Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-04-24
IoWANS TO BE BIG
FACTORS IN TARIFF WAR.
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SO per cent higher than the duty on
raw wool was unjust. He believed the
schedule would stand material re-
duction. Mr.. Gallinger, interrupting,
referred to the closing of the wooden
mills of New Hampshire by the low
rates of the Wilson tariff bill. Mr.. Nell
son energetically declared that that
was the same spirit that had actuated
New England in its criticism of any
effort to reduce the high rates that had
prevailed upon her products. He de-
clared that the hard times Of the '90's
had come largely from the panic OF
1899, and he added:
"All the stagnation from 1894 TO
1897 was not owing to the Wilson tariff
law. | would no more think of charg-
ing the Dingley tariff with the panic of
1907 than l would charge the panic of
1893 to the Wilson bill"
"The wooden schedule said Senator
Dolliver, "oupht to be reduced. l un-
dertake to say that for two years this
schedule has been bad advertisement
for the Republican party. | intend to
so vote as to adhere as far as possible
to every reduction in the Dingley rate
that was made by the House commit
tee and to every reduction made by
the Senate committee. Wherever l
find a rate in this bill above the Ding
ley rate of 1897 l reserve the right to
twelve years of prosperity, with every
industry multiplying output and IN
creasing Its capacity, whether after
twelve such years of industrial pro-
gress it might be possible to scale
some of these duties.
SIaps at AIdrich.
while it may be-" said Mr.. Dolliver,
evidently referring to statement by
Mr.. Aldrch, that there are only
few increases and quite a large num-
Der of reductions in this bill, | ven-
ture to say when we are through with
it it will be so nearly like the Dingley
law that many men will wonder what
was the extraordinary occasion that
called us here. This session certainly
was not called to increase the sched-
ules of the Dingley law"
Mr.. Aldrich interjected that there
was no such result in the pending bill,
and that when the woolen schedules
are before the Senate he would un-
tertake to clearly demonstrate that
such criticism was unwarranted.
Senator Elkins criticised the lack
of information concerning what had
come before the committee on finance
in respect to the tariff bill. MIR. Flint
referred to suggestions t.lat had been
offered by the West Virginia Senator
for rates on coal.
You don't mean to say that the
Senator from West Virginia fixed the
rates on coal?' inquired Mr.. Bever-
jidge.
More Comedy, Says DoIliver.
"No. l mean he suggested what the
rates ought to be- said Mr. Flint.
I'VE are playing q part here that is
becoming a mere comedy resumed
Mr. Dolliver, referring to the enact
ment of a tariff law.
DO you believe" interpreted Senate
Nelson. that we were called in this
extraordinary session to enact Ding
| ley tariff law"
"I do not responded Mr.. Dolliver.
DO you believe we We're called here
to increase the rates of the Dingley
tariff" again asked Mr.. Nelson.
~ am not favored with the literature
of that command said Mr.. Dolliver.
Replying to Senator Hale, Mr.. Dol
| ley law in every state of the Union.
but, he added my audiences are
growing tired. The people arc tired of
having these duties raised from
hundred to a hundred and fifty per
cent for the clothes the3s wear upon
their backs"
The Senator is now Inducing in
criticism that was heard from every
Democratic member Of the House and
Senate when the rDingley bill was un-
der considerations said Mr. Aldrich.
Wants Reasonable Rates.
Mr.. Dolliver retorted that his con-
viction that "the protective tariff sys-
TEN could be perpetuated only by MAX
ing the duties more reasonable, had
been one of long standing.
Mr.. Doliver declared that putting
hides on the free list would benefit the
shoe manufacturer, while the farmer
would suffer.
Mr.. Aldrich assumed the responsible
ility for the duty on hides as placed in
the Dingley law. and asserted that he
believed the same rate, Is per cent,
would be offered by the finance COM
mittee as substitute for the free
hides provision of the tariff bill as it
was passed by the House.
Il am not certain that the farmer of
the west Is as able to protect himself