Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-27
SENATOR HARRISON
RECEIVES SUPPORT
FROM DELAWARE
Farmers Here Write Him in Pro-
test Against Emergency
Tariff Bill.
WILL CONTINUE HIS FIGHT

Special Dispatch From Every Evenings
Washington Correspondent.
Washington, Jan. 27.---"Every Evening
patriotic utteranco and ought 70 he re-
country" Senator Pat Harrison of
Miscissipppi said whenhe read the editorial
in Every Evening Of January 25 on the
Fordney Emergency Tariff bin. Senator
Harrison is leading the fight against the
bill aud il appears 20 be doomed
The bill, continued the Mississippi
Senator, ia misnamed II should lie
called n bill to increase the cost Of living
Certainly this is what IL viii accomplish
Ii s the only thing that it will do. II is
shout time that sensible patriotic men.
no matter from which section thay hail or
what party they represent should be
brave enough and honest enough 20 see
and act on the truth =
Senator Harrison said the bill ig designed
in tho oste ,slble interests o. the farmers,
but the only persons who will profit hy it
are the profiteers, the men who live and
prosper by farming the farmers Here he
showed Every Evenings correspondent
"a number oi letters he had received from
farmers n Delaware. conpimentiug him
on the fight he was making against the
measure
Il have asked these intelligent Delaware
farmers, who appear not 90 have fallen
for the wretched sophistrv which does duty
for argument in favor of this bill TO allow
the to make known their names. said
Senator Harrison The letters are evi-
IDENTITY private communications. otherwise
! would have them read into tho Record
hose men know what is apparent To
every real candid thinker, that they viii
not get any more for their products IL this
measure should become law. They know
also that those who distribute their
products viii be the beneficIarles of this
aslgliue legislation
"Oneman IN Delaware who raises a large
crop OF peas cAl.s attention 70 tho fact
that there Is q surplus OF peas on the
market at the present time and he wants
% know how il Is possible by tariff to
improve the price 10 tho producer. OF
course it Is impossible to give the producer
OF peas under this or any other proposed
tanh = larger reward than he is now
obtaining for his labor
Senator Harrison SAID when the farmers
discover they have been fooled, and when
the profitecrs use the tariff rs an excuse
for raising prices and exasperating the
people Of the industrial districts. the
Republicans VIII be placed in an exceed
lngly embarrassing position
lt is the intention of Senator Harrison
70 move 70 amend the bin by attaching to
it the soldier bonus measure that has been
sleeping IN the Senate FIR many moons.
This will force Republicans on record.
lie VIII not permit them 10 dodge the
issue, but on the contrary. will compel
them to show their hands Many Republi-
cans are known 70 be opposed to the bonus
measure, but arc afraid 70 vote nay, while
others support il but in their hearts are
equally afraid 10 vote yea
Senator Harrison said he was accused
Of conducting flibuster against the bill,
but he declared he was sure the country
didn't want the measure and he was doing
what he thought was patriotic duty
Cone thing that improsses me about the
stand taken by Every Evening is that it
is published in a city where it is supposed
practically all citizens believe in a high
protective tariff and the paper h has the
courage TO refuse TO give any kind of
support TO this monstrosity, said Senator
Harrison
Few farm leaders are impressed with
the bii, They say that what they want
is a means through which they can market
their surplus products To do this they
must find external markets