Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
GROWS
MORE CHEERING
FORDEMOCRATS
Du Points Buy Delaware News
papers, but Hit One
Snag.
SALES TAX ARE RISKY
Bv WALLACE BAssFORD.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 1S.-The
swing is steadily toward the Democrats,
with increasing momentum \ survey
of the newspaper field shows the Dem
ocratic press aggressive and full Of in
teIligent criticism of the shortcomings OF
the Administration, while the independent
papers in large numbers are in sim
liar attitude The old conservative Re
publican organs are on the defensive.
Speaking of these organs, it is interesting
to note the Du Points have bought all the
papers in Delaware of any size, excepting
two they can not get those for the very
good reason that a staunch and ate
Democrat owns them-nOne other thah
Willard Salisbury, who probably will re-
turn to the Senate as the result of the
election next November. All the Hearst
papers-about a dozen big ones-are at
lacking the Administration every day.
The extensive string of Scripps-McRae
papers-penny dailies-are frankly crlt-
cising the Republicans.
The Republicans are trying to work up
their courage to the point Of enacting
sales tax. Such tax has some adj
vantages. among them are these: You
can't dodge it. You pay it every time
you reach your hand into your pocket,
no matter what you buy. You don't have
to bother about a savings account, for
the tax will not allow you to save any
thing except your old trousers and your
integrity to heaven. 1t will be easy to
collect, because it will come off of those
who have the least influence at Wash
ington-the plain people. Better than AL
it forces the. soldier to pay his own bo-
nus: he should lie happy, for he not only
gets the bonus, but has the privilege or
paving it himself. The only drawback Is
the name, but the Republicans doubt
less viii find a name for 1t that VIII
make it look like a check from dad.
WOULD KEEP OUT
EUROPEAN GOODS.
Speaking Of protection The tariff bill
is to reserve the Home -,,arket' Tor
Americans. The sponsors of the high
tariff frankly say they want to keep out
all European manufacturers. or course
the first effect is to cut off that COM
petftion and cut off the taxes that would
flow into the Treasury from the importa-
tons the second effect is TO allow Amerl-
can manufacturers to raise their prices
on all consumers. Then, when Europe
can't ship manufactures here, what
happens? They are shipped elsewhere
to Canada, the Argentine, India, South
Africa, emma, ana SO on Sulp AOHlc9
are diverted to countries where goods
can be sold. OF course, those ships must
carry cargoes both ways or lose money.
They viii carry back to Europe the
wheat, beef and mutton of the Argentine,
the lumber Of Brazil, the wheat and oil
Of Russia, the farm products OF our
own.
The four-power treaty doesn't suit
Senator Borah a little bit; he is too
good an American for that. But is the
senator entitled to much Of sympathy in
his disgruntIement? The partisanship
in him caused him to try to steal the 1nl-
tiative in the matter of disarmament from
the Democrats. When he introduced the
resolution providing for the calling OF
the conference, he was aware it already
had been provided for by the Hensley
resolution, the work Of a Missouri Demo-
crat who ought to be back in Congress,
which champ Clark helped to make a
nart Of the Naval Appropriation Act
Of 1916. That legislation even appropria-
ted 5000 600 for the expense Of the con-
ference and it was lying in the Treas
ury. unused, when Borah introduced his
resolution. Now, that the conference has
hashed together a treaty hateful to the
Senator. it must give him pain to see
his own feather on the arrow that has
pierced him.
BEGG URGES