The Washington herald., 1921-01-11
Opinions
of Other
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Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
Tariff Making.

Rochester HersldD
The one way that lies open to-
ward a gradual resumption Of
profitable sales abroad in the future
is naturally through the rehabilita-
tion OF the industries, the restOra-
tiOn OF the earning power of Euro
pean peoples, and an increasing
Willingness on our part to accept
European goods in exchange for our
own. For the American farmer to
occupy his mind and his time-and,
above all, his political influence
in trying TO apply other eNpedients
and makeshifts to the problem Of a
good market for his wares. is to
follow a will-o'-the-wisp leading
him into a QUagmire Of failure and
disaster.
New York TimesD
If humor may be defined as say
ing the unexpected and incongruous.
Senator Penrose must be classed
among our leading humorists. After
contemptuOus reference to the pend
ing ''pOpgun" tariff bill, he grsvely
announces his support of it. There
must have been q twinkle in his
eye, however. when he added that
the rates ought TO be modified" by
the Senate, and then, 4 sincerely
hope that the House will consent to
these notifications" The merry Jest
consists in thus incidentally point
ing out the way TO kill the bill.
even without a Presidential veto.
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New York worldl
A cynical world is sometimes
skeptical about these Pauline con
versions in politics. There will
probably be low minded folk who
Will insist that Penrose was against
the Fordney bill. which is a farmers
tariff measure, until he received as
surances from the Western and
Southern Senators and Representa-
uves that they would be reason
able" when Congress took up the
schedules that apply TO the PennsyI-
wanna industries, which are always
an object OF the Penrosian concern.
New York HersIdl
The New York Herald did NO,
confne its recommendation merely
to tariff protection for the farmer
II suggested possible readjustment
OF injurious exchanges; it favored
the financing of export manufactHr-
ers to maintain the purchasing
power Of American wage earners
consuming crops
But The New York Herald agrees
with Senator Penrose, agrees with
MIN decidedly, that the i'll advised
rates in the emergency tariff hill
should be modified, some OF them
drastically. II they cannot be 50
modified the measure would betteT
be killed, for it very easily couId
prove mte of a curse than a hes
sing to the American farmer as we'll
as the whole country.
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philadelphia Public Ledrerl
A destitute and desperate Old
World is a standing menace to the
New chronic condition Of want
and woe threatens our peace and
security more certainly than the
system Of militarism that creates
and maintains an army. Without
the raw materials, the factories
stand idle; without the bread and
meat the operatives can not carry
on their work The factories and
the operatives in certain areas are
those Of countries whose govern
ments inflicted on the earth a mon
strous amount of misery, the death
of millions of bread-winners and
the massacre of uncountabie innoy
cents. Nevertheless, the world must
move on and away from war to
peace. The social and industrial
structure must be rebuilt, and ours
in America is the sole population
in a powerful position to rebuild f.