The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-03-31

times In this country during the past
year compared with the experiences 81
Europe and especially England and
Ireland. where is practiced the tariff
for revenue policy which Is today ad-
vocated by our Democratic friends ON
this MOOR" continued Mr.. Bates.
He declared that In Belfast. which
IL the center OF the textile fabric IN
dustry and where 10000 hands are
employed. the wages of the men range
from Sc to IS per week. and those of
the women from 50 to ~ per week.
while the wages Of the men and wo-
men performing the same labor In this
country are from two to four times as
much. The average weeks work is
nifty i've hours and workmen only ex-
ist by the closest economy.
at Is no wonder" he asserted, that
the most advanced English thought OF
today endorses and would. II possible
adopt, the theory and practice OF the
protection system"
Reiterating that. he was partly re-
sponsible for retaining the countervaii-
ing duty on crude and refined petro-
leum, Mr.. vreeland IN. 70 said that
while to many people oil and Standard
OIL seemed synonymous. there were
100000 American citizens bringing to
the surface every day nearly $5O0.0e0
worth Of crude petroleum who mad no
more to do with the Standard Oil Conn
pany than had the farmer who raised
the wheat to do with the miller 10
whom he sold 1t.
Mr.. vreeIand said the schedule was
based on the petitions from hundreds
Of oil producers and that removal OF
the countervailing would not benefit
the Standard Oil Company, but would
seriously injure the business OF the in-
dependents.
Kttchin ON Lumber.
Mr.. Kitchin accused those favoring .
duty on lumber, including some OF his
Democratic colleagues, OF having peen
scared by Mexican, Canadian and Aus
,raitan lumber ghosts. He declared as
n matter of fact that each of those
countries shipped to the united states
a little over a million OF Feet year
while the exports to Mexico oy tne
limited states reached An average or
10 mn nm feet a year and to Australia
1OO, 900 feet
and vet" he said. you let these
ohosts appear before your eyes ana
Won say, Gentlemen. We demand pro-
lection. - h,r, into
spirited triangular discussion win
Messrs. Dies, {Texas) and Graham ana
p,rLa (Penn) The Texas member
accused Mr.. Kitchin OF being lree
trader. which brought the retort that
those members who were asking pro-
lection for their sections on the plea
that II was for revenue only should
come forward and admit that the Re
publican party had been right and
that the Democratic party was wrong
Mr.. Kitchin said that under Cleve-
lands free trade policy there We're
shipped to the United States but fifty
million more feet of lumber than came
~ under the Mckinley law.
.sThey did not have the money to
buy IT," interjected Mr.. Graham.
Democratic applause met the reply
OF Mr.. Kftchin that only year ago.
eyen bankers and trust companies had
no money. He mentioned in partlcu-
lar Pittsburg. that citadel OF protec-
ton" He declared that Pittsburg sent
to Congress representatives who would
vote for special interests.
This utterance aroused Mr.. Burke
who vigorously denied its accuracy.
"Will you name the time" Mr.
Burke demanded, when I ever men,
| toned the name of the steel trustp'
WELL" replied Mr. Kitchin, "thC
| theory Is that you will protect the big
and the strong" He said that Mr.
| Burke. honest AMI patriot, was q
| victim of a system and that he pro
tected Industries of Pittsburg sent w
so much smoke that the Pennsylvania
member was looking through darl
| glasses
1.-THE chimneys in the city Of Pitts
burg" retorted Mr.. Burke. never zen
up as much smoke and gave us sucl
darkness as has been caused by man.
OF the remarks made by the gentle
| man."
-Four Men Are Supreme.
Mr.. Kitchin declared that the fina
tariff bill would be made by. four men
two in the House and two in the Sen
ate.
You know who they are" he ex
claimed. . cling the Republicans. '"rha
is the pill you are going to swallow.
he said land for that reason they hav'
put things in the Republican platform
to please those Western Republican,
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