The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-16

courage capital to go to Cuba for invest
ment. SO much for that.
Mr. Chairman, the other day, when
the gentleman from New York Mr..
Payne1 was speaking, asked him
question (perhaps rather disrespectfully,)
when he had been speaking of the effort
he had been making in favor of tariff
measures He said that he had been
protectionist from his fathers knee.
When said to him, You are doing the
very thing now that you ought not to
do" or words to that effect, he went at
me like some men go at mountain
lion, with blood in his eye-he squashed
me quick. He said to me, "You are
taking course that would strike down
the industry that you are assuming to
protect" There was loud applause ON
the republican side.
In the name of God, what did you APP
plaud him for? He is protectionist on
the one hand, in my opinion, and free
trader on the other He is like an old
root doctor / heard of once who went to
see a man who was sick with the ague.
He fixed up two glasses of medicine and
he said to the wife of the man, Give
this for fever and that for the chills."
But, she said, Doctor, they are both
alike; l saw you scrape the bark off that
root and put the same bark in each
glass" ooh but you did not notice how
did it," said the doctor. This for the
chills scraped up on the root, and that
makes it high-cockalorem; and that
for the fever scraped down on the root,
and that makes it -cockahirum don't
you see| Prolonged laughter
That is free trade on the one hand and
protection on the other, my friends.
Let me say to you, gentlemen who
favor this bill, the argument that has
been made in this House puts you in
about the same position that an Irish
man once was when he found himself
in the second story of hotel that was
on fire. He woke up in the night and
said to his partner, ''Begorra, Pat, we
are done for now; the hall is all on fire,
and there is no way to escape except
through the window" well, get on
your clothes quick and we will jump
out of the window" In his hurry to
dress, Pat got his pants ON with the
buttons behind. He swung out of the
window and let himself fall His part
ner listened and he heard him thrashing
among the boxes and rubbish below.
He said to him, Pat, are you dead?"
By that time Pat had felt of himself to
see how badly he was hurt, and he found
the buttons of his trousers behind. mo,
Jim, am not dead, but want to tell
you I am surely knocked out; I am
mortally twisted" Prolonged laugh
ter.
Will the gentleman from New York
[Mr. Payne] tell me, in the name of all
that is reasonable, how my action will
in any way injure any American or
American industry? He can not do it.
In recording my vote against this bill
I enter my protest against the reduction
of the tariff on an article produced in
our own country, by which protection
is given directly to the farmers. The
bone and sinew Of the country is the
farmer
You say free trade is death to the
American institutions, but if taken in
doses Of 20 per cent it is stimulant.
How absurd
Mr.. E. F. Atkins, of Boston, who ap-
peared before the Committee on WAYS
and Means in behalf of his own personal
interests and that of Cuban planters,
stated that there We're some Is, 900 small
cane planters in Cuba suffering for the
want of relief in the way of reduction
of our tariff on Cuban goods coming to
the United States; but, gentlemen, you
must not forget the 1000 farmers in the
State of Michigan that are raising beets.
They, too, want your kind consideration
in this matter.
will now illustrate to you the great
importance of this beet crop in my State
by giving you some figures, as follows,
and I ask your kind and careful atten-
ton as read:
Number of farmers contracting with
the IL factories in Michigan now in op-
GRAFTON, year of 1901, 16, SiS; acres plant
ed in 1901 to beets, &C, 400; average acre
age per farmer, 4; or 104 square miles of
land. average tons of beets raised per
acre, o. or total of 597, 800 tons raised
in Michigan last year, which would
make train 500 miles long; average
per cent OF sugar in beets, Al; price
paid to farmers, $3.50 per ton for ~ per
cent sugar and 33t cents for each addi-
tional l per cent sugar in the beets:
average price to farmers, $500 per ton.
The total amount paid to farmers for
1901 crop was So, 107, 800 people or hands
employed in raising this crop, $4,000;
men employed i'll each factory of 500
tons capacity, 1856; annual pay roll.
$69y GO; total number of men EMPLOYED
in the ID factories in operation, about
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