The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-04
SHARP ATTACK
ON MUNSEY
AS Looking After His Own
Interests in Tariff
Matter
SENATOR GOODING
NAMES HIS PLANTS
Declared Munsey Was Try
ing to Prejudice Public
Opinion

/ Washington. d. G.. Aug. 4Franl
A. Munsey, owner and publisher Of tn
New York Herald, was charged to-da,
in the Senate by Senator Gooding o
| Idaho, chairman Of the Republican ag
ricultural tariff bloc, with fighting th'
administration tariff bill in the inter
est of his investments in Europe.
| Asserting that Mr.. Munsey had in
terests in steel plants, mines, glass
factories, pottery plants, woolen mills
l6 beet sugar factories, and other in
dustrial institutions in foreign lands
Senator Gooding declared "it was moi
hard to understand why Mr.. Munsey
| has turned his hounds loose on those
senators who are trying to protect
American industries and American la
bors."
Nor Is it strange that he has sin
gled out the members of the tariff bloc
of the Senate, he continued, "for
without the steadying influence Of the
tariff bloc this propaganda that has
been going on BY Munsev, Goldman
and the international backer Of their
kind, would defeat any attempt to
pass protective tariff measure at this
session.
$50, | say to Mr.. Munsev and his
hounds, let them come on. viii take
my chances with the American farm
err, the American manufactures, the
American laborer, and the American
people, regardless of what occupation
they follow, while he hobnobs with
royalty and exploits the poorly paid
labor of Europe
Urging adoption of his resolution
proposing an investigation Of Mr..
Munsey and Republican newspapers
opposing the tariff. Senator Gooding
told the Senate that in view OF Mr.
Munsey's great newspaper holdings in
America and his effort TO prejudice
public opinion against American legis-
lation in the interest of his foreign in
yestments, the people Of the United
States have a right to know all the
facts relating to Mr.. Munsey's foreign
holdings in European industries, stocks,
bonds and other securities
"If the senators who have stood for
protection to American industries and
American labor are to be blackmailed
in the interest Of Mr., Munsey's for
eign investments, he added, then
want to know about it,"
While we are investigating Mr..
Munsey,s Senator Gooding continued.
1--WE should also Investigate the finan-
cial interests of other newspapers.
such as the Boston Herald and those
which il advertses as its associates
in the plan to sell America to Europe
an manufacturers and merchants. The
which it lists are engaged
in selling America to foreign manu-
facturers and merchants compose those
who have been most critical of the
pending protective tariff bill. namely
the Chicago Tribune, the New York
Times. the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the
st. Louis Globe Democrat and the
Tribune. Let us ascertain
Mr.. President why these publications
are so interested in the defeat of pro-
tective tariff.
What | propose TO do by my reso-
luton is TO investigate the selfish
ness of those who would profit by the
defeat of the proposed schedule and
who would put large sums Of money
into their pocket by defeat of the
Iarif bill as whole.
When Senator Gooding concluded,
ais resolution for an investigation was
reported adversely by Chairman Cald-
" Of the Senate expenditures commit
.ee