The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-09-07
SLEMP'S
SPEECH.



viii then provide a local market. close
70 The farm. for the Surplus vegetables.
poultry frat. horses mules and ami
mails for slaughter produced by our
farmers. and make our people mutually
helpful to each other in promoting the
general gooi of an And believe "a il
hcttcr go have such conditions of
markets and consequent employment
even IL IL L. accomplished 10y prices a
little higher than 20 have mo- markets
and NO employment and consequently
no ability ct our people 60 purchase az
any price however low
Other Changes.
li has t,,n urrei by some that other
changes should have been made in the
hill particularly in the wcoicn and cot
tom ~,holuios There seemed 60 he "a
great difference oi opinion in regard Co
whether thc Payne tariff mii as % These
schedules does or doc- not represent On
81. rates Tho difference in the cost of
production here and abroad Con~c
qucntiy provision was made a~ 7 have
stated before for the establishment of "a
Tariff Commission and ai the last session
Of Congress this was provided for 80
that today scientific men and trained ea
Is'ris ara at work going over This conn
fr5 and throughout The world seeking
fn ascertain the ia~is on which changes
ben thc-. schedule. if noclcd may in
the future he malc and the President
of ,hc United State. in hi- letter of An
gust PAD 1910 ha- this CAB say.
rhc Commission however. already
selected and 900 work D. a Commission of
eds interested persons who viii a~cer
tain thr facts. not in "a formal hearing
lN examination and CROSS examination
0f witnesses hut hy thc kind of iuvc~ii
Cation that .fati.tician- and scientific
investigations do Whom thp Commits
-iun completes Dol. work either ou the
entire tariff. uf un nnN uf thf schedules
bon rr-fsrt to which issuo has arisen
AMID tho work nf thr Commission shows
tlaf the present tanf i~ WRONG and
-honid he changed I eNpst to bring
fhD matter to the attention oi Cnrrr~.
with 3D. Nlrw go 40, amendment bod fhaf
particular
The Democrats Opposed This Com
mission.
wish io static chat shall ho found
barking zap Mr Taft On hi- rccommen
iaiiun. to Congress. hl-.d on such in
formation D. Will le seen thersfor.
ilmi ihe Payne tariff mu h,~ carried
with BE- Cd provision tn bring ahoui
chaugs- in che Tariff on ONE SCHED
li.E at "a Time ~nch changes to d.
ia~,l un ~cicnuhc and accurate iufor
nation. -l thar the whole country and
ihe business uf tho whole countr, ne,,d
nvi d. disturbed when onc particular !
-cheIule i> changed Under these cir
cum,tanc'e, therefore ihe protection
afforded fio pr,-iuc,- Of ihe Nnth IBIS
tract nf Virginia thc establishment of "a /
Tariff Commission with powers AS I
ais'Nc outhnol the provision regarding /
the taxation of wealthy corporations /
and ihc indi-patahlc prpof that the re
VISION in the main ws,s in accordance /
with tho picigo contained in our Na
uonal platform yotel Tor the hiu
claim lur the PAYNE Bin that
ls,; 81 Is ihs :o~es, tariff bIH presented to
ihe Aaericsn people since the Civil War /
md Ia is the BEST revenue producer ~e have /
ever Rad, changing IN Short time. q ma.
tioesi deiioii Of 50 miiiou dollars. TO q sur
Plus Of p mllHoa. This should he pleasing
% 81 parties -fslnls 90 oar Tariff for
rcsenue" Democratic friends
SFd; Il contains the pfiscIple OF protection.
bri prosides Tor Tariff Commission. al
ready Ia existence. and At ~ork 10 reciii,
SAY remaining Irregularities IN the tariff. II
am such b. iouud.
tta. d fatty and amply protects the pro-
dacis Of the Nuih Nirginia District
Criticisms.
Many criticisms have bssn offered To-
the mll which are wholly unjust and
unioandei The PAYNE Bin has ls-en
charged with the Increase in price. even
of thinss- on which there is no duty and
my distinguished opponent fails into the
general error az making criticisms IN
net-lnt to ~ Inch there h no Justification.
Steel and Iron.
DE states that IN STEEL and iron pro
dscts
lhe slight reductions Were an
teiae> exported largely The things
which enter>G into the daily u~e ~
the American fcoplc were RAISED in
price of remained unchanged