Evening star., 1922-08-10
All Facts Influencing Tariff Seized
ules Are Needed

That the public is entitled to know
all of the motives influencing sena-
tors who are framing the tariff bill
is the opinion of the ma jority of the
newspapers of the country. regardless
of political affiliations. Most of them
sharply censure Senator Gooding for
his charge that opposition to the
schedules, and especially the wool
schedule, is due TO the influence of
| large advertisers in individual news
papers. Many of the papers see in
| this latest incident strong reason
why the Frelinghuysen amendment
creating an actual tariff comm ssion
with actual power should be adopted.
The Baltimore Sun would make all
of the black sheep come into the
open" insisting that there are more
black sheep in this business than the
/; senator from Idaho. Nothing can now
paint this tariff bill white. 1t has
become the outstanding political
Scandai of the day, and no explans
: tions can give IL an air of respect
ability. The country would welcome
the opportunity to meet in the open
all OF the members of the Tariff Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Spe-
ciai Interests at the Expense of the
lndorsing this sentiment. the
Springfield News insists that "if tariff
!; rates are being boosted at the ex-
penSe OF the consumer and taxpayer,
and senators themselves are to be
the BENEFICIARY. it is high time the
spotlight was being thrown on the
subject. No senator has a right to
use his office for personal gain. He
is chosen Tor the common good of
the citizenship of his own and the
rest of the states which make up
this country. A thorough survey
ought to disclose facts in the charges
that have been made
The New York Evening World
however, insists that nobody is left
!. out of the proposed inquiry-nobody,
consumer. The black sheep senators
are included. wspaper-Owning SEN
ators are included. well i'm
porters. department stores and all
other witnesses who can testify as
to the interests and individuals who
tariff bill is passed by Congress. From
the standpoint of wool senator from
the sheep ranches of the west. the
public isn't anybody. Mr.. Public and
his wife can be left out of considera-
ton The public isn't anybody when
the black sheep are gathering their
WOOL"
In the opinion of the Syracuse
Herald. Senator Gooding is an aspir-
ant for 1.-The peculiar kind of sena-
by Senators Tom Watson and La
Toilette. The Herald insists that
I'VE cannot persuade ourselves that any
man SO ignorant of elementary economic
principles as to contend that this
country, with productive capacity
pacity, would profit by the absolute
exclusion of foreign trade is fit for
service in the Senate of the United
States"
Likewise the Kansas City Star is
convinced that 'if the senator wants
should apply himself to those in
terests that profit from it," while
the Chicago Tribune suggests that
IAN effective tariff commission. such
as Senator Frelinghuysen advocates.
would relieve wool-raising senators
from the necessity of furnishing the
information upon which Congress de-
termines the duties which will deter
mine the price Of American clothing"
Replying directly to the Gooding
charge of Influenced newspapers, the
Springfield Union points out that
opinions of these republican news
papers which have incurred the en-
nifty of Senator Gooding are in
fiuenced by their mercantile adver-
tising, they are not off1cially en-
gagged in tariff-making. The republi-
can newspapers that are thus put in
the traitorous class are ordinarily
defenders of protection. They are not
criticizing the principle. but alleged
abuses Of it that are more likely to
hurt than help it's cause"
The Brooklyn Eagle argues that
after all. the issue between the
newspapers and the wool-growing
members Of the Senate Is one upon
which the people of the United States
must ultimately pass. Republican
newspapers. no less than democratic
newspapers, have made charges
against republican senators which
have yet to be denied or disproved.
They are not to be denied or dis
proved by lurid rhetoric or by back
Are of counter charges such as Mr..
Gooding would kindle. His resolu-
tion is an adventure in stupidity
which has few parallels in the records
of a Congress notable for its foolish
and reckless defiance of public senti-
pent"
The charge that the wool senators