The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-08-24
PROTECTIVE TRarrF PROTECTS

CSrdell Hull, in his capacity as
chairman OF the Democratic Nation
al Committee, is making a cam
paign against the emergency Of
farmers traiff In doing this he
represents the Democratic party or
ganiZation. He is in line with the
attitude of the Democratic leaders
in both Senate and Ho@se.
The emergency or farmers tariff
enacted by the Republican Congress
in its special session which began
April Il, 1921. The farmers tariff
bill thus enacted and approved by
President Harding was tine duplica-
tiOn OF a similar bill which had been
passed by the Republican Congress
during the last few months Of the
Wilson administration but which
was vetoed by President Wilson or
March 3. 1921. In the discussion OF
this farmers tariff bill Mr.. Cordell
Hull, then a member OF the House
from Tennessee. was one OF the
leaders In opposition to Il. The
Democratic leadership of the House
lines up against Il. When Il was
up for discussion in tn, Senate
practically every Democratic leader
opposed its passage. Many Of these
Democratic senator's who opposed
the passage OF the farmers tariff
Ure tom Western agricultural
states and are now asking the farm
ers Of those states to support them
in the coming campaign.
The American farmer todays is
able to measure the wisdom and
safety OF Democratic leadership by
rne IA 20 ha anfu do
against the passage OF the farmers
tariff bill by Cordell Hull and other
Democratic members OF the House
and the Democratic senators. They
opposed the passage of a farmers
tariff mainly upon two grounds:
1. The enactment OF such a tariff
would not benefit the American
farmer inasmuch as prices in this
country for farm products and live
stock must $50 they insisted) drop
to the same level as the prices paid
elsewhere in the world
2. The only salvation for the
American farmer was to increase
his foreign sales. BY so doing he
would find the prices for his pro
ducts returning to profitable level.
No one is better posted upon the
market conditions than the Amer
| lean farmer. 1t is therefore need
less to tell him that since the en-
actment OF the farmers tariff the
price of his products has not des-
cended to the level for like products
in other countries. Since the en-
actment OF the farmers tariff Min
neapolis and Kansas City have con-
sistently paid more for wheat than
( Winnipeg; Duluth and Minneapolis
have consistently paid more for
/ flax seed than Winnipeg, Buenos
Ayres and Hun, (England) Boston
/ has consistently paid more for po-
/ tatoes than Montreal: Chicago has
| consistently paid more for classes
I of cattle than Winnipeg and Tor
I onto; Chicago has consistently paid
more for sheep and lamb than Tor
onto and Winnipeg. So the list
might be continued, but these IL
Illustrations are sufficient to prove
the Democratic leaders did not
know what they are talking about
when they said protective tariff
for the farmer would not benefit his
farm prices.
1t needs but citation of the
record to show that the Democratic
leaders were equally wrong when
advancing the absurd argument that
the farmers prosperity depends up
on his foreign market. The period
OF greatest exports of American
farm products ever known was that
OF the year 1921. The foreign
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