Show teW S-teW WASHINGTON LETTEll p J A rAILING FAILING TO R Im TIIS ow S F WOULD LOWER ALL II By CHARLES P STEWART STEW XE NE Service Senko Writer WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Aug Aur The 5 5 tariff is a dull subject but wo we shall be hearing a great creat deal about It before betor long lone I Con Congress ress refuses to Innate Inflate ag- ag agriculture agriculture ac Therefore agriculture ns proposes to deflate everything else It Is the corn 1 oets ets et's fight ficht The corn belt Is largely Republican Republicans arc are supposed to be be- be believe bc lIeve In a protective tariff Con Con- Consequently when prices of the corn belts belt's products slumped after the war and almost all ail other prices stayed high due to the tariff wall wail the tho corn belt did not demand that the wall valt be bo torn down THEIR PLAN PL FIRST Instead It demanded 1 the equivalent equivalent lent of a protective tariff for It- It some self som scheme to crowd the prices of ot farm products pro up to the level of ot the prices the farmers nave have to pay for except what they themselves raise It took the tho form of the th McNary- McNary McNary bill designed 1 to artificial price control by tho the mar mar- marketing marketing mar of all nil farm products through a 0 governmentally created corporation or board The Th bills bill's backers sail said sal 1 frankly that was what they wanted wanted-or wanted tariff reduction Being believers believer In a IL high protective tariff they did not begin with a reduction de- de demand de mand da-mand mand They offered their own plan first but If It It was refused II then they would call for reduction and call very loudly Indeed At two successive sessions ot of congress the th corn belts belt's relief I measure has been up liP for consider consider- consideration atton and both times Umes ong I eu has turned it down euI I LOWER OTHER PRICES Now corn belt senators and rep rep- representatives rep representatives have pretty generally decided It Is time tim to fulfill their threat and launch a tariff reduction reduction tion lion drive That will be b the th mal main Issue tu ip the th coming congressional campaign so far as the middle west is concerned The corn belt in short short will wilt stop try try- tryIng trying try Inc Ing to bring brine farm price prices up to the general level nn and 1 undertake to bring the general level down to the prices of ot farm pro products Congressional representatives from the Industrial east east cast thrives on protection are ar con con- con considerably perturbed at the pros pros- prospect prospect prospect moreover er It If the th Republican and hitherto corn belt flops Hops In Inthe inthe inthe the direction of ot tariff reduction It will mean menn a great creat accession of strength to the th Democratic grou which Is committed to such a IL pot pot- polIcy pol policy icy already Free Fre trade trad Is practically practically I dead even In the Demo Demo- Democratic erotic cratic party today but most D Dem Democrats m at least favor a lower tar rr schedule than the present one EAST ST IS WORRIED Democrats and Insurgent anti and I corn belt Republicans Republican combined l might easily for t a strong enough coalition to male make radical cuts cuts- cutson cutson cuts cutson on the commodities of couz cou J that that the th farmer has to buy not noL noLon noton nolon on those that he h has to sell fIhe Fhe protectionists protectionist will tight fight this tendency hard at the th polls but I the tho outlook distinctly is not to o otheir their liking toI I |