The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-28
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Effort Will Be Made to Crowd
the Tariff Bill Through
the House.
MANY MEMBERS GIVE
NOTICE OF SPEECHES
ONE DEMOCRAT AND TWO RE-
PU6LICANS HEARD YESTER-
DAY or PAYNE MEASURE.

Washington, March Elm order to
expedite the passage of the bill in the
house, unanimous consent today was
should begin at 10 O'Clock, instead of II
o'clock. a. m; that the recess should
he taken at O'Clock and that resum-
ing at o'clock the sessions should
continue until 1890. p. m. each day
The request for unanimous consent
was made by MIR. Payne, who said
forty or fifty members already had in
dicated their desire to this end.
Payne Did Not Inform Him.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri, the minority
leader, asked how long general doubt
would continue. He said he was some
What embarrassed by this lack of in
formation. Some of his colleague Dem
ocrats asked for time to speak. and il
was difficult TO make ailOtments.
Mr.. Payne replied that he was suf-
fering under a similar embarrassment
but did not supply the infOrma ion de-
sired.
Without any int.mation having been
given as to when the general debate on
the measure would cease, the bill was
presented for general debate. MIR. Har-
Tison of New York, the new Demo-
II dIlI tiitlilDCI VI Ilit lbAtlllllllNE bti
ways ana means. at once took the
floor.
Speech Of Burton Harrison.
Declaring that there would be no dis
sension in the Democratic ranks of the
house with regard TO the tariff, and
that the Fitzgerald amendment to the
rules made it possible for the minority
TO express its views upon amendments
To the DILL by a record vote. represent
ative Harrison discussed the various
features OF the Payne measure.
Under Republican management, said
NJ. Harrison, the nation was fast ap-
preaching Bankruptcy.
This bill contains heavy taxes upon
~ women of America" he continued
I'm many respects they seem to have
been singled out for attack The new
taxes upOn tea and coffee. upon wO-
mems gloves and cotton stockings are
direct provocation to woman suf-
fraEe. If tn tariff bill does not bring
about the franchise Of women, their
cause is hopeless. But the most Sc
Tious aspect is that these duties fall
more heavily upon the poor than upon
the rich.
An Enormous Increase.
THE increased tax upon cotton
stockings is even more serious than
those upon women's gloves. In hose
and half hose the enormous increase in
taxation Is entirely upon the cheaper
grades.
'.The great danger Of the situation
is that the lowering of the tariff rates
is to be used as a pretext for lowering
wages.
Il have not the slightest doubt that
the American manufacturers of steel
and iron are strong enough TO enter
every market of the world
Mr. Harrison declared that every
item on the steel and iron schedules
should be put upon the free list in or
der 10 cheaper the price of the products
to the American consumer. He at
tackled the maximum and minimum
provision of the bill, the Countervail-
ing duty on coffee, and said that the
Democratic party favored an income
tax rather than an inheritance tax.
Defended by Lonaworth.
Declaring that the Payne bill is
practical fulfillment of the pledge of
tie Republican party, Representative
Longworth Of Ohio spoke today in de-
tense Of its various provisions.
NO tariff bill in history, that I
know of. has ever been framed by
Democrats and Republicans acting to-
gether." said Mr.. JongwoTth. 1t 3
a matter Of personal regret 10 me that
I cannot have the pleasure Of seeing
complete Democratic tariff measure. l
confess to a feeling of deep curiosity
to know upon what basis the gentle
man from Missouri and the gentleman
from Alabama and the gentleman from
Texas would have met
Mr. Longworth declared the Repub-
licans do not claim that the Payne bill
is in all respects perfect.
Claims Honest Revision.
NO one Of US believes that there is
everything in It which ought to be in
It. and nothing in il which ought not to
be" he said. we claim for il. how
ever. that It represents a bona fide re-
vision of the tariff from top to bot
nom.
SThe Republican party always has
favored. and always VIII favor. the
policy of protection. but we do not
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