The Washington times., 1922-04-12

Tho New Tariff
To Fight Hiram Johnson.
tiorss and Clergyman.
Editors influences.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
scopyright. is2x.)


she Senate has it, q bitter fight
will rage. That tariff win be
higher than ever. That nm
doubtedly Is necessary 70 pro-
tect American business men
and workers against condi-
lions in Europe. The revenue
60 be raised viii be something
over three hundred millions
Once that would have been
considered big sum; now 1t
IA ''smali change" in Govern
ment expense.
A good feature stands out.
Unless trickery changes the
plans the tariff win be based on
foreign valuations of goods.
not on uncertain, changeable,
dishonest. grating American
valuations.
There is no difficulty In es-
sablishing foreign value, United
States consuls can testify to It.
A business man can plan his
business on that basis and
know when he buys his goods
what the tariff viii be.
The American valuation plan
would have provided many
berths for incompetents, much
worry for business. 1t is to be
hoped that it is dead.
California win be interested
TO learn that in Wall Street
the gossip runs as follows:
"There viii be another in the
Senate In place Of Hiram John
son after the next election.
Wise conservatives in Califor-
mia are picking out a man to
run against johnson. A safe
and sane man of our kind, sit
ting in the Senate in place of
johnson, win be very welcome"
etc, etc.
Wall Street gentlemen are
probably counting their chick
ems in advance, for they don't
know California as well as they
know the stock ticker. But
there is no doubt that strong
fight will be made against
Hiram Johnson this fall. The
problem at present seems to
be to pick out some clean
nonentity to whom nobody can
object.
The hard part Of Hiram
Johnson is that he 10 not able
to 60 TO California and defend
himself against his usual collec-
t;on Of enemies cut there. Only
few in Washington know bow
hard he mas worked 10 defenA
his States interests IN the
preparation of the tariff. He
has succeeded admirably, and
CALIFORNIA; products at this
moment have the protection TO
which they are entitled.
IL Senator Johnson should
turn his back on Washington,
and go out to look after his
own interests, the work that he
has done for California would
be undone. And as real Cali
fornians know, he is not the
kind of man that drops fight
while It Is on, whatever the
consequences to himself.
Those that have travelled in
California and talked to Cali
fornians cannot very well
imagine men and women of
that State turning against
Hiram johnson, known and adj
mired all over this country for
his deep sincerity and first
class fighting power.
When the time comes, Hiram
johnson viii roll up his usual
California majority and con-
tinue his fight for the State
destined TO be the greatest by
far in the Union. To cut
down CALIFORNIA; magnificent
giant trees would be no greater
crime than cutting down Hiram
johnson in the midst Of his
career. And one would hurt
the reputation Of California
as much as the other.
The oldest horse in the world,
probably, is named Glover"
Thirty-six years ago. at the age
of fifteen, he retired from the
fvotting track and became the
property of the Rev. DIR. NJ.
Myers, of Catawaisss, Pa.
DR.. Myers, too old TO preach.
can no longer afford to keep the
horse, which is fifty-one years
old, much younger than the Rev
ercnd Doctor.
It may be necessary TO shoot
the horse. Everybody viii feel
very sad about that.
What about the Reverend
DR.. Myers, retired on a pension
of a little more than 81 a day.
after preaching all his life. No
body gets much excited about
that.