The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-08
TWO SIDES TO THE MEX
lCAN lMPORTATIONS.
KANSAS OPINIONS HEARD.
A saiina Importer Wants tho low Rates
Continued -- Congressman Curtis
Makes Vigorous Appeal for
High Protection California
Also Comes to the
Front for Duties.

10 to-day 20 agricultural products
and cattle, and j. n. Rockwell of
Warren. Pa. a cattle raiser grazing iu
9TH Mexico and Kansas. opposed high
ldes Ths Mckinley rate on cattle,
l1 said. was prohibitive and had in
red the farmers of Kansas. vhowere
noited by international grazing
Hcrds wcro taken to Kansas for pc
0ls of from six to eighteen months.
Last year tho Kansas farmers were
paid e2e 600 for grain by the cattiemen
and this year the amoure would bc
$4,000 in addition tn "nich much was
paid for labor
NJ NJ sherman of Salna Kan. rep
resented that twothirds of the cattle
imported from Mexico into the United
States were owned by Americans Hc
thought that the high duties on cattle
had been decided upon by Congress TO
keep ont Canadian competition with
out thought Of the MoxiCan business
He argued. as Mr. Rockwell had, that
the chief eject of the law was 10 in
iure Americans who had invested their
money I'm Mexico.
"Tlen Won think that the tariff
should be governed boy the nationality
Of tho producers of roods2 Mr. Gros-
vcu0r asked.
sherman asseutcd to this. where
upon Mr. Grosveuor inquired what cf-
feet this system would have ON
imported goods I'm other lines
Mr. Tawney asked rs 20 why impor-
tatiOns from MeSico had increased
from 600 q month under the McKin.
lev law 20 "a. 600 under the Wilson law
nnd Sherman replied that this was
largely duc TO congestion in the mar
lot but FOR various reasons Mexico
never could become competitor Of the
United States.
DyEri- SPEARS FOR PROTECTION.
REPRESENTATIVE Curtis Of Kansas
said That he represented the district in
which moro Mexican CATTLE were fed
than AMY other I'm the United States,
and 'n behalf of the American cattle
raj -crs feeders and farmers OF Kansas
hc asked to have restored the duty of
SlOa head ON ull cattle I year old and
over and s2 81 head ON calves less than
year old. ln the first twcnty-one
months uf the Wilson law 3Gl 900 cat
tic had been imported into the United
, In. W. Gn stt"s0 tt,o 'a'ut cats I,t.coc 80 "
Thr .attie mon of Kansas had bccp mn.
aule to raise as good stock as formerly
because of the importatious Of Mexican
/ o,ock The consumers OF beef had
been .eG poorer Puali'y under ln'
i's'' .",' i''.',' 49, 5 .o'IiN a.i 1',!. IN
/ ,-a,.,.' ,,onil ,icJrc bcr.,lf to mo.
/ .i5c, I.., share nf cgttlr without rois
'ng tbe price of beef
/ Representative Turner of Georgia
n-ksd NO. CurG, if he would sacrifice
/ ,n. revenue of slsa 900 produced from
cattle. Usveuuc can bc raised on
othcr items. was the reply. ''as it ha,
been herr &, fore bv Republican lcgisla-
| Gou Thee husuevcr been any troubl,
/ about rev,aur under Republican adj
] muf,tratiou~.
-Thcn vou are for % duty for protoc
! tiou onyH
IL ann for protection and revenue
and would have duty absolutely
| prohibition, 600 every agricultural pro
! drct that cuu be raised I'm this country
] Kansas would liI,c duties on hav. oat.
and nayscca