Arizona republican., 1919-05-21

the successful maintenance of many strong and &ell equipped chemical plants. The German chemical indus try, with which we win be brought into competition, was, and may well be again, a thoroughly knit monopoly, capable of exercising a competition Of peculiarly insidious and dangerous kind.
 Retalistory Tariffs
 The United States should, moreover have the means of properly protecting itself whenever our trade Is discrIm- mated against by foreign nations, in order that we may be assured of that equality of treatment which we hope to accord and % prom0e the world over. Our tariff laws as they now stand provide no weapon of retalia- tion in case other governments should enact legislation unequal in it's bear ing on our products as compared with the products Of other nations. Though we are as far as possible from desiring to enter upon any course of retaliation, we must frankly face the fact that hos tile legislation by other nations is not beyond the range of possibility and that it may be met by counter legisla- ton.
 This subject has, fortunately, been eXhaustively investigated by the United States tariff commission. A recent report of that commission has shown very clearly that we lack and that we ought to have the instru- ments necessary for the assurance of equal and equitable treatment. The at tention of the congress has been called to this matter on past occasions, and the measures which are now recon mended by the tariff commission are substantially the same that have been suggested by previous administrations. l recommend that this phase of the tariff question receive the early atten- ton of the congress.
 Woman Suffrage
 Will you not permit me, turning from these matters, to speak once more and very earnestly of the proposed amendment to the constitution whic i would extend the suffrage tn women, and which passed the house of repre- | sentatives at the last session of con gress? It seems to me that every con- sderation of justice and of public ad- vantage calls for the immediate adop- ton of that amendment, and it's sub mission forthwith to the legislatures of | the several states. Throughout the world this long delayed extension of suffrage is looked for; in the United l States longer, I believe that anywhere | else, the necessity for it and the i'm i mense advantage of it to the national l life, has been urged and debated by women and men who saw the need for l it and urged the policy of it when it l required steadfast courage to be so much beforehand with the common conviction; and I. for one, eovet for our country the distinction of being among the first to act in a greater l form.
 Give Back Wires and Rails
 The telegraph and telephone lines 1 will, of course, be returned to their owners so soon as the retransfer can be effected without administrative confusion. so soon, that is, as the change can be made with the least possible inconvenience to the publie and to the owners themselves. The railroads will be handed over to their owners at the end of the calendar year; if I were in immediate contact with the administrative questions 1 which must govern the retransfer of l telegraph and telephone lines, I could name the exact date for their return also. Until I am in direct contact with the practical questions involved, I can only suggest that in the case of the telegraphs and telephones, as in the case of the railways, it is clearly de- sirable in the public interest that some Legislation should be considered Nlicl