Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-07
OPPOSES NEW
TARIFF PLAN
G. O. P. National Committee
Against FreIinghuysen's
Won Partisan Measure
BY GEORGE H. MANNING
(Washington Correspondent OF the
:" Perth Amboy Evening News)

ASiS" DoS T
WASHINGTON. July None
| other than the Republican national
| committee has launched an attack
on the idel Of a n~on-partisan, sci
entific tariff bill put forward in the
senate by Senator Joseph s. Ere
linghuysen and the Manufacturers
Association of New Jersey.
Aroused by the spread Of the
movement for non-partisan scien-
tiic legislation and recognizing
the possibility that it may defeat
passage of the tariff bill the Repub-
llcan National Committee has start
ed a publicity campaign in behalf
Of the PsFordney-McCumber bill,
which is under heavy fire not only
by the Democrats in thessenate. but
by business mems organizations,
newspapers Of both political parties,
women's clubs and consumers ev-
e~rywhere. " '"s 3'N
In a long statement to Republican
publishers ard editors, the commit
tee declares there can be no such a
thing as a non-partisan tarin In
this country and then argues that
the tariff Is limited to two school
of thought, one of which believes
that the ia riff should be written
merely for the purpose of providing
revenue and the other of which be-
lieves that in addition to proYfdlng
revenue the tariff should be useo
as a medium for protecting amer
lean industries and keeping out de-
structive foreign competition.
't ANY so-ealled noh-partlsan com
mission would have to make q de.
cision as u what kind OF a tarlfr
it was going to write, a tariff ior
revenue only or a protective tarlll,
reads the Republican Nationa! COM
mittee statement. mo tariff COM
mission can be non-partisan. It
must be wholly partisan or pi-parr--
tisan."
The scientific tariff plan to be ad-
ministered nv a tariff commissionn
and taken out of the hands 81 con
gress was first prepared Ply tne
Manufacturers Association o. NeW
Jersey and accepted BY Senator
,Jeseph s. Frelinghuysen who em-
bodied its principles in a bill anu
presented it to the senate. The plan
was presented to the senate finance
Committee and the House ways and
rleans committee for the Manufac-
%ttrers' Association of New Jersey by
J.. Philip Bird, president of the asso-
citation, Jersey City; Julius Forst-
mann, of Passaic, vice chairman;
Charles W. Crane. Elizabeth, treas
urer, and J. W. Ferguson, of Pater-
son.
1t was understood when the plan
was brought to Washington that
julius Forstmann of Passaic. had
originated 1t. He took 1t to Sem
ator Frelinghuysen's office and pre-
sented it and from there 1T was given
to the newspapers. The next day
Senator Frelinghuysen presented a
bill to the Senate embodying the
principles of the Forstmann plan.
THE country is filled with clamor
raised by so-called ~non-partisan
tariff organizations" admits the Re
uublican committee in its statement,
"All of these Organizations and all
of their propaganda are directed
against the enactment at this ses-
sion of any tariff law. The agita-
ton is backed by free trade inter-
ests. These alleged non-partisan
tariff organizations and individuals,
who are in favor of postponing the
enactment of a protective tariff at
present. would be just as ardently in
favor of postponing its enactment d
year from now or two years from
now. All such persons are against
a protective tariff at any time.''
Politicians are wondering how it
happened that Chairman Adams Of
the Republican National Committee
put out broadcast to the newspapers
this slam at Senator Freiipghuysen
right in the midst Of the senator's
campaign for reelection, and what
effect it will have upon his can
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