Arizona republican., 1920-05-31
The Tariff Plank

The republican national leaders. according to the Associated Press dispatches, in conference in Chicago the national platform. Descriptions of the conference so far relate chiefly what has not been done what likely to be done So that we may suppose that work of the conference is largely confined elimination That the party will traditional position with respect to the tariff is assumed but whether it will rec ognze important change in the relations be- tween the United States and Europe, necessitatng modification the usual republican tariff program. is yet 10 be seen.
 The republican executive committee has had wholesome advice in this matter from Mir. T W Tomlinson, secretary of the American National Live Stock association, replying questonnaire sent out by Chairman ogden L. Mills of the committee. This of the questions
 should we adopt national policy that win tend to encourage American industry and manufactures so that the products of American farmers may be consumed primarily in this country?'
 Mir Tomlinsons reply learn from the "Producer the organ of his association, gener- ally confined to questions affecting the live stock in- dustry but in the following, touches upon the whole principle of tariff legislation to meet our new international commercial relation:
 By this question presume you have in mind pro- tecting the manufacturer by a large, and possibly prohbitive. duty, leaving the producer to the competition of the world It would be 2 class of American industries and manufactures the theory that such encouragement might in- directlv provide better and larger home market agricultural products and live stock. The United States creditor nation consequently it will soon enter into new era of international trade This inevitably that imports must rela- lively increase compared with exports; for must allow other nations to sell commodities of greater value than we export, in order to enable them t least 70 pay the interest on the money they owe Therefore any barriers erected to prevent, absolutely prohibit the entry into this country of any special class of merchandise commodities seriously impair the ability of foreign nations pay the interest due to nothing of the principal If the United States is to adopt a new national policy applied international trade, it should be framed with view to assisting those na tons which now owe us such huge sums, to pay from to the interest and part Of the principal. This cannot be done if the United States continues to export commodities of greater total value tftin those imported this country endeavorS pro- hibit imports by high tariffs.
 We are face to face with the problem of either canceling all large part of the loans have made to other nations, on the one hand the other of permitting and assisting them toward pay ing in commodities. For payment gold is out of the question, and further loans credits are wholly nadvisable and would be fraugbt with dis aster The payment of these debts in commodities is the only logical solution of the problem.
 Farmers and stockmen opposed any arti- fcial stimulus to particular class of industry the expense of the rest.
 In the past the framers our protective tariff laws while describing the need of sustaining Amer ican industry, have never seemed to regard stock growing and farming industries. Food producers have usually left m cold or so in- adequately protected breed dscourage cement and lessened production that consumers suffered in consequence.
 There is prevalent opinion that the so-called industries that is the manufacturing industries less protection than formerly. They have passed of the infant class to whose support the public had contribute by the payment the tariff tax, the most inequitabe (though sometimes necessary of all taxes
 Certainly there can be excuse now for the pro tection of the great industries which have lately shown us their power to pile up accumulations O stocks of their commodities and prices They need no further protection to extent as to give them immunity from etton
 It be added that any or projected Amer ican industry that has not availed itself during the period of absolute afforded by the be considered hardly worth fostering
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