East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-15

pines at the First Possible oppor-
tunity.
Interest was injected into the Phil
| ippine tariff debate in the house to-
day by Massachusetts idea" tariff ex-
pressions by Mccall of that state, by
a character study of the Filipino by
Longworth. of Ohio, and by a defense
of President Roosevelt by Pou, a dem
ocrat from North Carolina, says n
Washington dispatch Besides these
there were a number of speeches de-
| livered on the merits of the bill, near
ly all of which were in opposition to
it.
Broussard (Dem. La.) opened the
debate. He figured the Philippine
treasury would receive 1854 on every
ton of sugar shipped from those
islands to the United States under the
bill; that the shipper would make a
profit because of the tariff concession
of $10.5O. With this situation the
Philippines could well afford to ship
here their entire product and buy
sugar for their own use from Java or
other countries.
Broussard asserted with great en-
phasis that TO reduce the tariff on raw
sugar as contemplated in the bill
would benefit the sugar trust" more
than anyone else, simply by providing
it with raw material at a less cost.
Asserting that the beet sugar indus
| try was the essential factor in the sue
cess of the irrigation projects of the
west, Brooks of Colorado, character
lied as bad craftsmanship any move
to cripple it. II let alone, in 10 years
the sugar beet would furnish half the
sugar consumed in the country.
Brooks provoked good-natured ap-
plause by applying Dalzells argument
addressed to the beet sugar industry
you need no protection, what you
need is improved methods'-to the
iron and steel industry of Pittsburg.
The statement of Dalzell that il
would cost Sab hundred to lay
Philippine sugar down in New York
was disputed by Brooks. who placed
the figure at $3.55. The friends of the
bill, he said, claimed that under it bu
200, 900 tons of Philippine sugar would
come here. Beet sugar men were no
, afraid of that amount, but We're afraiC
of the amount they themselves be
iieved would come, and that was from
: 700, 900 to 100000 tons The Fill
pino laborer who would produce sugar
: Brooks said, wears for clothes
IL lie, F,.1,.
= tree, his dinner from the same tree
= and works for Is cents a day This I
= the labor that will be placed in com
petition with American labor.
7 Opposition was made to the bill b
: Howell, of Utah, on the ground tina
? it was not only menace, but threat
q ened the very existence of the bee
y sugar industry He reviewed the in
: ception of the beet sugar industry, a
which time the republican party vote
=, a bounty of cents pound to er
=, courage it. Now that party, he sait
. was about to destroy it.
A brief speech against the bill wa
made by Mccall of Massachusetts,. II
}, said, from tariff standpoint, he sa
: no difference to this country betwee
free trade with Philippines and FIRE
trade with any other country in tf
- world.
In a 15-minute speech, Longwort
u of Ohio, gave the house his impre
sion of his Philippine trip last sun
l. mer. Longworth was greeted wit
. applause, and marked attention WI
u given his castgation of the Filipir
y character. He favored the bill as Il
- best means of developing the Filipir
u into IL condition of self-government,
V which moment he would be more thf
l. glad to drop the islands. The passat
Al of the bill, he said would not damaj
u one iota any American industry
s American labor employed in that Il
~ dustry.
81, for one" continued Longswort
$ "am not in favor of holding the Phi
t ippine Islands as a part of the Unit
p states a moment longer than we a
soiutely have to-" This sentiment w
~ met with general applause, but part
t ularly democratic. 81 am in favor
k, turning those islands over to the F
ipino people, continued Longwort
i'm "to govern themselves at the very FL
of moment that they have proved to
at they are capable Of governing thei
r selves How soon that time may col
Ill Providence alone knows, but | $
at the sooner the better" applause.
d. The debate for the day was clos
DIS by French, Of Idaho, in opposition
a the bill, because it is a danger to t
Is American beet sugar industry.