Graham guardian., 1921-07-29
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failed to maintain the era OF
prosperity enjoyed by the Ameri-
can people during the eight years
of democratic administration OF
national affairs. and now are ap-
pealing to the public for more
time in which to clean out the
rubbish and complete certain re-
adjustment plans now under
way"
Under the eight years of demo-
cratic administration of the az
fairs Of the American govern
ment, directed by the steady
hand and master mind of the
greatest humanitarian the world
ever knew. prosperity, happi-
ness and plenty were distributtd d
equally among ali the people ir-
respective Of class, association
or environment. Now this order
of things must be changed to
suit the purposes of the republi-
can party. What is meant by
the republicans when they tell us
that "a readjustment must and
will take place" is that the prin-
ciples of government as promul-
gated and applied by Woodrow
Wilson, these principles having
for their foundation the doctrine
of equal privileges and opportun-
tiles, must be replaced by a doc
trine that restricts the distribu-
tion of these privileges and OPP
portunities to a favored few.
When this has been done, and
the common people have beer
forced by circumstances to sub
NIT to this new order of things,
the readjustment of which the
republicans speak viii have taken
place and the country will pro
ceed to adjust itself to the old
order of republican policies OF
special privileges for the few,
the common people be damned. "
The human mind cannot con-
ceive of amore striking example,
nor can there be produced a more
convincing evidence of the re-
pubIicans intentions in this re-
gard than is to be found in the
tariff legislation now being con-
sidered by the Congress of the
United States. This measure,
conceived in the iniquitous pur-
poses of political party that
stands for special privileges, and
born in the secret chambers of q
congressional committee, has for
its aim two purposes:
First, the accumulation of rich
es by the already rich; second,
the restriction and curtailment
of the privileges heretofore en-.
joyed by the two elements OF the
common people, the producer and
consumer. Why do we say this
Because the bill now being con-
sidered provides an almost pro-
hibitive tariff on manufactured
goods, while raw material is ad.
mitted almost free of import
duty, the inevitable result OF
which will be that the American
producer of raw material will be
thrown into open competition
with foreign production, while
the American factories will be
assisted in maintaining exorbi-
tant prices for manufactured
goods by high protective tariff.
In other words, under the pro.
posed law the manufacturing in
terest will not only be able tc
control the price to be paid for
the raw material produced by the
American farmer, miner, stock
raiser and others, but will be
able to arbitrarily fix the price
to be paid by the consumer for
what he consumes and otherwise
use in the maintenance of his
household.
If we must have a tariff why
not reverse the proposed sched.
ule: that is to say a protective
tariff on raw material and rea.
sonable compensatory duty on
finished or manufactured goods
IL appears reasonable to suggest
that with reversal of the sched-
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