The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
LAFE YOUNG SEEKS
TO END AGITATION
New Senator Advises Rest
Cure for Tariff.
MAIDEN SPEECH EFFECTIVE
Conservative Appointee from Iowa
Gives the 'sOfher Side" in Answer
league, Cummins, Before the Sem
ate-AErees with President.


The other side of the Iowa idea" was
submitted in the Senate yesterday by
Senator Lafayette Young. conservative
appointee OF Gov. Carroll as the successor
of the late Senator Deliver.
Mr. Young was preceded by HIS reputa-
ton as an orator. He had given notice
OF his intended speech. and his remarks
yesterday we're awaited with interest. The
speech was a reply to the remarks of
Senator Cummins Monday. advocating
revision schedule by schedule. Senator
Young admitted there were gross in
equalities" In the Payne-Aldrich law. as
stated by Senator Cummins.
This statement" said Senator Young
sis undoubtedly true and would be true
II my colleague and those in sympathy
with him were TO put in the next I'VE
years in rewriting the schedules. SEIZED
ules are prolific in opportunity for attack.
It has always been true, and will con
tinue to be true so long as there is n duty
on Imports
Il am not so much concerned about in
equalities as am concerned about bust
ness. / doubt if there is a petition on file
in the Senate urging further revision of
the tariff schedules.
Challenge TO Colleagues.
'I challenge any Senator 10 state how
at the present time the lowering OF tarifr
5,,t{as ,-o,I4 ,,sl-. 81, ,aafttorat .r,haal
go round. The American people are not
living for the sole purpose of revising
the tariff; they are living for other and
better purposes.
II challenge any Senator TO state the
kind of product. other than the products
OF the farm, which is specifically higher
than two years ago
Il charge that New England is drift
ing 10 q strange Interpretation or the
square deal. when they demand prOtec-
ton for their manufactured articles and
free trade for our food products
Il challenge any Senator to state here
that he believes the farmer IS receiving
too much for the raw materials produced
by him. The Secretary OF Agriculture.
/ backed by all the farm papers and many
magazines, says the farmer Is not now
getting too much. It Is intimated that
the middleman is getting too great d
share Of the value OF the farm products
II this be true. why strike at the pro-
Queer? Why not so after the middle
man directg The tariff OF 1909, in at
tempting 10 strike at monopoly, put Pc
troleum on the free list. The refineries
Immediately reduced the purchasing
price Of crude oil and continued the high
price to the consumer Of refined oil,
| Thus the consumer was not benefited.
Why repeat this performance in the case
Of the farmer and his produGts?''
DepIores Tariff Agitation.
Deploring further tariff agitation, SEN
ator Young said: Il regard the continu-
ance OF the debate upon the tariff ques-
ton as a mistake. The arguments upon
which the country elected a Democratic
House were the arguments laid down in
this Senate by Republicans. If the
Democratic party elects a President in
1872. that result will be obtained by ar
guments delivered in this Senate by Re
publicans.
Senators may say that their first duty
is to their country before any party.
Granting that this is true, let US apply
/ the test. These Senators in every case.
voted TO revise schedules which would
not reduce the duties on products pro-
duced by their own people. This is the
highest test not OF patriotism. but !
would say the very reverse Of that
1T was the duty Of the public men,
newspapers. and the magazines Of the
country 10 have accepted the Payne
Aldrich tariff law In order that the coun-
! try might have gone to work transact
| ing business. The tariff is not perfect.
/ If 1t were revised every week by those
who want to revise ii, it would not be
/ perfect. Free raw materials would sat
! isfy one man and dissatsfy another.
"A tariff upon leather would dissatisfy
/ the shoe manufacturer; tax taken from
manufactured shoes would dissausfy the
shoe manufacturer. This same reason
ing can be applied 10 every other sched-
ule shrewd orator could always con-
vince the consumer that he is outraged.
and during the same speech convince the
! producer thar he is likewise outraged"
Approves Presidents Plan
Senator Young approved the Presidents
/ plan for revising the tariff in the future
/ schedule by schedule.
Il might not be willing to object TO
the rule proposed by my colleague
which would prohibit the offering OF
amendments to a schedule which might
! be pending we're I not afraid that the
/ first schedule TO be pending would be
/ the schedule covering farm products.
/ If the agricultural schedule should be
taken up first. and should, after passing
/ the House, come to the Senate with all
duties removed from food products, what
means Of defense would be left TO my
/ colleague and myself. We represent
/ farmers. We represent the only class
Of people whose products are com
/ planned of.
The American factories have been
giving full employment to men, and the
men have been buying the best cuts of
| beef and pork: side meat has but one
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