The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-01-13
CONGRESS GOES TO BAT To AID
FARM AND LABOR
Fulfill Campaign Pledges by Shut
ting off immigration and
Lending Crop Money.
(By Smell smith1


Washington. Dec. Without an in
slant Of delay the Republican Con
gress has begun the work OF re-
\ deeming campaign pledges BY the
I enactment Of legislation TO remedy
I business, farming and labor condi-
D tions brought about during the
I present administration.
One Of the first things found by
the solOns when they returned to
Washington for the last session =.
I the 66th Congress was a seriously
/ threatening industrial depression.
This had been promised In the last
months OF 1913 and the first months
OF 1914. after the protective tariff
sched OF the Taft administra-
tion had been superseded by the
ff-for-reyenue-only basis OF the
I Underwood law, and soup kitchens
I for the unemployed had been es-
tabliahed in New York and Chicago
But the war came making imports
/ Impossible and creating the greatest
demand In our history for QUO ex
ports. During the calendar year
1913 our exports amounted to So
f84.O18.292 and those OF Breat
Britain 10 f3.0S9.353.1I6. During
1919. when Great Britain was stlil
importing eight billions in raw ma
terials with which TO supply her
manufacturers. our exports were
$50 and hers were 81
Gss.311. .52f. In the first eight
months OF 1890. however. our ex-
ports were t5.4T8.3O6.72S and
Great Britala's were $5.143,549.S31
e large prpOrtion OF which came to
the United States. No protective
tariff barrier had been raised TO
Withstand the trade invasion and
when Congress assembled two mil-
lions Of wage earners were out of
employment throughout the coun-
try. Factories had shut down in
every section. Values had dropned
out of commodities.
Al the same time that such a
vast number were out OF employ
ment and serious suffering was
, threatened during the winter. 15O,-
900 foreigners were coming to our
hores every month. aggTegating
more than a million and a half a
year and attaining the highest i'm
migration figures in our history.
These came for employment and to
compete with the two millions of
American wage earners out OF
work So the Republican leaders
In the house thought OF but one
sure and safe remedy-to shut off
all immigration until the country
could again right itself industrially.
The result was the passage by the
house within one week after CON
yening OF q bill shutting off new
comers for a period OF one year
Represe sentative Simeon ID. Fess
chairman OF the Republican con
gressional committee. summed up
the argument when he said:
'if ! vote to put up the bars in
the form of protection against the
products OF European labor. must
also vote TO prevent European labor
from coming here To do one and
not do the other is inconsistent.
We must also deal with the anti |
government movement which has
been coming to our country, brought |
by men who know not our institu-
ions. We can not do less than /
put up the bars against a further
influx OF this undesirable group i
from Europe. and when we do |
that we shall make more effective
The deportation act. The big thing
IN America is rot business. The
big thing Is the maintenance OF the
fundamental institutions of Amer
lea. Whatever be the value of i'm
migration. We can not allow furth-
or admission Of the elements an
'A5Onistic TO American ideals, prin
piles and institutions"
we have today in this country. 4"
raid Representative Campbell of
Kansas, chairman OF the committee
on rules. the highest standard OF
HaHHufs In -. 4 I
scs'e ~ wages in the world We
have the best opportunities in the
world. and for these reasons there
-e those from all countries who
Te anxious 10 come here to partici-
pate IN the benefits TO be found
ere. We must Immediately take ,
.teps that are necessary TO main !
ain our standards OF living and I
wages for the American people.
-ut 10 maintain the opportunities /
Hat are here for the ambitious
Juih Of :he country"
Helping Hand to Farmers ,
Az the moment that this aid TO
Dor was being extended In the !
Juse, the Republican leaders in
Pc senate were hurrying to the ,
..t Of the farmers suffering from !,
Z. raralleled distress on account OF
= .r inability to dispose of corn,
~ at, cotton, livestock and Other
modiiies al prices high enough !,
Y pay the COS OF production. Ii
pointed out that the people of :
1uf pe are in dire need OF Ameri-
tt ,alm products, but are unable :
, purchase them because OF exist
Ig financial conditions there, and :
hat the War Finance Corporation, /,
tahlished for the purpose OF as :
ing in the expectation and fin .
at.ag Of these products. had been .
ulr AIDED last May by order of the
OF the Treasury. pnd that
he Federal Reserve Board. under
us Jurisdiction had refused per-
is3ion to It's banks throughout the S
nynt to assist the farmers by Il
lldirg them money so that thai, n