, 1906-01-09
WYOMING CONGRESSMAN ELo-
QUENTLY DEFENDS INTER-
ESTS OF WESTERN FARM
Err AND RANCHER.
Opposes Reduction Of Duty on Philip
pine Sugar and as Fiercely AssaiIs
Massachusetts Contention for Free
Hides and Free Northwestern
Member Alive to The interests of
the Men of His Territory.

In a session OF five hours today the
house placed on record a speech in IA
vor of the Philippine tariff bill, one
against it and twenty minutes talk for
tariff revision, according to the repub-
lican demand of Massachusetts, says a
newspaper dispatch from Washington
Of the 9th.
Mr.. Hill of Connecticut occupied
three hours and was listened to with the
greatest interest in detailing the knowl-
edge he gained from two visits to the
Philippines, the last as a member of
the party of Secretary Taft last sum-
mer. He paid particular attention to
the tobacco feature of the measure and
explained away much of the misappre-
hension as to the enormous products
that might be expected from the isl
ands. Their territory, he said, was
small, and their fertile lands still fur
Ither limited.
Mr.. Mondell (Wyo.), who has led
the fight against the bill in he inter
est of the beet sugar industry of this
country, spoke vigorously against the
measure and against the policy Of help
ing the Filipino people by granting
them open markets in the United
States. He said the passage of this
bill would be the death-knell Of the beet
sugar industry in the United States.
The abolition of the tariff on hides
was pleaded for by Mr.. Lawrence of
Massachusetts, who presented the posi-
ton taken by the republicans of that
state.
Mr.. Mondell of Wyoming was the
next speaker. He said he apuI oaclled
the discussion with the full realization
of obligations of THIS government TO
the Fflipinos and als) with n realiaa-
ton that charity should beg'a at home
Beet sugar production in The United
States, he said, vas a child of republi-
can legislation, which was protected
until the United States decided to do
something for Cuba"
Mr.. Mondell admitted that he voted
for the Cuban measure, but said he
had never derived any comfort from
the results of his vote. He declared
there was an understanding then that
there was to be no further reduction in
sugar tariffs.
The proposed concession would make
a spoiled child Of the Filipinos by
building up great haciendas and not
benefiting the masses.
I'VE are giving the Philippines ev-
cry advantage in our market, advan-
tages that no other country ever en-
.joyed," said Mr.. Moudell, and in re-
turn we are paying tribute to the Moro
in internal revenue tax on goods i'm
ported to the United States"
Mr.. Mondell ridiculed the statement
of friends of the bill that only 8 per
cent of the Philippine lands are tillable,
and declared there were no islands in
the world SO fertile and capable of
such extensive agricultural develop
ment.
Until the united official detraction''
from the working qualities of the Fiji
Pine and the richness of Philippine
lands, Mr.. Mondell said, the Filipino
was regarded as an effective worker. He
urged that the American farmer who
raises beets is the first man to be con-
sidered and the beet raisers he said,
could not share Secretary Taft's eager
ness to benefit the Filipinos at the ex-
pense of the American farmer.
To give the Filipino a bounty on the