Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-24
Playing Politics With the Tariff

h's'S foilt1cS W I'm the Tariff
9 HOuLD the Fordney emergency tariff
- Dill, which passed the House by vote
of l0G to Sc, finally become law. il un-
dcubtedly will afford some relief to the dis
tressed farmers of the country, hut such
relief as it does give them will be at the
expense OF the already overburdened con-
sumers of the country 1t will bring little.
ii any, increase of revenue TO the govern
lneht, because OF the fact that the rates are
!lAed so high rs TO be virtually prohibitive
OF imports under existing conditions Of
world production. Under its operation.
prices OF the protected farm products in do
mestic consumption would ordinarily adj
vance TO the full limit at which thew can he
maintained without opening the door for
foreign competition. AS heavy rs would be
this extra burden on domestic consumption
II Will be considerably augmented in distri-
button by the exactiOn OF the tax Dlus q
margin OF profit for the advance by the
various middlcmcn through whom sales are
Hhuc--ahd there are many OF these be-
tween the producer and the consumer.
AN analysis of the vote on the bill shows
mat forty-onc Democrats and one Prohi-
oitlohist comnncd with l54 Republicans in
supporting the measure, while seventy-two
democrats and fourteen Republicans voted
against IL. This vote discloses that moro
than onc-third OF the Democratic Represop
tatives who answered the roll call accented
the iroJan horse and put themselves ON
record as iavorng the principle of n pro-
tcctiVe tarin III the future Since most or
.hc Representatives so voting are from the
democratic states of the South, il may be
ieauiiy assumed that their political acumen
o'scerhcu me growth Of Il large sentiment
among their constituents favorable TO a
chahse OF attitude toward the principle of
art it.At. ,r.T
tarih question will be brought back into
politics in the future with the old sectional
Hhes largely wiped out and the fight for pro-
lection, Tor projections sake, conducted nm
dcr new alignment, in which the farmers
OF The South and West, once so hostile m
me principle, will he found working
shoulder to shoulder for Il new deal-a
ue"! IN winch, TO get the benefits for which
they clamor, they will find the East more
than willing TO lend them every assistance
III order to secure still more protection for
itself.
MI Fordney perhaps, was not far off i'm
ms surmisc when he said u expect In sao
congress re-eHact either the Dingley or 1he
yne-Aldrich schedules" With the Six,r-
seventh Congress overwhelmingly RonuhIi
can In Doth branches, and Rcpublican in
the White House committed to a now tariff
"ouln De vain to expect ANYTHING less
especially since there will be MANY Demo
cfatic Representatives ready To joiD ,bom
in the chort in order TO get protection for
their own constituents
mere Is chance that the present hin
"hich IS bnt an entering wedge to make
lhc way more easy for n more conprohen.
siVe bill IN the next Congress NAV he do
iea'ed IN The Senate. failing which tbcrc 10
every reasonable assurance that IL will u.
vetoed by the present occupant OF the White
mouse Republican leadership cxpccts mis-
pul regardless OF such outcome. IL is nrc.
pared TO felicitatc itself on having strepsth-
ened its position for future efforts in nom
iarHing It's idHorite doctrine
LONDON dispatch says all Irish home ru,a
oiil needs Is signature Of the King Al ,bi.
Instance II seems TO need enforcomen,
winch Is going 10 be Just bit more din
cut Than to enforce the Volstcad law in
The Virginia corn belt
proposed protection for peanuts sbou,d
nave mo support OF certain politicians wn
Know II only for the sake of family fcc,ire
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