The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
TO BUY IN AMERICA
CANAL SUPPLIES WILL NOT COME
 FROM ABROAD.
In the House is Fought Out the sen- ate Resolution Restricting the Purchase of Materials for
 the Waterway.

Washington, June 16-Cheered an hx the partisans of protection and anti protection. the leaders of the Republi- can and Democratic sides of the House fought valiantly today over the joint resolution of the Senate restrictfne} the purchase of material and equipment Tor use in the construction of the Pan- anna canal to articles of domestic pro- auction and manufacture from the lowest responsible bidder.
 Mir. Daizell (Pa-), in explaining the measure, remarked that if prices were somewhat higher in the United states than they are in Europe, it was because of the higher wages paid in this coun- try.
 This Is an American proposition and shoula De supported by every loyal American" he said.
 Mir. DeArmond (Mo.), in opposing the resolution. said 1t seemed to him the part of wisdom to sock to construct the canal at the cheapest cost in or der that the burden upon the American tax payers may be as light as possible American labor said Mr. DeAr- mond, should scorn--I will not sav
 such hypocrisy--but such abuse of it's assumed ignorance"
 MT. Payne (N. Y.) called attention to
 the fact that the President had asked
 for declaration upon the subject for
 ms guidance and he hoped to see the resolution passed with promptness The minority leader, MT. Williams
 (Miss) then took the floor in opposi- ton to the resolution and during the course of his speech was enthusiastf- caliy encouraged by his followers He said 1t was not labor hut the great American trusts. not labor. but the, contributor to the Republican cam paign fund whom the majority were trying to protect.
 Mir Grosvsnor (O) remarked that the great problem for American states- manship to solve was the disposition of the surplus product of the labor of the country. It was ttk purpose of the Republican party to do all in its power to furnish to tn" producers of the country a market for the results of their industry.
 Mt DeArmond interrupted to ask whether the gentleman from Ohio would buy Scotch dredSes at s654.0o0 or American dredges at $724,s50. To this MT. Grosvenor replied hat if he believed the American dredge was of- fered at a fair price and was a good one he would buy 1t. which met with applause. i,s Continuing, MT. Grosvenor said he would compel American and foreign maekrs to bid upon the same plan for the dredge and T say as q result of an
 investigation made by the Committee O nMerchant Marine and Fisheries that the American bidder would get the con-
 tract (Applause.)
 General Grosvenor concluded: "The gentleman from Mississippi threatens
 the Republican side of the House with vengeance; we have read that ven- geance Is not located in the possession of the gentleman from Mississlppi--nor retribution It Is the sam cold song I have heard ever since coming to Con- gress. At first 1t used to frighten me, well they did give us little taste of it in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses-but six Congresses since then have rolled along and vengeance and retribution seem to have been sus- pended. !" (Laughter.)
 The rule was then adopted--I3s to S3, and the resolution was adopted, yeas 129. nays s2.