The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-06-07
OCALA. FLORIDA. MONDAY. JUNE 2, 1909.
FACTS MADE TO ORDER
unscrupulous Conduct of Republican
Senators in Juggling Tariff
fiques

Es8oCo
Washington. d. c.. June THE bold
and INSCRIPTIONS jugglery with facts
and figures in order to keep their hold
upon the American people with which
the Republican leaders are conduct
ing this tariff making is made more
appalling in every step.
These men have not heretofore car
ed about arguments. as e. general
thing; they have had the votes and
they have just put their iniquities
through; but now the people are wax
ing up. and while this tremendous
folly is not fully realized by the AL
riches. the Lodges, the Hales, the
Cannons and the rest of the leaders
Of the Republican party, the news
papers. the campaign managers and
defenders of the faith" generally see
1t. and they have deliberately set
about to cover up the truth and, where
they cannot do this, then they manu-
facture villifications of Democrats. so
that there may be no other party for
the people to go into.
And such a loud noise have these
papers and other votaries made that
even these fellows making the tariff
have been forced to desperation in
their efforts to cover up their tracks.
startling example of audacity is
shown in what they have done. or
tried to do, with respect to the wage
scale in Germany. The Republican
platform declares in favor of revising
the tariff so as to make the rates
equal the difference in wages abroad
and the wages in this country plus a
reasonable profit. And the members
of the Senate Finance Committee
have been producing figures to show
that wages in Europe are very much
less than they are In this country.
Several Of them got up on the floor
some days ago and made the state
ment that the wages of razor makers
in Germany were about one third of
what they are in America
The Senate Finance Committee had
a statement printed showing the wag-
es in Germany, which figures were
spread out before the Senators and
the country. Now. what do you sup
pose? All the time the Senate Finance
sent to the cOmmitte by the State De-
partment, statement sent over here
by request of our government, by the
German government, giving the wag-
es in Germany, which statement shows
that wages are dollar for dollar higher
in Germany than in the United States
This statement by the German gov
eminent shows that forgers. for in
stance. get from 1888 to $10.71; the
Senate Finance Committees state
ment says that forgers in Germany
get from $3.50 to 500. The official
statement shows that honers in the
razor factories of Germany get from
1852 to S10.71: the Finance Commit
tees statement says they get from
$3.50 to $500 and SO on; a mere SAM
pie Is all that is necessary.
This audacious juggie was brought
to light by Senator Stone Of Missouri,
who somehow got hold of the figures
in the table furnished by the German
government. and which the Finance
Committee was keeping closely secret
ed I'm it's inner closets. Sending a
transcript of this razor table to the
ed if 1t was correct, a reply they never
would have made if Mr. Aidrich had
seen them first. But, you know, Sen
ator Stones nickname Is "Gum-shoe-.
BILL
When Cum shoe-Bill announced in
the Senate that such information sent
by the German government was in
the possession Of the government,
Senator LaFOllette offered a resolution
calling on the President to send it to
the Senate. through the Finance Com
mittee. Yet not a word about it was
known to any Senators except the
little cOterie of Republican bosses, who
deliberately and unscrupulously sup
pressed it. And that is not the full
length of the audacity. When the ex-
pose came. these men actually Oppos-
ed letting il come out, on the ground
that ii was "cOnfidentiar' to this gov
eminent. And Chauncey Depew had
the effrontery to get up and criticise
the German government for inter-
fering with the affairs of Congress.
Aldrich made his forehead turn scarlet
with indignation and declared that the
action Of the German government was
"impertinent, to say the least" Moth
ing in the world but a wage scale,
mind you. and that furnished at the
request Of our own Department of
State. But the table showed that
these Republican members Of the Fl