Milford chronicle., 1922-10-13

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES have been conducting a prop
aganda for year against the enactment of Am
ercan protective tariff In this they have been aided by
the international bankers in this country the free traders
the importing interests all of whom place the pros
perity of European manufacturers above the prosperity
American manufacturers and the welfare of American
working
Since it became a certainty that protective tariff
would be enacted this session of Congress- European
propagandists redoubled their attacks upon the
United States upon the protective tariff They
claiming the tariff will ruin them and will make it utter
y impossible for them repay any of the loans made to
them by this government during the war.
Metropolitan papers reprnting editorials from Brit
ish French, German italian and other European
papers berang the United States for protecting its
industries safeguarding it's markets and aording
steady employment to it's workmen
They denounce the tariff selfish policy This in
face of the fact that every European nation has written
at least tariff (some of them have written three or
four) since the armstice each being higher in its
than preceding one until today in many Euro
pean countries tariff practically amount to
barge
All of this propaganda is finding ready echo in Demo-
cratic newspapers and from Democratic members of Con-
gess and other Democratic leaders who the stump
They all fearful that the protective tariff is going to
throw European working out of job and de-
prive European manufacturers Of chance to ex-
plot the American market According to their theory it
is very selfish for this country to adopt policy which
protects it's industries and it's working
They the country "atrustic" to the extent
that working would be walking the streets, our
manufacturers without business, American farmers
without market produce all in order that
European nations might fatten adversely.
In this connection it is very profitable to recall the
sentiments President Harding in his annual
to Congress last December, when he urged the enact
ment of a protective tariff. In that message he took
cognzance Of just this propaganda and gave his opinion
of it thus:
Sensible of every obligation of humanity commerce
finance linked they in the present world
diton is not to be argued that need destroy our
selves to be helpful to others. With all my heart wish
restoration the peoples bghted by the awful World
War; but the process of restoration does not lie in
acceptance of like conditions 1t better to remain
on firm ground strive for ample employment and high
wage home and point the to balanced
budgets, rigid economies and resolue efficient work
the necessary remedies to disaster. + +
"It not unworthy selfshness to seek to
selves when the processes of that salvation not only
denied to Others but commended to them. We seek
to undermine for others industry by which they sub
sst we are obligated permit the undermining of
of our own which make employment and maintained
activities. = =
Much said about the protective policy for
selves making impossible debtors to discharge
their obligations to If must choose between
people ideness pressing the payment of indebted
ness, people resumng the normal ways of employ
ment and carrying the credit let us choose the latter