The Washington times., 1909-03-24

the steel rail question pin my faith
to the Lair6 Of SkibO.'
Reductions Apparent
Most of the reductions in the BILL
Clark said. were more apparent than
real. He declared that it was the worst
tariff bill ever introduced in the House
and that the average ad valorem rates
were Loo per cent higher than those
In the Dingley bill.
Clark said he had read an interview
in the papers with a member u the
WAYS and Means Committee, in which it
was stated that the cut Of five hum
dredths of a cent on refined sugar was
a boon TO the people and blow between
the eyes of the Sugar trust
1T was nothing more than a love
SLAP" Clark declared. Instead of see
ing stars, the Sugar trust sees stream
of gold just so long as the Payne tarif
bill is law.
Clark congratulated Chairman DIM
sted, of the Committee Of the Whole. at
length upon an auSpiciOus event whicn
happened at his house in the last forty
eight hours, and hoped that the boy
would emulate his distinguished father.
He congratulated the chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee upon De-
coming a great historical perS2nase;
and Saio that no history OF the United
States could now be written without con-
tanning the name of Serene L. Payne
Payne Finds Them Out.
Many of the witnesses who appeared
before the Ways and Means Committee.
Clark said. began to lie about the old
tariff rates and prices and imports, at
which point Payne generally called them
down. If Payne formed an Ananias
Club from among those witnesses. no
hall in the country would hold them
Referring to Roosevelt's trip 10 Africa,
he said:
And many Of you hope he will never
come back. Qaughter.) / am sorry he
IF a Separate vote could be had.
| said Clark ION the sections of the oiiI
| I would bet my head that the counter
| vaiIinc. duty would be taken off oil
! Scott CRep., KAN interrupted with the
| statement that independent oil pro
ducers say their lives depend upon the
Il think that is all humbug." saiC
| Clark Then he continued:
| 1.-The Standard OIL Company induces
others to develop oil fields 1 was FOO
enough to sink some money out in Utah
The Standard does not waste It's mone-
digging dry holes That company Is III
greatest marauder that the sun Ia
beamed upon the world. would b.
willing to vote for q straight revenu
tariff on petroleum, but this counter
vailing duty is all for The benefit Of tn
Oil trust
Details Zinc Schedules.
Clark detailed the zinc schedule II
recoun ed the trip that Speaker Canno
made through Missouri during the las
campaign
Speaker Cannon, who had a seat o
; the floor, and was an interested listener
, promptly arose
II did not know a great deal abou
zinc" he said. However a zinc work
has been newly planted near my cit
, and I have recently gotten some infoI
, nation, not from the zinc producer, bU
! from the zinc purchaser
"On my trip at Joplin and Springfield
No. ] met men who professed TO b
Of the same faith as the gentlema
, from Missouri. They said that dee
: zinc mining was the only one they 70
, lowed, the rich ore having been mine
from the surface. That mining, the
said. was giving them smokeless chin
neys and no wages
7 ''They stated that here was A large
! production of zinc in Mexico. and ths