ABSTRACT
In New Anglia, community expression was blocked by the conviction that trade was a business matter, to be discussed through industry channels. In Midwest, community expression was discouraged by the futility of addressing Congressman Stubborn. Appalachian City was so depressed that only one issue interested it—its own development, which it did not see as related to tariffs. The tariff issue may easily be crowded out by other matters unless there is a predisposition to pay attention to it. Channels of communication get overloaded. The tariff problem was a minor difficulty among Textiletown's current troubles. It rarely came up in discussions of local business affairs. In Textiletown, the principal community goal was the creation of more jobs. The major lesson to be learned from Textiletown was that community support for protectionism was closely tied to the general economic health of the community.
