The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23

,,f dialogue below are viewpoints
- the principles of tariff taxation.
:. ohout as instructive and inter
inc p passage, to a student of
oromics. as one can find in any
.ot It occurred day or two ago
the floor of the senate:
Mr. owen democrat from Oklaho-
20 mart Indian, earnest, serious
ninded. lawyer, banker, man of af-
airs had just been pointing out the
.bor cost in making of blankets, and
oading the republican platform
rbich declares that the principle to
% observed in revising the tariff is
fix duties high enough to eQualize
be labor cost at home and abroad,
pIns a reasonable profit: Now
En- President, / call the senator's
pttention to the fact that the cost
& Il labor on these blankets is from
TO 20 per cent; and l ask him
how he justifies putting upon them,
liver and above the total cost of
american labor, an additional tariff
If from 80 to 14O per cent. addi-
Eional ad valOrem up to 100 to 165
her cent. duty?"
Mr. carter Republican from Mon
tana, where they raise sheep, has
long beard, white, like that of billy
GOAT, with no mustache, but a clean
#Upper lip. He is the great harmon
i7er of all the Inconsistencies among
Republicans, good fellow, and as hon
est and sincere in his beliefs as his
#ODponents): I'm order to estimate
the cost of production it is necessary
ITO go back to the sheep herder on
Sthe plains. That sheep herder in our
competing country in South Africa
receives $3.50 a month, while out on
the plains in this country he receives
3 $40 a month. Down in South Africa
he receives a sack of corn and a
sheep to board him for a month,
while out in our country he must
7 have as good a bill of fare as they
{ give in the ordinary hotel in Wash
SngtOn, or he will not stay by the
Hob. These differences from the be-
ginning must be computed and con-
Sidered in order to ascertain the ele-
ments of cost"
Mr.. Owen: Mr. President, they
were considered as far as justified
Iby common sense when the calcula-
stiOn was made by Carroll D. Wright.
4 (Goes on to specify.
Enter Mr.. Bacon of Georgia, with
shis face on top of his head, ready
FLOR one of its overcoming erup-
stiOns, like "Old Faithfully.
Mr. Bacon: Does the senator
from Montana think that, in order
that the sheep herders of Montana
shall be furnished with board on the
scale of a Washington hotel, the
price of wool should be raised to all
lthe consumers of the United States?"
(Mr. Carter evades and went off
ltaIking about something else).
Mr.. Bacon: But the senator does
|not deem it wise to answer that
question yes or no."
Mr.. Carter: ''Mr. President, the
senator from Georgia proposes to set
PIE a great, far-reaching economic
question with the answer yes or
FnO.' That, l think, is one of the ele-
mentary difficulties with the sena-
TORS school of political economy in
dealing with these questions. (Goes
BIT into a lengthy dissertation upon
the maintenance of the standard of
Ewing" Refers to the cotton pro-
fucers of Georgia and South Caro-
lina).
Mr.. Bacon (interrupting): "The
senator well knows the fact, Mr..
President, that labor employed in the
production of cotton does not receive
the hundredth part of mill of bene-
BIT from the protective tariff"
Mr.. Carter (Refraining, to the
surprise of many, from claiming that
Whatever prosperity the cotton farm
er enjoys is due to the high protect
|ve system): 81 refer to the cotton
mills, Mr.. President" Dissertation
upon the cheapness of Oriental labor,
and the possibility of dismantling the
factories of the South and New Eng
|land).
Mr.. Bacon: (Persisting) SIS that
me senator's answer to my question
whether or not the sheep herder of
Montana should be furnished Wash
ngton city hotel board at the ex-
Pense of the people of the United
States?"
Mr.. Carter (Seeing that he must
get little nearer the question, yet
not willing to answer Directly: "Mr.
resident, that sheep herder is en-
Titled to good treatment. He is a
part of a mighty system; he is a part
Oh the economy of the country. 1t is
believed, in order to maintain a sup
Elemental food supply to put the
country where it can raise it's own
clothing and thus maintain a certain
coveted industrial independence, that
even at the expense of paying our
Sleep herders more than the South
african native gets we ought still
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