The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-13
SPOKE ON THE TARIFF
John A Maguirc, New Democratic
Congressman, Had His Say on
the Tariff Question.

III SSANoSAObis
The Republican received a copy
of the speech delivered by Hon. John
a. Mcguire, of Lincoln, Nebraska,
in the house of Representatives
OF April 3, when the tariff question
was up before that body. Mr.. Ma
guire spoke from the democratic
standpoint, and it was his maiden
speech, having been elected only last
November. He spoke for a reduced
tariff on lumber, at the outset of
his speech, and his remarks on that
feature of the bill indicated that he
had given the subject much study
and research from the array of fig
ures submitted to the representa-
tives. He also referred to tariff on
gloves, hosiery. cotton, woolens,
shoes, watches, pineapples. salt, lem
ons, tea, coffee, sugar, oil and
bonds closing with a statement on
the South American trade, the max
imum and minimum clause, the pro-
Queer and the consumer, and then
referred to the rules of the house.
We reproduce two of his closing
statements with reference to what
was hoped for in the way Of tariff:
Little hope is given either the pro-
Queer or the consumer in this bill.
The margin between the two is wild
ened and the consumer comes in for
even less favors than the producer.
The test to the producer is not alone
the price he gets in the market, but
the purchasing power Of his product
in what he must consume. This is
likewise true OF wages or salary of
the laborer, the artisan, the clerk,
and sthe professional or busin IS
man. The trainers of this bill enither
neglected or failed to grasp the
mighty industrial, social, moral, and
political forces associated with the
w%ell-being of this country. They en-
couraged the interests of the rich,
but failed to study the problems of
the poor. In the shaping Of a tariff
measure the schedules ought to be
arranged with a view of letting the
burdens of indirect taxation fall as
lightly as possible OF the n~ecessaries
of life, the articles of consumption
by the poor, and the burdens should
be borne by the luxuries enjoyed by
the wealthy.
The country needs and wants the
very best tariff law it can get. We
should have free tea, coffee, free
lumber, and free oil; we should have
greatly reduced duties from those
proposed, on iron and steel, cotton
and wooden manufactures, gloves
shoes, and hosiery. In the passage
of a tariff bill there ought to be no
delay, but | hope the Members will
take tie time to assert their full
rights, demand a scientific CLASH
f1cation of schedules, and give us a
law under which We a live and
prosper. Grant this much for the
millions of ~Wage-earning women and
children, for the man at the anvil, at
the business counter, and or the
farm--for those who developed this
vast empire of wealth and establish
ed the ideals and institutions of
american industry and civilization.
I appeal not for tie thousands who
dwell in the shadow of this capitol
to in fluence legislation, but for the
millions everywhere who have no
paid lobby here, CONTINUED APP
plause.)
Mr.. Mcguire was a former resi-
dent of Mitchell, where he grew to
manhood and then went to Nebras-
ka to take UP the study Of law. His
many friends feel that he will make
a success of his congressional work
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