The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-28
INCOME TAX
IS DEFENDED


cheap fuel still would be lying unds-
veloped II II had not been for pro
tective tariff, but that q countervafling
duty on coal was q great injustice tr
the coal mining industry. He declared
hts absolute and utter opposition 10 =
countervailing duty. He said that ~
the rate on lumber should be reducsd--
forty-eight per cent of all the lumber
manufactured in the United Statos be-
ing produced In the South---thcrc
would be nothing left for the Amert'
can iumberman to DO but to cut wages.
Lower wages. also. he said. would fol-
low the cuts of tariff rates on iron ana
steel products. He asserted with re-
spect to the oil industry that less than
ten per cent of the crude oil OF tho
country was produced by the standard
OH Company and declared that he did
not propose TO let any ''popultstic
howiings influence me In what sec
TO be my duty in regard TO taking care
of the independent oil producers In my
State"
msrhs n senator Gore. toKia.5. engaged
both Senator'S Scott and Elkins In q
coIioauy concerning the wages paid
American coal miners. Mr.. Gore DC
ciared that he had been reliably IN
formed that In the rich Pocahontas
mines OF west Virginia. the wages
were less than In Nova Scotia and
England This statement was denied
by Senator Elkins. who said the pay
Of miners In Vancouver, B. G., was
from 20 to 80 per cent less than In this
country, while In Nova Scotia. he said,
they were about the same. or perhaps
10 per cent less than In the United
States.
Mr.. core. who stood az the 'front.'
row OF the Senate seats on the Demo
cratic side of the chamber. ngnrauvey
looking over the body with his signt-
lass ewes, delivered an innpassfoned de-
nunciation Of the protective tarfn.
Mr.. McCumber asked the Senator
from Oklahoma, how II happened that
while one-half to two-thirds Of the
coal miners of this country are for,
eigners. they were superior here and
not 80 In their own country He IN
sisted that Il was the different condi
tions under which they lived In. this
country. brought out by the protective
tariff. that allowed these miners to
make more money and TO live better
than while abroad.
aDoss the Senator mean to intrinsic
that the Republican Party has pursued
policy which has turned over the>la o.
bor OF our coal mines to foreisnersY
M. McJumbar replied that the gates
OF America have always swung inward
to the people of the world.
Then, reviewing political conditions.
Mr.. Gore. spealxing In dramatic tones.
referred to various Individual condi.
lions In the United States TO show that
the tariff had nothing TO do with the
prosperity of the people. He insisted
that the Wilson bill. approved Au-
gust 20. 1894, could not have brought
on the panic OF 1891.
Won't the Senator admit that anti
cipation brought that panic about7"
asked Mr.. Scott.
II will admit the Senator's state
ment, IL the Senator from West Viz
ginia VIII admit that the anticipation
OF the Republican party's victory pre-
cipitated the panic OF 1907 and that
the panic OF 1873 was brought about by
the same cause as those panics came
under Republican representatives. ana
the operation of the Republican tariff. :
Haunting the Okiahoman with being
a Popuiist in 1898. Mr.. Scott asked II
he had copies OF his speeches Of that
year.
Eyes, I have them" replied Mr.. Gore,
and this reminds me that have grown
wiser and that the Senator from West
virginia Is not too old to gain wis
dom"
Maximum and HEinimnna Features.
washington. April 27--At numerous
conferences today. Republican Senators
considered the substitute for the max