Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-26
Protected Industries Of Ea,t Can Not
BE Asked to Bear All Reductions in
puty-West Has Some Big Industries
That Must Make Concessions to
Prevent Real Revision.
Especial Correspondence

want free iron and steel, because they
believe that would make wire and Inn
plements cheaper After that. they
want to retain the tariff on hides,
which they produce, and Ola sugar. Of
which q considerable amount Is made
In the state.
"They are Just like other people. In
short, they want free supplies for their
pwn use. and want q tariK on what
hhey produce. Now, there is one way
We can get revision. II the westerners
will trade their hide and sugar tariff
Tor the benefit of free lumber and steel,
/ believe the votes can be mustered
TO pass bill which will greatly ex-
tend the free list, and grant very Inn
portant reductions In many other du-
ties. It's up to us western<Is. We can
force honest revision IL we have nerve
enough tol stick for 1t. don't know
whether we have or not. My own state
wants the tariff kept on hides, and
Is fearful Of q change in the sugar
schedule that might harm our beet
Industry. Still, for my own part I
would vote for free hides and for a
ltbig reduction on sugar. think we need
The revenue derived FRONT sugar, and
that free admission of it Is impossible;
but would like to 500 q big reduction
pn sugar. and an import duty, for
strictly revenue purposes, placed on
coffee. A coffee duty, thirk, could be
80 applied as greatly to help the Porto
Rico coffee people; and they need the
help. Brazil ciapped on an expert duty
when we took off the import duty on
coffee, so we might as we'll retaliate by
putting back the duty and giving our
nwn colonies a chance"
West Wants Real Revision.
The speaker was Representative
Hins1aw. of Nebraska. He comes from
q district which produces sLn immense
amount OF hides. but no sugar. In other
parts of his state the beet sugar inter-,
est Is important, and some Of his col
leagues would probably net vote for
either free hides or free sugar.
q Mr. Hinshaw. however, believes the
preponderating sentiment of his state
wants real revision, even liz it has to-
be bought in this way. He. recognizes
that it is a game Of give ard take, and
he has been canvassing quietly since
adjournment for the holidays, to de-.
ternine II possible how much chance
there is to get a comfortable majority
OF votes for this basic proposition:
That the tariff measure shall be
based on the assumption o.. free hides,
tree lumber. free Steel and either free
sugar or else such considerable reduce
ton as the revenue situation will adj
!. NIT.
This proposition. coming from man
located as Mr. Hinshaw is, sounds like
business. Free hides means free leath-
er, free shoes, free leather goods gem
orally The tanners ana the shoen1ak-
ers have said they would surrender
their protection IL they could get free
hides.
Demand for Free Raw Materials.
Free lumber means q long line of
reductions in the products of lumber.
Free steel means that another great
list would be made free or else sub
etantially reduced; articles in which
steel Is the raw material. Many manu-
facturers have Nproposed that they
would give UP the protection on their
products, II only they could have free
raw material-that is, steel.
aAis is the only way a real revision
can be made Mr.. Hinshaw thinks 1t
ought to be done, and he is feeling out
the western people. He doesn't feel
much confidence in doing anything
with the beet sugar people in general.
In fact the impression now is that the,
beet sugar interest will be relied on to
break down the plane of the honest re-
yisers. At first the hides tariff was ac-
counted strong enough; bat it hasn't
proved so. The sugar beet, after all, is
the great argument. The sugar beet is
the biggest legislative Influence ex-
tant IT prevented the annexation Of
Cuba, 1t passed the Teller resolution,
It killed the Philippine reciprocity
treaty, and it all but killed the Cuban
reciprocity treaty. It has made and un-
made statesmen. It wrecked the demo-
cratic party by reason of it's part in
the Wilson German revision. It had
more to do with the governments
adoption Of the reclamation policy than
any other one influence; and today,
with the backing of potent array Of
senators and representatives, it is or
ganizing to rescue half a dozen Of the
greatest trusts on earth.
Meek, modest but magnificent little
sugar beet. Whose silvery-'.ongued elo-
quence shall do justice to thy quality?
Whose diamond pointed zen of gold
shall write down thy catalog of glories
in letters of light which might adorn
the armament? Thou has. saved the
sugar trust from its enemies, and the
steel combine from its pursuers Thy
might has been the shield of the lum-
her barons; yea, and the tanners would
have had their hides tanned but for
thy prowess with the conferees
Verify, thou art the hottest thing
abroad, when it comes to pull with the
eevisers.
This Makes Airships Certain.
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