The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-17
SENATOR TrLLMAN's
BARNYARD SCHEDULE

Senator Benjamin X. Tillman (Dem.)
and Senator Porter J. McCumber
(Rep.l that even the members of the
Senate are not sure In just what
party direction they are going. Mr..
Tillman had called attention to the
fact that Senator Nelson "Gave n
very fine Democratic speech on the
lumber schedule, and the Senator
from North Carolina MIR. simmons,
DEM | thought gave us n very
good Republican speech on the same
schedule; aud we have listened tn
the senator from Florida (Mr.
Fletcher, DEM wanting everything
that Florida produces protected, and
it was very thorough Republican
speech, from my standpoint
Mr.. McCumber--A splendid Re-
publican speech.
Mr.. Tillman-I am afraid before
we get through there will not be
trough enough for all the hogs to
get their SHOUTS into.
To that Mr.. McCumber expressed
belief that room could be made for
Mr.. Tillman's State II II desired to
get In. Having started on the hog
question MIR. Tillman gave to his
colleagues very good comparative
study OF the tariff from rural or
rather pastoral or barnyard point OF
view. 81 am reminded" he said,
"of a scene which have Witnessed
in the past when | was on the farm
and was feeding pigs. The pretense
of protective tariff is that we must
have our infant industries pro-
tccted against foreign pauper labor.
| All of us who are acquainted with
| farms aud farming know thai young
pigs do need n little help about
weaving time, and good farmer
will provide trough apart from the
herd of hogs, n kind of pen, for in
stance, with little trough in 1t, in
which he will feed these youngsters
| Just when the mother has ceased to
care for them. That is protecting
an infant industry. II he is good
farmer, he will continue to feed
those pigs along until they have
reached a period when the greatest
profit in the food going into the meat
will have arrived, aud then he will
| slaughter them. But his trough will
have To- grow in length and In depth
and in width and otherwise. He will
have to provide an increase of food,
but the good farmer will always
stop feeding a. soon ms he reaches
point where the food is merely
turned into them to maintain them
without increase, leaving no profit
"Will the Senator from North
! Dakota contend that II is wise policy
and craftsmanship for us, as Amcri-
cans, to continued to feed the hogs
just because they are hogs? Laugh
ter In other words, to protect
.
my arm, like Carnegie and Schwab
and that crowd?
"Is there any honest prctcnsc or eX-
cuse that In the iron scedulc the
manufacturers Of iron and steel
rails, for instance, now need any
protection? Can we not prove by
facts and figures that we can manu-
facture steel cheaper than 1t can
be manufactured in France or in
England? Was II not proved In the
bidding by the British Government
for the construction of bridge at
Atbara, some ten or twelve years
ago, that American manufacturers
of structural steel got the contract
because they could beat the German,
the Frenchman, and the English
man? Yet Carnegie, and Schwab
and Corey and Gary, and that bunch,
have such control and influence,
that the iron schedule Is maintained
at the maximum, away up yonder,
far above any reasonable and decent
revision. Whit are these people
but hogs with their shouts In the
trOughs of the American taxpayer
and consumer? | say that We want
Il decent tariff; we want a tariff
which will levy enough on those
things which can pay something like
an equal proportion of the burden,
Judging by the consumers, to give us
what we need to support the Govern
mcnt administered econmically.
That is my idea of tariff, and, If il
protects anybody, let him get 1t. |
will even go further. believe il is
for the best interests Of the people
of this country that we should pro-
duce everything that we can in
America. But there are certain
things We cnn not produce, and why
should we pretend to levy tribute
upon one-half or two-thirds or three