Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1924-01-25
DEMOCRATS ATTACK FARMERS TARIFF

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The Democrats in Congress are preparing for an assault
upon the protective tariff Their program calls for eff
revise schedules downward by piecemea this
sion of Congress- and the threat that if they get
the Congress they will repeal the protective
tariff in its entirety.
Free trade bills introduced by Senator Walsh of Mas
sachusetts, and Representative Weller Democratic mem
from the city New York, would put all pro-
ducts the free list with very few exceptions, and in
these exceptions the present schedules would drasca
ly lowered.
It would appear the Democratic party has a grudge
against 1t due to its dehation
policy inaugurated in 1919 and 1920 that the agricultural
livestock interests of the country brought to the
very verge of ruin.
The last Congress of the Wilson administraton-Re-
publican in both houses-passed farmers emergency
protective tariff bill in the face of determined opposition
by practically every Democrat Cordel Hull, chair
of the Democratic national committee, of the
leaders in the opposition to farmers tariff at that time
After the Congress passed the tariff President Wilson
toed it.
Democrats in Congress put up the same opposition to
the farmers protective tariff the special of
gress called by President Harding in the of 1921
Now they endeavorng to repeal those schedules of
the tariff which protect the farmer.
The argument of Senator Walsh Representative We'll
Ter and other Democrats is that the tariff farm pro-
ducts increased the OF living TO the
They attribute the high prices charged by city
aers for food to the protective schedules pro-
duce This is because they lack either the intelligence
The to the root of the matter and expose the
real cause of the tremendous spread between what thu
gets for his produce and what the has
pay for it.
The falacy of the position that high retail prices
ood have any connection with prices received by the
FOR what he produces illustrated by price
A 1Oaf Of hread which in
times cost five cents costs ten CENTS increase
# 100 cent The flour from which this bread is made
increased in the period from SAB barrel to
$780, The standard computation in the baking business
flows 2SO loaves of bread to barrel Of flour. The
between barrel of wheat -four and the price of bread
reduced from it in prewar times $751; The margin
oday is SPILL
Somewhere between the -four barrel and the break
asst table in those cities prices doubled and it with
the ranks of their city constituency that these Demo-
ratio politicians will have to look foc the of the
Ugh cost of food they really wish to ascertain the facts
What is true regarding the relative price of wheat and
heat flour compared with that Of bread prac
cally every other food product. .
Representative Weller interview states that the
is deriving benefit from the tariff Representa-
Weller makes that statement largely because he knows
Othing about the farmer, farm conditions His
essonal district lies in the upper section of New York
the apartment house district where farm sentiment is
Try hard to gauge
If he desires the truth regarding the sentiment of
and livestock interests to the effect the tar q
he should consult the records of the United
Commission which has file protests from practically q
cry farm organization livestock association dairy asso
alton and other agricultural associations against any
werng of the present tariff schedules farm products
Not only have the western protested against
reduction in the present tariff schedules but during
last six months the tariff commission and other au- W.
Ores have been bombarded with requests agr da
ltura sections for the increase of tariff on farm nro
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THUS the rates 10 De increased 5O per cent en-
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