Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-10-20

TOuIHIul anu uOSIHdtlc prGOllGC-
tions.' Well, Mr.. Matson, they cer-
Itainly are a lot Of pretty sounding
and nicely chosen words. My dear
friend, because you believe in the
political tenets of the Republican
party, and are spending your life
defending the cause, are you "jus-
tifying an inordinate and arrogant
pride of opinion to buttress your
dogmatic predilections?" Or does
this just apply to Democrat? Such
logic and reasoning is only worthy
of an intellectual pigmy or else a
monumental hypocritc, and / don't
place Mr.. Matson in this class. /
feel sorry for him, because he has
ito defend a cause and an admins
tration against things which he
knows are true FACTS. His paper
is Republican organ and he has to
defend the Republican party, wheth
er he believes it to be right or.
wrong. It's his business.
Mr.. Matson is endeavoring to
mislead the readers of his paper in.
party stands for "FREE TRADE"
This statement is NOT TRUE. The
Democratic party does not believe in
FREE TRADE. It believes in pro-
tecting home producers and the
farmers SO that they can get not
sonable profit on their products.
The Democratic party will not lower
the tariff to such an extent that it
will ruin our own markets and in
jure the farmer. The voter must
remember that all countries do not
manufacture the same identical
commodities, and wee do believe in
bargaining with other countries on
products which we do not manu-
facture on wide scale in this cOun-
try. Thus we can lower the tariff
on some things that will not Grip
pie us, and Europe will lower her
tariff on certain things that will
not paralyze her industry, but as it
stands now the SMOOT-HAWLEY-
GRUNDY tariff has closed the gates
of European markets and the Amer
lean farmers goods are rotting in
his barn. Only the chosen few.
gods of industry, are protected by
| the Republican tariff, the vast inter-
ests of wealthy Republican multi
| millionaires, who worship at the
shrine of the Republican god in re-
turn for its protection over their mil
lions. But, people Of America this
country is not made up of the
| "chosen few gods of industry" This
country is made up of hundreds Of
small manufactors, who have to live
and eat, who have to sell Their
goods to earn a living for their fam
lies. We have to have tariff that
,, will help ALL THE PEOPLE, AND
NOT THE CHOSEN FEW. THIS
COUNTRY BELONGS TO THE
"FORGOTTEN MAN. and not IA
few Republican r millionaires, AND
THIS COUNTRY WILL BE GIVEN
BACK TO THE PEOPLE TO
WHOM IT BELONGS ON NOV. sth.
The following is the article about
Canada, referred to above, and
which absolutely refutes every word
of Mr. Matson's article of last weeks
issue and fairly knocks Mr.. Matsen's
argument into cooked hat
Drastic tariff changes expected to
eliminate from S75,000,000 70
100000 in sales by the United
States ITO this country went into ei-
feet today.
| They affect agricultural and man
ufactured product exports from all
sections of the United States, and
accordingly all wage earners de-
pendent upon such exports. The
business it is intended, will be
transferred to members of the Brit
ish commonwealth Of nations.
The new rates, including some OF
the most radical schedule changes
in this country's history, were
drawn up during the OttaMa~im-
perial economic conference. They
are the result of agitation which be-
came widespread with passage OF
the Smoot Hawley tariff act in the
United States more than two years
ago, which Canadians and others
said reduced their market.
The principal products affected
are: Iron and steel, agricultural,
textiles, chemicals, drugs, glass,
automobiles, tobacco, vegetable oils,
leather, canned fruit, toilet acces-.
sories, aluminium products, asphalt,
rubber boots and shoes, china and
porcelain ware, electrical apparatus
such as radios, anthracite coal, and
others of lesser Importance.
More restrictions on United States
exports are to come, these from
Great Britain and other empire
units. Britains changed schedules
will be announced next week. Can
adas new schedule was announced
yesterday by Premier R. III. Ben
nett.
The changes to be announced by
Great Britain will affect principally
such exports from the United States
as soft woods, metal products III
Guiding copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, all
intended to cut the market foc
United States copper, bacon, dairy
products. condensed milk, and al
most all fruit products. Wheat from
the United States, for instance, viii! |!
pay a duty into Britain of about |
Az cents; Canadian wheat will pay
no such duty.
Premier Bennett said he hoped |
the preferences given Canadian met
ais would result in Canadian cop |
per replacing that formerly sold in |