The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-29

0&AIia SPENCER & LEVINGS
Oncorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YoRK BOSTON
Mongrel Tariff Revision
with the passage Of the tariff bill and the reference
bf the measure to q conference committee OF the two
houses comes the opportunity for the senate to resume
the playing Of politics over the debenture provision IN
serted in the bill despite q previous rejection when the
farm relief bill wan similarly in conference.
The former rejection Of the bounty plan Tor making
marketable the surplus productions, as OF wheat, was &C
complshed by the house conferees persis1ins IN reiusai
to accept the plan. They did so in support OF President
Hoover, who had taken a stand against this piece OF
communism even before the senate enacted it as a part
of the farm board bill.
Eager to hector the president and damage his farm
relief plan, the coalition Of Democrats and satellite Re-
publican insurgents janmed the debenture provision into
the farm board and marketing bill by the narrow mar
gin Of Il to ~ and then enacted it. Baffled by the
courage Of the house ~conferees in standing out against
their trick, they undertake anew in the tariff bill to put
the president in the hole Of either accepting the scheme
10 which he had served notice of being irevocably OPP
posed, or Of vetoing the tariff bill. This time the vote
was - to -
This Is how the situation now stands between the White
house and the party betrayal nasquerading under party
colors In the senate.
on the part Of the Democrats, their position is CUSTOM
Ary. Their traditional position on the tariff has been in
opposition to the protective theory. The need Of large
revenues some years ago seemed to promise the death OF
this difference Of opinion. The Democrats for revenue
purposes alone hsdto resort to tariff duties far In excess
Of some Of those previously sponsored by the Republicans,
thus invading the realm of protection, while the Repub-
licans passed some bills in which the need Of revenue
obviously was Is important rs protection, thus COM
hitting the party In part to the Democratic principle Of
tariff for. revenue. i 4.
The Democrats Of the senate. however. never became
conscious Of any change. They are and they
are sleep walking In the present instance Of tariff revi-
sion. They are going through the old motions from
force Of habit. The one and only member of the party
who is acting with eyes open and not INDUCING in panto-
mine is Ruth Bryan Owen, Of Florida, daughter OF the
former so-called Commoner william Jennings Bryan.
She voted with the house Republicans and there was .
terrible rafting Of bones when she said.
The queer feGture Is the opposition Of the Repub-
lican insurgents. They have not been helpful at any
staee.of the proceedings. They have reasoned in heresy
ridiculous alike from the Republican and Democratic
standpoints and have been more ante -bellum Democratic
than the Democrats. They have ranted over the prin-
eiple Of protection in the most maudlin terms. contradict
ing In one statement what they argued in another and
without . vestige Of that fine doctrinal authority which
WAS the glory and power Of william Mckinley, Tom
Reed. John Dalseli. David Henderson and Uncle Joe
Cannon in another generation of tariff makers.
At the same time the Eastern Republicans, led by Sena-
Cor Moses and Joe Grundy, have used poor and antagon-
1sing psychology in trying to force an industrial revision
Of the tariff when the purpose Of the president in keep
ing with the Republican national platform Of June 12-15,
1928. was merely agricultural duty revision. Agriculture
WAS suffering and an increase Of protection obviously was
called for as . possible remedy. certainly not a harmful
treatment. Both East and West failed to rise to this
occasion. They were both too intent on embarrassing
the president and doing him q political injury. It has
become q approximation that the tariff is . good means
bf striking at q president for the sake of political gain.
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President Hoover in his letter attacking the idea as UNI
sound listed tan reasons-au as good now as then
Tor his disapproval. Among them he said that the
benefits Of the debenture plan would not go to the farm
es but rather to "the dealers and manufacturers and
Spectators in farm commodities" To these President
Hoover said the plan would be q gigantic gift from the
government and the public" The amount Of the subsidy,
e the plan were generally applied. President Hoover said
nuuld be IN exress 81 $2oo0o0,00o . year."
Among other reasons President Hoover said the plan
1would stimulate ovaproduction and thereby increased
world supply. which would In turn depreciate world prices
md consequently decrease the price which the farmer
pupld receive"
stimulate moducton IT certain commodities and would
therefore disturb the whole basis Of diversification in
American agriculture" The export subsidy Of two cents
! pound on cotton, President Hoover said. would mean
that foreign manufacturers would be receiving cotton 81
two cents . pound Len than the American manufac.
turers."
one important objection cited BY Mr.. Hoover was thai
export hounties would be construed by foreign nations
@ dumping and would probably lead to action b,
Soreign nations which would nurfy the subsidy giver
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