The Washington herald., 1909-03-25

With HIS Missouri "corn-cob- Wit in
jected AZ every possible point, Representa-
tive Champ Clark yesterday picked the
Payne taria biH 10 pieces; declared il was
a simple protective measure In favor or
the trusts. and asserted its schedules
were on an average L5S per cent higher
than The Dingley bnL from which the
country hzs been crying for relief for the
last decade.
Mr- CLARK added that before the bin
PASSED the House maay material changes
Vould be made. and said that when the
Senate gets through wiki it Mr.. Psyne
viii not recognize his own child when he
meets Fl in The road
Cheered Repeatedly.
Mr. Clark spoke for more tba, sv.
hours. and seemingly was as vigorous
al the close as he was on beginning 10
took the floor a few minutes after rbs
House convened at Il O'Clock in +be
morning. and It was 4l5 when he
stopped
lie was eheered repeatedly by both
sides of The House during his remarks
and When he took his seat the Democrats
arose in their places and applauded bin,.
Just as the Republicans did the dav he
fore. when Serene e Payne had finishes
his discussion Of the biH.
AT ti1e beginning the minority Iasdr-
depiored the fact that the Republican
members o. the Ways ard Means Com
mittee had seen fit 10 draft The hilI win
OUT consulting The members OF his party
he declared If such a courtesy had been
extended. the House would now b. in
better position 70 interpret the bin ana
added that its passage would certainly
be more expeditions He said .ba-
neither ne nor any other member OF the
minority knew a single provision o. TIE
bll until il was introduced. and said thar
since then very few has the opportunity
OF studying II as they should.
Was Wei Posted.
However. NJ Clark - h.-a
informed himself tho-ou
the sections. and thos>
his word that he wav
with the measure
error when they
into a trap OF
culated 20 bring ansvv.~
Republicans
Mr.. Clark said he favored free 1un1ber.
because IL made the American homes
cheaper. ard he favored free lumber be-
cause II naturally would let lumber come
into the United States from foreign coun-
tries. and consequently conserve the na-
tional forests.
His answer 10 al questions relating %
the duty on lumber had the same mean
ing-that the American home is TIE unf-
OF tire American nation. and the cheaper
the products necessary 70 build the home
the more likely is the American 10 hufIs
and own his own home
He declared that in order 20 make The
American citizen an independent citizen
as he must be 10 keep pace with the
strides OF the nation. he must own his
own home
Daty on Lumber.
Clifford Pinchot. Mr.. Clark declared. ha6
dcne more TO make the American citizen
favor free duty on lumber than any Other
man. yet he said this government oasciaI
now stated in circular that free duty
on lumber would neither make the amer
lean homes cheaper nor save the forests
He didn't believe Mr.. Pinchot had been
consistent in his statements during the
last FIVE years relative 20 the duty or
lumber.
Free duty on boots and shoes was an
othery thing Mr. Clark said he would
favor. and introduce an amendment 70
bring about. when the proper tine az
rives He declared the action OF the con-
mittee IN placing hides or the free Est
and leaving a duty on boots and shoes
was ridiculous and not just He said that
during the hearings before the Ways and
Means Committee a representative OF
New England shoe factory appeared be-
fore the committee and finally aEreed
after Seing pinned down, that in order 10
obtain hides free OF duty he would be
willing to have the duty removed from
boots and shoes.
This man, Mr. Clark SAID. returned 20
his home. and few days later again
appeared before the committee. decidedly
in favor OF q duty on boots and shoes
but in favor Of removing the duty from
hides
Inconsistent Testimony.
The Bnssourian declared this incon-
sis;ent testimony was due 70 the fact
that after appearing before the commit
tee the men had gone home and talked
things over with the owners o. the
factory, and made a hurry-up trip back. 20
Washington to change his testimony.
In this connection DIr. Clark took an
other fan out OF the committee for plsc-
ing hides on the free list. because II was
a raw product. and placing a duty on
milk. which Is also a raw product He
said the reason for this was that hides
were produced IN the West. where r.
was a long way &c the border line while
milk could be imported 10 New York ana
New England from Canada.
He declared the duty on milk. while
an Insignificant item. was purely for TIE
protection Of New England deIrymen.
The WOOL schedules in the Payne biH
were pointed OUT BY Mr Clark as the
most monsuous Of its contents. Re de-