New-York tribune., 1909-03-25
ATTACKS TARIFF BILL
LONG SPEECH BY CLARK
Calls Reductions Only 1pparent-
CoLoquy acith Speaker Cannon.
rFrcn The Trihun. Rursau.1

washington. March 24-Representative Champ
clark the minority leader. made fve-hou- attack
on the Payne tariff bill in the House to-day When
he had ended series of generalities. without fig
res or assured facts. could be easily perceived
.ast the Democrats had found no striking obiec-
tion TO the and that although they charge
everything from inconpetency TO connivance with
+be trusts, they have not yet discovered an issue
N which to base serious contest
Nr Clark declared that the Payne bill was the
-o-st tariff ever introduced into the House
because the grand average of ad valorern duties
wss 50 per cent higher in the Payne bill than in
the Dingley law This objection laughed at
hv those who understood the bill. for, has been
explained in The Tribune a number of articles
have been transferred from the ad valorem to the
specific list. leaving accurate ground COM
rsrson. The sugar schedule attacked be
cause 1t IS supposed 10 help the trust: Standard oil
uzs tera5ed because Of the countervailing duty on
-.rroleur: the wool schedule was 'rnonstro11s' be
cause i affected millions of people; the train hear
inEs we're denounced as "a big confidence game.
notwithstanding the fact that the Ways and Means
committee invited the entire country 10 come for
uard as witnesses. On the whole, Mr. CIark's
,nsech was faithful portrait Of the Democratic
position in the tariff fight, disconnected and
ephenlsra1-
Mr. Clark paid high tribute 10 Representative
Payne for his speech CT the last two days. saying
nat the chairman OF the WAYS and Means Com
-ritt.e had knocked the Osler theory higher than
kite"
SPEAKER TAKES A HAND.
TIE debate was enlivened BY the appearance OF
Speaker Cannon the floor. He took exception to
teve-al statements OF M Clark and answered them
with some concseness. Mr.. Clark referred 10 The
Speakers trip through Missouri and his statement
IN the Joplin district that If the residents wanted
their zinc and lead protected they should send a
Republican instead Of a Democrat to Congress.
Following his advice, Representative Charles Nor
gan q Republican. chosen succeed the
Democratic member. Mr.. Hackney.
7 do not know g great deal about zinc said
the Speaker However. q zinc works has been
newly planted my city. and I have recently
gotten some information from the zinc pro-
duoer. but from the zinc purchaser. On my trip TO
Joplin and Springfield I met who professed 10
hs of the faith the gentleman from Mis-
souri. They said that deep zinc mining the
oniv one they followed, the rich having been
mined from the surface That mining, they claimed.
was giving them sHlokeless chimneys and wages
They stated that there was large production OF
zinc IN Mexico. and that Il coming into COM
petition and affecting their industry being on the
free list"
The Speaker declared that he would vote for pro-
lection on these industries Later in the day he
arose and denied that he had had a tariff confer
with the President He declared that on the
oocsso7 OF the -'so-called- conference he had dis
cussed the Treasury Department and the need OF
keeping the federal expenditures within the reve-
nues"
Nj Cannon remarked that he rarely corrected
INSTRUMENTATION. hut It seemed in the present
instance he could do with propriety- In former
yearz he declared he had sat in the chair and on
ne fcor and heard uisrepresentatiors & "a bounding
IN absolute fslsehood that have been taken for
,-,th bv the undertaking newspapers. and even
written in the Democratic platform
Mr. Clark protested that he not trying TO
unisrepresenI the Speaker
= sometimes think" suavely replied Nr Can
non that perhaps he CAtr. Clark is not as clear
as 70 the matter Of the difference between the sug
gzson of tha: which Is and the letting alone
% 4s- zvich IS truth as might have been in dis
cussinE tfe public questions touching the>revenues-
SAYS MINORITY SHOULD HAVE AIDED
Cutting down s.ppi oprtations. Mr. Clark said
where il could be done without stinting the gov
eminent IN anv Of its proper functions was the
most efficient remedy for deficiency, but" he
z5sed .-or,r Republican brethren seem utterly in
capable 90 cutting down appropriations iaAing
N. whole situation into account he said the wise
th-rS would have been 10 invite the Democrats 70
ioin in preparing the bill. The idea Of coHabora-
ton. however he said did not occur 10 the Re-
-,,hrcsns He warned the Republicans that II A
r-olonzed debate ensued 'ft Is well 10 remember
that the blame should rest on the Republican
members q the committee. and not on the Demo-
Xgr[ ~ he reductions in the bill he maintained
we're more apparent than real Discussing the re-
duc1ion on refined sugar, he said il was held our
AZ great boon to the consumer When the Sugar
Trust received that tremendous blow between the
eyes he said Instead Of seeing stars II saw a
stream of gold flowing into its corIers every Sea1
- The continuance Of the Payne tariff bill
As IN PETROLEUM. Mr. Clark said the bill con-
-zlned .-be same old joker While ostensioly on
TIE free list he insisted that petroleum received
protection of from l5o 80 per cent IT, MI Clark
ADDED he STANDARD oil Company not. as he
believed the sole beneficiary under the bill he
would not object the crude oil producers getting
2 revenue tariff
Mr Burke. % Penusl lvsnia, said he had received
information that removing the countervailing duty
4o4,ld not affect the Standard Oil Company, but
that II would be absolutely fatal to the Independent
PRODUCERS for the reason. vas stated, that -
per cent Of the oil produced In the United states
va. nroduced by the independents
ny clark declared himself unQualhedly in favor
cf free lumber He predicted that when the Senate
got through with cutting and carving the Payne
hfl Nj Payne would not recognize his own child
-,be- he met IL tn the road The seniors over
there" he said are engaged right now in max
lnr tariff bill OF their own he naintalned mat
=. senate would strike out all after the enacting
,7snse Amid great Democratic applause he closed
-t,h . -eiterstfon OF his statement that the Payne
,f,1 instead of lowering the Dingey rates, raised
-bs,n He was on his feet FIVE hours and seven
minutes.
In q brief speech Mr. Washburn' OF Massachu-
xs,.s gave notice that, should an opportunity he
Afforded he would submit an amendment siflhHls
from the pill the provision for an inheritance lax
A general attack on the protective policy OF the
Republicans vas made by Mr. Adamson, Of Georgia