The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-19
In Kansas City Bristow Vilifies Cannon, While
Uncle Joe" in Emporia Retaliates.
RESEMBLES THE uNCOlN-OOUGLASS CAMPAIGN
Every Phase Of Conflict Between Branches of Republican
Party Discussed Venerable "Czar" Dealing With
"Sand-Paers" Side Young Kansan
Supporting New Order.
(Spcsker Cannon.)

Emporla. Kan. July ia.-Speaker Jo-
seph q. Cannon. befou beginning to
speak here at 4 o'clock this afternoon
again suffered much discomfort from
the heat. While Representative Miller
was making an introductory speech
Mr.. Cannon rubbed his head and neck
with Ice. However, he showed no signs
Of collapsing when his time for speak
schedule.
After beginning his speech. however,
Speaker Cannon proceeded with his ac-
customed vigor He said IN part:
Il am asked whether n man should
be Independent In congress. We've got
Taft. republican senate by the skin
Of our teeth part of the time. a re-
publican house. when we began IL
was said that he had 40 majority. If
20 of that majority voted with the
minority that would give them a ma
jority of one. II the republican party
is not to have fun power and respon-
sibility It were better that the other
great party have full power
The Tariff.
"From the time the Dingley bill was
1908 declared for a revision of the tar
iff ! stood sauarely against revision.
Why? Because I knew tariff could
not be revised without somebody lying
about It. and without disturbing busi-
ness. But always bow. as long as |
am republican. to the superior wis
dom of the majority of the party. For
that reason supported revision when
the republican platform declared for
u.
The Payne bill has been In operation
since August 5. Two hundred thousand
freight cars. then idle are now busy.
Under that law we so arranged that
more goods are admitted free than un-
der any other law In our history. The
average per cent of all importations for
the last fiscal year was EOS per cent.
The Wilson law duty averaged 22 per
cent We cut the iron schedule In two.
The chemical Withdrawals was cut 40
per cent.
Lets see who stands for the inter
ests. The duties on lumber leather.
boots and shoes, iron and steel are all
lower under the Payne law than under
the D,ngley law. Every man who voted
against the PAYNE bill thereby voted to
retain the highest duties of the Ding
ley law"
1ristow.
Speaker Cannon closed his speech by
replying to Senator Bristow's recent
charges concerning the tariff on rub
ber. Drring this portion OF the speech
Mr.. Cannon read from "A typewrittcn
manuscript. AS follows:
senator Bristow In his speech lat
Winfield charged that senator Aldrich
aud others brought about an increase
Of the duty on manufactured rubber
aud thereupon organized a rubber
trust Senator Bristow said that un-
der the operation of the Payne tariff
law there was a decrease la the
amount OF manufactured rubber i'm
ported, and. therefore. loss In rev.
enue.
EITHER knowingly or ignorantIy. SEN
ator Bristow did not state the facts.
Tho truth IL. as shown by the official
figures Of tho bureau of statistics for
the nino months ending March 30. 1910,
under the Pavne law there was an in
crease In the importation of crude rub
ber amounting To $353.360. For the
same period the revenue derived from
imports of manufactured rubber in
creased $126.3S4. The senator further
said that for the same period as indi-
Gated above. there was an increase OF
more than $40.000,000 In the amount
of crude rubber imported.
imports Decrease.
Il submit that the senator intended
his audience to understand that not
WjthstandinQ the increase of importa-
.tlon of crude rubber. the imports of
manufactured rubber decreased The
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