Evening journal., 1922-08-01
TT WAS A BENEFIT

4 all Delaware Republicans, folk and country
IA folk alike know. for months the Democratic
press, following the lead of the Democratic National
Committee and Democratic members OF Congress- have
been claiming the emergency tariff enacted by the
cal session of the Republican Congress May 1921 is
a gold brick" insofar the American farmer Is con-
cerned This charge has repeated often that its
constant reeration has carried conviction in some
quarters where tho facts known. The farmer
and live stock grower have been deceived by this
campaign of Democratic misrepresentation because they
know what the beneficial of the emergency tariff
have actually been The best evidence with the excep
ton OF the official market quotations. that the
gency tariff has proved gold brick" the agri
cultural sections OF the country is the fact that
resentatve any agricultural community made
effort to have the emergency tariff repealed which
would naturally be the tariff ineffective
protective measure to farming interests.
Democratic critics of the tariff have based almost all
their charges OF its neectveness upon the that
since became law May, 1921. prices OF grain and
Of live stock have declined in the United States In
sressng this fact and using alleged proof OF the
failure OF the emergency tariff Democratic speakers,
such Senator Hitchcock. of Nebraska, have been
guilty of conveying false impression by the old
dishonest method of stating only half truth.
Had Democratic critics OF the emergency tariff been
honest they would have given the range of price of
and live stock only this country since the
tariff became law. but in Canada and in other primary
markets OF the world. They did not do this The rea-
they did is evident from inspection
of the market quotations in Winnipeg. Toronto, Liver
pool Buenos Aires and other primary markets for grain
and live stock.
The quotations the world for grain and
live stock since May 1921 show that prices for all
kinds OF agricultural products declined in every
market The significant thing that prices farm
products and live stock in the United States have de-
clned far less than for similar products in any
other nation Of the world where there market for
grain or live stock.
Beaten in their effort to show that the emergency
tarn has not benefited farm prices Democratic
publicity mediums and Democratic members of
Congress have endeavored exricste themselves by
charging that nasmuch the tariff did increase farm
prices it increased the cost OF living the city
umer of farm products Unfortunately for the
II the Democratic party and the truth veracity of
arguments, this statement is false the charge
hat the tariff has not benefited the farmer.
report issued by the United States Department Of
labor June 1922. gives the retail prices the
United States April IS, 1921. March 49, 1922
This table that notwithstanding the emergency
arin benefited the grower Of live stock the price OF
steak March 15 1922, nine per less than 4,
It was April Is, 1921 which month before the 8
emergency tariff went into effect and which
time when under the Underwood free trade law both
live stock and fresh beef being imported into this
country free of duty Round steak showed of
- per cent, rib Of 10 per plate beef 16
per cent, pork chops II cent and bacon II per
cent
Notwithstanding the protective emergency tariff
raised the price OF butter the American producer the
retail price OF butter, according the Labor Depart
ment dropped 10 cent. Notwithstanding the emer-
gency tariff benefited the grain grower the Labor De-
parments report shows decrease in the price of
bread OF per cent in the price OF per cent
in the price OF wheat cereal food 10 per
cereal food 81 per cent.
In brief the emergency farmers tariff by
the Republican Congress in May, 1921. benefited the
agricultural interests of the country same
lime did not prevent steady and very material de-
ny.