Gunnison news-champion., 1921-04-29
LEGISLATING AGAINST
DEAD MEN
Sew YORK World


frank A VandeTliP once said that
the American people are economical
ly uilterate and q large amount Of
this I.E-rracy has found expression n
the taud sections o. President Hard
ing's address 70 Congress
Practically everything Mr. Harding
had % say about the taTT could -
Wsil have been written in 1850. When
BE- cane 20 that part Of his address,
he evidently fOTgD; t1at there had
been . var, tha, 100000 men had
lost their lives that 10000 600 more
had ben III a5lsd. that two economic
empire mad ben totally destroyed
and that The United S,Et"s had he
come the great creditor nation u the
world
Having ogerIoolzod these little de-,
tails. Mr. Harding b. deeply impressed
American industry from competition
b. the stern uaaea sIty o. protecting
Of EuToPs's dead men and 0f building
Up markets By sitting trade To bo
sure, he admits that "lrr cannot aaIl
lniess We buy but feeling BsrrpJgE-.
cred BY the ITrlde-e cent 1b.I0l uoss Of
this axiom, he promptly proceeds 10
rePulatr Il b. lu ting that the
privilege Of the American market 20 Z
the foreign producer are offered too
rE~ap.y today. and that "tha elect
On much Of our uWH product sIty j.
The destruction Of our scf-rrHanoC.~ 4
The privilege Of the American mar
ast may b. offered too ehpaplv. but
-ng American consumer. Struggling
against the high cost Of living. has
not Yet perceived IN" appalling con-
squeHce= Of this era Of cheapnsSs. In
PItH Of the Presidential uka-f. ha rrrf.
igntlnue 20 think that Il does not eg-
Z unit. BE- has had proof that g. re-
.ectGn in his po-knib0lk. A. for the
iestTuCtIOn Of American self-raIfaucc
30, 20 foreign competition, Mr Hart
ne might a well have said that the
way To maintain popular interest IN
'aseoIil ~ a port would b. fa limit
Do" National league 20 ono club. there
~ making that club srlf-rrliant. Onef
r"uld be- just as Intelligent a. the 9TH,
y.
American trade and industry are
lut suffering from the vTsctr az for n
.Iyn competition They are suTering
rom the rpLlapaa 0f the foreign mar
yci' from th" inability Of Europe 20
'uy the American hreadstufTs Tor the
SrE Of which millions are on the
.'Fgc Of starvation. and from the in
sbliIiy Of Europe 10 buy the Ameri-
.an raw materials and the American
products that are essential 70 thr econ
'mic rehabilitation Of a war wrecked
ointment Il
In those cirCIm stances. Mr.. Hard.
ny proposes Il tariff r"Vi Iun that
slIl still further disturb the rate Of
'Erhangc that will make IL impos-
affFik E-fHFFF.s. -.
,n IN. debt owed 70 the United States
and tha, will also increase the econ
Imic turmoil oT the world that our
lFn foreign markets. will b. still fru-
her CIrcum -Sribcd.
Having put forth this sage and
theory OF economic sal
yulton, hc delivers himself Of the
wlEr obser alton that ability 10 buy
j. based on homo Development and
he fostering OF home markets" The
thought cyidcntly never occurred to
him that II this is true il applies 20
other countries IA well rs the United
States, and that they cannot buy from
US either unless they too are allowed
a Ernall share Of home development
and that the sooner we help them on
their feet tho better it viii he for
Even Mr Harding can be quite sure
thai the home markets OF tho United
Gates will not be seized by Europc's
Industrial army of 10000 900 dead
men plus its reserves OF 10000 900
crippled and disabled, and the next
time he feels impelled to discuss &C.
onomic questions with Congress he
will do better to let Mr. Hoover write
his message. Whatever the country
may need to reehabilitate its trade
and industry, the one thing that is
sure 20 make bad matter immcasur-
ably worse is the remedy that Mr.
Harding recommends.