Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-29
High Tariff Sophlstry Exploded.

When we view the facts necessary
TO restore and maintain stable pros
perity In this country. of which our
export trade and fCreiCn commerce
and tax reduction are the biggest il
is plainly evident that the reactionary
Republican leadership, which thus far
has been so blind 10 world conditions
and to the Dig part America occupies
in the world finance and commerce,
wholly failed TO grasp and understand
the economic laws and policies so
vital TO our business recovery. They
have thus far completely ignored
world facts? The old Republican
sophistry that high tariffs will cure
completely exploded and exposed by
existing physical facts. There is no
deadlier weapon with which 10 destroy
| foreign trade than high tariff
A typical Republican high tariff
would be utterly destructive Of the
prosperity OF every American industry
that produces a substantial surplus
which can only be marketed abroad.
In the face of~this unerring economic
/ w. tbtliib JNtBhDlNdii ltdu-
ers in Congress are threatening and
attempting to infict on the country a
prohibitive. high tariff system. This
colossal fraud was successfully WORKED
on the farmers for a generation. EX-
perience. however. is good teacher
| The so-called farmers emergency
high tariff law has been in operation
since last May and yet the farmer has
seen the prices of all his most i'm
portant products decline each day
sincS that time until billions of dol
lars have been lost TO the farmers OF
the nation. The American farmer has
finally learned his tariff lesson. but
at an awful price. lie has now learn.
ed that the tariff has no more effecr
on the. prices of hlost farm products
than on the tides of the ocean.
Republican apologists, vainly seek
ing an alibi for the great economi
distress pervading the country, feebl.
suggest that our commerce has no
declined so much i'm quantity as il
value. Why is it then that there ar
today 52S.000 idle freight cars an,
100 idle merchant vessels? Why /
Fit that there are so many mills. fac
tories, mines and workshops through
the country either shut down or run
ming on partial time? These Republi
can alibi witnesses might as wei
preach to the millions Of idle hungrr
laborers that their stomachs are full
and TO the bankrupt farmer that h
never was more prosperous.
Democratic Party Progressive.
The Democratic party is not mater
ialistic merely, as is It's adversar
under reactionary control, but
recognizes the human side. and Will
upholding the highest standard q
public morals, stands for all practica
measures and policies designed {
promote the material and social wei
fare of the people. II represents tn
true voice Of America. Democrats q
today, as Thomas jefferson taugh
look forward, not backward. The
, keep pace with every phase of ou
; national progress and with changin
circumstances. They have eisior
J practical ideals, progressive and lin
eral views. They continue in perfeC
harmony with that great body of prc
gressive and liberal thought that CAV
! the nation "A Federal Reserve systeu
which reactionarism had denied To tn
! American people for forty years; tina
gave the country "A long list of mos
wise constructive legislation durin
, lthe peace period from 1913 to l9I