Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-31
Mr.. K|TCA|N Of
CAROLINA ON
THE JOB
DECLARES PAYNE BILL
A REPUBLICAN BLUFF
Says Deal is Fixed so House
Members May Blame Failure
to Revise on "Doggoned Sen
ate,


IBy Morning journal specia, Leas.s WirsI
Washington. March 30.-The tariff
debate waxnd Marsa. l.1. the housc .tos
day A revival OF the dlscnsssion Of
the oil and lumner schedules was
like setting a match 10 both products
for the subject proved Of absorbing
interest to tho members who entered
generally into the debate. To Mr..
Nrccland. of New York was accorded
the privilege of explaining the position
Of thc~indopendent refiners who want
the countcrVailing duty on crude PEE
trolcum retained. while Mr. kitchin,
.of North Carolina, in an exhaustive
treatment Of the question. pleaded for
tire placing of lumber on the entry
list ile got into frequent colleagues
with both republicans and democrats.
Al 6 o'clock the usual recess Tor
two hours was taken.
spirited discussion among Messrs.
l<itchin. Dies rrcXasl Graham and
Burke 0ponn4ilNHntH came next. The
Texas member accused ktchin - be-
ss, er' ssss.,> >s,, .~s,ssS As-sns'it t'7's-
rctort tilat lhusN democrats WI"
wero asl lne protection for their Sec
tlons on tlie riea that i WAS for reNe-
nuc oak should come forward and
udnit tnat cepqhlean PARTY had
M l d ltM il'f8''s' hshnt
wrong.
Mir. Kitchin said that under the
Cieeycland Tree trade policy there
wcro shipped 70 the nited states but
50,000o0O more feet Of lumber than
came in under the Mckinley law.
"rhcy did mel have tho money TO
buy IL" INTERCEPTED Mr.. Graham
Democratic applause met the reply
Of AR I<itchin that only year ago
even bankers and trust companies had
no money iiTr mentioned IN .partlcu-
lar Pttsburg. that citadel OF protec-
ton 81, declared that Pittsburg
sent 60 congress representatives who
would vote for special interests
This uttcrance aroused Mr.. Burke
who vigorously denied It's accuracy.
Mr. kltchtn declared that the final
tariff bin would be made by -four
men. two IN the house and two IN
the senate ''You know who they
are 2" he exclaimed facing tho repuh-
licans THAT Is the bin YOU are go-
Ing to swallow he said, and fur3
that reason thpA have put things M
the republican platform to- please
those westcrn republicans and they
are going 10 take IL off IN the senate
so You can 10 before your people
and say, 'Well now, we have done
the best we could We passed IL IN
Just simply ripped It up
Taking up the question Of oriental
labor employed i'm the lumber mills,
Mr.. Ktchin insisted that despite the
contentious to the contrary of Mr.
Humphrey OF Washington. there were
more orientals employed IN the lum-
Der industry in Washington state
than In British Columbia and that the
wages In the latter country Were
about as high as III Washington.
AT the night session Mr. Mckinney.
of california, advocated deliberations
in removing duties from articles IL
Volving possible oriental competition.
Mr. Borland of Missouri, chardc-
tcrized the Payne bill as a 'manufac~
turer's' measure exclusively. lie de-
mandcd an honest revision OF the
tariff downward in behalf Of the greaf
army of producers and consume ~
the Middle West He said they had
long since grown tired OF the old
DinglcS law. He declared The bill
mot only picks the pockets Of the
American consumers, but il sandhaps
the American producers"