The New York herald., 1922-05-23
Campaign Committee De-
mands McCumber Measure
Be Laid Aside.
TRAINERS TAKE ALARM
Intend to Call on President
for Assistance With Parti-
san Appeal.
BY LOUIS sEIBoLD.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoHK HnHALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, d. c., May 22.
Public sentiment is rapidly crystal
ising against the ordney-McCumber
tariff bill-generally described by its
critics as an economic bludgeon."
Opposition to the measure is begin
ming TO find expression through the
same agencies as revealed disapproval
of the bonus raid on the public Treas
ury.
Apprehensive that the increasing
protests against the tariff bill may
cause genuine revolt. it's defenders
are attempting to organize the agri-
cultural sections against the industrial
sections.
In their efforts to do so Mr.. McCum-
her and his allies assert that the sole
opposition to the tariff bill comes from
newspapers Of the larger cities re-
spending to powerful business infiu-
ences.
The charge that The NEW York
HERALD and other newspapers are con-
trolled by department. stores and i'm
porters has been made on the floor Of
the Senate In the last month and was
repeated to-day.
Fails to Check Movement.
This absurd statement. which re-
.yeals the desperation of Republican
Senators interested only in the politi-
cal potentialities OF the tariff measure,
has failed to discourage growing agi-
tation In favor Of taking the tariff out
OF politics.
Convincing evidence ttat this move
ment Is finding favor In various parts
OF the country engaged the attention
OF Senators on both sides Of the tariff
fight this afternoon. 1t was in the
form of a suggestion presented by a
preliminary organization committee
formed to urge on both political
parties the adoption of non-partisan
scientific tariff program.
Most members of this committee are
ayowed protectionists and tave CO.
operated with the Republican party
in promoting it's tariff programs. The
opposition of the groups represented
in the new movement and embracing
many lines of industry, nationwide in
scope, is predicated on the belief that
the tariff should be eliminated from
politics and based on the economic
necessities Of tie country.
Committees Opening Gun.
The unexpected advent into the
tariff fight of so representative a COM
mittee caused great perturbation to
Mr.. McCumber and his associates.
The committee fired its opening gun
against the Fordney- -McCumber tariff
bill by sending to every Senator an
analysis of business conditions exist
ing throughout the world and pointing
out the failure of TIE pending meas
ure to meet them.
One of the most striking arguments
advanced in the plan submitted by the
committee, and prepared by Julius
Forstmann of Passaic, Is this:
Only through the intensive coop
Grafton of industry, commerce. ag-
rculture and labor can a just and
equitable tariff be accomplished that
will secure the economic progress of
the United States and render it free
from disastrous upheavals.
: The committee indorses the wide
spread objections to the Fordney- Nc
Cumber bill and makes 1t clear that
opposition to II Is not confined to any
particular party or element Of the
population. II therefore suggests tina,
the impractical "botched" tariff meas
ure now pending in the Senate be laid
aside. temporary tariff bill passed
and the work of constructing a per-
manent measure on scientific and non
political lines turned over to the Tariff
Commission, equipped with the proper
authority to produce an acceptable
measure.
Basis for under-ta nding.
The committee also suggests that
Congress use as a basis for this under
taking the bill introduced by Senator
Frelinghuysen providing for an en-
largement OF the present Tariff Com
mission under direction of the Secre-
tary of Commerce to draft rational
permanent tariff scheme.
The suggestion came In for close at.
tention from Senators to-day while
Messrs. McCumber. Smoot and one OF
Two other reactionary protectionists
were defending the pending measure
from attacks led by Senator Simmons
one of the joint authors of the Sim.
mons Underwood bill.
Several. Republican Senators whoss
support to the Fordney McCumber bill
was obtained by ancient log rolling
processes usually employed in promot.
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