The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-09
MICHIGAN'S VOTE TUESDAY
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| Three other candidates are in the race
and they are agreed on at least one
point-the denunciation Of Senator
Townsend for having voted for New
berry when the latter was on trial in
the senate and for having subsequent
ly defended his vote during the pres
ent primary campaign.
Each Of Senator Townsend's oppo-
nents is a Republican of considerable
following p. II. Kelley, regarded as
the strongest of them. is a former
congressman and former state official
He is making a vigorous campaign in
all parts Of the state and is gathering
big audiences to hear his attacks on
Townsend.
Baker Has Strength
State Senator Herbert T.. Baker has
somo strength in the various sections
Of the commonwealth, due to his SER
vice In the state legislature. John G.
Emery, former national commander
Of the American Legion, is expecting
to attract large number of former
service men to his support.
Candidate Emery has been charging
In his speeches that as early as July
II Carl Fritsche, Senator Townsend's
manager, had spent $1,000 In the lat
tcr's behalf, although the Michigan
law forbids the expenditure Of more
than $4,000 by any aspirant for a SEN
atorial nomination.
The contest will have been waged
for sixteen weeks on Sept. 12, the date
of the primary, and In the course OF
that long period all the candidates
will have penetrated every corner Of
the state. The voters have been thor
oughly aroused and a large poll is ex-
pected.
1t is believed that Senator Town
send will fall far short of a majority;
that the aggregate vote of his oppo-
nents will be greater than that receiv-
cd by him. Since Senator Townsend's
vote for Newberry is practically the
only issue, 1t is forseen that even II he
gets the nomination it will be argued
that a majority of the people of Mich
igan have condemned him.
1t Is notable that Senator Townsend
Is making many attempts to turn the
debate to other subjects. principally
the tariff. but the other contenders
refuse to forsake Newberrylsm. These
tactics of Senator Townsend are taken
as evidences OF his fears for the result
Of the primary and are prompting
Kelley, Baker and Emery to put even
stronger emphasis on Newberryism.
Evidence that the economic panic
which began with Republican control
of the national government in 1921 is
continuing to blight business and in
dustry is to be found in figures COW
ering the collection Of tax receipts for
July. The decrease in the collections
during July this year was sac, ,43S
compared with the same month of
1921.
The particulars of this decrease are
interesting. They show that business
and industry have suffered from the
actual depression in foreign and do
mestic trade and probably also from
the prospect Of the rise in prices and
the disturbance of conditions threat
cned BY the Fordney- -McCumber Prof
iteers' tariff bill. For example, there
was a decline of so,s4s,OOO in the re-
ceipts from income and profits taxes
in July this year compared with July,
1921. Keeping in mind the same basis
of comparison, the decrease in the
other collections were: Estate taxes,
s10,275, 1000 and miscellaneous re-
ceipts, including amusement and
transportation taxes. $27,177,OOO.
Even more significant is the steady
and startling diminution of our for
eign trade under the Republican ad-
minstration. Our foreign trade in thI
fiscal year ended June 80, 1922, total.
ed $G,37S, 100000, of which $3,77O,-
000,000 represented exports. These
figures show a decrease Of $3,792, 900,
600 compared with the fiscal year OF
1921, when our foreign trade was val
ued at $1O,17O, 900, 900 and s6,5l6, ,OoO,-
900 was exports.
This is a gloomy picture to contem-
plate, especially when the worst is YET
to como in the operation of a prohibi.
tive tariff that is sure to throttle our
foreign commerce, leave vast sur
pluses of agricultural and manufac'
tured products without buyers and
thus clutter the domestic markets Il
the injury of all classes.
Coal Commission Asked For Long Ago
There was no surprise in the
promptness with which the Republi
can Congress began to go through the
motions of creating a commission t.
| investigate the coal industry. 1t wal
exactly what was expected and pre-
dicted. The explanation is easy; it Il
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