Arizona republican., 1922-05-29
LODGE SAYS.
REPUBLICANS.
WILL FORCE.
TARIFF BILL.
Majority Leader Says the
Country Will Approve
Bill When Time Comes
For Voters to Pass on 1t
TRepublIcan a. p. Leased wlrel

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WASHINGTON. May 2s.-Congress
will. pass Republican protective
tariff before it adjourns. Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts,. Republican
leader. declared today in a statement
outlining his views on the measure
now before the senate He predicted
that the country would approve the
bill when the time comes for the
electorate to pass judgment.
Night sessions of the senate will
continue this week under the tariff
committee. The Republican majority
in the senate, said Mr.. Lodges state
ment believes the policy of protection
is the surest road to the building up
and restoration of our economic in
terests. That is the purpose of the
pending bi1f.o
Senator Lodge denied that the rates
proposed in the permanent bill would
have an adverse effect on the volume
of foreign trade.
Our foreign trade today is not
suffering because of the tariff and
we are living under the emergency
tariff act, which has higher rates, in
many cases. than those proposed in
the finance committee BILL" Senator
Lodge declared.
The Democrats seek to give the
impression that the increase in our
foreign trade and in trade conditions
throughout the country are due to the
Underwood tariff act. whereas the
figures quoted by Secretary Hoover
show increases in foreign trade which
have developed since the emergency
tariff bill became a law.
''One little thing is interesting and
win prove that the resumption of our
foreign trade is not prevented by the
emergency tariff. During the past
four months we imported in Boston
sixty million pounds of wool one
seventh of the total consumption of
the United States. Thus the wool
importers are holding in bond await
ing the passage of the new tariff
when they can get it in under lower
rates.
This importation Of wool does not
indicate that the tariff is going to
destroy our business with other coun-
tries. But it does indicate that the
importers are the very men who ex-
pect under the new tariff, a boom in
business and they are preparing to
take immediate advantage of the
passage OF this bill.
Under the emergency tariff our
trade is becoming more nearly normal
than that of any other nation. After
the present tariff bill becomes a law,
there will be an even greater advance
in our trade. both foreign and do
meStic.
Il have been through eight tariff
debates. The importers and Demo-
Gratis always put uo the same camou-
flaged attacks that we hear today
but the country invariably returns
and supports a Republican protective
tariff. when a new foundation is
needed by the business of the country
to rebuild an era of prosperity.
"It is upon the protective principle
that the great prosperity of this
country has been built. We are
obliged today to meet an economic
situation such as thesworld has never
seen owing to the utterly distorted
and dislocated conditions of exchange
The fundamental conditions OF al
tariff legislation today are entirely
different from what they were prior
10 the war Nevertheless, this is moi
ar argument for delay in tariff revi-
sion. The first essential of business
is to have stability of conditions, So
far as they depend upon the tariff
legislation OF the country. Bushes:
can adjust itself to a discouragint
tariff or even to one badly construct
ed. better than it can to a condition
of suspense and doubt.
Our duty. as far as. legislation car
do so. is to pass the tariff and othe
economic measures to stimulate ant
encourage the improvement in bust
ness, which is now visible"