The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
BREACH IN RANKS
Of {. D. ?. W|DENS
ON ADAMS RETURN
Committee Chairman Not in
Accord With Harding,
Hoover and Hughes
WAshINGTON BUREAU !
THE AGE-HERALD
Washingtnn. ID. C.. AnriI 81

Washington. d. C., April 81
Despite the Presidents proposal
that the United States participate in
the election of judges of the court
of international justice under the
auspices of the League of Nations,
the formal statement of the national
executive committee of the repub-
lican party, condemning those who
would educate" the citizens Of this
country to a more kindly feeling re-
specting. the league, comes forth.
1t is the concensus of opinion that
it was prepared by the chairman of
the committee, John r. Adams. who
has just returned from Europe. AS
already reported, some of the Pres
ident's advisers are urging dismiss
sal of Adams, and the Senate ire
cGnciliables" are urging Adams to
fight efforts of pro-league repub-
licans to get his scalp.
The statement of Adams appar-
emily runs directly contrary to the
position of the President. Secretary
Hughes and Secretary Hoover, and is
regarded by democrats as evidence of
widening of the breach in the party
between those leaders who favor
some participation in European af-
fairs, and those who oppose.
Immediately following the Adams
statement, the President indicated
that he would not retract his state
court, and would discuss this pro-
posal on the stump the coming sum
mer He will not make his proposal
the keynote of his address, however,
but in order that he might not be
regarded as candidate hunting
votes. will dwell extensively on non
controversial topics.
Evidence seemingly accumulates.
however, that the President cannot
escape popular construction that he
is SOW moving over the country as
a candidate. The President, himself,
is now preparing an itinerary and is
consulting leaders as to the cities
he should visit in order ito do the
most good"
He is even specializing on the ad-
Instability of going into New Eng
land before touching upon the
troubled. west.
PEANUT GROWERS VICTORIOUS
Peanut growers of the south have
for the present won their fight to
prevent the re-opening of the vege-
table oil schedule of the Fordney-
McCumber tariff act.
Chairman Marvin of the United
States Tariff commission has prom.
sed w. w. Webb of Hahira, Ga,
president of the American Peanut
Growers association. not even to
docket the case for a hearing without
notice, and without giving the
growers a chance to register pro.
tests. 1t is claimed by Mr.. Webb,
and those for whom he acted, thar
the request for hearing regarding
the schedule was filed by manurac-
turers of soap anxious to reduce the
tariff so as to admit foreign otls
which would be securable at greatly
less cost.
Mr.. Webb declared that even the
reopening of the schedule would
frighten farmers" and cause them to
abandon the planting of peanuts
which he declared had made It pos
sble for the farmers of the south to
prosper despite the varying price of
cotton and the depreciation of the
boil weevil.
The growers of peanuts are dem
ocrats. but in this emergency are
acting in consonance with the South
ern Tariff association. the leading
members of which are republican. and
which believes in high protective
tariff Democrats in Congress de-
clare the southern farmers mistaken.
and predict that they will find no
foreign market available for their
surplus because of the high rates OF
the tariff. They declare that the eff
feet of the tariff was demonstrated
to the sorrow of the farmers when
the so-called emergency tariff was
devised for their benefit. and the eff
feet of which. it is now admitted, was
disadvantageous to the producer OF
the south. But the democratic farm
ers are completely sold" respect!hS
the benefit of the tariff rates or
vegetable oils, and Mr.. Webb de-
clares that the price of peanuts this
spring as contrasted against the pric"
last fall is argument enough for him
and his associates.
Mr.. Webb informed the tariff coTl-
mission that he was speaker for the
duce peanuts the ma jority of whom
reside in Alabama. He said:
I'VE are planting 100000 acres in
peanuts in Alabama; 925,000 in Teor-
gia; 200,0 900 in Texas; 100000 in Nir-
, ginia: $4,000 in North Carolina; 1o3.
900 in Florida, and $4,000 in South
Carolina.
IF the tariff commission will lie;
the tariff alone we can double the
acreage. ANY disturbance in the
tariff will wipe the industry oIt OF
/ existence"
MAKING MINING SAFE
Despite development every year
coal mining is still too dangerous IN
the United States. according to the
department of the interior, in state
ment released today.
The department in an effort to
improve conditions. will send DIT
George S Rice, chief coal tech
uologist of the bureau of mines, -
Europe May /. In Europe he viii
study European mine safety methods
and will gather information as Ia
more efficient methods of operatlns
coal mines.
| Dr. Rice will visit all leading Euro
pean countries where coal is mined
| including England. France. Germany
Czecho- Slovaka and Poland.