Evening journal., 1922-07-21
FRIDAY, JULY 2l, 1922
FREE TRADE HyPocRITEs

TIME hypocrisy OF the Democratic Senators in the
Il opposition to the tariff bill has at time beer
garngly apparent than recently with respect &c
the tariff rice and on peanuts.
Our chief growing States Louisiana Texas
Arkansas and California The House rate paddy rice
was one cent a pound The Senate Finance Committee
proposed amendment making it three-eighths OF 8
cent a pound Voting against this reduction were
Broussard and Ransdell, of Louisiana; caraway and
Robinson. OF Arkansas. and Sheppard OF Texas Cul-
berson not present In addition to these were
Ashurst OF Arizona, who has been fighting high duty
on long staple cotton and who Southern support
and Jones' Mexico. who been vitrolic in his
condemnation OF the Republican tariff bill Kendrick
Wyoming. also voted against the reduction He is
running reelection this year OF the two
Republican Senators from California voted for the
House rate
The House rate mied rice was two cents pound,
the Senate Committee sought TO amend II to one
cent Broussard and Ransdel the amend
ment SO did Robinson. but Caraway ducked out Of
the chamber. Sheppard voted against It. And from
the non-roe producing States Jones' of New Mexico
and Kendrick Of wyoming, voted against the reduc-
ton.
Two days later the rate on peanuts was before the
Peanuts raised in Virginia North Carolina,
Alabama Georgia Texas. Florida South Carolina.
Arkansas. Oklahoma, Louisiana and California. The
House unsheed peanuts three cents
pound. The Senate Committee sought to amend 1t TO
three-quarters OF pound. OF the peanut-pro-
ducing States. of Virginia voted against the
reduction and Glass paired. Henin OF Alabama.
Harris of Georgia Sheppard Texas, Trammei OF
Florida Ransde and Broussard OF Louisiana, voted
against reduction. Fletcher OF Florida and Robin
son were paired. Robinson must have skedaddled be-
fore the vote taken a minutes before
he had stated, Il shall probably vote the
rate" Ashurst and Kendrck also voted against
the proposed reduction
Justice to the Senator'S from Louisiana, Rams
Broussard. may said that they pretty
consistent protectionists and they bones IL
voting with the Republicans generally throughout the
tariff debates. what will the people think the
others?
These two articles rice and peanuts. not the only
examples. Hehin Alabama, has all times well
night wrecked parliamentary decorum his attacks
on the trainers the tariff bill. But not long ago he
made clustering and braggart speech in favor
almost prohbhive duty graphite product Of his
State He declared the industry being ruined for
lack Of adequate protective rates The two Senators
from Florida belgerent in their demands for pro-
lection citrus fruits and pneappes, and IL anybody
should attempt write down the duties tobacco the
Senators the Southern tobacco growing States
would riot.
The that these Senators recognize the change
which has the South which is now strongly
protective. They will for high duties on these
Southern commodities they taken up paragraph
by paragraph. and they will play this attitude up to
their constituents. When the bill be on
Is whole. they will probably against it, and
hereby attempt square themselves with their old
rec friends and their elastic consciensss