The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28

 BANKRUPTCY Harrison Makes Gloomy
 Forecast. PEPUBS ARE RESPONSIBLE Women Singled Out for Attack in
 Tariff Ell. Declare. That it This Bm Does Not Bring About the Franchise for
 Women Their Cause is

Wasn1ngton. March 27.-In order to expedite discussion of the tariff bill in the House. unanimous consent today was given that the sessions hereafter shall begin at 10 instead of II o'clock a. m.; that recess should be taken at and that resuming at 8 o'clock the sessions should continue until 10.30 o'clock D. m. each day. The request for unahimous consent was made by MT. Payne. who said that there all ready were forty or fifty members who had indicated their desire to speak.
 Mir, Clark (Mo ), the minority lead CT. asked how long general debate would continue. He said he was much embarrassed by his lack of informa- tton When his Democratic colleagues asked for time in which to speak he found 1t difficult to make allotments. MT. Payne replied that he was suf- fering under a similar embarrassment but did not apply the information de- sired. Without any intimation having been given as to when the general de- bate on the measure shall cease, the bill was laid before the House
 Mir. Harrison (N. Y.), now the Dem- Ways and Means. at once took the floor.
 Declaring that there would be no dissension ip- the Democratic ranks of the House with regard to the tariff and that the Fitzgerald amendment to he rules made 1t possible for the mi nority to express It's views upon amendments to the bill by record vote. Representative Harrison discuss ed various features of the Payne meas ure.
 Many schedules of the Payne bill offer ground for rejoicing among our partisans,'' he said Tn many cases they have not listened to the greedy clamor of selfish and unpatriotic men who have appeared before this commit tee demandiug prohibitive rates upon their own articles"
 Under Republican mana aRement. said Mir Harrison. the nation was fast ap-. preaching bankruptcy.
 "This bill contains heavy taxes upon the women of America" he continued. "In many respects they seem to have been singled out for attack. The new taxes upon tea and coffee, upon wo- mems gloves and cotton stockings, are direct provocation to woman's suf- frage. If this tariff bill does not bring about the franchise of women. their cause Is hopeless. But the most seri- ous aspect of the situation Is that these duties are chiefly specific and fall more heavily upon the poor than upon the rich. The increased tax upon cotton stockings Is even more serious than those-upon womens' gloves. Tn hose and half hose the enormous increases in taxation are entirely upon the cheaper grades"
 While expressing qualification that iron ore had been placed upon the free list. MT. Harrison claimed that the rates in a majority of cases on the metal schedule were still prohibitive. He said that in items of that schedule the Dingley rates had been cut in half. but that that reduction would not cut down the profit of the steel manufac- turers.
 T have not the slightest doubt that the American manufacturers of steel and iron are strong enough to enter every market of the world Infant in- dustries of the timeA of Alexander Ham ilton have become the giant trusts of the time of John Dalzell."
 Mir. Harrison secuted the idea that Democrats in the House differed re- garding the tariff and said that he be- lieved all true Democrats would be found supporting the doctrines set down in the Denver platform.
 Tarin On Hides.
 The tariff on hides was discussed by Representative Gardner. of Massachu-
  He gave a history of the high tariff from the time of the civil war to the enactment of the Dingley bill. He said hides were on the free list as the bill passed the House but that a duty of IS per cent. was fixed in conference.
 "Whether this duty was imposed at the institution of the great Chicago packers, I do not know" confined MT. Gardner. Whether or not a hide in the hands of a packer is entitled to the same protective duty as a hide In the hands of farmer. I do not pretend to say Whether of late years. the pack CTS have financed the campaign which has created an artificial sentiment among the farmers in favor of the duty is beside the question. The fact re- mains that this sentiment undoubtedly exists and it must be reckoned with"
 Ruin was spelled by free calf skin leather and free patent leather. he ar gued, and by free boots and shoes. so far as a substantial minority of man ufacturers was concerned. He prophe- sled that the price of hides would grad ually rise whether duty was removed or not.
 Touching the question as to whether the packer or the farmer gets the ben eft of the tax MT. Gardner said:
 Perhaps the farmer may get some
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