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

Commission recommended by their own
President Taft that the Republican
platform Of 1923 contains not one single
word about the Tariff Commission
From a Republican point Of view 1t Is
dead and gone and would be interesting
to ask the Republican candidate If he
views that performance with satisfac-
ton. In his speech Of acceptance ne
makes no mention Of 1t. Is that per-
Torrance on the part Of the Republican
party a part of the record OF the last
seven and a half years that he praises
and looks back upon with great salts
faction? Nobody can answer that but
himself 1t will not do to pass that or
to. DR.. Work or Secretary Jardine.
Charges Misrepresentation.
Running true to form, the Republic
grossly rnisreprcs ,nting the Democratic
attitude to the question of tariff. ]
predicted that there would be an at
tempt made to distort my attitude
and I have lived to see the prediction
realized In the course of one of his
speeches. the Secretary Of Agriculture,
Mr. Jardine. Is reported In the press
to have said:
IF Gov. Smith Is elected and tariff
rates are reduced to the schedules of
the Underwood act rs the governor
forecasts in his speech of acceptance
the entire farm industry will be thrown
into state OF utter decentralization. In
his speech accepting the Democratic
nomination, Mr. Smith spoke of the
Underwood acts as measure en-
bodyins all that is best In tariff prin-
ciples."
In making that statement the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture deliberately and
wilfully n1isrepresented my views to the
American people. I challenge him or
any other member Of his party TO point
to anything / said in my speech Of ac-
ceptance that would In any way war;
rant the statements attributed to me oy
Secretary Jardine made no mention
of the approval of the Underwood act
and at no time did forecast the re-
duction Of tariff rates 10 the schedules
Of the Underwood act said abso &.
lutely nothing that would suggest even
an inference by any one to that effect
unless 1t be by person who was DELHI
crately seeking to put me in false
position for the purpose Of r1lislea ding
the people The trouble with Secretary
Jardine is that he is not very careful
man and does not seem to be very
particular about what Is said or done
BY himself or any Of his subordinates
If ne had been a little more careful. II
he had paid more attention to til,
duties of his Office. a situation would
not have been brought about such a
resulted from a cotton price prediction
issued by the Bureau Of Agricultural
Economies on September IS 1927.
Cites Cotton Report.
The prediction from his department
that the price of cotton was likely to
decline was found by the Senate COM
n1ittce which investigated the subject
to be mainly responsible for the break
ing of the market at the time and
made II extremely easy for those who
were organized and ready to realize
and profit by this break to take advan-
tage of the situation to press the mar
! ket to the disastrous low level that t
reached" Secretary Jardines depart
ment was directly responsible for great
financial loss to the cotton growers OF
the South. The carelessness which per-
mitted such situation is reflected in
his comment upon my speech Of &C.
ceptance.
Wants Tariff Out Of Politics.
In nv speech at Omaha on the farm
problem, in order to curb misrepresenta-
ton, I wrote out a prescription and /
read 10 to the American people and
placed It on file in the newspaper offices
so that there would be no opportunity
for Secretary Jardine, Chairman Work.