Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-05
MOST OF THE TINE TAKEN Up WITH
SPEECHES.
PLEA FOR HIGHER WOOL DUTIES
MIR. MANTLE SAYS PROPOSED RATES
ARE INADEQUATE.
Declares That Demands of Wool
Growers Have Never Received
Due ConsideratiOn-Mr. Vest
Protests AEninst In
creased Zinc Duties.

Washington. June f-The senate had n
period Of spccchmakinE to-day. and as a
result. little progress was made on the
tariff bill. The advance covered about two
pages. or seven paragraphs, and brought
the senate up TO the wood schedule, the
first item Of which was considered, but
not completed.
Mr. Mantle of Montana, spoke for two
hours on the wool schedule, urging In
creased rates for the woolgrower, and Mr..
Butler, of North Carolina, made plea
IN behalf Of the income tax.
Mr.. Mantle declared that by reason of
the enormous importations in anticipation
of the enactment of the tariff law, the
woolgrowers would not receive much bene-
nt from a protective tariff for four years
10 come.
He asserted that whenever a tariff law
IS to be enacted. the powerful manufact-
uring interests Of the country, with their
compact and effective organizations, are
always upon the ground pressing their
claims while the farmers and woOlgrowers
and producers Of raw materials generally
are an isolated and scattered class and
were thus lacking in effective organization.
The tariff bill as It passed the house and
as now amended by the senate, he fur
ther said. utterly failed TO meet the ex-
pectations Of the woolgTOwers and is re-
garded by them largely as a reputation
of the Republican pledge Of ample pro-
lection for wool"
He asserted that the Mckinley law had
not afforded the necessary protection TO
the woolgrowers, and quoted statistics 10
prove it.
Referring to the large importation of
cheap Chinese and other wool produced by
like cheap labor. and which comes into
such rates of duty which, Mr.. Mantle said,
afforded no protection whatever. lie in
quired If this policy was not quite as hurt
ful to the American wOolgrOWer as Chinese
cheap labor to the industrial wage-earners
Of the country.
IF the Iaborer himself comes" he said,
he may perhaps be induced to cooperate
with our own laborers for the protection of
labor interests; he can be talked to and
reasoned with, but the American wage
Garner cannot argue with "A box of cheap
foreign merchandise: neither can the
American farmer argue with bale of
cheap Chinese wool"
Senator Butler. in the course Of his
speech on the income tax, referred 10 the
in IN decent haste with WHICH the pooling
bill was being urged Immediately after the
recent decision of the United States su-
preme court against the 9nti-trust law.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the Interstate
commerce commission, resented this state
ment. stating that the pooling bill was not
being pressed with indecent haste and that
sucn statement was miSl representation
&C the facts. Senator ChiltCn. a member of
the interstate commerce committee I'm turn
differed in toto from Chairman Cullom and
said the pooling bill had not been seriously
urged until after the recent decision of the
supreme court on the trust law
When the zinc para graph was reached I'm
the consideration of the tariff bill. Mr.. Vest
protested against the proposed rates say
ing there were zinc mines in Missouri and
he had not heard that increased duties were
desired. Mr.. Allison said the rates were
necessary and were in the nature Of a
compromise, midway between the Mckinley
and Wilson rates. The paragraph was
agreed to.
The lead paragraph was passed over, by
consent -