Evening journal., 1920-10-26

Uncle Ted was ruminatively eating
peanuts IN the back yard under the
maple tree. when Ruth and Jack an-
preached him and asked. "Uncle Ted,
waht did senator Hitchcock mean
when he said the other day that the
Republicans had buried their chief
campaigns the tariff has been the
10 talk about H. I thought the chief
issue OF the Republicans was keeping
the country out OF the Wilson world
club
And so it is, Jack" replied Uncle
Ted. pausing 10 chuck peanut TO an
impudent blackblrd. But In former
ca-npaninS the tariff has been the
chief issue OF the Republicans, and
senator HitchcOck's mind Is some
what stationary, In fact, his ideas
hark back to The beginning OF the
18th Century when the mad Emperor
Alexander I OF Russia put over what
was called he Holy Alliance which
was very like much Mr.. Wilson's
world club. and following which Eu-
rope had almost inoeSSant war down
10 1870. But we were not IN that al
lance. and so we were permitted 10
attend 10 our own affairs You will
remember that ST. Paul said. what
doth Il profii a man II he gain the
whole world yet suffer the loss OF his
own soul p But ST. paul did not mean
By this that a man should enslave his
family In the saving Of his soul, nor
hat he shouldiallow them 10 go hun
gry while he worked for his own sal
vauon. Mr.. Wilson scems 10 have
reversed the question asked by ST.
Paul by putting it what doth 10
profit a nation 10 save ils own soul.
4 l suffer the loss OF The whole
world Tho iarn was one OF the
chief issues OF the Republican party
up 10 the time that Mr.. Wilson start
ed TO try 10 boss the world, scrap our
Constitution, and make ms the crea.-
ures Of this world club with lis throne
at Geneva Today the tariff sian issue
OF lesser magnitude. ecllnsed some
what by he issue OF maintaining our
Independence and saving our Consti-
tuition and the country from one-man
government. But the tariff 8 very
Important issue, nevertheless. and it
lis Intimately connected with the
world club"
win you tell us something about
the tariff. Uncle Ted ' asked Ruth.
That Is lust what ] am coming
to-" responded Uncle Ted And hy
a happy chance ] have In my hands
and am passing YOU some of product
which aptly illustrates the working
OF The tariff" and he passed his pea
nuts TO Ruth and Jack ''Now, 7 have
eaten about a dozen OF these pea
nuts, continued Uncle Ted "As YOU
win see. I bought two sacks. for
which ] paid ten cents Let's count
them TNcnty-seyen Plus the 40
have eaten makes thirey-nine, or
about four for q cent. Sounds plea
yunish. doesn't o.? But it tells a tale
some years ago ! could buy a gener-
Gus sack OF peanuts Tor a nickel To-
day ] pay ten cents FOR thirly-nlne
COOLERS.
Now. before the world club oeeu-
pea the center of the siace." said
Uncle Ted, "the Democrats were saw
ing that the Republican policy OF
proiective duties on home products
was the cause of their high nricc
And they promised IN 1912 10 lower
the duties on an goods coming In
from foreign countries 20 what they
called a revenue basis That meant
according 10 them. that they would
put the tax on fore gn goods entering
the United States SO low that a great
deal more would come in. thus lower
,.nng NE price, but so great would be
hese imports shat they would
I'- HlNAr TANNNNe 10 InrIc
sans Treasury than was derv-
ea from tne protective rates OF
me Republicans The Republicans
said, II YOU do that you will drive
our home producers out Of business
me foreigners will then control our
markets, and they Will then nut up
the prices. But the Democrats lsuch-
"a al lhls. and told the Republican
iney didn't know what they were
taking about
Mr.. Wilson and his followers cui
down the duty on peanuts % nor cent
As / said, before that cut was made
! was getting a big bag OF peanuts foi
nickel Before that cur was made W.
were importing into this counfr,
yearly about i2O00oO0 pounds OF un
sheilcd and 6000.O00 pounds OF shellcf
peanuts. The first year after this cu
- duty vas made. We imported H..
10000 pounds or unsheiled. and 27
10000 pounds OF shelled peanuts. Dur
ing. the fiscal (or goyernment vcai
ended June 3, 1870 we imported ~
100000 pounds OF shelled peanuts. Dur
ing the. FIRST eight months OF me
present calendar year VIC imported
too0coo pounds OF unshelled and 40
coo pounds Of unshellcd peanuts Be-
<arc unls duly was cut Thai u, n