Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-29
SENATOR DU, POINT
COMES TO DEFENSE
OF ADMINISTRATION
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the United States The inflated condl- |
ton OF the market on NIL products
and labor during the waiphas made II
hard for many Of us TO tget back to
normal times, and many articles which
are apparently not as essential as our
farm products for instance, are still
very high In comparison to pre-war
rlces, but are gradually reaching their
proper level.
THE Republican administration.
owever, has accomplished a good deal.
The accomplishment of the Peace
Conference, conducted the latter part
'of last year and the first part of this
year, was. something that none of us
thought possible. At this conference
the United States took the lead and
came out unquestionably at the head
of the column. Several threatened dis
lruptions between countries have either
been averted or the trouble Is on the
way to satisfactory adjustment. and
this has all been done noiselessly, yet
firmly, and is an honor to the United
States
Tariff Law Proves Difficult.
THE proposed tariff law now being
discussed in Congress. which is an en-
deavor to get protection on n fairi
basis is probably the most difficult job
ever undertaken, in this direction.
With fuctuation OF money values on
the other side. bringing in new fac
tor, with new conditions caused by the
World War. with the conditions OF
shipping. both in the United States and
abroad. II is very hard to make figures
/ that will he both fair and just; and
OF course every one of us thinks the
tariff law should he written primarily
! for himself and his friends. For in
stance, the cattle men in their vast
western country are very anxious for
duty on hides; the shoe manufactur-
ers OF New England and the Eastern
States want free hides, and many let
erS have been received by all members
of Congress advocating free hides to
get cheaper shoes. while the Western
GARNER wants duty on hides to increase
the value OF his cattle. The situation
might be illustrated as follows:
"A hide weighs about So pounds and
the duty on hide IS about 50. II a
cattleman out west sells thousand
taAN&t Win an dhQ4Aftll VA 80 Il blh'
his price has increased by s. 900. This
is about cents a pound. The average
pair Of shoes weigh less than two
pounds, 80 that the duty on hides al
10 per cent. which the Eastern shoe
manufacturers object TO. amounts "a
10 cents on pair OF shoes. 1t will
make a difference TO the farmer in
the west, az you will see, 10 have his
cattle protected, and there is no one
person or one family even in the
Cnitee States who consumes enough
shoes in year 20 make this duty on
hides A burden.
Slams His Political Opponents.
There is ALREADY very much in evi-
dence a disposition on the part OF the
Democrats 10 hold back legislat ton
and they are using every conceivabl,
plan 10 do this. their thought being
that II legislation can be postponed
II the Republican party can be accused
of doing nothing-it will give tn,
: Democrats a better showing next fall
: and TO fight this, az well as to ge-
through Congress any tariff bill under
any circumstances is very hard anC
going 10 be very tedious work In {
recent talk in New York, John Adams
. chairman Of the National Committee
said, and he put it very concisely:
There has been too much delay ol
the tariff bill. Everybody knows that
But other necessary legislation ha
interfered. 1t always requires si
months to year to frame a goo
a,-,H III . 81, ..-sfl
) thousand experts. more or less, main
: L ly camouflage artists, want to b
heard. There are serious difference
a Of opinion within the party on thi
important question. Nowhere are thes
differences more radical and more ir
= reconcilable than in the East. If yo
were to select five hundred OF the lead
a ing business men of New York TO d
the work OF Congress, and turn ther
!, loose on tariff bill. within two week
. you would have TO call out the militia
Wen have a good tariff law eventual
II It takes all summer and I prediC
it will be the best protective tari
ever enacted by an American Con
gress
There are some provisions of tn
D new tax law that you and / do not ap
l prove. But 1t repeals the excess prof
taxes, the transportation taxes, an
the nuisance taxes; making a tott
8 reduction OF the taxes We have To pa
s of more than eight hundred million
g of dollars. Holding down the expense
Of government is perhaps more in
portant after ALL than the apportior
&, ment of taxes for money already spen
. We have reduced the budget for thi
year by almost two billions of do
" lars, with the prospects of a furthe
reduction next year OF one billion. B
u the wise policy of cur Treasury De
Q partment and the administration, gov
n ernment bonds have advanced 15 DC
: cent since March last year, increas
d ing their total value about three bi
! lions OF dollars. 1t makes some diffel
= ence at the end OF the year, whetht
d the government has been controlled b
/. an administration that is general
IS right, or by one that is general
+ wrong"
Had Busy Morning.
! Senator du Pont had a very bus
: morning. He came up from Washing
: ton and was at his Wilmington offlc
in the du Pont Building by o'clocl
From then on until noon, it was
steady stream of visitors to his oi
fee. Because of the shortness of tim
l. and where the business was chief
u that of greeting him. the visitors, il
e stead of holding individual confer
e. encee, went in TO see Senator du POI
It in groups of twos, threes and eve
ii by the half dozen. Most of the visitor
lwere politicians who had been al