Evening star., 1923-04-06
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

age. Result: Higher priccs-proviu-
ing the law Of supply and demand il
not interfered with. This is n good
year TO plant potatoes in the HON"
garden.
Like Banquo's ghost, the Jacksoi.
statue in Lafayette Square will not
down. From all over the south and
from all democracy there comes
ground swell OF rage at the sugges
tion that Jackson give way to Wash
Ington. He has been parking his
hobby horse there, in front of the
White House, for sixty years. Police
regulations may require a traffic Off
Ger y tag him or order him TO NOV
on. But the solid south stands guard
Why this fury? Was not Washing
ton also a southcrner? Was he not =
Nirginian" Why should he not StaT.d
! in front of the White House? Bot
statues were the work of tho sam
man, but the Washington is-less bad
than tho one that is more bad. 1t iE
not Il question OF art with the Jack
sonian defenders. 1t seems to be q
| matter Of orthodox religion. The Sec
retary of War. Mr.. Weeks, assures al.
Indignant inquirer that tho Arny
positively will not be employed t.
force a removal of Mr.. Jackson. ""
word has come from the Navy. y
| man -of-war in the Potomac could fl.
right over tho White House anu
knock tho rider of tho hobby into Il
cooked hat, as other hobby riders IL
] the past have been. There is no as
suraucc that Iladdie Boy would come
10 the rescue. Ho might let all JACK
/ s"nians =" stra light t. n" bow Vows
u IS It crisis. ''hil quiet along TIL
Potomac
a No. .N 4 ~ -,C
has complied Officially with a request
| that it encourage thG wearing of
scarlet poppics on memorial day. ~
honor Of the soldiers who fcll In tho
war. For awhile IL waS talked tha.r
because Of the shortage of poppi p
and the extortionate price put uTs1ri
! tho limited supply by dealers Il"
daisy or marguerite might be Suhst
tuted but the idea did not carry with
1t the associations which fingered
= bout the poppy of Flanders field
Now the use Of artificial poppies
accepted as quite as satisfactory az
the growing flower. Thousands ar"
being made by the women's auXiliar
| les of the American Legion, as well
| as by professional manufacturers.
High tariffs tend to cut down I'M
portaticns OF foreign goods. Thst
! curtailment tends to increase the dc
maud for goods made in AmericsI
aud 50 increases the demand for
American labor and enhances wages
All that is the familiar doctrine II
the protectionists, and during the
prolonged debate in Congress on the
McCumber-Fordn tariff IL was dem
onStrated that the rates were SO high
that they would stop nearly all i'm
pOItation.
Further than that. II was argued
that American exports must suffer
If imports were to be thus barred,
since we must recognize that we could
never sell unless we bought. That is
what the democrats told US.
An ounce of fact is worth ton OF
theory.
In the twelve months ended De
cember. 1921, We imported a total Of
| s2,5o9, 147,570.
The following year we imported.
under the restrictive influence Of the
| higher tariff, s3.1l2.J4S,7772.
Exports. of course. were greatly in :
creased and over 100000 more me n
now have jobs. This is not argument:
it is just a few facts. Make you:'
own argument. The facts are shippe d
knocked down. Or is it some theories
that are knocked down?
Copyright. 1923. by T. V. Collinsl