The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-05


the cotton schedule He read a letter
from the customs division of the Treas
ury Department. indorsed by the chief
OF customs. in which il was shown that
the increases in the cotton schedule
amounted to from So to 50 per cent on
unmercerized cotton fabrics and 80 to
1lS per cent on mercerized, as com
pared with the Dingley law.
At the outset of his remarks, Senator
Deliver declared that he would vote
against the report. Moreover, he said
he would cast his vote in exact accord
with the protective policy of the Repub-
liCan party" and protested against the
personal dlsparagementi and ridicule
that had been leveled at him on account
of his efforts to secure reduced rates.
Abiding to the people of his own
State and their desire for downward
revision, he said:
Il speak for a people that have never
WaVered in their allegiance TO. the Re-
publican party, and / do not propose 10
permit the interests that are trying 10
perpetuate the objectionable schedules
of the tariff bill TO dispsrags the COM
munity which / represent here and
whose patriotism has never been ques-
toned"
He declared that he objected to being
''duped with humbug and misTepresen-
tation, whereas the American people are
entitled to know the truth" In discuss
ms the cotton schedule, he declared the
rates had been made up by "subter-
fuge and indirection"
Senator Deliver objected to the way
the bill has been prepared and said Il
had been made up by a system Of bar
ter. He denied that he was trying to
undermine the citadel of protection.
This citadel, he continued, is not
fortress Is a house q cards that will
fall il the position Of a few interests
IS maintained"
Wants Tariff Commission.
Taking up the tariff commission, Dol
liver said he was in favor of one along
the lines provided for in the bin Of
Senator Beverage. He aroused laugh
ter by saying that the country already
had G. tariff commission that for forty
two years had made schedules. He re-
ferred to the Hobbies of manufacturers
accused of having fashioned certain of
Going into the cotton schedule in
detail, DOlliveT said he had proved
that the cost Of mercerizing cloth in
this country was less than it was
abroad, and yet the Senate had put
a duty of 100 per cent On mercerized
cloth and this had been extended by
the conferees TO all cotton cloth that
contained a merceriZed thread. This,
ne declared was done without a public
statement and on the request of
Messrs. Lippett and Mccall. cotton
goods manufacturers. He said the
House had seen its error and stricken
the Increases out but the Senate had
put them in and then the conferees
had gone sim further without Juris-
dictiOn, as he believed
In response TO questions by Senator
Beverage, he said the language of the
conference report was substantially
rar NH in -
House and in part by the Senate.
The Iowa Senator took direct issue
with Atdrich on the question whether
there had been increases in the rates
on cotton goods.
81 have but a few more years in this
world, he said. There may have been
a time when / was willing to give my
assent 10 statements whose truth was
questionable in order to enjoy the So
ciety Of pleasant gentlemen, but ]
shall IN longer be a party 10 an organ
lied swindle OF the American people
without telling them the truth.
People At Home.
81 do not propose to 90 back on my
people and tell them that I voted for
a measure which IN a few years is
likely 70 result in a reorganization of
the cotton business with unnumbered
millions of common stock issued against
the statute books Of the United
States"
In concluding, Senator Dolliver said
that he would look out first for the
interests 0f his State, and IT, Ia the
pursuance Of his mission, he was
called on here or elsewhere TO give
Up his fellowship with the Republican
party, he trusted he would be able
to remember with pride his twenty-five
years of service in public life in be-
half Of the people Of the United
States.