The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-13
T oday Ready-the New Tariff. To Fight Hiram Johnson. Horse and Clergyman. Editors Influence.
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE
By ARTHUR BRISBANE


 The new tariff bill is ready. the Senate has it, bitter fight will rage. That tariff will be higher than ever. That. undoubtedly. is necessary 10 protect American business men and workers against conditions in Europe. The revenue to be raised will be something over $so0.O0o, 900. Once that would have been a considerable sum, now it is small change" in government expense.
 One good feature stands out. Un- less trickery changes the plan. the tariff will be based on foreign valu- ations of goods, not on uncertain, changeable, dishonest. grating Amer ican valuations.
 There Is no difficulty in estab fishing foreign value. United States consul can testify to it. A business man can plan his business on that basis and know when he buys his goods what the tariff will be.
 The American valuation plan would have provided many berths for in- competents, much worry for business. It is to be hoped that is dead.
 California will be interested to learn that in Wall street the gossip runs as follows: There will be an- other in the Senate in place of Hiram Johnson after the next election, Wise conservatists in California are pick ing out a man to run against Johnson. A safe and sane man of our kind, sitting in the Senate in place of Johnson, will be very well come." etc. etc.
 wali street gentlemen probably arc counting their chickens in ad vance, for they don't know California as we'll as they know the stock ticker. But there is no doubt that strong fight will be made against Hiram Johnson this fall. The prob lem at present seems to be to pick out some clean nonentity to whom nobody can object.
 The hard part of Hiram Johnson is that he is not able to go to Cali fornia and defend himself against shis usual collection of enemies out there. Only few in Washington know how hard he has worked to defend his states interests in the preparation OF the tariff. He has succeeded ad- mirabiy, and California's products at this moment have the protection 10 which they are entitled. If Senator Johnson should turn his back on Washington and go out to look after his own interests the work that he has done for California would be undone. And as real Californians know, he is not the kind of man that drops a fight while 1t Is on. whatever the consequences to him self.
 Those that have travelled in Cali fornia and talked to Californians. cannot very we'll imagine the men and women of that state turning against Hiram Johnson, known and admired all over this country for his deep sincerity and first class fight ing power.
 When the time comes Hiram Johu- son will roll up his usual California majority and continue his fight for the state destined to be the greatest by far in the union.
 To cut down California's giant, magnificent trees would be no greater crime than cutting down Hiram Johnson in the midst of his career. And one would hurt the reputation of California as much as the other.
 The oldest horse in the world, prob ably, is named Glover" Thirty six years ago, at the age of 15, he re- tired from the trotting track and be- came the property of the Rev. Dr. N., Myers of Catawissa. Pa. pr. Myers, too old to preach. can no longer af- ford to keep the horse, which Is 51 years old, much younger than the reverend doctor. It may be neces- sary to shoot the horse. Everybody
  about the Rev. Dr. Myers, retired on a pension of little more than s1 a day, after preaching all his life? Nobody gets much excited about that.
 Mildred Kavanaugh, secretary of the Journalism class at St. Marys college at Notre Dame. Ind, asks this question: What is the chief source of editorial influence?"
 The question is answered by re- beating what Socrates. teacher of elocution, said in Athens 2,300 years ago, when he taught oratory to Xenophen and other great men: ITO convince others, be yourself con vinced."
 Editorial influence means the power to put in other minds ideas that are in your mind. The only way to make others believe as you do. is to be yourself convinced The in-. teresting thing is that the sailor at sea, the street car conductor in the city, the herdsman on the plains, the child at high school, all know heaven only knows how-whether a writer is sincere or insincere. l aA