The San Francisco call., 1906-04-07
Discusses Alleged In
iquities in Ding
ley arif.
Wins the Applause of
Democrats In the
House.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Tariff. railway
mail subsidies, denatured alcohol and en-
larged postal facilities for Western cities
were the features of the debate in the
House today.
What were alleged to be the fniquities
of the Dingley tariff law so far as the
manufacture of watches is concerned,
were discussed by Rainey of Illinois,
whose tariff revision speech was listened
TO with much interest. The so-called
"stand-patters" made copious notes for
the discussions on protection which are
foreshadowed.
Immediately after the House met and
the journal had been approved Rainey re-
sumed his speech on the alleged iniquities 8
Of the protective tariff Using the watch
trust as an object lesson to show how
protection works in behalf of monopolies,
the lone Democrat from Illinois in the
National Legislature set up 'kindergar-
ten school for standpat Republicans"
Rainey displayed a number of watches
Of American make, which he said had
been bought abroad and are now being re-
sold in the United States
why does the gentleman continue to
speak of the<watch trust?" asked Gardner
of Massachusetts. II am a stockholder in
the Waltham company, and l have no
knowledge that they are in trust"
''You may have to show that before the
ways and means committee" retorted
Rainey.
Rainey read a letter from the Speaker
to friend in the West IN which he stated
that tariff revision would come in the
not distant future:',
..How. can it come If the Speaker does
not want it?'' asked Sulzer of New York
'It will come because the next House
will be Democratic" responded Rainey
which brought a round Of applause from
the Democratic side.
Rainey said in 1850 there were twenty
seven watch factories in the United
States. Now there are but thirteen. He
said there were 10 per cent more men en-
ployed in the watch movement factories
now than in 1880. But there are 600 per
cent more ewonenr gmp,pyad, aadU2e0 per
cent more fhHdrens- Ra-peys thought for
the perpetuity of the race this condition
ought. &c be Investigated Rainey asked
the Republicans il he had been suffi-
ciently explicit regarding the watch trust.
whether he satisfied the chairman of the
committee on ways and means. He
Charged Payne of New York with hay-
and advised Republicans not to ask any
questions.
You must have been a mind reader,
replied Payne.
There are no leaders on the majority
side of this House." continued Rainey.
''The real leaders Of the Republican party
are the McCurdys, IMcCalls and Hamil-
tors-the Rockefellers. who skulk behind
stone walls TO resist service--they are the
real leaders of the Republican party"
McCavin of Illinois spoke on behalf of
larger facilities for the Chicago postoffice.
w. W.. Kitchen of North Carolina op-
posed the special subsidy for railway
mail facilities from Washington to At
laTta and New Orleans, and from Kansas
City, Mo-, to Newton, Kans He said
these special appropriations were among
the very first to be recommended for dis
continuance by the Postmaster General
Withouts touching the merits of the
postoffice appropriation bill, which NOM
inaily was under discussion, the House
at Sis adjourned until noon tomorrow.