Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-01
What the McCumber Tariff Law Will Do to You
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In past if you know how stood
the tariff knew his politics All orthSdoS Democrats a
prominent pOkesmsn of the Republican party are as earnestly &
bill as any Democrat prominent Demo
crts who think Of these rates are not high enough Inc
its history has ceased to be partisan issue IN the
This fortunate have something of the tariff
and in this column partisan politics are barred When po a.
any political but because they are believed
TO be true. NJ.
Cumbe bill in its present form is enacted into law it will be
Goods It is true there are people who pretend that
without protection of such embargo this country VIII be
is dangerously submerged now? Does feel that We
are being IN GGs Ci houses cheap rents cheap
shoes cheap hardware cheap clothes or cheap iood we 40
no not have the prGeeona t aaa Of the Acoum0ef Dill
All M the o aaT Il e I b ever goes into effect
1t will increase of everything out of all proportion TO
rates and these solely the % q
we are to nane an
other flood Of h nd bsss a afgo en the i'm
10 the collection Of the foreign debt The debt now
that they pay in goods they cannot pay at all
de s S9 r nG e pay @ M no :'
shifted into nonexstance by fancy I n
ed States by the aa f Of M Liberty s FOREIGN 5Gnds sove
the money by the American people whose
government guaranteed its repayment
payers by making impossible for the debtor nations to repay
it? any such magnificent benovolence to these
and maintain expensive lobbies in Washington to get It,
who the bill remain tractabg and silently
Please remember that increase which high tariff
will add to the Of all commodities will not be applied to
the payment of the foreign debt but will directly into the
pockets of the benefcaries of the McCumber tariff bill If
that bin become law shall not only have to pay
greatly increased price for everything that we buy but shall al
addition to that have the enormous debt owed by e
foreign nations to the purchasers OF American liberty bonds
because shall have made impossible for these foreign ma
tious 10 theird
clumsy attempt has been made by placing high duties ON
support but the Republican farmers of Senator Nc
state have indicated what they think of this
election and nominating in his stead man whose recent
recall from the governorsp of North Dakota may have has
ened his zeal for the Non Partisan League but has not impair
ed his sympathy for the farmer.
A high tariff protects the farmers products it
protects the products of the and it
1t afford protection in foreign market and since the
product of the American farms already in OF Amer
consumption the price Of American foodstu is determine
ed by the foreign market when that is closed as 1T was last
account of the bankruptcy of Europe the American
market colapseseven when there is importation of for
egn foodsufs There were no importation OF foreign food
su when the American market at its worst and in
normal times exports of foodstufs greatly Of
imports What the American farmer needs therefor is
not increased duty imports but improved market for
exports tariff bill closing American markets the Of
the world will not the world markets cordially to
the exports of the American farmer.
The worst feature of the proposed tariff that places
penalty thrift and extravaganza by
ing third half dollar saved Its pur-
pose is to raise the domestic price of American products Sup
pose protected all producers equally therefore raised all
prices to the extent tariff thsso1ne Of
its beneciares always profit than ohesbut if it raised
all prices to the extent, would still cost
many bushels of wheat now Measured in pur-
ching all commodities would be worth they
Consequently the McCumber tariff bill would reduce the pur
chasing powerhe actual vaueof every dollar you have
rugaly invested in life insurance or savings account or
liberty bond hidden away in tomato can It would re-
duce it to thirty or forty or fifty Will you vote