Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-06

A bill relieving tobacco growers from all
taxes in the sale of leaf tobacco was passed
without objection, having been called up by
Mr.. Dalzell-
The Indian bill, carrying 81. 7S5. SOS. was
then taken UP, and Mr. Sherman On. ~ ex-
planned It's provisions.
No changes in policy had been made with
reference to the red man. said Mr.. Sherman.
The committee had been most liberal In
providing for education.
THE one condition we find mentioned IN
all reports of agents" said Mr.. Sherman,
(which comes to US from all sections of the
country, is outcry that liquor does more
TO damage the Indian than any other single
element"
What have you done?" asked Mr.. Ste
phens (Texas)
aside from the restraint exercised by the
Indian police. we have appropriated 10000
as an added amount to prevent the sale of
liquor TO Indians" replied AR. Sherman
Mr.. Stephens asserted that express COM
panies and railroads carried liquor into the
Indian Territory. Having Jurisdiction over
Interstate commerce. Mr.. Stephens declared
# the duty of Congress to put an end to
this traffic.
Mr.. Sherman explained that this was a
matter outside the jurisdiction of the In
dian committee.
Representative Lacey of Iowa INDUCED
tnsan elaborate stand-pat tariff argument.
Mr. Lacey hit the reciprocity and favored
nation proposition hard crack and paid
his respects in similar kind TO everything
else offered by the opponents OF the stand
pat idea
Addressing himself TO those who would
not stand pat even in clover field" Mr..
Lacey took occasion to express himself on
the subject OF the German tariff. He took
the position emphatica that the United
States could not afford to sacrifice her COM
merce with Great Britain In order to win
German markets by tariff concessions
He illustrated this by figures showing
how little We sell to Germany in compari-
son with Great Britain, and how little
we sell to Great Britain In COMPARE
son with our own home market. Eighty
seven per cent of the products of our farms,
he said. find a market at home.
He reviewed conditions in many indus
tries and localities and compared the pres
ent prosperity with the hard times of tariff
agitation. THE workingmans business in
1904 he said, could not be classed as
trade 1t was a walk in iife'-in search
OF work
The miner is well employed. The farmer
of the north and the planter of the south
are enjoying better conditions than at any
time in their history. Conditions certainly
conduce to a cheerful optimism. In Iowa
farm land has increased In value under
the Dinglew law 100 per cent, and the out
put of the Iowa factories for 1905 was
s16O,5I2.3l3. as shown by the recent census
bulletin
"A pessimist has been well defined as
man who. when II comes to choice be-
tween two evils, takes both of them The
tariff reformers tried to prove an alibi in
1894. but the people found them guilty and
returned the party of protection once more
TO power"
A Gratifying Prediction.
Mr.. Sherman closed his explanation with
the prediction that the time would come
when the great body of the Indian people
of this continent would be self-supporting
along lines of industry to which they are
best adapted.
Comparing the increase IN the products
of the farm and factory and the value OF
productive and industrial property under
high and low tariffs. Mr. Rucker (Me-)
drew the conclusion that the lower the
tariff the greater had been the increase OF
wealth: that since 1850 the tariff had been
made higher and higher and the increase
OF prediction had been less and less.