The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

the policy Of isolation was said tc
have been overwhelmingly endorsed
When, as stated, every sordid in
terest came clamoring to Washing
ton, the Republican party entered
upon the task of revising the tariff.
No portentous voice now dispersed
the invidous lobby over night. The
schedules show its handiwork.
Higher than ever before mounted
the rates.
There is an exquisite harmony
between the policy of isolation and
OF @ protective tariff as exemplified
in the act Of 1922. Why trouble
ourselves about troubles of Europe?
Let her stew in her own juice. Let
US not even trade with her. OF
course no such policy was or could
be pursued.
Forced To Heed Europe.
"A decent respect for the un-
fortunate ultimate consumer placed
some restraint upon the capacity
OF the favor seekers. The prompt.
ings Of a common humanity no
less than the distress of agricul.
ture relying upon markets across
the sea forced a grudging atten.
ton to conditions pre- ailing and
events transpiring there. The peo-
pie of Europe have been constant
ly calling upon our private citi.
zens to aid in bringing order out
of the chaos there, intensifying the
impoverishment. due to the war.
Elthu Root went at their request
to assist in drafting the statute
Tor the world court. John Basset
Moore to sit as one of its judges.
Abram ElkinS to arbitrate the
Aaland Island dispute, Norman Da-
Wis to adjust the Poland Lithuan-
ian boundary controversy, Henry
Morgenthau to promote the estab.
lishment in industry of the Greek
refugees, Charles G. Dawes to solve
the reparations tangle, and Pro-
fessor Shotwell and General Bliss
to work out a disarmament pro-
gram. But the Government of the
United States must do nothing lest
the irreconcilables disrupt the Re.
publican party.
Farmers Have Paid Price.
For the harmony thus secured
and the prosperity enjoyed by the
tariff beneficiaries the farmers of
the northwest have paid until bank
ruptcy among them is general.
NO such disaster has ever be-
fallen that section. The depressed
period Of the nineties on which Re-
publican orations discanted for a
generation bore no comparison to
the present deplorable era. Accord.
ing to the Secretary Of Agriculture
40 per cent of all the farmers in
South Dakota are virtually bank
rupt; AZ per cent in Colorado, SO
per cent in North Dakota, 81 per
cent in Wyoming, 81 per cent in
Montana and approximately Is per
cent In the hitherto prosperous
states Of Iowa and Minnesota. The
farmers dollar, measured by the
standard Of 1913, buys only sixty
four cents worth of commodities,
the price OF his produce falling in
accordance with world prices while
everything he must buy is held at
the war level by the tariff.
Though conditions are most
acute in the northwest, every prod
uct that must find a foreign market
Is affected.
Ne We IL rs 1mpOGGnCs
Elm the face of an impending ia
tional calamity the Republican party
Is impotent. Held fast by the great
monopolisitc beneficiaries of the
tariff 1t dare not lower the rates
even on those commodities, reduc
ton in the price Of which would be
of immediate benefit to the farmer
lest the whole structure should
tumble. Hoping for another victory
by perseverance in its opposition
to the only plan yet devised by
] the nations looking to the outlawry
Of war, 1t dare not take a stel
toward the pacification of Europe
with a view to the restoration OF
its normal purchasing power, lest
1t be wrecked by the passions Il
aroused to accomplish the rejection
OF the covenant Of the League Of
Nations for no better reason thar
that It was sponsored by a Demo
cratic President. It has no remedy
1t offers no relief from the paraly
sis that afflicts agriculture, threat
ening every form of industry.
THE Republican party has ceased
to be an organization through
which the business of the country
can be carried on. Nor is that the
end Of the antagonisms within the
party.
Cites Party Dlssension.
1.-THE President was at odds with
the majority wing, with which he IL
supposed to be sympathetic. or
the world court, the pension bill
the adjusted compensation bill and
to a greater or less extent on the
immigration bill. And now to car
the climax, unseemly dissensions
rend the party organization charged
with the conduct of the campaign
about to begin. II these be moi