The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-30
GREAT SPEECH
BY Mr.. RAYNER
OF MARYLAND
Payne ldriCh Bill Denounced
by One of the Democratic
Leaders.
MINNESOTA SENATOR'S
PLEA FOR FREE LUMBER
GENERAL DISCUSSION AROUSED
IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE PARTICIPATE.

! g Washington, April 2g-The en- (.
/ g tire time of the senate was again Q,
! 9 today given to the general discus
| y SION or the tariff bill. Senator =,
! g RayleT of Maryland led off with a .
! . general denunciatiOn of the pro- .,
| @ tective system of the Republican g.
! g party. He was followed by SEN o
! % ator Nelson of Minnesota who o
I @ made an earnest plea. for the ad- 9.
/ 3, mission of lumber free of duty. His {.
I g assertions aroused quite general 4.
/ . discussion, which was participated &.
/ @ IN by Senators Hale. Warren, Car o
/ 9 ter, Clapp. MCLaurin. McCumber. .,
/ Q Elkins. Aldrich and Gallagher. &.
/ = g &. G. g &: q 9 g . 3 q g q . % 9, 4. {.
/ Washington, April 29.-Declaring that
/ free trade is impracticable in this coun-
/ try, and asserting that not a single
/ Democrat would vote for it if presented
/ TO him in a bill. Senator Rayner of
/ Maryland in the senate today delivered
Z an address denouncing the Payne-AI-
I dTiCh tariff measure as failing to pro-
( vide revenue and protecting the indus
I tries controlled by trusts rather than
( giving any relief to the consumers of
/ the country. Mr.. Rayner frequently
I entered upon OratOrical flights and con-
I cluded with a series of concentrations
/ Of the sO-cailed trusts of the country.
| He declared his belief in incidental pro-
/ lection IN order to maintain the wages
/ OF the American wOTkingmen.
Not a Question of Free Trade.
q have never believed in free trade
/ between this country and any other
/ countries" Mr.. Rayner said. I think
| the country would vote such PROPOSE
| ton down almost with practical una
| nImity. If there were d resolution now
| before the senate i'm favor of free
/ trade, I do not believe it would receive
/ a single vote upon our side of the cham
I be-"
Reading from the Democratic plat
forms of 1876 and 1892, Air. Rsyner said
I they embodied his partys axiom. land
/ that is he added, that We have no
constitutional power to collect tariff
/ duties except for the purpose of rev
enues"
The pending tariff bill. he declared.
would be entitled a bin to encOura &c
/ the industries of the United States. and
/ for no other purpose" He did not be-
/ lieve It would add very much to our
] present revenue collections.
Nothing for Consumer.
"The bill viii not, and It does not. %
I predicted Mr.. Rayner, in any substan-
! tial degree lower prices TO the consum-
| er, and ] make another prediction. and
/ that is that this bill viii not in any
[ substantial degree affect the inordinate
profits that the protected industries are
/ now receiving through custom house
i taxation"
| Mr. Rayner Combatted the idea that
| the great corporations of the country
I benefit the consumers by utilizing
! economies or increased wages. On the
| other hand. he declared of the trusts:
I They raise prices, they limit produc-
/ ton, they lower wages. they contract
| the demand for labor they throttle
/ competition. they monopOlize the
wealth Of the land. they withdraw il
| from the channels of circulation, and
when they are driven from one state
/ they obtain their franchises in another
and then return with insOIence to pur-
sue their calling I'm the place from
which they are banished.
Trusts All Powerful.
/ st do not find within this bill line
/ or sentence that weakens their grasp
upon the commerce Of the country On
/ the contrary, they show their hateful
/ front in almost every schedule of this
/ bill As against them. if I had the OPP
/ portunity i'm the framing of a tariff bin
7 would open the ports of entry of this
republic. I would bring them in COM
petition with the markets of the world
! 1t is said that if we do this we viii in
terfere with other industries that are
competing with them. There is hardly
word of truth i'm that statement, be-
cause they tolerate no rivalry and per-
init no interference"
Republican Testimony.
Senator Nelson. i'm his address said he
did not mind being called q free trader
If people cared thus to address him.
lie quoted from a speech made by Pres
ident Taft in New York, i'm 1893. when he
said the president had come out squarely
for "A reduction OF the tariff and that
course" bc added. had done more than
ANYTHING else to make him near and dear
10 the people of the upper Mississippi val
lev"
Mr. Nelson charged that oriental labor
was employed in Washington as well aS
I'm British Columbia.
Addressing Mr.. Piles and other senators.
Mr.. Nelson said that lumbermen all made
great fortunes.
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