Milford chronicle., 1922-06-30


ment. When it is enforced to the letter. working men
will be better Off"
THERE CANNOT BE such a thing as non-partsan
tariff in the United States. This is because there
this country two schools of thought which differ funda-
mentally and radically to the proper functions and
scope of tariff First, school which believes tariff
should be written merely for the purpose of providing
revenue; second, school which believes that addition
to providing revenue tariff should be as medium
for protecting American industries and keeping
structiTe foreign competition.
There is and can be middle ground between these
two positions. There is and be compromise be-
tween free trade and protection Tariff is either pro-
tective it is not The Democratic party been
donaly the party for tariff only-that is free
trade The Republican party has been the party which
has always stood for tariff which furnished both
to the government and protection to American industries
and American products.
Any so-called non-partisan commission created for
the purpose of writing so-caled non-partisan tariff
would of necessity first have to decision as to
which kind of tariff it going to wrte-a tariff for
revenue only protective tariff. If the commission
divided between these two schools of thought
would Immediately get into partisan discussion within
its membership to which tariff it would
mend and propose If the commission all of the be-
lief in tariff for only it would be soldily Dem
Ocratc IT, the other hand it a of the belief in
protective tariff it would be wholly Republican. In
either it would partisan to the
reme. Therefore, tariff commission be non-parti
1t must be either wholly partisan way the
other, or bipartisan.
Furthermore under any and all circumstances what
tariff any tariff commission might recommend would
be submitted to the Congress of the United States
for action This is mandatory because under the United
States Constitution all raising measures must
originate in the House of Representatives The House of
Representatives is its master 1t is selected by the
people and holds commission direct from the people.
of necessity partisan
Logically and inevitably then, any tariff submitted
to the House of Representatives by any tariff commission
would be accepted rejected by the House Repre-
sentaves according whether was in conform
ty with the partisan belief of the majority the House
of Representatives If the House of Representatives
controlled by Democrats they would of course,
tariff for revenue only regardless of what any commits
sion proposed If it controlled by Republicans they
would enact tariff for protection equally regardless of
what commission proposed For this there
be such thing nOn-partisan tariff enacted into
law by the Congress of the United States Any tariff
acted must of necessity by virtue of the fundamental diff
erences between the two parties be either tariff for
revenue aprotective tariff.
Just at present the country is filled with camor
ed by sOcaed nonparisan organizations All of these
organizations and all of their propaganda are directed
against the enactment at this session of Congress any
tariff 1nasmuch the present tariff act is tariff for
written by the Democratic Congress 1913 and
bearing the of Senator Oscar Underwood of Ala
enactment of tariff is inevitably and essentially
Democratic campaign movement because if it were sue
cessu would leave the country under the present free
trade tariff act
The agitation of so-called non-partsan tariff organi
cations backed by free trade interests There nothing
unusual about this 1t has always been All socaed
nOnpartisan tariff movements have always been project
ed and carried by those who believed in free trade
These alleged nonpartsan tariff organizations and indi
viduas of organizations who in favor of posponing
the enactment of protective tariff at present would be
just ardently in favor of postponng its enactment
year from two years from now at any future
me In brief, all such and organizations are
against protective tariff at any time.
The American working and the American farmer
N with the American manufacturer and the Am
erican business should face the fact that nonpar
isan tariff is economic impossiby. They should
use to let others deceive them into believing the
rary They should longer deceive themselves if they
been msed into such belief The people Of the United
States must decide which they wish-a tariff written
he purpose of protecting American industries and those
who employed in the industries whether they wish
tariff written for the purpose of inviting food of for
,gn-made goods into this country.