Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-07

potto4ilS. 14uI1HS tHo lie u t4tS oSt no
executive has complied with this order
of the congress. When the present ad-
| ADMINISTRATION l;an}e iLso rssponsiL { II
it began an early inquiry into the l.4..-
ure to execute the expressed purpose of
the Jones act. Only one conclusion has
been possible. Frankly members, of the
house and senate, eager as. l am to Join
you IN the naking of an American mer-
chant marine commensurate With our
commerce., the announcement Of our
| commercial treaties would involve us in
q chaos of trade relationship and add in
deseribably to the confusion of the al
ready disordered commercial world.
| 4; Power of Congress not Disputed,
| -Four power to- do is not disputed,
I but power and ships without comfy OF
| relationship will not give US the ex-
| panded trade which is inseparably linked
with great merchant marine. More
| over, the applied reduction Of duty for
Which the treaty announcements were
necessary, encouraged on y the carrying
| OF dutiable imports TO our shores, while
| the tonnage which unfurls the flag on
/ The seas is both free and dutiable and
| the cargoes which make nation emf
nent in trade are outgoing, rather than
incoming
1T is not my thought to lay the prob
1 ASt1 III GeIdll before you To-Day.
| ut is desiFedi only to say to you that
| the executive branch of the government.
uninfueneed by the protest Of any ma
ton, for none has been made. is well
convinced that your proposal, highly in
tended and heartily supported here is
SO fraDght with difficulties and so mark
ed by tendencies to discourage trade ex-
lpansion that L invite your tolerance OF
non compliance for very few weeks
until a plan may be presented which con-
| templates no greater draft upon the
public treasury and which though yet toe
crude TO offer today, gives much prom
use of expanding our merchant marine
that it viii argue its own approval 1t
| is enough to say today that we are so
possessed Of ships, and the American
F1ftentioR to establish Q merchant marine
| is SO unalterable, that a plan of REIN
bursenent at no other cost than is con-
Ieteznplated in the existing act will appeal
to the pride and encourage the hope of
all the American people
4 Permanent" Tariff Law.
''There is before you the completion
| Of the enactment OF what has been term
! ed permanent tariff law, the word
| permanent" being used to distinguish
1t from the emergency act which the
| congress expedited early in the extraor-
binary session and which is the law to-
day.
~ cannot. too strongly urge an ear.
/ y eempletion Of this necessary legisla-
tioY 1t is needed TO stab ize our III
dustry at hone, it is essential to make
! more definite bur tradt relations
| abroad. More i is vital to the ~preser.
yation Of many OF our own industries
(which contribute so notably to the very
file blood of our nation.
There is now. and there always vii
be, a storm of conflicting opinion abou
any tariff revision. We cannot 90 IA
wrong when we base cur tariffs on tn,
policy ef preserving the productive activ
tiles which enhance employment and ad,
to our natioTial prosperity.
again comes the reminder that ",
nust not be unmindful Of world condi
! tons that peoples are struggling for I'M
dustrial rehabilitation and that We can
not dwell in industria' and commercial
Exclusion and at The same time 90 tn
Just thing in aiding world reconstruc
ton for re-adjustraent.
AIoofness is BOT Sought.
I'VE do not seek d selfish aioofness
and We could not profit by it. were
possible. We recognize the NECESSITY
eH buying wherever we sell and the per
manency OF trade lies in its acceptabI
exchanges. IN our pursuit OF nlarket
We must give as well as receive. W
cannot sell to others who do not pre-
Z duca, nor can we buy unless We produc
at home. Sensible Of every. obIigatio
Of Humanity, commerce and finance an
inhed as they are in the present worl
s condition, it is not to be argued that "
need destroy ourselves to be helpful t
others.
With all my heart I wish restors
ton to the peoples blghted by the av
full World war, but the process of ri
steration dees not lie In orr aeceptanc
Of Ike cPaaitions. 1t Were better to II
main on firm ground. strive for ann
employment and high standards Of WAC
( at home and point the way to balan@
budgets rigid economies and reselut.
: efficient work as the necessary remedic
to cure disaster.
Everything relating 20 trade. amor
ourselves and among nations has bee
expanded, excessive, inflated. ab-sq1
{ NAL, and there is q madness in finan,
which nc american nolicv alone ca
G cure. Il Is not an unworthy Sc fshne
to seek to save ourselves when the mr.
j cesses Of that salvation are not on
{ not denied to others. hut commended
70 them. We seek to undermine FOR othe
i no INDUSTRY by which they stlbsist whit
j are obligated TO permit the undermine
Z Of none of our own which make for er
c ployment and maintained activities,
Tariff Legislation Difficult.
r Every contemplation, It little matte
lie in which direction one turns rnagnif
E the difficulty Of tariff legislation. b,
Ig the necessity Of the revision is ma eraiti
II with It. Doubtless we are justified
ID seeking Q more flexible policy than '
re have ,pravided. heretofore. I hone a. w;
g will be found TO make for aexibilitv al
lg- elasticity SO that the rates may be 2
le justed to meet unusua and changi1
re conditions, which cannot be accurate
ut antieipated. There are problems inc
Sc dent to unfair practices and to e
le changes which madness, in money ha
ne made almost unsoivabie. know of
r. manner in which to effect this fexibiIl
IL other than the extens of the powe
IN Of the tariff commission, so that II c
}h adapt itself to scientific and wholly q
It. miRistratinn Of the law"
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