It. believe me, when I say that winning a beauty prlz with my gsrdaa wsa mora to ma than the biggest morla success t aver hsd. 'I took one part because the roof blew off my ranch house and I needed ready money for repatra. Bo, when ever T have tha opportunity, I take a part. In order to make a little money. "Tha second reaaen la that I like to come back and compare what I've lost with what I've gained. It makes me feel successful." Frank Erler, Providence, R. I., found three hsns dead and a fox caught In tha coop trying to kill others. The foj wsa a neighbors pet. 10 BETTY BLYTHE, Dun Repairs. Expert gunsmiths. Blms Bros., 93 N. Fir. Hesrlng a.nolse at his chicken coop. Getting Ready for School? SAVE AT WARDS Contentment Found on Farm After Rating and Riches Are Lost Garden Prize Placed Above Film Fame MEDFORD MArL TRTBTTN'E. MEDFQRD, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 20, 1936, (From The Producer News) BOSTON. Aug. 14. Reciprocal trade agreementa between the U. 8. A. and 14 foreign lands have made a vital start toward unshackling and Pro moting world trsde. This waa the out Standing pronouncement of the for eign trade committee made la Its annual report presented at the apple convention here this week. E. W. J. i3arty, general chairman, read the report, which waa heard with Inter est by many. "The thanks and deep appreciation of the fruit Industry are due Secre tary of State Hull and his associates and all other departmenta who have assisted In carrying on the work," the report said. As to apples, concessions In one form or another and of direct benefit to United states growers hsve been obtained In every one of the 14 recip rocal trade agreementa thus far con eluded. All of the countrlea with one exception (Nicaragua) bave given coifcesslons of one kind or another on fresh apples and pears. On dried apples concessions have been obtained In 10 agreementa. Concessions on canned and dried apples are called Important. In 1933 the canning and drying Industries re ported apple products valued at more than $4,000,000. Last year 3,000,000 worth of dried apples and nearly (1 .000.000 worth of canned apples Jsnd applesauce wwre exported. The export value of fresh apples In 1935 Was tn.000,000 compared with 33, 000,000 for the previous five-year ererage. Has Worked long The committee haa done a great amount of work In participating In the preparation of these 14 reciprocal trade agreementa. As a matter of fact, It had been working on the problem for the last five yeara. Tables allowing the exports of ap ples and pears and the loss In trade M compared with the 1930-31 season were presented, tha first for apples, the second for pears, aa follows: Apple Season Bushels Pet. Loss Pet. 1930- 31 .....30.361,473 100 1931- 33 .18.07e.8Sl 89 11 1933- 33 13.753.809 88 33 J933-34 13.363.348 60.3 39.8 1934- 36 8.061.066 39.6 60.4 1935- 36 . 13,133.000 69.5 40.6 Pearl Season Bushels Pet. Loss Pet. 1930-31 3.693.400 100 1931-33 1.814.000 67.3 83.7 1933-38 3.399.700 89.1 10.9 1933- 34;-.-. 3.330.100 83.4 17.6 1934- 35 3,006.431 74.5 38.5 11035-38 3.476.645 91.8 8.3 Trade barriers began to become troublesame In 1930-31 and, for that reason, the flgurea are made In conv partson with that season. A resume of the 14 agreement! now In effect was presented, aa followa: (1) Cuba Agreement signed , August 36, 1934. effective September t. Duration, three years. The agree ment bound the present relatively low duty on fresh apples and peara, re duclng the duty on dried apples 13.6 percent and on canned applea and pears 16.7 percent, agreeing not to increase these rates during tne me Of the agreement. Enter Brazil Free (J) Brarll Signed April 28, 1939. ratified November 15. Duration, two rears. Fresh spples and peara ara ad mltted free during the life of the agreement. The duty on eanned ap plea and pears was reduced 30 per cent. (3) Belgium Signed February 37. 1935. effective May 1, 1935. Duration until sit months after notice by ejther government of Its intention to lrmlnete. A relatively low duty on 5rrth applea waa bound against an fncresM and the duty on fresh pears reduced 50 percent. The duty on dried applea was reduced 33-3 percent and o7i csnned spples snd peara 37.6 percent. (4) HsIUl Signed March 38, 1935 affective June 8. 1935. Duration, three rears. The duty on fresh apples and pears was reduced 40 percent and on eanned apples and pears 35 percent (6) SwedenSigned Msy 36, 1933. affective August 6. Duration, three years. Extended the low duty season one month for Importa of fresh ap rles and two month! on fresh peara. The low duty period on apples now la from January 1 to April 80, In- elusive, and on freeh peara from De cember 1 to April 80, Inclusive. Tha duty on dried applea was bound on the free list during tha life of the agreement. The duty on canned peara waa reduced from 75 crowna to 80 crowns per 100 kilos. (6) Canada Signed November 15. -V35, provlslonslly effective January 1. 1936. Duration, to December 81, 1938. Canada waived the minimum specified duty and reduced the ad valorem duty on fresh applea and pears by 35 percent. In addition, Cansda agreed that the valuation for duties shall not exceed sn advance over Invoice value greater than 80 percent of the lowest value In effect during the last four yeara. Tha duty on dried apples was reduced by 10 percent and on canned apples and peara by 30 percent, these duties be ing bound agslnst Increases during the life of the agreement. Monopoly Fee Cut (71 The Netherlands Signed De cember 30. 1935. effective February If JL if Ij i i J 12 f 7 Am tiX i Six miners wera killed by gaa In the unused 600-foot level of a copper mine at the Isolated northern Nevada community. Mountain City. Five of them died, officials said, because of failure to don their masks when trying to rescue the sixth, who had descended to Inspect a pump. Rescue workers who brought the bodies to the surface are pictured at the mine shaft head. (Associated Press Photo. GAL a INSID 30 TRADE 1, 1936. Duration, to January 1, 1030. The Import monopoly fees were one of the most serious trade barriers. This monopoly fee was reduced on apples by one-half for the month of March and remains at that figure from March to June, Inclusive. The Import monopoly fee was reduced, to one-half on fresh pears commencing February 1 and remain at that fig ure from February l to and Includ ing June. The Import monopoly fee on dried and canned applea and pears waa bound against any Increase. (8) Switzerland Signed and pro claimed January 8, 1935. Duration, to February 14. 1039. The duty on fresh spples and peara was bound against any increase and a quota Insured above the previous average levels, In fact, the quota assured the United States was only exceeded once In sev eral years, and then only by 8 per cent. The duty on dried apples was reduced by 30 percent. (9) Colombia Signed December 13, 1035, effective May 30. Duration, two years. The duty on fresh apples and pears, also dried or canned, was re duced 50 percent. (10) Honduras Signed September 18, 1035; effective March 3, 1936. Duration, one year. There la to be no Increase during the life of the agreement In the duty on fresh ap ples and pears. The duty on canned applea and peara is reduced by 73 percent, also the duty on dried ap ples. (11) Nicaragua Signed March 11 1936. Duration, three years. The duty on canned applea and peara was re duced by 33 percent and on dried j applea and pears 40 percent. j (13) Guatemala Signed May 3. 1936. Duration, three years. Agreed not to ohange during the life of the agreement the present treatment ac corded American apptea and pears, whether fresh, dried or canned. French Quota Increased (13) France Signed May 16, 1036- effective June 15. Duration, to July 1, 1937, The quota on fresh apples and pears has been Increased by more than 50 percent through a supple mental quota whleh Is to be added to the basic regular quota, thus practi cally Insuring the exportation to France of approximately 1,773,000 bushels of apples and pears. Protec tlon waa also obtained against any Increases In the Import license tax on fresh apples and pears and against tnerewea In duties on fresh apples and pears and dried apples. This Increase In the quota and placing It on a known and stable bssls Is of outstanding Importance. (14) Finland Signed May 18. 1936. and subject to approval by the Fin nish Diet. Effective for three years, commencing within 30 days after proclamation by the president of the United States and the president of Finland. Duration, three years. The former Finnish duty on applea was six Finnish marks (Fmk) per net kilo from August 1 to December 31, and 8 Fmk from January 1 to July 31. The former Finnish duty on peara waa 1 Fmk per net kilo throughout the season. Under the agreement the Finnish duty on apples has been re duced for the period December 15 to June 15 to 1.50 Fmk pet net kilo. The reduced rate of 1.50 Fmk. (ap-' proximately Ji$e lb. applies on Unit See the Beautiful New LONERGAN OIL BURNING CIRCULATING HEATERS At The Traveling 'Showroom on Wheels' S. P. Tracks at 6th Street Today and Friday Leonard Electric Co. ed Statea applea Imported during the period from December 15 to June 15 each year. This equals a reduction In duty of 4.50 Fmk per net kilo, or 75 percent, during the period Decern' ber 15 to December 31, and a reduc tion of 1.60 Fmk per net kilo, or SO percent, during the period January I to June 15. The period during which the new lower duty of 1.50 Fmk per net kilo will operate should permit entries to be made In time to psr tlclpate In the Finnish holiday trade and thereafter to June 15. The pres ent duty on peara of l Fmk per net kilo (about lo lb.) la bound for the life of the agreement; that Is, It will not be raised. Dried peara have been reduced from 6 Fmk to 3 Fmk kilo, a reduction of 50 percent; canned pears from 10 Fmk to 6.50 Fmk kilo, a rereductlon of 35 percent. Many Barriers HemoTCd In addition to concessions In duties and other trade barriers, many of the agreements contain provisions which remove sanitary restrictions from the arbitrary and unscientific or political field and lodge those questions with committees of technical experts to be appointed by the respective govern ments, when either government Is not satisfied with the sanitary restrictions of the other. Provisions are also msdo In agreementa for consultation, and the serious and sympathetic consid eration of represents ttona by either party to the agreement In connection with the matters covered by the agreements. It la true, the report ssya, that freedom of trade haa not yet been restored, even to the atstua existing prior to May, 1930, and cannot be in an Insant. It must be borne In mind that all of the commercial countrlea of the world had aet up highly artifi cial restraints and that those re straints resulted In changed economic conditions and complexities, prevent ing In most instances an immediate return to former bsses. The point Is, however, that a vital stsrt has been made, and that all sound thinking men and nations should press forward to the ultimate object of adequately and reasonably unshackling world trade, the report concludes. Weather. Northern California: Fair tonight and Friday, but overcast on the coast; no change in temperature; gentle northwest wind off coast. Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday, but morning clouds or fog on cout snd in western valleys; slightly cooler in Interior Friday; moderate north west wind off coast. See the A.B.C. WASHERS and IRONERS at the Exhibit Car, S. P. Tracks TODAY and FRIDAY Sold by W. H. KL ATT 22 S Grape, Medford HOLLYWOOD. Cslif, Aug. 30. (AP) Betty Blythe, the languorous "Queen of Bheba" of a 1931 movie. Is 43 yeara old now, In a atate of aeml retirement, but sttll devoted to beauty contests for her garden. "I won a prlre with It," she aald today. "And that meana more to me than If I had won one myself. The tall, statuesque actress, who out-Baraed Theda Bara In tha "Queen of Bheba," Is still beautiful. And she Is still grestly In demsnd at the studios. She appeared lately In "The Gorgeous Hussy," "Anna Karenlna," with Oarbo. and "Only Yesterday." If she would accept them, there, would be other parts. Through With Movies "But I'm sll through with that," she aald. "I've had my day. The wheel has turned. It's too hsrd to stoke the fires of energy any more." Except for rare occasions, she never comes back to Hollywood from her chicken ranch at Fontana, some 45 miles east of Los Angeles. "It was all I had left when the curtain went down," she edmltted. "I've hsd a lot of money snd all the good things that go with It. 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