Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-22

| CONGRESSMAN Jones bcbab
cussion of the tariff by showing the
causes which had forced the reluctant
| Republicans to promise a revision Oh
{ the tariff. He then declared that the
4 only revision that they had made was
an upward revision.
Il didn't believe they would Keep
! their promises to the people" declared
| Mr.. Jones II heard all OF this taik
OF revision and knew then as know
now that they are utterly helpless
They didn't write the schedules IN
Dingley tariff law and they didn't write
those in the new tariff law recently
. passed The men interested came 10
Washington and wrote the schedules
for the Republicans"
Mr.. Jones said that the special SEES
: sion Of congress revised the tarin up
wards after five long months wnen
every honest and intelligent man
thought they would revise II down
ward. He characterized the "revls-
[ ed bill as an act of dishonesty, de-
I ception and fraud"
/ In replying to Mr.. Mckinlay's state
, ment last Monday that OF the 800
, schedules considered. 600 were revised
downwards and 200 upwards. the
, former being necessities and the lat
ter Injuries. Mr.. Jones said that this
statement was incorrect In the hrst
place. he said. there are 1000 sche-
dulles in the Dingley law. OF some OF
the 'iuxuries" revised upwards. he
said. are wooden and cotton. Reading
from the tariff bill itself, some OF the
necessities" revised downward. Mr..
Jones mentioned dragons blood
bees wax. stuffed birds. balm of gilead
and other similar necessities
A Few Shots At Mr.. Wise.
In this connection, MIR. Jones took
occasion to direct few shafts at Mr..
George helms Wise, of this city, VINO
was a candidate against Mr.. Jones FOR
congress last November. He pointed
out that two of the main products oil
the First district which Mr. WISE
wanted protected with a high tarin-
cabbage and timber-lad been in
cludei in the articles which had been
revised downward.
| Before leaving of the discussion OF
| the tariff. Mr. Jones said the RepuD-
| licans were manifestly unfair to the
south in the revision OF the tarlH.
lowering the tariff on practically all
southern manufactured products ana
raising it on the product manufactur-
| ed in the north.
Mr.. Jones spoke at some length
upon the merchant marine. he re-
| called his argument in the campaign
! against Mr. Wise that one step toward
, the building up of the merchant
marine would be in placing a discrimi-
Mating duty of ten per cent on mer-
chandise brought into this country oy
| foreign ships. He read letter from
| Former Secretary of State Root 10
| Mr.. Wise, under date of last year,
saving that such a scheme was absurd
and that to put it into practice would
result in a great commercial war
with other powerful nations. He than
read from the new tariff law showing
| that this ten per cent discriminating
| duty was enacted into law by the
1 Republicans and is now in effect
To Pacific Coast for Speaker.
, Durine his discussion of the tariff,
MIR Jones scored the Republicans for
having TO go all the way to the Pacific
coast to get a man to speak in Vir-
einia. He said that if he was the
chairman of the State Republican
committee in Virginia he would be
ashamed to acknowledge that there
was such vast drouth of intellect in
| the party in Virginia.
Continuing. Mr.. Jones said the ma
ticnal Republican party is draining
/ the treasury of the United States and
stated that there is only s25,000,00O
/ cash surplus in the treasury at this
| time. He then quoted from a Wash
lington paper of Wednesday stating that
the expenditures Of the government
are exceeding the income by some
thing like $4,000 600 a month even
under the new tariff law.
Republican Extravaganza.
The Republicans charge us with
extravaganza i'm Virginia" continued
| Mr.. ZONES. They say that we have
| increased the expenditures OF the
State from $1,000, 900 ten years ago TO
81. 200, 900 at present We are expend-
ing about $4,000, 900 annually now for
our public schools, more than We ex-
pended all together ten years ago
I They can't show where the funds have
been misdirected. While We have been
increasing cur expenditures. We nave
decreased our taxes"
Mr.. Jones went on to show the in
consistency of the arguments OF the
Republicans. Captain Kent, he said,
had charged extravaganza. Mr.. John
l.. shelton, OF Richmond. in a speech
here Monday night, said that the
/ Democrats are not giving enough
money to the old Confederate soldiers
and their widows. One speaker
charges that we spend too much and
another that We spend too little, de-
clsred the speaker amid laughter.
While discussing this subject. Mr..
Jones said that up to a year ago Mr..
shelton was a Democratic Office hold
or and as such is in part responsible
f, for the past record Of the Democratic
party in Virginia. His charging the
Marty with extravarance. the speaker