Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-06-04
Senator Mantle Asserts That the Wool
Growers Are Not Satisfied with
the Rates as Proposed by the
New Tariff Bill.
a NOTE OF WARNING is SOUNDED
He Warns the Republicans to Change
the Rates as Proposed, or Lose the
Support of Wool Growers in
Ensuing Campaigns-Thinks
That More Protection
Is Needed.

Washington, June 4.-The senate met
at IL a. m. with the view of expediting
the tariff bill. Two speeches we're an
nounced for the day, one by Mantle (sil-
yer Republican of Montana,) on the wool
schedule of the tariff bill, and another by
Butler (Populist of North Carolina,) on his
Joint resolution to amend the constitu-
tion, so as to give congress power to i'm
pose income taxes. Senator Mantle said
the tariff bill as it passed the house, and
as now amended by the senate, utterly
fails to meet the expectations of wool
growers, and is regarded by them as
largely reputation of the Republican
pledge--ample protection for WOOL. Wool
growers, he continued, are indignant over
this treatment of their interests, and he
warned the Republicans that they must
change the proposed rates, or lose the sup
ing campaigns. He asserted that the Nc
Kinley law had not afforded the neces-
sarY protection for wool growers, and
quoted statistics to prove his assertion.
He was emphatic in his denunciation of
advalorem duties, proposed on third class
woods. The senator quoted Aldrioh's
statement that the proposed senate rates
would give from ten to 20 per cent more
protection to wool growers, than they
ever received under any former tariff, and
he produced statistics to show that the
proposed rates were much lower instead
of being higher. He enumerated the OBJ
jections of the wool growers as follows:
las to the skirting clause. 2.-As to
oIx o1or dpti fhirI p1puo xuoo1o
3.-As to the admission of washed woods
of the second class, without the payment
of additional duties. 4.-As to the ad
mission of washed and secured woods of
the third class without the payment of
additional duties. 5.--As to the i'm perfect
classification which permit evasion.
Mantle said: "To my mind the importa-
tion of cheap goods, produced by ill paid
and degraded labor which comes in COM
petition with like products of our own
country, without the payment of adequate
protective rates are, if possible, more
harmful than the importation of the cheap
laborer himself"
In ctnclnding he quoted from speech
by President Mckinley to the Ohio wool
growers in 1898, and commended these ut
terances particularly to the distinguished
senator (Hanna) whose reelection will de.
pend upon next falls campaign.
THE POOLING BILL.
Senator Butler, in a speech on the in
come tax referred to the "indecent
haste" with which the pooling bill is
urged, Immediately after the recent de
cision of the United States Supreme
court sustaining the ANTITRUST law. SEN
ator Cullom, chairman of the interstate
commerce committee, resented this state
ment, saying the pooling bill was not be-
ing pressed with indecent haste, and that
such q statement was misrepresenta-
tion of facts. Senator Chiffon, a member
of the interstate commerce committee,
differed in toto with Senator Cullom, and
said the pooling bill had not been seri-
ously urged, until after the recent decision
of the Supreme court.
SIGNED THE BILL.
The president signed the sundry civil
bill today.
LATE NOMINATIONS.
The president today sent the following
nominations to the senate:
State-Thomas Lawrence Townsend of
Pennsylvania, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenlpotentiary to Portugal.
Treasury-Ellis H. Roberts of New
York, treasurer of the United States; Con
rad N. Jordan, assistant treasurer of the
United States at New York City; William
E. Andrews of Nebraska, fourth auditor
of the treasury; w. B. Brown of Pennsyl.
vania, auditor of the War department
FAVORABLE REPORT.
The senate committee on territories has
agreed on favorable report on the noml-
nation of Hon. M. A. Otero to be governor
of New Mexico.