The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-29
AmerIsan farmers. threatened wi

American farmers. threatened with
huffetlnR BY foreign competition, are
beginning TO cry loudly for tarln pro-
lection. and republican newspapers are
bpsily engaged inviting them ,nn my,
save the farmer" observes the Idaho
Statesman lRep,j and other papere be-
llove that foreign wool. wheat. ium-
her. ana even hogs and cotton can ne
kept out OF serious competition Win
American farm products only by the
higher protective tarln which prom.
ised BY the republican candidate toi
nrcsldent, Democratic editorial writer's
dust or their old arguments Against
high tariff, and add the new conten'
tons TINT debtor Europe can pay her
hills 20 the United States principally N
goods which should not DO shut out by
Iseth deraocratlc and republican oh.
servers are much Interested In talk o.
tariff advantages Soring out OF thc
"solid ,south," where recently there was
held n tarlff congress with the purpose
* promising legislation for het,er pro
lection Of southern crops from those o.
other countries wnHre' y y e ces aver
cheap labor Eivrr undue adVhh'ases oNe'
a tvpicai exposition % the republican
"tnriff for FARMERS" plea 7" SVEN ~
the Lexington Leader tRepp wn"n
says: $500 :, ,h,s
coyntry win be compelled TO compete
,s,th Inc tremendous wheat helds and
meat producing arens OF Canana am
south America Cheaper grain, cheancs
rreet producing areas OF CAnada an"
trade iFNns OF the democratic STATES
men, win be brought % our SHORES W.
ever inereaslng quantities. NetmanR
those ptnducts, the fruits ~ verv oneh,'
,ehcr AVA c,,ean land, should bear Earae
~ the taxes which now are n'nred nk
rectiy unon the American farmers ann
"a Amarican wnrkirgrNan. Under !
republican standardization, eome eunrl
win Be mnde 10 imnose z proper '"N
with Incidental rrotection' a. W.
To such arguments A. these, the Mo
HE Register fneml. Rs well as many
chte~ democratic publications rerws
'sThe hiwh protective tRrtu ~ se,nsn
ana short .aIrhted II fails Ia take into
account the fact that this u 2 snrpus-
producing COUNTRY and that the rurn'us
mu-t be sold TO forelsners Now.
well known economic law that rurchaser
nre maid Tor In goods; ard that hnvers
must he sellers also. Senator Harur
Ins'a niefform N carried to the extremc.
Womb deny 10 Foreigners the nr'viierrl
~ neli,rw IN our markets. ana " hV
Nuuni devree would deprive them OF the
"Tt, u no,nh,e that arguments for nro-
faction Of American industries onen
than ewricul'urr. are n'most enure,V ~.
sent n vuhl,rheh dis~uss'on. TOW
pnners, like tina New York Can Nsnc
howeyer, believe that the cry Tor nro..
tection ~ formers rctEens Z wnnn' =.
hi~her t"~lfr on their own wares. Tne
Call declares that A.
"iy~ who stresees the tariH dngme r..
d,v dies in the free az hrtnrv, I've
vranv other 'ssues' In cHnisa'st pn,r'es
this one has no more substance than
hrr erortlod az wind"
iso,nti.g ont that the inflow ~ ca
MADAM wheat h-s FRIGHTENED farmers,
the burlington tvt) Free Press 'Rep'
a p"TNe great agricultural Interests 81
the United states have hnd tnne,v
object lerson. Ynu NAV ba sure WY
Tho terlfr has HuAde~iv become one ot
the two absorbny issues IN Ar1eriraf
with britain In the citing IN botn con-
A number NJ EDITORS call attention 70
tho claim OF protectinniTts TINT WIN
the reduction OF ocean freight rates
md the increase Of railroad chrrr'.,
there Ia n certain tendency ~ ma.s
choaner 70 imnort fors,gn s ,n r,. ,Ns
over rai's The Dallas News tlnd newl
nojntE out however. that "nn'v a Hmn''
mart ~ our market Hes aiorS the sea-
hoard" and doubts u tina factor mas
nc~uired enough added weight 70 re-
ouire any revision of N. ,ArBument
against the protective tnrln #g
Z Opposing d hivher thrift. the i.oMr.
v,,,a cn,riet. Journal tnen points nut
that snrpatchcwan farmers are hvhf1
Inn C'nrnAa'a h'ch tarlw policy, rnd
sugecstH that this affords a leasnni tor
American producers,
Other evils ~ a hi~h tnrir are r'ted
as follows h. tho Oklahoma City okla
IVA" tx MIN tarir would terd to preven,
he lmnnrtation OF foreign nrodurtH
with which debtor nefio-a must settle
heir biis, II would thus Increase the
rate OF exchange which alreefv II Tar
,hova normal IN favor 81 America and
iris wonh mako u rtill more d'ihcult
Ia sell American gendr IN other ceun.
iries. A h,vh tariff, therefore. wouid |
,ause n ioss In American fore'gn com
merce. while nj tho some time nnSt- III
nonInx thu dav when irfehtnd-ess 70
he Uni,rd States would he Maid. mn II
THE baltimore srn Ord Dem cnr'-
nontH thst "the hattie for 'awer PRICES
ms not been WIN" and adds i
'ff new tnr'w wal II n he hn''t. |
Z. ms genntor rFnrd'rw has eu~seAted
4 In even moro advisable n ra~e"l |
rurnpe'a debt tn the United A'ntes
rather than 10 allow her ~ nav " |
through sending her goods 70 ny. y n
lutte c,cnr that the Amerienp rnn- |
pumcr hrs now and graver danger
n front ~ him"
One OF tho few democratic Journals
Witch snenk fnvnrnhiv ri hl~hsr
erifr In the San Antonio Expreas Tina
ner1.), witch fnva.
"If tariff acheduleH are adequately
ncrcnHed tho revenue derived therefrnffl |
viii permit material modification ~ |
he income and excess nrnfita laws ana |
,thef measures for Internal ravrntes. i
md nj the rah,e time VIII nrofcnt
4 merlcAr producers and American ~
,Srers from unjust cnfunettlor WIN
creIgn markets Hence. with the r."
urn nf import trDde ~ considerable
n revision ~ the tariff law
viii he one OF the chief needs OF tho
Commenting on the growing interest
n tariff protection In the south. the