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...university has no such instrument as a tariff, with which to foster young domestic industries, but it is perhaps as well that it has not. For debating is not to be revived by the exclusion of foreign samples. The solution lies rather in a change of attitude, and if there be those to suggest the Gallic barbarian listening before the tribune of the Roman senators, we need not in our pride be overly distressed...
Issues. The so-called Canadian customs scandal (TIME, July 19) which had been whooped as a great issue early in the campaign petered into insignificance before the polling began. A surprising apathy was likewise shown by the electorate toward Conservative promises of a high protective tariff and Liberal pledges of a low tariff for revenue only. An issue meet for tooth and claw was however discovered in the famed "Byng-King" incident...
...Over the protest of Democratic Senator William Cabell Bruce of Maryland, President Coolidge reappointed to the Tariff Commission Henry H. Classie,* likewise Maryland Democrat...
...President Coolidge called upon the Tariff Commission to prepare a report on the onion situation in Idaho. Alarmed by the presence of 1,800 carloads in Twin Falls County and 1,000 more in the Boise Valley waiting for a market, onion growers have clamored for a higher protective tariff...
Acquaintances of Governor Hamlin, cognizant of his onetime Cabinet contacts (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 1893-7, 1913-14), his judicious oratory,* his expertness on tariff and kindred questions, wonder. Does Mr. Hamlin, busy banker, able Democrat, social lion, rely upon the slightly garbled efforts of the daily newspapers for his philosophy...