The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-08
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Special to Daily Leaaer.
Washington, y. C.. Dec SYour
true stand patter" on the Ways and
Means committee is not Payne or Dal
zer. but F rlney He Is the only
member who inquiries The politics"
Of witnesses The man from Michi-
gan ha ks at nothing thar bears the
label protection Other members
will now and then show resentment or
resort 90 ridicule when some particu-
hrly brazen attempt is made TO tax
the American pc pie for private prof
1t. but the impudent and udicrlus side
Of suci proposition n-ver apicals |
to For dney with the patience of a
saint and the sc5erness of judge he
Welcomes with open arms each peti |
ti0ler fer tariff l3v rs. asks him il he |
thinks his scheme will cause more |
work 20 be done in tho United States
and. always receiving an affirmative |
reply. mods approvingly II one
should appear asking for a tariff tax
on foreign bananas to enable the Min |
ues Ia farmers 10 engage In this in |
fant industry, he would undoubtedly |
get cordial reception from Fordney |
IN Mr. Fofdneys eyes ii is 4 crime 10 |
import anything nat we can possibly !
produce in this country by the eXpend !
iture of any amount { labor, the more
labor the better. for il gives employ
ment TO American workingmen.' The
question how, If we do not import
N III
these we export. or how We can con
timue to export largely If we do not
in turn import, never bothers states'
men of bis class. 4 these OF curl
ous mind II may be Interesting tol
speculate whether Mr. Fordney's eel.
low feeling of his constituents In beet
SUGAR duties ami his own pecuniary In
tereat in the lumbee so1edule.
Chairman Payne recently announced
that he has had government experts
at work In foreign countries to learn
the st Of producing such goods as
are exported TO the United States, and
that "some results have oeen secured
But" he adds. they are not entirely
satisfactory | am sorry t. say II is|
not surprising that little veal informa
ton has been obtained. at least il the
government agents went about 1t AZ
ter the manner of tle American C n
sui at birmingham. who last summer
sent 10 English manufacturers a cir.
cular asking the cost OF their products
Bdaently this consul thought the ad
mlnstration'a search Tor Information
was only perlunctory, and perhaps
the ther agents thought the same.
Tlere have been many Gll- state
ments made before the committee In
regard h the low cost OF labor In for
eigu countries. his Is considered a
necessary part OF the petitioner S
case" and dealing with conditions 50
far away, fIiry stories often pass Tor
fact. But one OF these was checked
| up" In tbs hearing on sea island cot
ton" Congressman Frank Clark CT
Florida, represented that able bodied
farm lab rsrs can be had IN Egypt
| .argwhere frcm l0c. TO zoe. per day,
as compared with so to $50 per
monthv in Florida. But representa-
J u4e Hil happened TO have Travelled
4 ia Egypt last year, and he stated as
IL g result of his observation, that Ia.
b.. there 'is as high if not higher
than in Florida.
This hcsr!ng on seaisland r long
staple ccliun in which two representa-
lives from Florida Frank Clark and
William 49, Lamar, appeared and ask
cd Tor government bonus 10 heip
lcut tse poor lands of III rida was one
lci the woist OF the many nauseatit
lrccues ihlt hove beeu witnessed here
p e'r attitude aud ihc attitude OF
,hei Cci tuaats, apparently "a'
hs so Ions as the protective sys
ten, which We DO not believe IN, Is
tueed pluader the peope for th'
bcnoft OF certain private interests We
want s ms ul the loot The ordinary
c1rcn of the South fears no foreign
conpct Zen. but this special variety
lrerms iind there no land well suitca
70 ts production w. W. Webb
lFlcr Ia grower, when asked why con
lgress should give them Zoe. a pound
on cctton. said: Il want tlat Just be
cause I want a." II all tariff beS
gars would be rs truthful. the syston