The New York herald., 1922-08-02
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standing Republican publications OF this
country-are to-day denouncing 1t as
iniquitous and fraudulent in its pur-
pose"
Here Senator Mccumber broke in
again.
The Senator does himself great injus-
/ tice when he assumes that the writer's
of these articles of these newspapers
know anything about the tariff bill"
said Mr.. McCumber. He knows as well
as l do that they do not know thing
about 1t. He knows further that he has
never read one sentence I'm any one Of
the newspapers indicating that the writer
| had any knowledge or had any informa-
tion in reference to the sched ules or a
single item in the schedulA;. All the
newspaper knows is that its advertisers
the great importers and the department
stores. want to have a lower rate on
their lmportations and it uses its pen
scurrilously very often, but never In
telligently, in discussing a single one Of
! the items. -
! Mr.. Simmons was on his feet in an
instant The Senator has said that
THE HERALD writer did not know what
he was talking about" he said, ''and I
| suppose he means to include in that cat
egory all these other great Republican
papers the Chicago Tribune, the Eveh-
ing Post OF New York, the Journal of
| Commerce nf New York and the scores
OF other papers which, although Repub-
lican and protectionlsts, have changed
their attitude toward this bill and are
now its most violent critics.
Tribute to Correspondent.
80 far as the New York papers are
| concerned l want to say that the Wash
| fngton correspondent Of THE New YORK
HERALD, MIR. Seibold is one of the great
est writer's in this country. His letters
! to that paper have discussed this bill
very thoroughly and denounced 1t, and
no discussions that have been made in
this chamber by Senators claiming to
know something about this bill. have
been more enlightening and more valu-
able and have shown a greater under
standing of the subject than Mr.. Sci
bold's articles.
But the great New YORK HERALD. as
the great New York World, shortly after
they discovered the outrages in this bill,
designated each of them gentleman
who had some training with reference to
the tariff, who was a writer Of reputa-
tion, with instructions to study this sub
jest, to go to the bottom of ii and to
write UP these schedules from day to
day. and there have appeared under
the pen and names of these two great
writer's Mr. Thurston and Mr.. Mac
Gregor, from day to day, articles dis
cussing every schedule that we have dis
cussed here practically, in a way that Is
as enlightened and intelligent and show
ing as much understanding of the sub
ject as any Senator upon this floor has
exhibited.
ITO say that these papers under these
circumstances do not know what they
are talking about Is to make an absurd
and ridiculous statement in the United
Safes Senate. Anybody who has been
reading these articles OF these gentlemen
upon which these editorials are partly
predicted must know that the state
ment of the Senator that these papers
in writing these editorials are ignorant
and know nothing about the subject
which they are discussing does not re-
quire, under the circumstances, any de-
nal.'
Goodfng Launches Attack.
Senator Goodi~g. who had been try
ing 10 get the floor since the discussion
begun, then started his assault which
led to the fact that he Is preparing a
resolution of far broader scope thon
that proposed by the Democrats to dis
close the tinaneia interests which
Senators may have In the pending bill
"Of course" he said. 'the editorial in
THE New YORK HERALD is a direct at
tack on those who own sheep. the
wool growers of the country. There is
not question of doubt about that: and
THE NEW YORK HERALs and many %
the other metropolitan papers Of this
country changed their minds about this
tariff bill just as soon as they die
covered that the agricultural interests Of
this country were 10 be treated fairly