Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-15
AS THE PEOPLE VIEW
1T.
santa Fe. October Z. 1922.

To the Editor of the Journal:
The paramorphic, or better, the
polymorphic, Jones who through
the inexcusable blunder of the re-
publican state convention of 1916
in failing to nominate that sturdy
old tower of republicanism,
Thomas Benton Catron, is now one
of New Mexico's senator's, declares
himself as a protoctionist as far
as New MeXico's wool is concerned
but not as to anything else, and
especially not as to the accursed
manufacturers of Connecticut, the
birthplace >of that, to him, unutter-
ably worthless animal in the shape
OF man, Stephen B. Davis OF Las
Vegas. Bear in mind that Davis
seeks the political downfall Of
Jones.
Protection for New Mexican wool
serves the purpose of preserving
the home market for it in the
United States against the competi-
tion of the more cheaply-raised
woods of Argentina and Australia
and can have no other purpose, but
Jones would destroy that home
market by refusing protection to
the land of wooden nutmegs which,
If protected, can furnish a large
part Of the market for our wool. IL
the wool-grower, as consequence.
pays more for sauce pans or Wa
terbury watches, or Massachusetts,
shovels, which is not admitted, he
can gladly do so II his share of
protection gives him the ability
which otherwise he could not have,
while the protected manufacturer
and the thousands dependent upon
him, can, with equal gladness, pay
a higher price for the wool which
they need. This is so elementary.
so self-evident that it seeL.s abb
surd that it should be necessary to
state it, but it Is clearly not with
in the mental grasp of the fortu-
itous Jones, while Stephen Davis
understands and eXpounds it so as
to bring it within the vision Of ev-
cry mind of intelligence.
When the ruinous Wilson tariff
was in process of incubation by a
committee of the house of repre-
sentatives, 1t is told that governor
of West Virginia appeared before
the committee and urged the need
of protective duties on coal and
iron which would build UP the then
infant industries of his state. and
that the chairman addressed him
in substance somewhat as follows:
"You are a democrat, and you
know what we had in the platform
on which we elected our president,
on the subject of tariff; how do you
reconcile your present position
with tariff reform ?" To this the
governor is said to have answered
in substance: 80, l want to begin
with those damned manufacturers
in New England who have been
robbing the people long enough"
l believe the Governors name
was not Jones, but he and our
Jones belong to the same tribe IL
not the same family.
The principle Of protection re-
quires such an adjustment Of tar
if duties as to promote general
prosperity in all lines of business
and in all parts of the country, be-
cause all of our industries are in
ter dependent and no one of them
can be given an advantage over
others without injury to all. nor
can any one of them be stricken
down without hurting others.
Tariff making ought not to be
matter of partisan politics, but
should be business of, approx
mately at least, scientific precision.
Efforts have been made in the
past in that direction, but neither
Of the great political parties has
beer ready to make them effective,
but II anything Of that kind is
ever accomplished, it will be by the.
republican party in the face OF
democratic opposition.
FRANK w. CLANCY.