Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-10
By JOHN PAGE


wAsHISGTON. u. g.. April S--Thc
fact that the SiNiy.soycuih Congress.
which Is about TO launch into a pro.
gram which calls. among other things.
I FOR the passlg, Of two tariff hlls-first
the Fordncy or emergency hill and then
the permanent ariff-hrlurs o. our
minds the thought that tariff legislation
has caused succeeding administrations
more trouble and worry than all other
domestic problems combined. The
Payne Aldrich Act OF 1903 which was
sponsored by Taft. gave him such
black ey. that when h. sought r..
and Roosevelt. The democrats one bic
hope for 1924 Is that Harding viii give
his 20. X" "a similar bill this year.
\ search u the capitol archives dis.
closes the fact that when the First Con.
gross convened in 1853 IL faced pretty
much the same program which the
Sixty seventh Congress In 1921 IL con.
fronied with. The first tariff bill 10 b.
passed by Congress 10 the United
States was signed hy George Washing
ton on July I. 1853. Its formal state.
mcni u purpuse-'for laying a duty on
goods wares and merchandise imported
into the United Sates''-carricd "a
bluntncss which statesmen were 90
avoid FOR more than hundred years
1T Is necessary for the support ~ the
government" the preamble 20 that first
tariff continued. FOR the discharge of
the debts Of the United States. and Tor
the encouragement and protection Of
manufacturers that a duty d. laid upon
goods. wares and mtrchand~s i'm.
ported"
I, was Just 100 years. the records
show. before such straightforward
statement Of purpose about protecting
and encouraging manufacturers would
b. made again. though the zane pur.
pose was behind the enactment ~ each
On. Of thu scores ~ tariff bills that have
followed. So simpl. was ne first tariff
bin that IL covered only two pages AZ
against more than one hundred IN the
Payno.Aldfich Act
More d.ft was the wording ~ tho
tariff hlll which was enacted on March
g. 1879. which stated that the duties
which Z authorized were 10 b. levied
Tor che raising Of q farther sum "
money Or the protection Of the from
tiera" Our conRi -sg-nrn We're learning
their y sons early. In 1859 they passed
r. tariff h.ll 90 protect tho manufac.
turers. and said NJ. In 1899 they pass.
I'd another tariff bin with higher du.
ties "to protect the frontiers" They
had learned that % was not popular
20 protect a." manufacturers. ~ hey
protected Tho frontiers.
ono striking feltgr. q the 1872 tariff
grown 60 four ptg.-t Was the duty
hid upon tho importation u coal. which
wlF four lrd or,hllf GENTS per hlshcl
lu 1909 fh' am,u- troill.. with
Trpui troe. uu March -s rf that year
20. runpr s- passed 70 tariff hu which
protected neither 'fa manufacture nor
ft. frontier, hg' v.4 labeled An act
fn protect 90. 0.r.I.f.o 8'd sstmrn OF
tho United State AGAINST 90. fIrisfr
powers The Hariar. uoV.rs nd lssH
u.d.ug European ,umu.fe. bod 'hr Nod.
l''ri Hf'in Tor centuries and getting
away with d. Millions ~ dollars wen,
paid t1 them 'loh year in ir.h4i, and
scores % vessels which would u1y no
tribute were SIZED Hr sunk Uu' tho
tinted States tariff hin ~ 1894 NJ.
narcnily was ton much for tho Ii.rtary
puwers for they soon ceased 20 func.
ton. Congress WIS ~ PLEASED with the
remarkably effective manner Co.. which
the 1894 tariff BIN had protected Amer.
lean cnmm'rc" ana falmen against The
Barhnry poWers nnd manufacturers
against imported gocizl that each year
from 1874 90 lsl- b Kept up the good
work Ny passing another urn hn Tor
the sam. purpose though ly the latter
rtaf We rripositah menac, wa oaiy