Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-29
TARIFF CONGRESS
WANTS 1O-YEARBAN
ON FOREIGN GOODS
Resolutions c IN mittee
Asks Body to Urge De-
barment for Decade.
WITHDRAW CRITICISMS OF
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
McClcary Says No Such Thing
as Free Trade Among
Nations.
EXPLAINS BRITISH SYSTEM
Declares English Tax Nonprotcc-
tive AMI Amcrica's the
Opposite.
WITHDRAW CRITICISMS OF
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
Declares English Tax Nonprotcc.
tive and Americas the
Opposite.
me- Assoclnted prcss. l

ATLANTA, CA, Jan. IS. Tho
Southern Tariff Congress was asked
hy it's resolutions committee hero late
today TO so on record as urging tnat
mo goods. the like OF which we are
now making. or can make. shall be
imported into the United States for
the next ten years"
The resolutions. indorsed hy ths
resolutions committee. OF which John
II. Kirby. head OF the congress Is
chairman were prepared at the con-
cluS!oa Of an address on The pro-
tcctivc Tariff. Why and How Much
by James i. McClcary. formerly a
Representative In Congress from
Minnesota. and were ordered placed
before tac main body OF the congress
later
Resolutions criticis!nS the Federal
Reserve Board at Washington were
withdrawn earlier in the day after
they had prcclpitated II lively debate
among members OF the congress sit
ting as a committee OF the whole.
Resolutions adopted commended
the announced policy Of President
Eject Harding of America first"
and praised Mr.. Harding and Cal
via Coolidge. Vice prcsident-elcct, for
their announced attitude toward the
South.
McCIeary Addresses Congress.
Addresses scheduled for tonight
were postponed until tomorrow and
delegates and visitors were enter
tainoh ut n smoker at which there
was Informal discussion OF tariff
questions. The delegates were told
late today by former Representative
McClcary in discussing tariff rates
that as soon as we get into normal
condition after the war" that there
LEI only one mistake possible" That,
he added. is In placing tho tarir
rate too low
There Is no such thing as free
trade among nations. The name FREQ
trade was Invented to deceive ana has
always done so, including among its
victims it's own advocates. Last year
the United Kingdom Of Great Britain
and Ireland collected over $500. .0OO.-
600 through her custom houses. or
more than $40 per capita. We col
lected about SO per capita. She col
lected more than three times as much
per capita than we, and greater
amount than was ever collected under
any tariff law in the history of this
nation.
Both countries admit free OF duty
and always have-large amounts of
imports: but each lcvies duties on
others goods. Neither has free trade
In the sense that we have It between
the states OF this Union.
Names Difference In Syxtems.
What is the real difference be-
tween the British system and ours,
She lays the dutics'ot noncompetins
articles. and admits free OF duty the
competing articles. We reverse that.
admitting free all noncompetinE ar.
ticics except luNuries. and laying du.
ties on competing articles. For eS-
ample, tea is not produced in either
country. and is therefore noncompet-
ing in both. Great Britain therefore
levies duty on tea, while we admit
IL free of duty. Take wooden CLOTH
II is made in both countries, and
therefore imported wooden cloth
would compete with home production
in both countries. Therefore, wooden
cloth IS on III free list in Great
Britain and on our dutiable list
Except as to Injuries. what ons
country puts on tho free list. the
other puts on the dutiabic list. Tho
proper name for the British system Is
nonprotcctive tariff. and for ours,
protective tariff. She aims to give her
Continued on Second Pagc.)