Milford chronicle., 1921-02-25
OR TURBOT

It is related of a dyspeptic Roman
emperor that he unseasonably de-
manded his chef that he be served
with a certain very rare fish, since
nothing else would appeal to the i'm
perial palate. The chef at his wits
end because the fish was unprocur-
able, took a large turnip, carved it in
OiscifOrm, and cooked it and sauced
it with such consummate skill that
the august one smacked his lips in
ecstasy over the dish, convinced that
his order had been obeyed.
There is a certain species of the
genus free trader to be found in and
out of Congress, its chief habitat in
the South, which has somewhat AFRO
gantly made a similar demand on the
Republicans concerning the tariff.
This element appears willing to
swallow high tariff, but insists that
it be served up in the form of a reve-
nue. tariff since it can not stomach
the word protection" A revenue tar
iff seasoned with a 20 per cent aver
age ad valorem will be acceptable, but
a protective tariff sauced with 20
per cent ad valorem would gag these
cantankerous Bourbons, so the Re-
publican party had best beware.
But the Republican party, with a
mandate from the people and a fat
majority in both Houses of Congress,
is not worrying about the free trad
ers' demand. They are going right
ahead with the preparation of a tar
if bill, regardless of Democratic
shrieks of retaliation" dire proph-
estes of Industrial destruction or the
peevishness of the Will
son disciples. AS Chairman Fordney, |
Of the Ways and Means Committee,
tersely puts it.
1--WE stand on our declaration. It
is our plan to frame a new tariff
and we are going to do it. The ex-
change situation, of course, presents
difficulties, but we think those can
be surmounted"
And when Uncle Joe Fordney speaks
If tariff, he means protective tariff
With all that the term implies.
Meanwhile, these dyspeptic free
raiders see the ground slipping from
lnder their feet. On January 81, %
md 20 the Governors of II Southern
states, State officials from all parts
# the South and representatives of
very line of productive Southern in
ustry are to gather in Atlanta, Geor-
lie, for the second meeting of the
southern Tariff Congress, at which
ime tariff schedules as they affect j.,
industry will be discussed.
'ormer Governor Cats, of Florida, 7
ccepting the invitation to attend,
rites: eff we are going to have a +
lrif at all I want some beneficial re-
ults to accrue to our people of the \
outh, and I am therefore strongly n
favor of tariff on Southern pro- r
ucts and manufactured goods" Gov F
rnor Cooper, of South Carolina, the
tate of those redoubtable old free F
'aders, Hayne and Calhoun, writes: g
want to hear the leading minds of
9TH parties discuss this all important
lbject and feel that the Atlanta 6
leeting will be of great benefit to the 2
roductive industries Of the South"
he world do move!
So thorough will be the pending
riff revision that the bill will prob
~ AOI 1SCS1NS Ju6 signature OF =;
'arren G. Harding before October. of -
ext year, or exactly eight years af- g,
r the passage of the destructive
ilson-Underwood law. The Republi- p,
ms will vote on it as a protective in
riff, while many Democrats are ex- n,
'cted to vote for it, saving their IL
ces by dubbing it tariff for more W
venue. They will eat of the onion eC
ID call it an orange. The turnip will w
good turbot. American industries in
all sections will swear fealty to "
otection and so far as it is human oC
possible the tariff issue will be re- OF
oved from politics during the Har- sl
1g regime. There will always be fir
element representing foreign in to
'ests, the importers, and those Man
esterians who are more concerned IN
tn export than with import, who Tn
Il continue to decry the protective WI
nciple, but with the South coming on
o the protective fold the century co
debate between protectionist and a.,
e trader will simmer down to an ~ ta'
ldemic discussion. ~