The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-25
PARCELS POST AN INJURY
Representative Fordney Believes People
viii Not Want It-farifi Revision
10 be Satisfactory to Mich.
igan Interests.
From the Saginaw News.

congressman JOSopu w. rOiuhOy
returned from Washington at 4:3O
o'clock Tuesday afternoon for the
Christmas holidays but owing to the
press of business at the capital and the
urgent work upon the tariff revision
which demands his attention, he will be
forced to return Saturday, 80 that he
can be ready to resume work upon the
tariff Monday morning.
81 haven't had time to do much but
work upon the tariff" said Congress
man FordneY Wednesday morning to
The News. 1--WE have worked steadi-
ly at this and hearings have been held
all day beginning at $50 in the morning
and extra sessions were held in the
evening This was because some per.
sons had come long distances to be
heard upon certain matters that would
have been gone over the next day and
another smatter taken up. We have
I completed taking testimony at the
hearings and will now work on framing
the bill to be submitted to congress.
We have taken in all about 5000 pages
of testimony. This is more than the
Dingley testimony which consisted of
but 1,4OO pages of testimony. Hearings
have been held on every paragraph of
the tariff law. There are great many
things that will not have to be changed
and also great percentage of them will
have to be revised.
Il think the chances for securing a
tariff revision that will protect the
domestic sugar trade are very good. In
fact I do not think there is doubt but
that satisfactory tariff can be ar
ranged for not only the Michigan sugar
interests but for all concerned. l have
had several talks with Mr.. Taft upon
the matter and while / am not at liber-
ty to state just what the settlement
will be, you can say that it is my per-
sonal opinion that the Michigan in
terests will be protected.
Judging from the length of former
tariff bills l do not think we will be
able to frame up the tariff bill in COM
plete form ready to present to congress
till spring AS an extra session Of con-
gress will be called the matter will
probably be presented at that time. l
don't think we can complete the work
before then.
Congressman George A. Loud of
the Tenth congressional district is work
ing hard with me for the protection of
the Michigan sugar interests and the
lumbermen and Mr.. Loud have had
several interviews with Mr.. Taft on the
matter.
''As 1 said before have not had any
time to take up this matter of river i'm
provement while at Washington to any
extent and cannot say anything more
about it than l could before went to
the capital"
Twill you ask congress at this session
for surveyor the route of the Grand.
Saginaw valley canal by government
englneersf" he was asked.
Il can't say. Iwant the river i'm.
provement first as that is what we need
most and l will work for that to my
utmost ability. Everything depends
on whether rivers and harbors bill is
passed by congress. If this is done we
can do something but if rivers and
harbors bill is not passed we cannot dc
anything this session.
Il have never favored parcels post
I would rather give up my position in
congress, than to vote for such a meas
ure. / hadn't heard that the West Side
Business association had passed resolu
tions disappearing of the parcels post
but 1 agree with them. We don't want
it. 1t is certain that the parcels posi-
would injure the local merchants an
not speaking of the limited parcels pos
but that is only step towards genera
parcels post system and don't approvt
OF the United States mail wagons in thil
county being delivery wagons for Chi