The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
PROACHING
 BANKRUPTCY

(Centinued from Page Oae) part of the profit on the hide duty. but will wager he will agree with me that the packer gets the Hons share"
 Lengworth Defends ,Bill.
 Declaring that the Payne bill is a practical fuifllment of the pledge made pie by the Republican Party, Represen- tative Longworth. of Ohio. spoke to- day in defense of its various provisions.
 He reviewed the campaign promises of the Democratic Party and said that the minority members of the Ways and Means Committee had just as much opportunity to prepare bill as the majority.
 No tariff bill. in history that I know of. has ever been framed by Democrats and Republicans acting together" said Mir. Longworth. Tt Is a matter of per sonai regret to me that cannot have the pleasure of seeing a complete Dem- ocratfc tariff measure. I confess 10 feeling of deep curiosity to know upon what basis the gentleman from Mis- souri and the gentleman from Aiaoams and the gentIefna nfrom Texas could have meth"
 My. Lonrworth declared that the Payne bill is intended to produce more revenue than the Dingley bill. He said he thought that the Chicago platform conveyed a promise, at least implied that the tariff schedules should be ad- Justed downward
 The Republican Party always has favored and always will favor the pot- lev of protection" he added, but we do not favor rates so high as to shel- ter monopoies and which amount m effect to prohibition"
 Mr. Longworth presented figures tending to show that the average ao valorem under the Payne bill Is re. duction in the ad valorem average or inc Dingley bill of 2.20 per cent.
 "It protects every American indus try. North. South, East and West. ne added. "It guarantees those who want to work, steady employment al steaoy wages and wages immensely hi8ner than those paid in any other country under the sun. It Is revision oo"h- ward. It has reduced i've rates or duty for every one that It has increas ed and fifteen for every one .a s,,r. has increased except for revenue puI- noses alone. It recognizes the primer, nie. of the conservation of our naturai rasources. It provides for true recip- rocttv as if was understood by biaihee . and McKinley. It is an enlightened anu progressive Republican tarin meas e, an das such should receive the Vo's os s every Republican in this House % su .ha eyarv. Democrats who believes III .ie ,r,nc,nIs of protection to American m Su.tr,es and protection to American ia bor." ,....t.op.
 nsyoting his remarks largely 10 an academic discussion for the tarin' MI Hardwick, (Georgfa). maln.ainee aa the South still condemned anu nounced protection. In spite oI na
 contrary. ne said he was opposed to the Payne pili o.a whole. He contendej 1t was a revision upward. He also declared II was not true that the South was turn ing to Taft "4All7 this talk. so often baard and so often seen in print that inc south is turning towards Tatt. eager to embrace Republicanism.. ana is hungering for the flesh pots or pro lection, is worthless he declared Taft, the man. we ike immehseiy. Taft the Statesman that we respect ana admire. even while disagreeins with him. For the honest Republican we have the respect which one manly man entertatns for another with whom he cannot agree"
 MT. Hardwick asserted that the tariff on sugar results Tn a clean gift to the trust of s67. .000.000 per annum.
 That the Payne bill discriminates against the cotton farmer of the South and in favor of the wheat grower of the West by placing binding twine on the free list and taxing jute bagging at a rate equal--to five cents for bag Sine sufficient to cover one bale of cotton, he strenuously contended He claimed that the duties on cotton goods are excessive when viewed from the standpoint of the cotton producer. Securing the floor for two minutes. Mir. Focht (Pennsyivania). while express ing himself in favor of the Payne bill as a whole. said that he would oppose the placing of bitumionous coal on the foee list. In an argument for free lumber. Mr. Ansberry. (Ohio). was very sarcastic in referring to the proposition of Clifford Pinchot. forester of the United States.
 The Ohio Congressman said that Mir. Pinchot attained his position In public life because he was a protege of Theo- dore Roosevelt and had the confidence, therefore. of the American people.
 But when the cat is away. the mice will play" quoted Mir. Ansberry. About the time of the so called lumb- ermen's banquet held in this city In February, rumors began to be current that MT. Pinchot was wavering, but 1t was not until Mir. Roosevelt had re- tired from the Presidency that Pincho, finally lined up on the other side. The lumbermen advanced on Washington. They saw. they converted and when they left the National Capital 1t is said that Clifford Pinchot was chained to their chariots"
 Turning to other features of the Payne bill. Mir. Ansberry said 1t had been framed to protect special inter- ests and that representatives of these interests had infected Congres essionat halls and committee rooms
 However. if the membership of this House is permitted to pass upon the various schedules of this bill untram. melIed by caucus action" said he. "it is my opinion gathered from the de. bate that have heard. that the de. mands of at least some of these selfish interests will be denied
 That the national wealth has doubled | Is one of the, effects which MT. Keifer (Ohio). attributed to the operation o, the Dingley bill Speaking of the plac l ing of certain raw materials on in, free list of the Payne bill Mir Keifei favored a reasonable duty on hides ''If hides are not to be made dutiablc then boots and shoes and leathel