Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-26
AUTHOR Of OIL JOKER" LOCATED
VrecIand OF New York Declares He
Was eesought to See That Oil Duty
Be Continued-various Schedules
Receive Cons acknowledgements
Argue for Revenue Only.

land of New York. that he WAS I"
some extern, responsible for III" re-
ten;ion in tn" Pawn" tariff i'll Of
the countcrvailin- duty on oil. was
h. climax OF the day $ discus sion o;
III" tariff IN the lluns" today.
Mr.. Vrcc,and haissat for some time
and heard various insinIatiuns that
that duty which some have tharar-
t"rilCl AZ ''jokrr" wa To II" levied
SOLELY in tn, interest Of the S.ania,!
OH company
This he ieHpd. ara rNnlanrd that
his action was in rcSrOnS,' to r"nnt*tS
from thousands CT his soil prodn".n:
cCnsti;"rr : and over Iu".nnN others
engaged in the same business.
TIE debate on III" oil vch"Iul" cali
ed fer some bitter criticism cf the
Standard Oil Company by Mr.. krS-
terman. of Wisconsin,. and others.
In the course of til" dar Speeches
wer" made touching the tariff question
generally. and many Of the Sch"duitS
in particular. The arguments from
the Democratic standpoint were for
tariff for revenue only. while The Re-
publicanS who spoke attacked such
schedules as those on wool. wool
pulp and print paper and crude pc.
troleum
Storm No Deterrent
A heavy wind and rain storm today
did not have any aEpreciable effect
on the attendance.
The debate was opened by Nr. I'm
derwood. of Alabama. who spoke at
length in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Underwood got into an ar
gument with Mr.. Morgan. of Missouri
regarding the zinc schedule. That
schedule. the Alatnma member in
sisted. would cost the government
$685. 900. and he said Mr. Morgan.
who represents a zinc district. would
have the honor of being the highest
raid legislator in the world.
Charging that the PAYNE tariff bill
rs a deliberate betrayal Of the Amer
lean people" and that 1T is fresh
illustration OF the pdrfidv Of the Re-
publican rar:.'' Mr. Sheppard bit
terly attacked the measure.
Assurances Were Amazing.
Amusing indeed were the honest
assurances of Mr.. Taft hat tho Re-
publican Darty would revise the tariff
downward. he said.
His volcanic predecessor realized
the horelessness OF srch a norpCsition
and evadc., II to ihe last 1t is pCssi-
lie that the com Diacnnt Mr.. Taft NAV
succeed wherF the bifocal wind that
recently sweDt from Washington to
OYSTER Bav failed utterly say 20
YOU that there IS more real rowe- in
cne fve-cent cigar between the iron
lirs Of Joseph G. Cannon. the stand
Pal leader. than in the big sticks Of
whole regiment Of RoCse"eltS and
Taf"S.
Mr.. Sheppard said that the Payne
equitable revision Of the tarin >na
asserted that IL was decoration
Of commercial war with all the world
Payne Bill eiiqhtioe.
"Th" enactment Of the Pawn" bill
he said. would para! 70 ~hat little
Progress we have mode under the cx-
tension If our foreign trade
He aCpIor@f the iailrr" to rcmovn
or reduce the protection which no
claimed was afforded to thr Standard
oil trust bv til" Dinghy act
AS TO the hundreds Of others that
monaco The pCoT'e'S means and lii
critics" he rerrIrkCl. III should II"
said that til" limited and missionary
rs'lurt'orS Of the PAYNE hill affect
them in no material <"nsc In marked
contrast to tn" f1voriii ism shown the
trusts 10 tho faii"r'. to increase the
charges on alcoholic liquors. are tn"
new taxes on tea md coffee which
fall dir'Cflv IN tn" rasscs
lie said that u vas trIe that roF-
fee va i"chnicalIv on the fr'& list
bu, argued that the rounicrvailinC
provision made il .'utiah'c.
Oh Duty extortionste.
Following az academic discussion
of u" tariff NJ FISHERMAN Of VII
consin. ouIOScI th" cruBtcrvailing du
q on oil which h" al SU"d. had On.
sl''d tho Standard Oil COMPANY 10
sell oil w. England AT from three 10
four cents a ccllon loss than In tho
tTDitcd States ~" declared that h."
had r"cc.:"d positiyc assurance that
that feature ri tho Dinghy bill world
be- omitted from the Paync bnl
''f'ui.' hc said holding M copy
~ tho measure. bore is tin. little