The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-26

the republicans increasing the cost of living in response to the dictates of big business
 One Victim Secured
 This public hls already secured one victim. Ira C. Copley. representing the Eleventh Illinois district, and member of the ways and means com mittee of the House, out of which came the Fordney McCumber tariff, has been beaten in the primary cleo ton by Frank R. Reid republican,
 Reid was a bitter critic of the adz ministratiou. of the republican con gress and of CopleY himself. He argued that the consuming public had absolutely no chance at fair play as long as the republicans permitted millionaires to organize the ways and means committee and write tariff laws which effect the dinner pail of everybody in the United States,
 Had Copley, who is an experienced legislator, and wealthy enough to conduct any kind of a campaign, been returned to Congress despite the crie- icism of Reid, no fear at present would grip the heart of the repub lican Congress. But the people, and the people in this instance. were re- publican, listened to Reid, and sur- prised the nation by defeating Cop ley.
 Tariff Was Issue
 The issue was the tariff which the millionaire ways and means com mittee reported. The issue was we'll defined. From Reid's campaign lit- erasurc. the following is repro duced: Who are the men who frame the revenue and impost laws of the the nation which vitally effect the business interests of every man who has something to produce or sell, every farmer who grows a bushel of grain or a pound of beef and every wage earner in the Eleventh dis trict?
 eThe committee is composed of II republicans and eight democrats. The republicans, of course, control the committed Eleven of them are mill 1ionaires or multi mullionaires. It would be impossible for them to leg islate from the viewpoint of the consuming public"
 Following his election MT Reid in signed statement, said' The cam paign was waged against a system under which q dozen men of great wealth dominate the action of Con gress on matters of tariff and tax ation. and use their great power to secure legislative protection for themselves"
 Mir. Reid, in other words. resorted to good democratic doctrine to un- seat his opponent
 Members of Committee
 Here follows the dominating mem bers of the ways and means commit tee which under the Harding admin istraton writes tariff and tax laws for the consuming public:
 Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan. mil lionaire lumberman; Nicholas Long worth, Ohio. millionaire through inv heritance. interested in banking and industrial enterprises, and dyes and chemical companies; Ira C. Gopley, Illinois, multi millionaire. controlling gas companies and newspapers; Bu- ther w. Mott, New York. wealthy banker: Isaac Baeharaeh, New Jer- sey, millionaire real estate broker, and bank director; Allen T. Tread way, Massachusetts, millionaire hotel owner and magnate; Charles B. Tim berlake, Colorado. millionaire banker and stock raiser, George M. Bowers, West Virginia, millionaire banker and orchardist; Henry w. Watson, Pennsylvania, retired millionairei Alonson B. Houghton New York, multi millionaire glass manufacturer, and Thomas A. Chandler, Oklahoma, millionaire oil magnate.