The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
HON. FRANK CLARK

ida congressional district, seems to
have run up against a good many
snags.
In the course of his remarks he
was asked a good many questions,
some of which seem to have "riled'
him somewhat.
We make the following extract
from the Congressional Record of
April eth:
Mr.. Clark of Florida-Oh. the gen.
tleman can draw all the fine distinc-
lions he wants to. First and last, II
say this to you, that l am here in
structed by my people, If this repub- |
lican party, to which l do not belong, |
but which controls the house-and |
they have got a right to control it
put in the bill what my people in
structed me to get if / could. | will |
vote for the bill regardless of the par
" framing it.
Mr.. Finley-When the gentleman
says that he will vote for the bill. |
does he mean that he will then be
voting with the democratic party or
with the republican party?
Mr.. Clark will be voting with
those democrats nearest my views.
Mr.. Byrd would like to ask the
gentleman a question.
The Chairman--DOes the gentle
man yield?
Mr.. Clark of Florida-Yes; just for
a question.
Mr.. Byrd-If / understood you. you
said that if what you wanted was in
the bill you would vote for it, Would
you do that, notwithstanding every 1
thing else in the bill meant robbery ,
TO the American people? Answer
that.
Mr.. Clark of Floffda-I have Just
stated that | would vote for it if they I
put IN what my constituents wanted. r
no matter what else they put in
Mr.. Finley-Is that the price?
Mr.. Clark of Florida want to
know what the gentleman means by
that
Mr.. Finley did not mean any
thing offensive, but if you had any DO
litical convictions. a
Mr.. Clark of Florida have not
the convictions of a man who repre- +"
Sents a district that has got nothing I
in it in the world but a bale of short
cotton, a niger" and a mule (Great .
laughter) D
The few "sops" the republicans +,
may have thrown at Mr.. Clark are
not enough to change the sectional
aspects of this bill. "
in his very able speech on the 81
Payne tariff bill Mr.. Martin Dies of
Texas said that it displays more sec u
ional unfairness against the south &
han any other tariff bill ever pre- II
ented TO congress. &C
We make the following extract %
rom his speech: 10
The farmers of my district pay trib- ~
lie 10 the favored pets of republican y
arm taxation in every furrow they ca
low. and In every acre they till. You in
ak them upon the AK and saw with -
'hlcb they fell the forest and pre-
ARE the land for cultivation: Won eli
TX the pillow and hoe with which heI
uItlVateS the soil; you tax the har- nm
ess upon his mule, and the hat upon -,
Is mead. Nothing escapes the watch IA
IL eye OF the republican tax gatherer
mis- clothes, his shoes. his tools ha
Is all When his crop is made. if il tb
e cotton, you tax the very sack i'm -.
hlch ne picks 1t, the wagon in which '0i
e hauls 1t, the gin in which he sep
rates 1t, and the bagging and ties sw
18th which he wraps it, 1t enhanc-
the price of almost everything w
the. salt that seasons the moor
.ans dish, the iron that points his
low, the wOOllen that covers his
ody, the glass that lights his dwell Mr.
y, the beverage that Stakes his edi
lrst-it burdens almost all the COM co,
'rts and enjOyments of his life in
ltlng. In drinking, in his raiment. in
aIhlng, IN riding, in reading and i'm AM
eeplng, and in articulo morris il Mi
lngs TO the coffin that receives his no
ortal remains, and the spade that
epareS his last home. where he NAV ing
eep with his fathers and mingle deV
tn mother earth. Of the tax tins fru
rung from his labor at every tIlrn os
u deliver s. out of Sc to the nets
your system and only 81 to the 'oH
NeInment of the United States Not veg
ushed with the neglect and inius- his
e you have visited upon these iIo,.
ulherh farmers you deliberately
ace tEelr chlef prOduct-cOttOn-o MN
e free list and invite them to hold for
elr own as best they NAV in the der
en- sea of commercial struggle
Last year there was imported into
United States more than $40 0Gn Ihe
worth OF cotton. upon which the spa
IN law neither collected revenue sire
the support Of the government nOr s,,ar
protection of those who producad y.
domestic cotton. II is idle 10 saw ran
explanation that we are large eX- day
rterS OF cotton. and that we are thes
ply able to take care of ourselves an,
me cotton markets of the world
the same is true of wheat and ne
YOU place tax of % cents hav,
mel on wheat. Not satisfied with wor
5 discriminating against the south = ;.
farmer you found out that since -
enactment of the Dinglev law
farmers are getting a good Drice II
their cotton seed, from which cot gres
seed oil is taken. and YOU pro dulg
d 10 clap cotton seed oil on the die,
list 1i 'A0 ulScl