The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-01
PLEADS FOR FARMERS
Speaker Claims Lower Duties
will Bring Prosperity.
Arraigns the Trusts and Those Who
Make Them Possible Notable
Effort by New Member

Representatives, Saturday, April J.,
gs1g0g That Mr.. Anderson stands for
what he said he would stand and that
=. he has the courage OF his convictions.
is evident in the persuai of his speech
MIR. Anderson said:
80. MIR. Chairman: II is with some
'u'hestancy that | ask permission to
take up any of your valuable time.
but I deem il advisable TO say a few
words at least and to enter my pro-
test against any duty on the necessi-
ties of life, such as coffee, tea, spices
h Boots, shoes, gloves. hosiery, clothing
and so forth. Fully appreciating the
6Nthort time that has been allowed to
me this evening ana thanking the
House for the courtesy ! will dwell
.sy.chiefly on matters with which J am
familiar / have been for several
S"years sonnected with manufacture
ing interests and have employed sew
eral hundred people, especially in
the manufacture of underwear.
did not expect to have this priyil'
ege accorded me, and only requested
time when the gentleman from West
Virginia (Mr. Gaines) failed to ans
wer my question how many people
the high tariff on laces and embrod-
cries protected. lie argued that laces
4, are a luxury. and / agree with him to
certain extent, and especially do
1. agree with him on certain grades OF
laces; but when we have no lace
Do factories, or rather very few lace
factories-and. If am correctly in
formed, there are less than thous.
and operators IN lace factories nj
the present time-would you put a
prohibitive tariff on lace, so that II
actually prevents the poor laborine
mans wife and children from enjoy
ing trimming on their gowns, skirts
dresses, and infants wear?
The poor man does not just care
ITO exist and nave three meals q
day, although at the present time
under Republican administration
many would hail with joy one good
meal a day, instead of standing in
the bread line and partaking of the
luxury of soup houses. Applause on
the Democratic side.) 1t would be q
great country in which to live il we
could say we had no bread lines OF
~ soup houses and our laboring men
not only received good wages, but
owned their own homes and haC
some hours for pleasure seeking
ii.r The laboring mans wife has jus
rs as much pride IN making a good ap
pearance before her husband and hel
tr friends as the rich mans Wife, and
again want to enter a protest against
duty on certain grades of laces anC
embfoideries. If certain grades of LACE
" were admitted free of duty, it would
~ allow a poor mans wife to trim hei
garments, as we'll as to beautif!
~ babys dress; and what pleases a mar
more on returning home, weary ant
worn. from hard days work than
to find good meal ready for him
with the smiles OF wife and baby t
cheer him along? God pity the maj
who is not blessed in this manner
(Applause on tbe Democratic side.
might say If certain grades o
laces were admitted free OF duty i
would not only remove a great bur
den from SO,OOO0OO people, but i
would stimulate and cause demant
for the manufacture OF such article
as muslin underwear, shirt waists
children's and infants wear, and Civ,
employment to many more thousand
Of people.
.- Statictics show that but few mel
are employed in this country IN thI
= manufacture of aces, less than
thousand. think. despite the fac
that this industry has enjoyed an a,
valorem duty Of 60 per cent. In othe
words. the cost of lace purchased b!
sO,OOOOOO people for trimming pur
poses has been increased GO per cent
a. and the net result has been that les
than 1000 men are now employed II
manufacturing aces In this country
II this is a fair sample OF the pro
setective system, any man can figur
out for himself its iniquity.
- AS I said in the beginning, the lac,
ssbusiness is something of which
have personal knowledge. However
my observation has been that I'm thi
Aefeat country OF ours the burden o
taxation bears too heavily upon tn
shoulders OF those VINO can least af
ford to bear il. 1 mean the poor maj
and the man OF moderate circum
Distances Obviously this state of af
fairs should not continue longer
let us for moment analyze IN
effect OF protective tariff on on
stem. Take for Instance, that o
Canning implements. 1t Is a fac
beyond a doubt that farming imple
filents are manufactured in this