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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNISQ, JUNE 16, 1920 New Tariff Meets Disapproval Among People, Sullivan Asserts . Various Newspapers Reflect Attitude in All Parts of Cou6try; Future Complex; Senate TakwfTJp Bill Passed by House. i By MARK SULLIVAN, WASHINGTON, June Is now known about the country re ception of the new tariff to bt able t the atti. say. fairly definitely, that Ol dl&SD hnl la on ttiria nn th provaL certainly inert is enougn of riiK&nnmhitlara. and enough of It has been transmitted to Washington to cause the capital to conclude that the wnv. nei aiuiuae 01 uie wmiui ta Is "thumba down." With thii nt ritcannrnhtttan nM general understanding that the bill is still auoject to cnanpe, mat u u now m the senate, and that the senate can vrifllr nnltmlfjwl rhanffM.' A thoroughly calm, newspaper which reflects we norm the Minneapolis Journal, ex presses this attitude of disapproval of the tariff, and reflects also complete understanding of the strategy necessary to bring about desired changes. The Journal says: ough atU-tur- vnt Schedule Unfair. "The building material schedule is grossly unfair, not only te the north' west, but to the whole country. . . The logic of the attack on building material tariffs. Which Is nation-widis unassailable. . . . The passage of the house bill la only the first round In a battle that Is not likely to be settled until next September. The next round Is to be fought In the senate, where the chances of rector Ing building material to the free list and making other change to nelp northwestern agriculture are good. Then will come the final adjustment of the differences between trie houses in conference. . . . wnat is needed, above all, is good generalship on the part of the northwest, good strategy in keeping what nas already been won and in securing every possible further concession." In the same spirit a newspaper which reflects dominant sentiment in a large section of the west, the Wichita Eagle,, begins by saying, "There is a bit of daylight in pros pect for the farmers." The Eagle then explains that the senate will now spend some two months making changes and that thereafter, in tne fall, these changes will come up for decision in conference between huse and senate. By the tlsne that confer ence comes, the Eagle says, the house will have had time to find out how the country feels, and will be In a mood to accept downward changes made oy tne senate, as tne tagie i puts it: Another Newspaper , Offers More Comment. "There is every chance In the world that when the house returns to Washington In September, after a recess, it will be In temper an entirely .14 e, ' ' rm V. : - tion the farmers are preparing to give the Republican members of the house when they return this summer from Washington will be warm, every. where west of the Allegheny. Scores of members will go back to Washington determined' not to vote to disagree with the senate amendments reducing auues.J In partially the same spirit, from the south, the Atlanta Constitution r. says: The buck: and wine dancing In over the tariff schedules is congress now due to begin. The house Republicans have passed over to the senate a tariff scheme that is calling forth a meat of conflicting criticisms from the press and the business Interests of the country.". The passages ' Quoted above axe from three outstanding papers In tnree section or tne country tne northwest, the south and the south west It can be said with safety that as respects-thes- e three sections, the tuners herat nnnti ant aiiffirientlv typical. It Is a sufficiently accurate generalization to say the tariff, as it now stands, is opposed by of the western and northwestern press and by much mora than half the southern press. As respects the eastern press, the situation is different cut a not op posed. The bulk of the eastern press is either critical of the tariff or only tepidly accepu It Some parts of the eastern press are angrily critical. But the eastern press differs from the western and northwestern press as to the parts of the tariff which It dis approves. All This Foreabadewi Uorrf xcltlng Events. All this foreshadows exlcting eventsn me two montns or more 01 discussion which the senate and Its jintuice committee win giv 10 uie tariff. To understand the outlines of what Is about to happen, clarif Icafton Is desirable. In this clarification It Is necessary to keep in mind always one broad distinction the distinction between agricultural products and non- aertcultural products. called This session of congress solely for the purpose of helping agrl culture. Had it not been tot that motive, the session would not have been called. The help to agriculture was to take two forms first, a farm relief bill and, second, a revision of ... nine-tent- iu the tariff in the interest It Is not of quite accurate to say purpose of wanting to help the fann-er.tsession would not have been called. It is accurate to say that but he for the purpose of helping the farmer, nothing would have been done about the tariff. The only qualification necessary to add is merely to say that is a kind Of postscript to helping the fanner the Intention was to make a very small number of changes In the tariff rates on an extremely limited number of commodities. When the Idea of having a special session of congress; and of having" a tariff readjustment, first crystallized, the only Industry other than farming that was In mind was the textile industry. Other than this there was a tentative attitude that If any other industries could make out as good a case for revision as the textile industry, they might be added. But no Industry, other than agriculture and textiles, was mentioned in the cam paign last year or at any step In the series of events that led up to this session of congress and this tariff revision. Program A boat Fanning Meets General Faver. As respects agriculture, the Intention was that the tariff changes should be unlimited. The earnest arid unqualified wish was to do everything for the farmer that changes in the tariff could be made to do for him. ' This program about agriculture has been practically lived up to, tnougn not quite. Practically every farm product raised In the United States has been given a strongly protective tariff. In almost all cases every farm crop raised in the United States has been given whatever tariff rata was asked for. The only exceptions are that butter and a few other minor farm products were not given quite as high a rate as some farmers' representatives demanded though they were given substantial raises. In the net it Is a fair generalisation to say that as respects farm crops raised m the United States, this tariff revision does substantially everything that any farm representative asked for. In one respect, an extreme and doubtful respect, the tariff does not do what a few farm representatives asked. Some spokesmen for the farmers went beyond asking for complete protection for every crop now raised in the United Statea 8ome Invented a new and extreme theory of protection, golnu beyond anything ever before demanded. This more extreme, almost fantastic, demand for agriculture, can be stated roughly as follows: There are some products Imported into the United States which are not raised on any American farm and cannot be raised here.- Characteristic Items of this kind are bananas, sago and tapioca. As to this class of products, some farm representative said thai while American farms these crops, they can raise substitutes for them. Hence, the theory was put forth, and the demand was made, that a tariff should be put on these products. In order to make them more expensive. Whereupon-accord- ing to the theory corn (cornstarch) would be used in place of sago and tapioca, and American raised fruits would be used In place of bananas. Portion of Farm Demands Not Acceded to In Tariff. This portion of the farm demands was not acceded to In the present tariff. Other than this one detail the new tariff does substantially everything that was asked for on behalf of the farmers. It will be seen that, as respects agricultural products, the intention was, and the performance Q, broad and very generous upward revision of the tariff. Turn now to that part of the tariff which has to do with nonagricultural commodities. As respects these, the original Intention was that only such Industries as are clearly In distress from foreign competition should be treated in the present revision. The outstanding example was the textile Industry, In which there Is, and has been for several years, severe depres- -' sion. including unemployment That the tariff revision, as respects nonagricultural industries, should be limited to cases of obvious and admitted need, was the clear Intention at every step of the series of events that led up to the making of this tariff. The evidence of this is to be found In every Important Reutterance last publican campaign year. It Is to be found In President Hoover's repeated use of the word "limited." Including his use of that word In his message to congress. It Is to be found in the phrase of Sneakrr Longworth. "as few in number as possible," when he dealt with the tariff program in his address on the opening day of the session. Revision Gees Beyond General Program. Whether this program of limitation (as respects nonagricultural industries) was ex seeded by the ways and means committee when it got down to the work of actually writing the new tariff- that is still an academic question. But Is Is only academic As a question of practical politics, as a matter of Interpretation by the country, there is not much dispute.- - Some Republican spokesmen still contend, although defensively. In a rather way, that the revision conforms to the program. But the overwhelming tendency now, practically taken for granted, la that the revision goes beyond the program. The bill raises the- - tariff on various Items In a large range of nonagricultural Industries. Included in this range are the three Items that have caused the most commotion. Cement, brick, and some forms of lumber, in cluding shingles, are taken off the free list, are given the benefit or a items protective tariff. These have become, In the fsrmlng sections of the country especially, the symbol of the objectionable aspects of. the new tariff. The tariff on one of these items, cement, Illustrates a new and extreme Interpretation of the protective tariff theorv. Of the cement consumed in the United States, only about 1 per cent is imported. Here Is a case where domestic manufacturers had 98 per cent of the trade yet they asked for a tariff which should exclude, or greatly reduce, the tiny remainder. 1 per cent. a demand for an exclusive tar iff, and the house bill grants it This la a, new landmark in a in the evolution of the protective tariff theory, it may turn out wj am straw that broke the camel's back . . imiimirit .the Tf mil nruuihlv mark the beginning of a gradual evolution In the other direction, lowaro an older and more moderate interpreta tion ox tne protective uicm. Boom Tariff BIO to l'pp Body. Oof rxrm nn msw ia tha Immediate future and the future is rather more complex than is commonly aasumea. The tariff bill, passed by the house, crnnm M the senate. Ha Bearing In mind the distinction between the agricultural anfKnSnagricultural por tions 01 tne 011V consider imi, uim attitude nf the senate toward the agricultural Items. The senate s aiutuae. up to ante . J ia fHentlral. with what has ...inW been so far the attitude of the country as a whole. It-- is an attitude oftolerance toward generous protec- rr snj 1 tion Indeed toward extreme protection, for all agricultural products. It is quite certain that the senate will go fully as far as the house has already gone in giving generous protection to agricultural commodities. How then, can the senate do more for the farmer than the houafc ha already done 7 What Is meant by the Minneapolis Journal when It advocates "keeping what has already been won and securing every possible further concession." What some farm spokesmen want, In addition se hlca protection for farm crops. Is a wish that turns and looks upon manufactures from the point of view of the consuming farmer. Soma farm spokesmen demand that the tariff on nonagricultural' goods Shan at the least not De increased, and perhaps in tome cases should be reduced. In this attitude on behalf of the farmer there Is more re&son than the eastern manufacturer may at first glance concede. The phase that ran through all the preparations for this the action on the tariff y this ses eion of congress was intended solely for the purpose of heiptng tne farmer. It Is accurate to say that but for the not upward on nonagriculture. The question as respects the senate, then, is whether there can be a combination on the tariff between the western Republicans and the Democrats; and whether this combination would fallow a program of upward on agriculture'and not upward on But If the western Republicans Initiate this course, what will tne east do. The east so far, has been satisfied, on the whole, to look upon agriculture as "sick industry," and to let It have about what It wants what it wants, that Is, as respects high rates on its own crops. Suppose, however, the west demands, in addition, low rates, or at least no Increase, on manufactured goods. Would the easterner, at that turn, begin to think of himself as a consumer of food? Would he oppose, for example, the high rate "which the new bill, as It now stands, gives to sugar? Swiss movie fans refuse to patron- A panel picture. The Aneel of the - by Annunciation,' measuring I Inches, the works of Bleneae master about 1330, was recently sold In London for t32,SQO. That a piece of oak from the frame s, of Pilgrim1! Mayflower, now at England, together with the 1170 treaty between the United States and Canada, be placed under the corner stone- of the League of Nations building at Oeneva, has been proposed, , 1- Jor-dan- 1- -2 - The bamboo holds tha record among plant for quick growth. 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