Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-29

territory that the tariff on third elias
woods, which has proved of such bene
fit to the wool growers of New Mexic,
was secured through the efforts of MI
Ferguson, should be exposed ant
shown up in their true light.
A full account of what Mr.. Ferguson
did toward securing legislation for tn
benefit of New Mexico wool growers i
found in the Congressional Record, vol
30, part 1, of the 55th congress, first SEES
sion, beginning on page 4S6. The Ding
ley tariff bill was under discussion, ant
the time of speaking was limited to five
minutes for each member of the house
The following is the part taken by Mr.
Ferguson:
Mr.. FERGUSSON-Mr. Chairman, ]
desire to say a word to the committee
in reference to the cattle and sheep in
dustries of New Mexico. If the gentle
man from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver), whose
reputation is so thoroughly national
that it has penetrated the mountain
businesses of New Mexico, as a member
of the committee, was sincere in his
statement that in framing his bill they
knew no north, no south, no east, nc
west, then l. will ask him why woods OF
the first class and woods of the second
class are given a specific and therefore
a substantial duty, while woods of the
third class, hat are raised almost ex-
clusively in New Mexico and in the
Rocky Mountain states and territories
are given only an inadequate ad valo-
rem duty?
If the gentleman from Massachusetts,
who proclaimed eloquently the other
day that the manufacturers of New
England had learned the lesson of pro-
tecion so we'll that they knew that they
could not expect protection unless they
extended it to the west and the south
why, if that is true, are hides put upon
the free list and the manufactured prod
uct, leather, given protection? In be-
half, then, of nearly 200,O 900 people Of
New Mexico, who cannot enforce their
demand by a vote, because they are
denied what they are entitled to as a
matter of justice as well as a matter of
law, under the treaty of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo, admission to the sisterhood of
states, [ place their demand solely on
the ground of justice, when 1 ask the
committee to listen and harken to me
when l ask them why, in adjusting pro-
~tective duties in a spirit of Fair play to
all sections and all interests, as I have
heard it so eloquently proclaimed by
gentlemen on the Republican side they
would do, they permit hides to go on the
free list, and the manufactured product.
leather, to have protection, and why
woods of the third class are discrim-
mated against? And / beg the chair to
permit me to have read as a part of
what I say in the time allotted, a short
amendment that I desire to propose in
behalf of the wool growers of New Mex
leo, nearly all of whom are Republi-
cans, because I think that while pro-
lection is to prevail and revenue is to
be raised by tariff duties, the wool rails
ers of New Mexico, as well as the pow
erful raisers of woods of the first and
second classes of Ohio and Pennsylva-
mia, though not having a vote to en-
force their demand, shall be given at
least fair play in this congress-, and be
accorded the same treatment as the
powerful raisers of woods of the first
n nd cnony,1 o1occoc, oy,J fhot thayr o1c,
have a specific duty. My amendment
will give the wool growers Of New Mex
leo a specific duty of 9 cents per pound.
(The clerk read as follows: Strike
out lines 4 to II, ~inclusively, page 81,
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
1.-THE duty Upon all woods of the third
class, and Upon camel's hair of the third
class shall be 9 cents per pound.')
Mr.. PAYNE-Is that offered as an
an amendment?
The CHAIRMAN-The gentleman
asks that it be read.
Mr.. DINGLEY--I do not understand
that to be read as an amendment.
Mr.. FERGUSSON-I have had it read
with reference to Offering it when the
wool schedule is reached.
Mr.. GROSVENOR-Mr. Chairman, I
want to call the attention of the gentle
nan fron New Mexico and the commit
tee to the fact, first. that under the pro-
posed schedule cattle are abundantly
protected. A duty which, in my judg-
ment, is practically prohibitory along
the Mexican border is provided for in
this bill.
Mr.. SMITH of Arizona-May I ask
the gentleman a question?
Mr.. GROSVENOR-Yes sir.
Mr.. SMITH of Arizona-If that duty
is prohibitory on the importation of
cattle, why is it that in the comparative
statement and in the estimate of the
to be collected under this bill
the committee estimate double the
amount of revenue that came from the
importation of cattle last year?
Mr.. GROSVENOR-I am glad the
gentleman has asked that question, and
1 will answer it. Last year there were
imported into this country nearly 300, 900
head of cattle. They came from Mex
leo under a duty in many cases not
more than $3.50 a head. But there are
also heavy im%portations of cattle
along the Canadian border of the East
ern states. We have provided in this
bill, first, a duty Of Sc a head, and then
upon cattle 500 in value we place, not
an additional duty, but a duty Of 80
per cent ad valorem. Now, the esti-
mate assumes a very small importation
of cattle along the Mexican border, for
I think my friend from Arizona will
frankly say that the duty laid in this
hill ic vary MANLY n