Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-08
William Jennings Bryan Says
Times Too Chaotic to Look
Day Ahead.
ny William Jennings Hryan.
&c. 1922, by the Wheeler Syndicat

In these chaotic times. 1t is i'm.
possible 10 look far ahcad-even n
day-and. therefore. il is not safe
TO predict as TO what issue Will be
next November The tariff question
has In many campaigns occupied tho
foremost place, but for several rea-
sons this Will not be true this year.
The strikes at home and tho political
situation abroad may at any time
precip!tatc "a crisis that Will tenn
porar!iy crowd out other questions.
Then, too. We have the bonus bill
and the profitccr to deal with. not
10 speak OF law enforcement, the
ship subsidy and other issues.
But tn" tariff has become OF sec
oadary Importance FOR another rca-
son. viz because the amount coll
lect"d from import duties Is rcla-
lively smaller than 1t was former
| ~. The sum now raised by a tax
on incomes and upon corporations Is
so large tina; it overshadows import
duties.
Public Not Frightened.
a third reason is to he found IN
the fact that the country prospcrcd
! SO greatly under low tarin. that the
1enehCiarins Of protection are no
! longer able ~ friGhtcn the threat
! Of pan!c. For a generation. the
/ threat OF panic has been used as
| "a club 10 beat the country into sub
| niSei"n to the "Nploitcrs WORKING
| men We're afraid that they would
lose their jobs II the ,ariT was low
cred. and farmers were afraid they
| would lose ;h.ir markets. II seems
( Incredible that so many people could
| have been deceived by IN. literature
! circulated by those who use the tax
| Ing power for their own private ad-
vantage, but the iat-try!ns went on
campaign after campaign until ac-
tua! experiences proved TO the coun-
! try that prosperity does not depend
| upon nigh tarin rates
The discussion Of tho tariff bin in
! the present Congress revealed such
F." difference OF opinion among sc-
I rub!lcans, as they fought over the
various schedules. that the Democrats
aid not have to do much spcukinr-
they could not have framed "a more
sever" Indictment than SOM OF the
Republicans made against ;hr more
outrageous rates IN. cNtrayagancc
81 the demands made los the tariir
narons was proba1ly due "a The fac,
they recognized that this Congress.
Is giving them the last chance tina,
th"N VIII likely have rOr many years
N"rE for tar uipht - canning"
seems 10 have been the battle hymn
81 those peculiarly Interested i'm IN.
nigh tariff rates
ttt~nrt 4" Tri"k the Farmers.
IN. tariM bill hus brought ON, and
poiished up nearly an ia. old shams
ana humhGes that have ben en-.
p!oy"d IN years past The hom.
market argument mas been uscI
wherever tho protcci.onists could
:ind any voters sun willing to lie
ten TO IL. and the attempt is sin
being made to tolc tho farmer INTO
INC pro: ectionists' camp by a tariir
on agricultural products. although
they ought to know that tho farmers
ms whole will pay siJ hccaus. %,
protection on manufactured products.
whSrc they collect 81 because OF a
'ariff on Agricultural products.
The old AN absurd claim that the
foreigner pays the tariff cannot
Wei bS used At this time. because
prices have already been advanced
on domestic articles in anticipation
Of tho tariff on foreign Imports
But while the Democratic candi-
dates vii! profit politically by the
greed OF tn" protected interests
shown by the tariff rates In IN. new
| iaw, II VIII not make ns many Dem.
! ncra'ic votes as the rcvcnu. law
/ passc" last year. An eminent
!, French economist. Mastist. said thai