The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-07-12

Washington, July 9:-Participat-
ing today in the general Democratic
attack on the FOrdney tariff bill,
Representative T. Alan GoIdsborough
of Maryland, made his maiden"
speech in the House. The Maryland
er was as vigorous as any oldtimer
in his onslaught on the Republican
tariff measure and received respect
full attention from both sides and
Democratic applause.
Representative Goldsb0rOugh fol-
lowed Representative John Garner,
of Texas; Representative William A.
Oldf1eld, of Arkansas-both mem
bers of the Ways and Means Com
mittee-and other Democrats in their
attack on the high protective mea-
sure offered by the majority party
1t was denounced by Mr.. Goldsbor-
ough as a bill essentially in the in
terest of big business and en-
throned privilege" and against the
welfare of the ultimate consumer and
taxpayer.
Drunk with the opportunity Of
reaction" exclaimed Representa-
tive Goldsborough, The majority
party, in a wild frenzy again to en-
throne privilege where it naa-long-
ed reigned in comfort and with I'M
elton made reckless promises of the
Nirvana it would create by govern
mental action for the people of this
republic. The boys on the Rhine
were to come home Immediately at
ter March 4; returning prosperity
was promised to the Spectator and
profiteer. who during and after the
year had lost the connection OF
achievement by hard and consistent
labor: the Stacker and the gouger,
who during the closing days of the
Democratic administration had been
economically reprimanded and told
to go back to honest work, were as
sured during the campaign Of 1920
by the majority party that the gIori-
Gus days of wartime loot would be
returned for them if only the Re
publican party was placed i'll pow
err
AS an attempt to carry out Repub-
lican promises, Mr.. Goldsborough
said, the majority had presented an
unscientific, discriminatory, plumber
ing reactionary tariff measure.
Aim Of SOrdid interests.
Referring to the hearing of the
Ways and Means Committee he con-
tinued:
These hearings demonstrated
only this: That as soon as it was
known this Congress was going to
enact a tariff bill every selfish and
sordid local interest stormed the
Ways and Means Committee that it
might be allowed to set its talOns in
to the throat of the people PROSTATE
in period of war reconstruction
and asking only that healthy condi-
tions be restored. The country ask
ed only that world trade might be
resumed, so that wheat and corn
and cotton could be restored to nor
NAL prices, and at the same time the
starving and freezing millions
across the seas might be fed and
clothed; that the products of the
factory might find a market across
the Atlantic, with a fair measure OF
the American producer and the en-
ployment of American labor at
fair price"
In suite of this, said Mr.. Colds
borough, the Republican party is
building up one OF the nlgheSt taflH
walls in history around the Ameri-
can nation.
In caustic fashion Mr.. Goldsbor-
ough arraigned also the suddenly
decreed tariff on Mexican oil, prac-
tically prohibiting its importation
and allowing oil producers of this
country to place an unearned charge
upon the American consumer. He
was equally critical of an Illogical
and insincere tariff of certain agri-
cultural products"
Such a tariff he said, was pal
pable attempt to get support OF the
farmer for a rlonstrous tariff meas
ure AS an ILLUSTRATION he cited thep
duty on corn of Is cents bushel,
whereas everybody knows we in
port practically no corn" Mr.. Colds
borough contended that a tariff on
agricultural staples had. never done
anything except give the prolteer
an extra chance to ply his trade and
was of no benefit to the consumer
nor the producer.