The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-12
Foreign Advertising Representative
n THE AMERICANA PRESS ASSOCIATION
SENATOR BORAH's SECOND
VICTORY.
Especial Correspondence.)


Washington, Jan. S.-The with
drawal of the Borah amendment for
an economic conference was great
victory for Senator Borah, despite
the efforts of the administration
press to make it appear to be de-
feat. The amendment was not with
drawn until it had accomplished its
purpose of forcing the administra-
ton through its recognized spokes-
men to offer a substitute plan in
the way of negotiations looking to
the abandonment of the administra-
tion's policy of isolation and aloof-
ness.
In way, Senator Borah repeated
his performance when he smoked
out" the administration on disarm-
ament, although no treaty resulting
from the Disarmament Conference
has yet been ratified.
AS the matter now stands, the adj
ministration admits that its policy
of isolation has been blunder. 1t
costs the agricultural and other in
dustrial interests from fifteen to
twenty billions of dollars to educate
the administration sufficiently to
recognize the fact that it had made
this terrible mistake in ignoring
conditions in Europe and the exist
ence Of Europe itself.
To what extent it will now at
tempt to repair that blunder re-
mains to be SEEN For two years
the Republicans in power have done
nothing in this respect, and they
have not tried to do anything.
However, Senator Borah, accord
ing to the consensus of opinion, has
| forced the administration into the
| open where it must finally abandon
its destructive policy of isolation or
confess to another failure to deal
With internatioal affairs to relieve
worldwide distress and avert pend
Aipg economic chaos.
Protests against the secrecy with
which the Tariff Commission is
shrouding applications for changes
in the Fordney-McCum profiteers'
tariff act are being lodged with
President Harding. Among the
protestants are representatives OF
large business interests. They COM
| plain that the Tariff Commission q
/ secretiveness is causing serious un-
| certainty.
About 100 applications for revis-
ion of the Fordney-McCu mber law
are now pending before the Commits
sion. according to the New York
Herald's Washington correspondent
The Commission refuses to give any
Information regarding the character
of these applications or the com,
modities they would affect. The OBJ
ieetors to. this policy contend that
some of their rivals may be the APP
plicants for changes and the bene-
ficiaries of any revision that the
Commission makes. Knowing that
they are seeking changes in the law
the applicants would have an ad'
i vantage over their competitors, it il
urged, If the Commission raised oil
lowered rate in which they were
Interested.
This secrecy and the opportunity
for favoritism and discrimination in
the revision of the Fordney-McCum-
Der law by the President or his rep
-esentatives were made the grounds
Of objection by Democrats IN Con,
gress when the measure was in pro.
less of passage. The Democrats
pointed out that, in addition to Civ.
ing the President practical author.
ity to levy taxes, the flexible" pro-
vision of the bill would permit the
rates of duty to be increased or de-
creased in private and without an
opportunity on the part Of the public
to hear and appraise the reasons
which prompted one action or the
other.
You can always tell the fellow
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