It must have enthused the quail hunter in Missouri. as well as in many other sections. as he took up his gun in quest of quail on the opening day of the hunting season. and visualized a quail flying over the Mexican border during the hunting season. It is not recorded whether the hunter caught the quail from Mexico on the wing or waited for a pot shot. Unfortunately. this Information could not be conveyed to the quail In Mexico. otherwise they. no doubt. would have taken Immediate advantage of the proclamation of President Coolidge and would have come Into the United States in great droves. disregarding entirely the immigration laws. It would appear. therefore. in view of the Presidents knowledge of his power under the flexible provision of the present tariff law. and in view of the nationwide knowledge of the distress and business depression among the farmers. that it would be of some benefit. as well as show a sympathetic interest in agriculture. if the President would reduce the tariff on such articles as the farmer has to buy and use upon the farm and in his farming pursuits. and thereby help in part to lift agriculture out of Its present embarrassing situation. The farmer has. by reason of high protective tariff policies in force mainly in the interest of manufacturing enterprise. contributed so long to the enrichment of the manufacturers that it would seem that the Government should some time cease causing him to pay further tribute to special interests and especially so when thereby and by reason of such a policy the farmers financial condition has been reduced to one of real distress.
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