Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-07

| consider the desirability of only
promising alternative, namely, &
provision authorizing proclaimed
| American valuation, under pre-
| scribed conditions, on any given
' list of articles imported.
In this proposed fleMbility
authorizing increases to meet con-
ditions so likely to change, there
should also be provision for de-
creascs. A rate may be just today,
= and entirely out of proportion six
. months from today. If our tariffs
are to be made equitable, and not
necessarily burden our imports and
hinder our trade abroad, frequent
adjustment will be necessary for
years to come. Knowing the i'm
possibility of modification by act
Of congress for any one or a score
of lines without involving a long
array OF schedules, I think we
shall 60 a long ways toward stab
ilization, if there is recognition of
the tariff commissions fitness to
recommend urgent changes by
proclamation.
Signs of Business Revival.
am sure about public opinion
favoring the early determination
Of our tariff policy. There have
been reassuring signs of a bust
ness revival from the deep slump
which all the world has been ex-
periencing. Our unemployment.
which gave US deep concern only
a few weeks ago, has grown en-
Couragingly less and new assur-
ances and renewed confidence will
attend the congressional deClara-
ton that American industry will
be held secure.
Much has been said about the
! protective policy for ourselves max
| to discharge their obligations TO
us. This is a contention not nov
pressing for decision. If we must
| choose between a people in idle
ness pressing for the payment Of
indebtedness, or a people resum
ing the normal ways of employ
ment and carrying the credit, let
us choose the latter Sometimes
we appraise largest the human i'll
most vivid in our minds. We
have been giving, and are giving
now, our influence and appeals to
minimize the likelihood of war
and throw off the crushing bur-
dens of armament. 1t is all very
earnest, with a national soul i'm
polling. But people unemployed |
and gaunt with hunger, face a |
situation quite as disheartening as
war and our greater obligation to-
day is to do the governments part |
toward resuming productivity and
promoting fortunate and remuner-
alive employment.
American Agriculture.
Something more than tariff pro- !
lection is required by American |
the earlier and the heavier bur-
dens of readjustment. There is
actual depression in our agricul-
ture industry, while agriculture
prosperity is absolutely essential to
the general prosperity of the coun-
try.
Congress has sought very earn
estly to provide relief. 1t has
promptly given such temporary re-
lief as has been possible, but the
call is insistent for the permanent
solution. 1t is inevitable that
large crops lower the prices and
short crops advance them. No
legislation can cure that funda-
mental law, but there must be
some economic solution for the
excessive variation in returns for
agriculture production.
1t is rather shocking to be told
and to have the statement strong
ly supported that 100000 bales
of cotton, raised on American
plantations in a given year, actu-
ally will be worth more to the
producers than 100000 bales
would have been. Equally shock
ing is the statement that 100000
600 bushels of wheat, raised by ,
American farmers would bring ,
them more money than a billion I
bushels, yet these are not eXag- {
gerated statements. In a world
where there are tens of millions ,
who need food and clothing, which I
they can not get, such a condition !
is sure to indict the social sys- !
tenn which makes it possible. ,
Cooperating Communities. ,
In the main the remedy lies in ,
and marketing. Every ,
proper encouragement should be r
given to the cooperative marketing J
These have proven :
very helpful to the cooperating 7
in Europe. In Rus :
iia the cooperative community has Z
become a recognized bulwark OF =
aw and order, and saved individ> .
lalism from engulfment in social .
paralysis. Ultimately they will be :
accredited with the salvation of :
he Russian state. =
There is the appeal for this ex- i
pertinent. Why not try it? None .
the right of the farmer !,
o a larger share Of the consumers 4
lay for his product, no one can .
dispute that we can not live with =
tut the farmer. He is justified -
n rebelling against the transport u
alton cost. Given a fair return
or his labor he will have less oc- .
,asion to appeal for financial aid, y
md given assurance that his labors -
hall not be in vain, we assure, y
I'll the people of production suf- :,
icient to meet our national re- \
luirement and guard against dis y
.ster. -
Movement to Cities. =
The base Of the pyramid OF =
which rests upon the :,
oil is shrinking through the drift g
# population from farm to city. .
COR generation we have been
more or less concern -
bout this tendency. Economis =
lave warned and statesmen have ~
leplored. We thought for a time :.
hat modern conveniences and =,
he more intimate contact would a.
lalt the movement, but it has Il
zone steadily on. Perhaps only 4
rim necessity will correct it, but VI
We ought to find a less drastic tf
emedy. n
The existing scheme of ad-
listing freight rates has been ~
avoring the basing points, until o.
Industries are attracted to some .,
enters and repealed from others a,
great volume of uneconomic and 81
transportation has at q,
ended and the cost increased ac-
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