The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
Gormley Blames
 Tariff For Ills
Tells Community Club It Is Responsible for Present
 Day Conditions

The Washington Park Communi- ty Club heard an interesting anu instructive address last night in Mulcahy school by Judge Gorm- ley. The speaker made 1t plain at the outset that he was not going to make a political speech and hoped that nothing he might say would be construed into an argu- ment for or against any particular man or party. What he had to say would be his own views on present day conditions and the causes which brought about the unemployment situation. He touched on various subjects includ- ing the old age pension proposition, the wage question, quoting from government statistics to show that 1t takes an income of $2,O0O a year to maintain a man and wife ana two children in accordance with the American Standard of living, and vet the income of the unskilled laborer Is not much over 1000 a year and even the skilled mechanics s wage does not exceed $1,600. MT Gormley deplored the disappear ance of the fraternal feeling that existed between the workman and his employer a few years ago and stated, that labor and capital will have to get onto common ground before there will be anything like lasting prosperity.
 Continuing, MT Gormley said:
 "When the World war was over, the nations of Europe were indus trially and agriculturally in 6 very bad way. This applied to the Al lied nations as well as to the Gen. tral Powers. Billions ot dollars had been spent in the war, and the economic systems of all of the countries involved, were wrecked They needed time and money, food d-stuffs and machines, to bring back normal conditions. To what nation dld Europe and, in fact, South America and many other countries turn for common necessi- ties? Naturally, to the United States. We had the money, the machinery and the raw material as well as the finished products.
 Capitalists in this country loaned to Europe, billions of dol lars for the purpose of buying the raw materials, such as cortons, woolens, shoes, food, m.x.hinery, hAiN thOdoAANo VI OthSL hSNSooAIASos These facts brought about period of good business, and prosperity from early in 1929 until the year of 1928. In lact that span of years represents what was proba- ply the most prosperous period in the existence of the nation. We were selling our goods to the Brit ish Empire, South America, to Asia, Africa, Australia and to all of the countries of Continental Europe. The industries grew, and it seemed that the end of the golden era would never come. We forgot, 1 am afraid. that during those six years, Europe and the rest of the world were gradually getting back on their feet indus trially and agriculturally, and that eventually all American manufac- tured goods must begin to decrease. That time, however, gradually ap- peared, and then, most unfortu- nately, the Congress of the United States passed tariff bill, under the direction of the president, which, to my mind, has done more to create this panic, and after all 1t is nothing more than Q panic, than anything else. We know rom our study of economies that because of our great resources we can produce in this country in six months, everything that we are going to use or need for an entire year. '-,
 Naturally, there must be an open market to which we can send our surplus goods if production Is going to continue uninterrupted. However, because of the now ac- knowledged stupidity of the tariff act as a whole, we are confronted with a business world that is open ly antagonistic and which is do- ing everything it can to get along entirely without our goods and our products if 1t can possibly do so. We also know that leading man.