Smyrna times., 1928-10-03
WEEKLY WASHINGTON NEWS ON
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, ISSUES
WHILE GOV. SMITH IS SHIPPING,
HOOVER WONT RETALIATE
Plea for Religious Tolerance Tariff
and Prosperity Keynote of Cam
paign Republican Heads Declare

a good many Democratic leaders
seem to have difficulty in grasping
the significance of Herbert Hoover's
recent statement to chairmen of the
Republican Service Clubs Of Mary
land that this ifs not a campaign Of
opposition, but a campaign in favor
of the issues and candidates in the
Republican party" That declaration,
according to those associated with
Mr.. Hoover in planning the balance
of the presidential campaign, should
answer every question about the in
tentions of the Republican nominee.
Although Governor Smith has devot-
ed a considerable part Of his western
trip to a sniping campaign against
his opponent. Mr.. Hoover has no
thought Of retaliating. Consequent
~ he is not inclined to add to the
number Of speeches he has already
scheduled, as those still to be deliv-
cred, in addition to one or more which
may be scheduled on his way to Gar
ifornia, afford ample opportunity for
complete discussion Of the issues
upon which the Republican party is
standing in this campaign.
AS to the thrusts of the Demo-
cratic nominee at religious intolerance
DR.. Herbert Work and other Repub-
lican leaders have quietly pointed out
that in Herbert Hoover's speech of
acceptance, eight weeks ago, he made
a very forceful declaration on the
same subject, which was as follows:
81 come of Quaker stock. My ances-
tors were prosecuted for their be
liefs. Here they sought and found
religious freedom BY blood and con
viction, stand for religious tolerance
both in act and spirit. The glory of
our American ideals is the right of
every man to worship God according
to the dictates Of his own conscience"
That was one Of the high points Of
Mr.. Hoover's address at Palo Alto,
the entire country agreed. Republi-
can leaders do not believe the mem
ory Of it will be dimmed in the Slight
est BY Governor Smiths subsequent
remarks on the same subject, from
which listeners might have inferred
that the Democratic candidate was
the only one to deliver a blow at
in this campaign.
The 6. o. P. speakers who predict
ed early in the campaign that the
tariff would be no less. an issue than
it has been for years have not been
With the publication
of the Democratic campaign textbook,
asserting that rates of duty must be
limited to the difference in cost of
production at home and abroad, farm
ers and workers have begun to realize
that this means an application of the
competitive tariff
That embodies low wage, foreign
with high wage, Ameri-
can farm and factory products. The
reaction among workers
and farmers to the Democratic tariff
stand has been responsible for the at
-empts Of Gov. Smith and the Demo
,ratic chairman to show that Gov.
Smith did not endorse the Underwood |
act. What he did say was that he
approved the principles Of the law,
and those principles are what Chair
nan Work says caused a $100,OOO,OOO |
ut in the American payroll twice
within the lifetime of the act, not to
mention the damage il did to the
farmer by opening the domestic
market to foreign competition.
The Republican party learned 20
years ago that the theory Of using
he difference between production
,osts here and in other countries as a
factor in tariff duties is utterly i'm
possible of application. The same
conclusion has been reached more rec |
emily BY the federal tariff commission,
which now admits that only in few |
has it been able to obtain |
accurate figures on foreign costs Of |
or production for any
Industrial or agricultural commodi- |