Gunnison news-champion., 1922-10-27
SITUATION ~ WASHINGTON
As REPRESENTATIVE SEES II
I ~ WALLACE BASSFORDJ
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Warning %. c.. OCT IL The
President a.. JH. election Of Il Hrr.-
ocrut.r Al-.r Ja. la0I would be cal
am'y iu rna Judgment OF the Demo
cratic IgadaIa OF the Huu-v and Senate
this O.. coToel-to certain degree.
Il would undoubtedly be a calamity
10 the Pre- laaHl. 10 the Republican
party and 10 the special interests
which dominate the administration
for their own gain. il would be such Il
calamity as befcll Taft in 1910, when
the Democrats took pos sCssion Of Con-
gress and put squarcly up TO Taft 4
splendid program OF progressive legis-
lation. They put "A stop To his fayOTs
to corporate greed and laid the foun-
datiun for the great Democratic vic
tory in 1912, which itself was followed
by the greatest era Of prosperity ever
known since the Seven years of pleu-
ty" described in the Bible To the
people, suffering under war taxes four
years after the conclusion of the war
and now handed a new high tariff law,
it would be a blessed relief. as il
would be TO the Treasury. facing n de
ficIt which even the President SAYS
will reach 162 millions But the Re
publiCans are not only very apprehen-
sive that there will be a Democratic
House elected, as shown by the fear
voiced by the President, but they an
ticipate the reduction of the Republi-
can majority in the Senate-a loss so
great that they expect the Democrats,
by joining hands with the Progressive
Farm Bloc Republicans, to be able to
control Legislation in that body. They
can see the loss of Frelinghuysen in
New Jersey, Calder in New York, the
Iowa seat for which they have nomin-
ated Brookart, Socialist, Townsend
in Michigan, probably Lodge in Mas
sachusetts, and others. On the other
hand, the Democrats are expected to
retain the seats of Reed of Missouri
and Pomerenc of Ohio, two of the
most valuable Democratic fighters in
the Senate.
1t has long been a proverb that
Chickens come home to roost-" In
the case of the Forduey tariff law it
might be more appropriate to call
them buZZards, for they are birds of
ill-omen. They are already coming
The Fordney law puts n greatly in
creased tax on sugar coming in from
Cuba, thing which increases the
price of the commodity to every Amer
lean user, but lessons Cuba's market
for her principal product. Naturally
the Cubans are indignant and in bad
frame of mind; like the remainder of
humanity, their most sensitive nerves
are those which extend TO the pocket
book. They are retaliating by placing
q tax of 100 per cent on all American
shoes entering the country-the result
is simply stated-no American shoes
will enter. This means the cutting off
Of the sale of about $4,000 900 worth
Of shoes each year, affecting the shoe
business, factory employees, and even
the tanner and producer of hides. Does
anyone think that the remainder of
the countries of the world will witness
this performance on the part of Cuba
and not take similar steps? They
oTe all hit by our tariff law and it is
only natural that they should retaliate
they will do what any of US would do
- individuals will buy from
those who buy from them, they will
decline to purchase the wares Of those
countries which shut out their pro-
duets by high tariff walls Ike the