The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-08
BACKFIRE SET
BY REPUBS TO
SAVE TARIFF
Manning Says Big Publicity
Campaign Has Benn Launched
COUNTRY UNITED IN
OPPOSITION TO BILL
Newspapers, Clubs and COnsum-
ers Demanding Non-Partisan
Measure.
RY GEORGE Il. MANNINc


WASHINGTON, July 7.-Aroused
by the spread of the movement for
non partisan scientific tariff legisla-
tion, and recognizing the possibility
that it may defeat passage of the tar
#iff bill. the Republican National Com
mittee has launched a publicity cam
paign in behalf of the Fordney Nc
Cumber bill, which is under heavy at
tack not only by democrats in the
Senate by by business mems organi-
women's clubs and consumers every
where.
Revenue VS.. Protection
In long statement to republican
publishers and editors, the committee
declares there can be no such thing as
non-partisan tariff in this country
and then argues that the tariff is lin
tied to two schools of though, one Of
which believes that the tariff should
be written merely for the purpose of
providing revenue and the other Of
which believes that in addition to pro-
yiding revenue, the tariff should be
used as medium for protecting
american indnatrfes and keeping out
destructive competition
Can't Be Non Partisan
ANY so-called non-partisan com
mission would have to make de-
cision as to which kind of tariff it
was going to write, tariff for reve-
nue. only or a protective tariff reads
the Republican National Committees
statement mo tariff commission can
be non bipartisan. 1t must be wholly
partiSan or bi-partiSan"
REPUes SCARED
The campaign for non.partisan,
scientific tariff legislation has met
with such brof response from per-
sons and interests which ordinarily
would back . high protective tariff
that the republican measure now be-
fore the Senate is imperiisd, and the
Republican National COMMITTEES
knows it.
All Fighting Tariff
''The country is filled with clamor
raised by so-called non partisan tar
If organizations, admits the repub-
Iican committee in its statement. All
of these organizations and all of their
are directed against the
enactment at this session of any tar
if. The agitation is backed by free
trade interests. These alleged non-par-
tisan tariff organizations and indlVld-
uals. who are in favor of postponlng
the enactment OF a protective tarifI al
present would be just as ardently In
favor Of postponing it's enactment
year from now or two years from now.
All such persons are against pro-
tectiye tariff at any time.
HARDING's FRIEND
Politicians are wondering Whar
effect the blast Of the republican
national comittee will have upon the
chances Of Senator Frelinghuysen'
Of New Jersey, for renomtnarion
and reelection. He is republican
member of the Finance Conmitree
and 4 personal friend of President
Harding, who took occasion Wnen
visitina the Senator'S state as MS
special guest to heartily endorse ms
candidacy.
Frelinghuysen is backing the nom
partisan. scientific tariff idea.
Julius Forstmann, wealthy manu-
facture of Passaic, N. J., originated the
plan and launched it from Frehns-
huysen's office. Now the New Jersey
senator is sponsoring an amendnent
to the pending bill which came from
the non partisan tariff organisation
now characterized by the committee
as free trade interests.
Scored Tradition
The Frelinghuysen amendment
would enlarge the tariff commission
ana increase its powers. Frelinghuysen
made a long speech in the Senate in
which he scored traditional tariff max
Ing methods and argues that the Con-
gress should take tariff-making out
of politics and fix permanent policy
whereby rates could be imposed after
scientific Investigations.
k,LsY DEMANDS ORDER.