Evening journal., 1921-12-13
NAToNALIsTTC rARrF TENDENcIEs.

ET will be recalled by many Delawareans that some
4 time ago. the Republican Publicity Association called
attention to list OF countries which had adopted the pro
tecye tariff idea and enacted appropriate legislation to
make it effective Topping this list Great Britain,
which her so-caed safeguarding OF industries" act
has provided for duty OF S3 per cent exhaustive
list OF articles which may be added to the commits
sion authorized by that act may nt other countries
mentioned with a summary OF what they had done in !
this particular Austria British East Africa British
Honduras. Jueoslavia Rumana Australia the Barbadoes
czeohoslovaka, Lativa France Japan and Argentina all
Of which have revised revising their tariff sched
ues upward.
Great Britain is extending her safeguarding Of indus
tries" act every conceivable fashion, some OF the ex-
tensions being amusing In the OF composite articles
Of which article liable TO duty forms part the duty
is to be chargeable against the dutable part Hence
doll with lamp5lown glass eyes, pays duty the eyes
and electric lamp with tungsten wire nlament pays
duty on the flament.
To this list OF protection countries the association
adds Finland which, according to the Department Of
Commerce is considering "a general tariff revision along
protective lines with great increase in import duties
and early adoption is predicted" Monthly Commerce
Reports state that German import duties been dou-
bed by decree effective November %" The new tariff
OF Latvia became effective October IS.
Polish import duties luxury goods payable in paper
Ks, have been increased from 300 times the gold rate
0Otmes those basic rates and those ordinary
ltes not specified in any other list, comprising ordi-
merchandise the duties. as paid in paper currency
been increased from $50 times the basic gold rates
no times those rates This Is said to offset consider
ad the fall Of exchange, hence It higher proec-
pres
writsul Withey al Tahiti reports that "a recent decree
eoncreased all octro de duties on goods imported
ten the Society Island Both the specific valorem
les have been Increased 20 per cent" These duties are
Goddton TO the regular customs duties are collected
e the import duties paid They represent an ad-
ttonal tax to set into that small but somewhat mpor
ent market
These actions the part OF competing nations are hard
bows to the free traders They to point to England
as classic example OF free trade but England today is
siaunchy protectonist
Considered in their general aspects these tariff symp-
toms DO something to prove how inapropos was the
League Of Nations conception which was based on the
dea, privately supported by its sponsors and publicv
iened by them, that the nations Of the world shoud ac
knowledge this body as supergovernment and that in
ernationalism Should override nationaism The whole
arin movement throughout the world is based on re-
narkable revival Of the spirit Of nationasm revival
which seems to follow after every great war These tar
MS are esseni'''v natonalistc the United States
;snnot own national tarin poliev anv too
non.
~ argument Of the free traders that this would result