Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-05-06

greatest living expert upon the tech
nicalities of cotton manufacture, but
that the Senator from Rhode Island,
mystified by the task set before him by
his constituents of raising the table OF
these rates without touching them,
turning the job over to the appraisers
office at New York. A curious pro-
eeeding this, and unless we can look
into it without fear and trembling we
must ultimately rewrite our constitu-
tion so as to legalize this power of
experts from the custom house to
regulate commerce with foreign ma
tions."
The Wool Schedule.
Saying the origin of the woolen was
more mysterious than that of the cot
ton schedule, Mr. Dolliver referring 10
Mr.. Aldrich said that sit was evident
ly handed to him by others just as it
was to me- and the only difference be-
tween us is that l have grown a little
more curious than he has been to see
what was in the nackage." He quoted
from a speech delivered by the late
Senator Sherman in 1857 concerning
the wool schedule in which Mr.. Sher-
man said he would prefer ITO take 1t
in the verv words they have given US
| so that if they are not satisfied here
| after, they cannot complain of the
proper committees Of congress for any
mistakes" He also referred to let
ter by Theodore Justice of Philadel-
phia in which he said 'he gives
| rather vivid description of how poor
Mckinley bewildered by the intrica-
cies Of the wool schedule, turned the
whole matter over to the parties in in
lterest to fix 1t up between themselves.
Continuing he said
| .If / voted for that argument, it was
under the impression that I was be-
| ing guided by the wisdom of William
| Mckinley, and if I acquiesced in it in
1897 it was because of my confidence
in the character of Nelson Dingley. !
might possibly even at this late day
be able to vote for 1t If 1 could iden-
tify it with the wisdom of anybody
connected with the tariff committees
of either house,
Dolliver Sees Tariff Abuse.
Mr.. Dolliver referred, in considerable
detail, to the method by which the
cotton and wooden schedules were
framed. He said if these rates We're
high enough twenty years ago, they
were too high in the present year ''un-
less we admit that the weaver's craft
is at a standstill in America thing
which nobody believes for a moment"
, He quoted Mr.. Dingley as saying that
sit was perfectly possible to lower
nearly all the rates from the scale of
the act of 1890, and still leave them
equally protective" Referring to tbs
Rhode Island senator, he said it was
with sort Of hereditary cowardice"
that they had turned over to the part
les who are selfshly interested In the
rates the making of them.
The root of the abuse in the woolen
schedule, said Mr.. Dolliver, was that
I in all sorts of manufactures, whether
4 clothes, or clothing, or anything else
: containing a trace of wool, they must
/ be rated under the woolen schedule A
. cotton blanket with a fringe of wool te
: prevent unravelling received hospi-
S tality at the custom house and was
9 solemnly charged up with the specific
g ago for woolen goods" Even a pair o
q rubber boots, he said. with trace
n of wool in their lining. must be weigh
= = ed up at the forty-four- r-cents- -pount
Il rate, and in addition the sixty-five pc!
; cont ad valorem provided for wearins
S apparel, composed in whole or in par
4 of wool.
J" What l ask today of party leaders,
# said Mr.. Dolliver. sis to take US back
If not to 1890, when Mckinley in de
a spair turned the making Of the woe
~ tariff over to a mass meeting Of il
u beneficiaries; not to 1897 when Gov
a ernor Dingleys avowed purpose tt
IS reduce the Mckinley rates was vetoe
at by the threats and clanor Of outsid
a interests; but to 1888, when the Sen
a ator from Rhode Island labored mont
a after month, day and night, with Will
" lam B. Allison in the preparation {
u the only schedule of wool and woolen
10 in forty years in which either the pub
II lie interest or the welfare of the Re
,e publican party was made paramour
:" over sordid private considerations
at kentuckian for Protection.
T. A strong speech for the priRcipl
Of the protective tariff with a speci;
plea for duty on jute was made
20 the senate today by Senator Bradle
10 of Kentuck.s-.
IL Give us fair protection in Ke,
y. tucky," said Mr.. Bradley, facing tt
or Republicans of the senate, "and
iff promise you that in short while
re- shall become as certainly Republics
"a. as the great state of Massachusetts,
sle Mr.. Bradley declared that unle
lis the jute industry on which he asked
.at protective tariff duty of one and on
half cents pound, was protected
m would be annihilated.
eel "The south needs protection on h
ro- lumber, coal, iron, rosin, turpentin
Is flour, spar, hemp, tobacco and 9th
Ike interests. If we desire to be just,
he us protect all these interests. And
ret we desire to build up the Republic;
cry party in the south, let us show tn
yht we are willing to build up the int
CO. ests of that section.
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