Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-05
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TARIFF TANCLE
Senate Committee Ad-
verse to INVESTIGATION;
Munsey Is Attacked.
Publisher Accused At
lacking Administrator
Bill for Interest"

Washington, Aug. frank A
Munsey, owner and publisher of the
New York Herald, was charged Friday
in the senate by Senator Gooding OF
Idaho, chairman Of the republican agri-
cultural bloc. with fighting the admin
istration tariff bill in the interest of
his investments in Europe.
Asserting that Mr.. Munsey had in
~terests in steel plants. mines, glass
factories, pottery plants, wooden mills,
is beet sugar factories and other in
dustrial institutions in foreign lands,
Senator Gooding declared it was not
hard to understand why Mr.. Munsey
has turned his hounds loose OF those
senator's who are trying to protect
American industries and American
labor
Nor is it strange that he has sin
gled out the members of the tariff
bloc of the senate" he continued, for,
without the steadying Influence of the
tariff bloc, this propaganda that has
been going on by Munsey, Goldman
and the international banks and their
kind would have defeated any attempt
to pass a protective tariff measure at
his session.
80 | say to Mr.. Munsey and his
hounds, let them come on. | will take
my chances with the American farmer,
the American manufacturer, the Amer
lean laborer and the American people,
regardless of what occupation they
follow, while he hobnobs with royalty
and exploits the poorly paid labor of
Europe"
When Senator Gooding concluded.
his resolution for an investigation was
reported adversely by Chairman Cal
der of the senate expenditures com
mlttee.
Munsey Is Played
Urging adoption Of his resolution
proposing an investigation of Mr..
Munsey and republican newspapers OPP
posing the tariff. Senator Gooding
told the senate that, in view of Mr..
Munsey's great newspaper holdings in
America and his effort to prejudice
public opinion against American legis-
lation in the interest of his foreign in
the people Of the United
States have a right TO know all the
facts relating to Mr.. Munsey's foreign
holdings in European industries,
bonds and other securities"
IF the senators who have stood for
TO American industries and
labor are to be blackmailed
in the interest Of Mr.. Munsey's foreign
he added, then | want
to know about it,"
While We are investigating Mr..
Munsey." Senator Gooding continued.
should also investigate the finan-
rial interests of other newspapers, such I
as the Boston Herald and those which
il advertises as its associates in the
plan to sell America TO European
manufacturers and merchants. The
newspapers which it lists are engaged
selling America to foreign manu-
,acturers and merchants compose those
have been most critical of the
pending protective tariff-namely the
Chicago Tribune, the New York Times
he Cleveland Plain Dealer. the st.
louis Globe-Democrat and the Min
leapolis Tribune. Let us ascertain.
sIr. President, why these publications.
ire so interested in the defeat of pro-
ective tariff.
Let us settle for all time whether
t is a crime to stand for the p~rotpc-
ion of American industries. but a viz
ne and an exhibition of patriotism to
work for the destruction of American
Industry. What propose to do by my,
is to investigate the selfish
'ess of those who would profit by the
Iefeat of the proposed schedules and
Who would put large sums of money
nto their pockets by defeat of the tar
# bill as a whole"
Harrison Agrees /,
Senator Harrison. democrat. of Mis-
issippi. declared the committees ac-
ion was without precedent"
II submit that he (Senator Gooding)
! entitled to an investigation, that the
ountry may know the real facts" said
Harrison. adding that the re- !
committee members were /
down" their colleagues.
Senator Calder in a statement ex-
the committees recommended
ions against adoption Of the r~esolu- i
on, said a majority believed senator's |
to in newspaper charges we're
men of integrity" who would not be
,fluenced by any personal interests,
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