The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-27

eu0 eu oy0Wo0 nlxn ptotoogt0ntUts kQ1o-s cussed at lsneth the lumber schedule. mysteries over the question of free lumber. He dsnislf that lum-, Der from the Southern states was going into Canada In any considerable quantity, except Ions leaf yellow pine.
 Ar. Fordney admitted. in 7 response to . question by Mr. Bartlett. of Georgia.
 that whether the duty on lumber was
 increased. lowered or removed. South
 ern lumber could not be carried into the territory north of the Ohio river
 In. competition with canadian lumber
 because of prohibitivs freight rates. Mr. Slayden and Mr. Hardin. of Tex
 as. declared that they had good req sons to believe that . lumber trust or
 combination exists to fix the price os lumber. :'ss
 T have been in the lumber business
 since I was . boy.,' said MT. Fordney.
 "and have never known of lum' Der trust" sA The cross fire of questions regarding . so-cslled lumber trust iifritated Mr.
 Fordney who finally refused to answer any moro, questions. Arguing for the
 retention of the duty on lumber. MT. Fordney said that those who appeared
 before the ways and means commit
 tee to ask for free lumber. have large
 holdings in British Columbia
 MT. Tordney declared that there. had
 been . very marked downward ten- dency in the price of lumber during the past two years. and that #, the duty on lumber should be taken ofr, his lumber manufacturing company would close its saw mill,' throwing 300 enl- ployes out of work and keeping the min idle until better times. He said in response to . question from MT.
 RansdelI. of Louisiana. that much of the complaint of the present duty on lumber comes from regions where all of the timber has been cut and which have been largely benefited by the
 Dingleyy law. Mr. Fordney admitted
 that most of the large timber tracts ars owned by men of means who. he
 said. could afford to hold on until prices suit them. =
 Taking up hides. Mir. Fordney pro-
 vok ed applause when he said, they
 were put on the free list of tho Payne
 bill against his earnest protest. i Mir. Fordney spoke of discriminati ations of Canada against American citizens and in that connection mentioned the maximum and minimum features of the bill and he said: | "By the heavens above. we have a right to strike back when she strikes
 us" q Mir. Fordnsy said he would like to
 have the tarif on cotton goods 60 high that no foreigner could make shirt to wear on the back of the man in
 Mississippi who produced the raw cot
 ton. He also favored a duty on long
 staple cotton of at least five or eight cents a pound to help out that indus- try in the South.
 q think 1t needs it," he said.
 The next member to command the
 attention of the House was MT. Pou. of North Carolina. one of the minority members of the committee on ways and means. :. Mir. Macon. of Arkansas. condemned
 the ss per cent. drawback feature of
 the bill and censured the provision put ting uncut diamonds, rubies,. saphfres
 and other precious stones and works of art tG the free list. He demanded to know what class of labor their free
 importation to this country would ben eft. Laborers hardly ever wore dia-
 monds, he said. and they never bought
 rare old paintings. He argues that these provisions were placed in the bill in the interest of the very rich. MT. Macon ridiculed the; free list of l the pending bill and said that while 1t was thrown as a sop to the Amerf- can people. it ought to be received as an insult to their intelligence. He said that acorns. balm of Gilead. dried
 blood, worm gut and divi-diyi. kind ling wood. leeches. mama and pulu
 have no more right to be on the free list than the English sparrows and African Baboons, "and. yet" he said. they are some of the things that are
 set forth in the free list as make
 believe that there is a disposition on the part of the party in power to give to. the American people some things | free of duty"
 MT. Macon concluded by saying he
 was oyerpowered with the belief that when God made man. and placed him upon the earth he intended for him to have free and unobstructed race with