Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-14

or any other individual to get in any
Of his fine work of Misrepresentation.
have written a prescription that to
my mind meets the situation with re-
gard to tariff and here it is:
First. 1 believe that the tariff should
be taken out of politics and should be
treated as a business and economic
problem. am opposed to politics in
tariff making.
Second. l believe in the Democratic
platform which recognizes that the high
wages and constructive policies estab-
lishe6 by Woodrow Wilson and the BUSH
ness prosperity resulting from them in
America coupled with the economic
ruin of the rest of the world, brought
about new condition that committed
the Democratic party to a definite stand
in favor. of such tariff schedules as will
to the very limit protect legitimate
business enterprise as well as American
labor from ruinous competition of
foreign-r1ade goods produced under
conditions far below the American
standard
Condemns Republican Policy.
Third. 1 condemn the Republican
policy Of leaving the farmer outside our
protective walls. On import crops he
must be given equal protection with
that afforded industry. On his other
products means must be adopted to give
him as we'll as industry the bcnefit Of
tariff protection.
Fourth. state definitely that the
Democratic party, if intrusted with
power will be opposed to any general
tariff bill. Personally, regard general
tariff legislation as productive of log
rolling, business confusion and uncer-
tainty I consider the method of gen.
eral tariff revision to be inherently I'M
sound and ! definitely pledge that the
only change I will consider in the tariff
will be specific revisions in specific
schedules. each considered on its own
merits on the basis Of investigation b.
an impartial tariff commission and q
careful hearing before Congress, of all
concerned.
Fifth. No revision of any specific
schedule will have approval of the
Democratic party which in any way
interferes with the American standard
of living and level of wages In other
words. say to the American working
man that the Democratic party will not
do single thing that will take from
his weekly pay envelope a five-cent
piece To the American farmer I say
bIldI Lie DSIIlOCTdJlC pdItN Will f:' every
thing in its power to put back into his
pocket all that belongs there. And we
further say that nothing will be dom
that will embarrass or interfere in any
way with the legitimate progress of
business. big or small.
Favors Tariff Commission.
Sixth. I favor a tariff commission
made up as hereinafter referred to with
ample facilities and resources. with
broadened powers. and with provision
for the prompt and periodical publiea-
ton of It's report which shall be in such
form as TO present serviceable and prac-
tical information -. ~4
In the believ that provision for q BIZ
partisan tariff commission promotes
rather than eliminates politics. would
ask Congress to give me authority TO
appoint commission of five members
from among the best qualified in the
country to deal with the problem ir-
respective of party Affiliations, with d
salary sufficiently large to induce them
to devote themselves exclusively to this
important work. / would consider il
my duty to see that this commission
was left absolutely free to perform the