DALLAS POST, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1929
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ckward States to Chair-
‘raming was condemned by
Grundy in a communication
Senator T. H. ‘Caraway, Chairman
the Senate Lobby Investigating
mittee. This supplemental in-
ation was placed in the hands of
for more light on what Mr.
my is filed with the
ition on October 24th,” said Mr.
, “there. were several tables
the agricultural as well as the.
rial viewpoint, and which also
: tax which ‘Pennsylvania and
ir dustr ial States contributed to
Mreirate the farm status of
sylvania in comparison with the
foned, I otfcialt the table which
’S on, Page 1122 of the typewrit-
~ contained four of the States
are represented in the member-
of the Committee (Arkansas,
1 Montana and Wisconsin), and
additional States (Arizona, Mis-
and South Dakota) whose
presentatives in the Senate have
een most vocal in the efforts to pre-
ent industry from deriving any ben-
efit from the pending tariff revision.
“In another table (Page 1124, of
e typewritten transcript) I com-
ared the same seven States above
mentigned, with, seven industrial
States, thus showing that the latter
sloy nearly 55% of all the indus-
ial workers of the country, as
rainst less than 5% in the contrasted
even States; and that the proportion
n wages paid is nearly 59% in the
rst instance, as against 4% in the
pevend; value of products 55% %, as
nst 4% %; and that while the
: a industri?! States paid more
than 64% of the total income tax, the
over 216%. .
on the table I listed twenty-
ve i whose total industrial out-
ade the hen observation
(Page 1126 of the typewritten trans-
ript) : ‘Perusal of the figures here
nitted justifies the statement that
enate we e proportioned to popula-
i procuctive power, or the total
um. contributed toward the national
to make their whispers
“Likewise upon the basis of the
data supplied, I referred to some of
it the States mentioned as ‘backward
: Common wealhs.
Qctober 29th and October 30th) I
as before the Committee for a total
f at least six hours. So far as I
an recall, or can discover from a
1ding of the whole of my examina-
n, the Committee has not denied
disputed a single fact which I set
‘orth, but has shown a most remark-
eo interest in that single expres-
ion, ‘backward Commonwealths.’
“Although I tried to be clear—and
thought I was—in the definition of
meaning, you have asked me to
further define that expression and
ive gome illustration of its applica-
That is. the pyppose of this
ommunication.
‘There hardly can be an intelligent
‘eomprehension’ of the principles upon
hich the whole of my discussion was
ased, however, without a clear un-
erstanding of the part which those
principles have played in making our
country what it is today.
~~ Mr. Grundy then reviews the prog-
over the period of years since
Rersittion, when the nation’s in-
) ries were protected by a tariff
and the backwardness of industry
when that safeguard was removed or
tampered with.
- “The result was that from that
period until shortly before the Civil
\ War, with some flashes of protective
sentiment in the country (notably in
1824, 1828, 1833 and 1842), legisla-
tion carried us backward to a position
almost wholly agricultural, without
anufactures; and, notwithstanding
#he development of " much of our na-
al resources, including gold in
Oyrnia, and despite continuing
. in Europe which created un-
fal demand for our agriculture, our
frold was flowing from us, our na-
tional credit fell, business houses
failed, and distress was prevalent
; throughous the land.
“That was a backward period in
American history, during which our
ational growth and development was
etarded by decades, and our national
wealth depleted and deferred by bil-
after that long and bit-
—that period of trial and
ufferi ing and sacrifice,
y 85 we
know now
“that finally, in 1858, a Republican
Congress was elected and paved the
‘way to the passage, in 1861, of our
first really protective Tariff Act. That
Bill was prepared by Congressman
Morrill, of Vermont, and was signed
by James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania,
a Democratic President who, in the
(light of history and conditions then
prevailing, was compelled to admit
that protection was an absolute neces-
sity to the United States, and who,
therefore, despite the historic policy
of his party, attached his signature to,
a protective tariff measure.
© “The patriotic impulses that were
awakened by the Civil War, coupled
with the constantly increasing needs»
of the Government for revenue, led
to increased duties on imports as the
only means of procuring governmental
income, aside from the internal rev-
enue taxes. And following the Civil
war there was such a clear realization
of the part that protective duties had
piayed, both in sustaining our indus-
tries and in raising revenues, and such
an appreciation of the part that do-
mestic industries had taken in the
winning of the war, that protective
influences prevailed for the next
twenty years.
“Again, however, the generation
which “had seen and knew” passed
from public life, and in 1883 the party.
which had been the custodian of the
protective principle, fearful of mis-
fortune in the Presidential election of
1884, made a tariff revision so unwise
and unscientific that it brought dis-
aster upon many lines of manufae-
ture, especially in certain branches of
the iron, steel and woolen industries.
Indeed, there is much in the selfish,
unwise and sectional revision which
the ~Democratic-Insurgent coalition
seems determined to enact now, which
is reminiscent of the ‘backward’ char-
acter of the revision of 1883.
“During the ensuing four years of
Cleveland’s first term there was a con-
tinuous battle‘over the protective prin-
ciple, and it was during that period
that the Mills Bill, a tariff-for-revenue
measure, failed of passage by a single
vote in the Senate. Thus was eco-
‘nomic’ disaster .averted, or at least
postponed, under Cleveland’s first ad-
ministration.
“In 1888 the election of Benjamin
Harrisen and a Republican Congress
resulted in the enactment of the Me-
Kinley Bill, but that measure was so
grossly misrepresented by the news-
papers, and the people’s minds there-
by so inflamed, that in 1892 Grover
Cleveland was elected for a second
time, on a tariff-for-revenue platform,
and the country was on its way to the
widespread disaster which had been
averted by a single vote during his
first term.
“It is unnecessary to go ‘into the
details of that tragic period when our
industry and agriculture alike were
laid prostrate and a great part of our
population was without employment
and even the funds with which to
buy food. Their mistake was driven
home to our people in terms and con-
ditions which none could misunder-
stand, and, saving what they could
from the wreckage of 1893 and 1896,
they elected William McKinley Presi-
dent upon a protective tariff platform
in the latter year. His election was
followed by the enactment of the
Dingley Tariff, which, proportioned
to its time, probably was one of the
best balanced tariff laws that the
country ever has had, considering the
extent and diversified character of the
development which took place under
it and as a consequence of it.
“From then until the present tima
there has been no deviation from the
protective principle by a majority of
our people, although at all times there
has been a ‘backward’ sentiment in
some sections, and some States have
been consistently ‘backward’ in that
they have not availed themselves of
the advantages under which the coun-
try as a whole has gone forward.
“The Dingley Act was amended by
the Payne-Aldrich Law of 1909, which
remained upon the statute books un-
til the three-party fights of 1912 re-
sulted in the election of Woodrow
Wilson by a minority of the voters,
with a Democratic Congress which im-
mediately proceeded to the enactment
of the non-protective tariff, so-called
‘competitive,’ Underwood - Simmons
Act of 1913.
“Under that Act the country almost
immediately began a descent toward
the same conditions as had prevailed
under the Wilson-Gorman Democratic
Tariff of 1894; then came the World
War, which intervened as an-artificial
barrier against practically all im-
ports, at the same time that it set
up an unprecedented demand for |
practically everything, agricultural
and industrial, that the United States
could produce.
“The wholly unusual and entirely
unnatural prosperity which we had
enjoyed throughout the war vanished
into thin air, however, as soon as the
conflict was over and the Underwood-
Simmons non-protective tariff again
became effective. Within a period of
a few months some five millions of
our people were without employment,
with conditions growing steadily
worse, and I already have reviewed
"how, in an effort to ameliorate this
condition to some degree, the present
President of the United States was
called upon to head a commission
whose purpose was to get ail possible
Federal, State and municipal projects
under way, in order to provide work
for at least a part of the unemployed.
“In my statement filed with the
Committee on October 24th, I also
set forth how, in their quest for re-
lief, the people in 19520 elected a Re-.
publican Administration: and Con-
gress by an unprecedented majority,
and how the first act of that Adminis-
tration and Congress was to re-enact
_ the Agricultural Emergency Tariff,
. which President Wilson had refused
to permit to become a laws:
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HEN you cast around in
your mind for a new dessert,
why not ‘include the aristo-
cratic apricot in your survey? For
the apricot is capable of as many
uses as the peach and is less often
used only because ‘its capabilities
are less familiar.
All Year Use
Of course, the fresh apricot can’t
be bought all year around, but the
canned fruit, which is put up in
factories near the orchards when
the'golden apricot is meltingly ripe,
can be obtained any time. Some
recipes which are new and have
been tested by a trained dietitian
are here given. Don’t they sound
tempting ?
Apricot Cranberry Taris: Cook
together until creamy and rather
thick the following ingredients:
one cup of canned cranberry sauce,
one cup of apricot pulp (made by
pressing apricots thrqugh a sieve)
and four teaspoons of sugar mixed
with one teaspoon of flour. Cool
and put in previously-baked tart
shells. Top with whipped: cream.
This makes ten to twelve tarts.
Peach and Apricot Filling: Whip
one cup of cream, and add six ta-
blespoons of confectioner’s sugar.
Cut one-half cup of canned peaches,
one-half cup of canned apricots and
one-half cup of: candied cherries
into small pieces and drain well.
Fold into the whipped cream. Uso
the filling in cream puffs, between
layers of cake or as a garnish on a
simple cornstarch or rice pudding.
To lend variety to tapioca and
cornstarch puddings for the chil-
dren, put an apricot half in the bot-
tom of the individual mold and fill
with the pudding ; top with anothet
apricot half*
taurant and tried to get four
dinners ' for only twenty-five
cents each, people would begin to
suspect their sanity. - But at home
it's a different matter! Just look
at the meal which the intelligent
housewife can purchase for her
family of four for a modest dol-
lar bill:
Corn and Beef Loaf ..... 3
Scalloped Potatoes .......
Stewed Tomatoes & Celery. gt
Bread and Butter .08
Jellied Pears
Demi-tasse
Otol a od Sad di $.961
The recipes for this economical
dinner are:
Corn and Beef Loaf: Mix the
following ingredients and form into
a roll: one pound ground rump
of beef, one-half pound ' ground
fresh pork, one beaten egg, one
tablespoon chopped onion, one-half
tablespoon ‘salt, one-fourth teaspoon
pepper, one-half cup bread crumbs
J four, people went into a res-
and the contents of an eleven-ounce
can of corn. Place in a well-
greased loaf pan and bake in a hot"
oven (400°) for about 45 minutes.
Serves eight. For four, make
only half the recipe, or cook the |
entire amount and use the loaf for
two meals.
Steamed Tomatoes and Celery
Combine “contents of a number 2
can of tomatoes, one-half cup of
diced, cooked celery, salt and pep-
per, one tablespoon of butter and
one teaspoon of sugar.
gently for a few minutes.
Jellied Pears: Drain the syrup
from an eight-ounce can of pears
and add one-half cup water, one
tablespoon of grenadine syrup and
one tablespoon of sugar.
one-half package of. lemon-flavored
gelatin in the hot mixture and cool.
Simmet }
Arrange pears in four individual
molds wet with cold water. Pour
the cold syrup and gelatin mixture
over them, and set away to harden.
Unmold and serve cold.*
Merry Christmas
Everybody!
Santa has decided to make our store his headquarters in
Noxen for a whole week before CHRISTMAS he will be here
every day to welcome boys and grownups, too.
He has ar-
ranged to have a letter box here where boys and girls can drop 4
their letters to him so that he will know first hand just what 3
they want for CHRISTMAS.
And Santa's got a great present, too, for everybody in our §
low prices. He says nobody need go out of Noxen to see Santa §
Claus, because our stock is filled with Toys, Sleds, Christmas
Candy, Nuts, Fruits, Fancy Groceries and usable presents in |
Dry Goods, Hardware and everything imaginable
AT PRICES LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE!
FOR WOMEN
TOYS
FOR MEN
Neckties
Socks
Shoes
Caps
Shirts
Gloves
Garters
Suspenders
Belts
Handkerchief ;
Gloves
Handkerchiefs
Dress Goeds
Shoes
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
DOLLS SLEDS
CHRISTMAS CANDY
NUTS FRUITS
Cooking Ware
Talcam Powder
Dresses
Arclics
Make Our Store Your Christmas Headquarters
JAMES WYANT
CLOVER FARM STORE
Noxen, Pa.
“Where Your Dollar s Have More Cents”
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