The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
.OTEY ON
THE TARIFF.
How He Thinks it Will Affect
Southwest Virginia.
HE SAYS IT IS NOT MORE TAXES
AND LESS MONEY, BUT MORE
MONEY AND LESS TAXES THAT
THE PEOPLE wANT--HE is IN AC-
CORD WITH MR.. BAILEY, THE
LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC
MINORITY.

LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC
MINORITY.
Washington, April 21.-(Special. III
saw Congressman Otey to-day and ,e..
qnested him to give briefly his opinion of
the Dingley bill, so far as it's ELECTS upon
the interests of Southwest Virginia is
concerned. He talked very forcibly upon
the subject, saying:
ut is not more taxes and less money.
but more money and less taxes that the
people want. 1t is not more aggrandize-
ment OF the rich, but less oppi ession to
the poor that the country needs. 1t is not
protection to classes already burdened
with wealth hut the removal of rest-ic-
tions on the masses, that is the CRYING
demand. 1t is not additional favors to
manufacturers in the shape OF II double
profit, but the removal of double losses
on those who receive no favors. It is not
class legislation that the people expect,
but equal rights for ALL and special priv.
ileges to none, and yet these things not
wanted are exactly what the bill provides.
1t is not SO much the want of revenue
which is adding to our national distress,
but the extravaganza and wastefnl eX-
pcnditure OF the peoples money filched
from them under the guise of maintain
ing the public credit and economically
administering the affairs of the Govern
ment.'
GLOW does it effect the farmer in YOUR
district?n
''Well, do not know that | can 20
much into detail, for this is a big subject
In my speech in the House. / used about
the following language: 1T is the farmer
of the country who receives no consider.
alton in this bill. He sees that you have
thrown tub to the whale in placing Il
duty on some farm products, but observes
that you double the price on articles
which he has to buy. He knows that he
Is the real producer of the wealth of the
country, and objects to paying 45 per
cent. additional for harness when NIL the
hides in the world are turned loose to
come in free, and compete with those
which he produces. He does not ask for
duty on straw and cabbage, which you
have SO generously e. accorded him and
ut the same time invite clean sweep of
his profits on broom corn by passing it
through the custom house free. Your
generosity y does not cease here, for fruit
o. the foreign hen is made dutiable when
the foreign bee is Mt liberty to furnish
wax free. He sees cropping out on his,
land manganese, bauNite, plumbago,
gypsum; and running from his trees tar
and pitch and turpentine: his forests
Astounding with logs, fire wood, and hoop
poles; all of which are admitted from
other lands free. and he wonders how
this will keep him. He sees thousands
of other things on the free list and all
paraded IS being in the interest of the
farmer and wonders since ice was among
them, why it was that water was left out.
Il imagine hear the farmer asking:
Why should acorns, rags, moss, ice, insect
eggs, clay, sand, bones, skeletons, blood,
bladders, intestines, ashes bristles,
chalk, worm gut, dragons shavings, old
paper, rope ends, me ther of pearl, turtles,
hoop poles, fence posts and f. int be free.
The hat, coat, pants, vest, shirt, collar,
cravat, undershirt, drawers, shoes, stock
ings, shoe strings, eyelets to shoes, slls-.
penders, buttons, thread, dresses, hose,
ribbons, hoods, bcnnets, trimmings, bind
ings, rufiies, aprons, ulsters shawls, bed
ding, furniture, carpets, knives, forks,
cups, saucers, plates and dishes, bottles
jars ami jugs, grndstones, plows, nails.
screws-chains, buckles, harness, every
thing the farmer uses is taxed, taxed,
taXed-and we look to the free list for
relief and we find ON it such articles as
agates, amber, ambergris, annatto, roucon,
rocoa, extract of orleans, apatite, art. ed.
ucational charts, balm of Gilead, Brazil
paste, breccia, cerium, ciret, cocculus in
deus, coir cudbear, Clutch, divi.divi, gam
bier, iridium, kelp, kieserte, lactarene,
inyrobolau, asium, .pulu, salacin, ..salp,
storaX, zaflir, and so on. all of which are
supposed to help out the agricultural in
tereSt.
''The attention of the women of this
great republic has been directed to the
iniquities OF this bill No longer will
they partake of the love of the beautiful
except by paying heavy duties. They
will not forget it-stuffcd birds which
are admitted free to adorn The palaces of
the princes, are when used on hats and
bonnets subjected to II heavy tax. Feath-
ers and flowers for their hats and bonnets
must cost them double, and tax of from
50 to 81 per dozen is added to their bon
nets and hats, and still in addition n per
centage on their value. All along the
line of dress goods and millinery does the
eNorbitanb tax rate continue.
"Then china and crockeryware must have
Lids of its value added TO the cost and
earthen ware and s5oneware fully Ia adj
dition. Camphor, so much used in every
household, is taxed 4 cents per pound.
Unbleached cotton cloth from one to
cents per square yard with an additional
tax OF 20 per cent, and so on adj infin-
itum.
'How will the ladies' like this Hand
kerchiefs not hemmed about double in
price and needles are taxed 81 per thou
sand Plus 1.3 of their value. might go
on and show when everything the laborer
buys is taxed; even the salt fish is taxed
100 to 200 per cent-and the trusts are
opposed to any relief as long rs their cn-
pacity for consumption Increases daily.
1t is to their interest that wheat, corn,
oats shall continue togo lower and lower
in price,