The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
BETRAYAL OF
 THE PEOPLE Sheppard Bitterly A- tacks Tariff Bill. ILUSI0NARY REDUCTIONS A Enactment of Measurs Would Paralyze Our Foreign Trade. ae D<pier.a Failure To Remove or Reduce Protection Which He 7, Claimed was Aaorded To Standard Oil.
 
ILUSI0NARY REDUCTIONS

Washington. D. C., March 2STcharg- ing that the Payne tarin bill 'is a de- liberate betrayal of the American peo- ple," and that 1t is a fresh tllustra- tion of the perfidity of the Republican Party" Mr.. Sheppard, (Texas)a bitterly attacked the measure in the House to- day. ~ <s
 Amusing, indeed. were the ponder ous assurances of MT. Taft that the Republican Party would revise the tar if downward" said he. His voicahlc 7 predecessor realized the hopelessness ol such proposition and eyaded It 10 the last. Ia 1t possible that the compia- Csnt MT. Taft may succeed where the Win dthat recently swept from Wasn tngton to oyster Bay failedt uttoriyf say to you that there is more real pow CT in one hye-cent cigar between tne iron lips of Joseph c. cannon. ne stand-pa leader. than In the big SUCK |. of a whole regiment of Rooseyeits ana Tafts.' t
 MT, Sheppard said that the Payne bill was in no way a sincere and equit. able revision of the tarih, and asserteo that it was a declaration of commercia' war with the world. .,, :, - "The enactment of the Payne pili. he said, would paraiyze. what ittle progress we have made under the e~-
 
 He deplored the failure to remove or reduce the protection. which ne claimed. was afforded to the Standard oil Trust by the Dingley law.
 "As to the hundreds of others that menace the peoples means and hper, ties," he remarked. tSshouid pc salo that the limited and illusionary reduet- material sense. In marked contrast eo the fayoritism shown the trusts, to the failure to increase the charges on all coholic liquors. are the new taxes oh tea and coffee which call directiy on the masses"
 He said that 1t was true that conee was technically on the free list, nu' argued that the counteryaiiing pEosss aofl made 1t dutiable.
 MT. Underwood got into an argument with MT. Morgan. of Missouri, regard ing the zinc schedule,s That scheouie line Alabama member insisted woui9 cost the government ss85,0oe and ne said MT Morgan, who represents 2 zinc district, would have the honor o' being the highest paid, iesisiator ID the world. ,..~ Underwood to. the subject of raw ma terials.. He was opposed tc free re" materials, but said he was in favor oi reducing tariff rates down to strictiy revenue basis.
 Following an academic discussion oi the tariff, Mir. Kusterman (Wfs'), op- posed the countervailing duty on oli which. he argued. had enapieo 'ne ne Standard Oll~Company to sell oil Tn England at from to- cents gallon less than in the United States. He de- clared that he had received positive as' surance that that feature of the Ding lev bill would be omitted from the Payne bill.
 But" he said. holding up copy oi the measure, "here Is the little 1oker standing before me in all its wicked ness, ready to take from $l2.ooo.ooo ,e s15.000. 900 out of the pockets of oul people and adding 1t to the vast prontf of the greatest trust on earth
 'aThe people," he said. were thus Ter at the mtrcy of that ever-hungry mo nopoly." x,u Kusterman said he was not prepared to state that the position of John D: Rockefeller in the last election had something to do with the oil schedule If he asserted, any one expected 10 find a soul in the Standard oil Com many. he would make a serious mis-
 Asked by Mir. Stephens (Tex) if he had come across any other joker" In the bill, MT. Kusterman. amid ap- plalse and laughter. said he had not found time to hunt for others.
 Mr. vreeland (N. Y0 rose and said that to some extent he was responsi' ble of the retention of that duty IT the Payne bill. ~
 .I did it." he declared, "in response to requests from thousands of men ir my district engaged in producing oil I did 1t in behalf of 50o.o00 American citizens engaged in producing oil ev' cry day of the year. do not do Il in behalf of the Standard oil Company
 He announced that later he would fully explain his course. At the con cluston of Mir. Kusterman's remarks the bill was laid aside and the House adjourned