The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-29
TARIFF CONGRESS
 ASKED ID OPPOSE
 CERTAIN IMPORTS
Resolutions Committee Wants No Goods Which We Are Making to Be Imported
 Into J. s.
By Associated Press

Atlanta January %-The southern tariff congress was asked by it's 3solu- tons committee here late today to go on record as urging that mo goods. the like of which we are now making or can make, shall be imported into the United States for the next 10 years.
 The resolutions, indorsed by the resolu- tions committee of which John H. Kirby, head of the congress, is chairman, were proposed at the conclusion of an address on "the protective tariff, why and how much by James P. McCleary formerly representative in Congress from Min nesota and was placed before the main body of the congress later
 Resolutions criticising the federal re- serve board at Washington, were with drawn earlier in the day after they had precipitated a lively debate among mem- bers of the congress; sitting as a com mittee of the whole. Resolutions adopt ed commended the announced policy of President-elect Harding of America win Coolidge. vice President-eleet, for their announced attitude toward the south.
 ADDRESSES POSTPONED
 Addresses scheduled for tonight were postponed until tomorrow and delegates and visitors were entertained at a smok- CT at which there was informal discus sion of tariff questions. The delegates were told late today by former Repre- sentative McCleary in discussing tariff rates that "as soon as we get into normal condition after the war ,uat there is .only one mistake possible
 That, he added, is lin placing the tariff rate too low
 There is no such thing as free trade among nations. The name free tra ie was invented to deceive and has always done so, including among it's victims it's own advocates. Last year the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland collected over $500, ,oO0O Ooo through her cus- toms houses, or more than slo per cap ita We collected about s per capita. She collected more than three times IS much per capita than we, and, greater amount than was ever collected under any tariff law in the history of this na- tion.
 Both countries admit free of duty, and always have, large amounts of inn ports. but each levies duties on other goods Neither has free trade in the sense that we have it between the states of this Union.
 HOW SYSTEMS DIFFER
 What is the real difference between the British system and ours? She lays the duties on noncompeting articles and admits free of duty the competing arti- cles. We reverse that, admitting free all noncompeting articles, except lux uries. and laying duties on competing articles For example tea is not pro- duced in either country and is therefore noncompeting in both. Great Britain therefore levies a duty on tea while we admit it free of duty. Take woolen cloth. It is made in both countries, and therefore, imported woolen cloth would compete with home production in both countries. Therefore, wooden cloth is on the free list in Great Brit ain and on our dutiable list. Except as to luxuries, what one country puts on the free list the other puts on the dutiable list. The proper name for the British system is nonprotective tariff and for ours, protective tariff. She claims to give her home producers no advantage over the foreign producers in her own market: we aim to give our own producers the advantage in our home market over foreign producers trying to sell in our market Which IS the better system? That is the funda- mental tariff question. It is simple enough when relieved of the deceptive name free trade; and when clearly un- derstood there is no room for differ ence of opinion as to which is the better system
 "One of the numerous questions oI detail of the tariff problem is: What should be the rate of tariff? As soon as we get into normal condition after the war. there is only one answer to that question. The answer is. there is only one mistake possible-that is, placing the rate too low, when we no longer need very urgently the revenue from the tariff The rate cannot be made too high. The utmost result Is to give our entire market to our own producers.
 How high should the Galveston breakwater be to render her people safer" he added. Did you ever hear any one say that anything but good would come from having it high enough for all emergencies?'
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