The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-17
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 HISTORY PAGE
BY COL. WINFIELD JONES Especial Correspondence)


 the permanent tariff bill is finally passed by congress and signed by the president two congressmen, Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, and Rep resentative Forney of Michigan, will gain the distinction of having their named permanently embalmed in the country's history. This will be be- cause the permanent tariff bill will be known, generally, as the Pen rose Forney or Forney-Penrose law. Senator Boise Penrose is chairman of the senate finance committee, and Representative Joseph w. Ford new is chairman of the house ways and means committee. These two committees have charge of framing the tariff bills.
 For many years the chairman of either one or both of these commit tees have had tariff bills named after them. It has always been con- sidered one of the biggest of con- gressional honors to have a tariff bill named after the chiefs of either or both of these committees. Nearly every reader of this correspondence can remember back to the Mckinley tariff bill, which had a great deal to do with putting it's author in the White House, and on down to the Underwood tariff bill. The Under wood tariff bill gave its author, Senator Oscar Underwood of Ala bama, so much prestige that he was a formidable candidate for a Demo- cratic presidential nomination more than once.
 The emergency tariff bill bears the name of Representative Young of North Dakota, but this bill can hardly make it's author famous be- cause it is destined to enjoy but a brief span of life before being super seded by the permanent Penrose- Fordney bill
 Of course the Penrose- -Fordney bill may not be as permanent" as it is named, but from present indications the Republicans are destined to con- trol congress for a long time, as long as they do control house and senate the Penrose- Fordney bill will be in effect, with of course amendments from time to time as the need arises for such changes.
 It is interesting to recall the course of tariff legislation in con- gross. For many years the first thing the party that gained control of congress did was to revise the tariff. This always happens, and it is necessary that this condition exist simply because the Democrats and the Republicans have very divergent views on tariff matters. The Demo- crats lean toward free trade or a tariff for revenue only, while the Re- publicans favor a tariff, not only for revenue but for protection of American industries. It follows, and it has been true for many years that Democratic policies call for low tariff, and the Republican poli- cies include high tariff. That Is the principal difference in tariff mat ters in congress. Therefore when the Republicans capture congress they proceed to revise the existing tariff upward toward protection and high schedules. When the Demo. crats gain control they revise the existing tariff downward and change the schedules so that protection to American products is not as high as in tariffs constructed by Republi- cans.
 In 1909 President Taft took office. The Republicans had controlled con- gress prior to that event for twelve years. The tariff, however, soon after President Taft was naugurated, was revised, though it was a Repub- 1ican revision. The Dingley tariff, enacted soon after President McKin- ley entered the White House, and which superseded the Mckinley tar if, was revised in the Taft admins tration. The Roosevelt administra- tion ignored tariff matters, and it was not until Taft succeeded Roose- welt that the Dingley tariff was re- vised. A special session called by President Taft made the revision. It was needed for the Dingley tariff had been in force for many years and was obsolete and even unjust in many of it's schedules The Dinglev