The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-19
TARIFF BILL DUTIES
ADEQUATE BUT NOT
EXCESSIVE, ELLIOTT

Although he has not been informed
through official sources that President
Harding contemplates calling the,
house of representatives to resume its
sessions before the end of the sum-
mer recess, Aug. Is, because of the
gravity of the situation resulting from
the railroad and coal strikes, Repre-
sentative R. n. Elliott will not be sur
prised if such action is taken.
The congressman was in Richmond
few hours Tuesday driving here
from his home in Connersville While
he was in Richmond he met number
of his Wayne county friends and ac-
cepted invitations to address a meet
ing of the Wayne County Republican
club Friday evening at the Morton
high school and to attend the annual
summer picnic of the Denver Brown
camp, Spanish-American war veter-
ans, to be held Sunday at Beallview
park
Before returning to Washington,
Representative Elliott hopes to visit
all of the eight counties of the Sixth
congressional district. This is the
| first opportunity he has had to make
a canvass of the district in more than
two years, as congress has been in
almost continuous session during that
i time.
! Discussing the tariff bill Tuesday
with some Richmond friends, Mr. FL
4; lott expressed the opinion that when
work on the measure had been finally
| completed adequate but not excessive
| protection would be provided for
| American industries and agriculture.
Biames Propaganda
A flood of propaganda aimed to poi
| son the minds of the American people
has been directed against the tariff
bill. the congressman said, and for
/ this he places most of the blame on
large importing interests.
These big importers have been
flooding our markets with cheaply
made foreign goods. 1t is compe.
tition American industries cannot
meet. If the tariff bill now in the
making provides adequate protection
the enormous profits of the importing
interests will be sacrificed, so these
Interests are conducting an aggressive
| publicity campaign against the mea-
sure" Mr.. Elliott remarked.
AS an example of the methods
which have been employed to dis
credit the tariff bill, Rep. Elliott men
! toned the recent attacks which have
been made upon the wool schedule, the
charge being made that the rates pro-
posed by the finance committee would
increase the cost of a suit of mems
clothes S5 and increase the cost of an
overcoat $3.50. The congressman
branded this charge as absurd
i Wool Duties Reduced
Duties on clean wool and green wool
proposed in the pending tariff bill
represent, in each instance, reduc.
tion, not an increase. in the existing
!, tariff duties, Mr.. Elliott said
The rates which were written into
the tariff bill now before the senate
by the finance committee are 33 cents
per pound on clean wool, against the
present duty of As cents, and II cents
per pound on gseen wool, as compared
to the present duty of Is cents.
Gust why the cost of mems clothing
would have to be increased because il
is proposed to reduce tariff rates or
wool is beyond my comprehension
Rep. Elliott added. Even in the event
that the wool duties proposed by the
new tariff represented an increase n
/ stead Of a decrease / cannot see how
/ it would be possible to increase the
cost of mems clothing $500 suit fol
, the reason that not more than twC
pounds of wool is used in the making
of a good suit of clothes, and tn,
} duty on two pounds, under the pro
: posed rate for clean wool, woulC
iamount to only Sc cents"