Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-27

kind Of duty on long staple cot
ton
Mr. Fordney closed with am apology
for his misunderstanding with Mr..
Byrd.
The next membor % command the
attention of the House was Mr.. Pou.
of North Carolina. on" of I'll" minor
ity members of In" committee on
ways and means.
Mr.. Pou Speaks.
Mr.. Pou said
A place a. the pi" counter is de-
sired bv rs ALL" said Representative
POu OF North Carolina. today in dis
cuSsing the tariff bill in the House.
But ! have often thought that our
Republican friends get there quicker.
stay longer and a." harder 10 force
away than any class OF people on
earth. Therefore. rather than lose
its place at the counter of the Ma
rional Restaurant. that party prom
Used to revise yonr ningiev tariff. and
when YOU agreed to revise it. Won
meant to revise j. downward, in d
manner fair and JUST to all sections.
and the people so undo rstOOd it," Bat
he asserted that the Republican party
had not done SO.
Mr.. POu aSsertcL that the Payne
bill was worse measure than the
Dinglo; law. and charged the ReruD-
leans that. in III" teeth of your
promise TO the peopl" 10 revise down
ward. YOU have revised upward" He
argued that shoes should be placed on
the free list it Aides are admitted
free of duty.
In the last campaign said Mr..
PCu. Republic an orators made the
welkin ring with the warnings to the
cattle raiserS not to vote the Demo
cratic ticket because. as thev charged,
the Democratic PARTY would do. if
successful. the very thing which the
Republican party has already done in
lieving in tariff for revenue. ! de
clare that if my party hal been sue
ces:ful would never have voted to
put cattle hides on the free list
Wool Schedule Criticised.
The wool schedule was severely
criticised by Mr. POu. who declared
that the yer. necessaries of ordinary
every dav living have been doubled
hv the imposition of the duties pro
vided therein. He also said that the
duties on wOmens and chiiren'S
gloves have been increased with the
resuli that every woman AMI child in
Anne RIGA will suffer. while the benefi-
Charles OF the change would H. con-
fined within the limits Of one city.
Glovsnsvi!ie New York.
During the last days of the session
OF :hc S:xtieth Congress" continued
Mr.. PoH. the fate Of the subsidy bill
was hanging in the balance. The
had come :" thp House for ratifca ton
or objection. II was known that the
vote would probably he very. very
close. In this eXigencv. Republican
leaders brought to their assist ance all
Of the old guard within reach. who
were supposed to have influence over
he membership Of the House.
One very genial gentleman in par
ticHlar. who is largely interested in
the glove business. was on the scene.
and II u said did yeoman service in
BRINGING up Republican recalcftrants
20 'hc s'IppOri of the vicious meas
ure. Likewise Immediately preceding
the assembly Of the present Congress
when the oryaHiza. Ion Of the House
was IN ..Oub' this same genial gentle.
man was on hand doing woman ser
vice TO force back into line holters
from tn" reGTlIr Republican column.
His town Of Glov+rsvil'e has control
Of the output az men: gloves to a
very iarc" extent His community en-.
lows - prot"' ion sainst comDefitlon
which i 80 cnH, picte that during the
yea: $780, only Ins .0s,a dozen mems
gloves were brought into the United
States from abroad. His community
Ia! hal monopoly ot this i'Isiness.
Now 10. and behold. he Ii to hc re-
wsrde.l with an additional monopoly
Prcbahlv Of the manufacture Of WON
~ and children gloves. also
viii Arose the women.
Saving IA; II w1aid not he long BE-
fore the women of this nation will eS-
Is"ri"nc" Az object lesson Of RcpJbli