The National tribune., 1909-08-12

three States most favored in the new
law are Massachusetts. Pennsylvania
and Californ a. The Keystone State was
represented pow"rfully by Representa-
tive John DalzelI, of Pittsburg. G. menu
Der of Ways and Means, and Senator
Penrose, of Philadelphia, was a menu
Der oe Finance. Both served on the
Conference Committee. They were able
to take splendid care OF the iron and
steel and other Industries of their State.
Very little. however. has been said
about the many good things PennSylva-
mia gets away with. Neither has much
OF anything been said about the fine
way California came OF. That States
industries are largely agricultural. and
especially IN the raising of lemons.
oranges. olives. raiains. prunes. and so
on. Altho far removed from the mar
kets of the East and handicapped by
high freight rates. California has been
given n protection adequate to keep out
European COMPETITION. The duty on
lemons for instance. has just been
| raised by the terms or the new law
from ons cent q pound to one and q
half cents pound 50 that lemons from
Sicily may not compete with lemons
| from southern California;.
so u nhrrOws down TO the Prairie
States. In tbs main with comparatively
| little manufacturing. that have thun-
dersd the charges Of Ecctionnllem go
| foreefuIly Those States wanted FREQ
lumt@F. The South and ths Pacific
Coast and New England joined IN pats
| ting n duty 6f st.z5 upon lumber. ard
but for the President would kage f4S6s
the duty 81. so. Those States wanted >
dgtT upon hides Wffch are s-sy4+eAt5
sisted upon free niSsss Snd woa. fh3s
was exactly what & h4HaheF of flaA man
ufaetaripz states, wish atFFfero1s ss4.5s
factories, wanted. Ee was rot the f;f7iIt
of New England But, an t}ats satise. ass
granting Of free hides TO comply rft4a
the Presidents demands has accal4T3iss-r
Cd the Western haired of flaat fliffsty
section along the soFsa Atlantic Fg
Was worm noticing hoyws9er tE;sf Vs-.-
mont, a small State. WAS IssI,s e54ssiels
cred in that connection. zltFs1 8 ses.zt-
/ iy has about 100. coo more esssle $50
idahe- whose Senator'S were foremost in
demanding that there should be a duty
upon hides.
| There was another most vigorous out
| cry OF sect.onalism. 1t came from the
south. and was voiced up to the verv
last because cotton bagging was not put
upon tne free list, as the Senate had
voted. Much as the Democratic Sena-
| tors clamored against it, they are NOT
altogether sorry that the House stoutIy
refused to put cotton bagging upon tho
free list. for it furnishes them spier,-
ala argument which will go far toward
preventing Republican inroads in tha.
section. In their private conversations
these Southerners have made no secret
OF the politics in cotton-bagging item.
The South, it is claimed, pays about
s65O,oOO annually on account of this
duty OF six-tenths of one per cent a
square yard They are disgruntIed he
| cause the West gets binding tvvina
made from almost identical material
free of duty. -''i'
TariH bills must necessarily be some-
What sectional, because of the wide
| dlfference of interests in SO large a
country as the United States. Never
theless, as the tariff law is Subjected ~
discussion and scrutiny in the months
10 come the sectional arguments will
undoubtedly be much emphasized.