Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
CLARK RAPS TARIFF
Protecti0nists Now Quarreling
Over Proceeds, He Says.
HEARING ON CANADIAN PACT
Tells B. E. Fink of Milwaukee What
He Thinks of Masters.
FEAR LOSS FROM AGREEMENT
Westerner in Malt Barley Business
Declares Buffalo Will Benefit
by Reciprocity.
HEARING ON CANADIAN PACT
FEAR LOSS FROM AGREEMENT

Champ Clark laid down the paper he
had been perusing, and looked in a
panied way at B. E. Fink Of Milwaukee,
| who had been addressing the committee
on ways and means at its hearing yes
terday afternoon on the distress to be
wrought the barley malt business by
| the Canadian tariff pact.
DO you suppose Congress is going to
enter into squabble between the
masters of the west and the masters
of Buffalo?" asked Mr.. Clark. TT turns
out that you high protectionists, after
a hundred years of protection, are now
Quarreling among yourselves over the
proceeds" And Mr.. Clark gave snort
of disgust.
Chairman Payne Of the committee
grinned in sympathy because things are
coming his way, in this reciprocity bill,
so far as barley is concerned. Up Mr..
Payne's way they want barley for the
big breweries as cheap as they can get
it, The tariff act which bears Mr..
Payne's name kind Of put one over on
the distinguished chairman in imposing
He is now in the attitude of the one VINO
smiles last.
So Mr.. Payne joined with Nj: Clark in
heckling the worthy malster from MIL
waukee. Mr.. Fink. however, MADE q
valiant fight, although he was warned
at the outset that there can be no amend
ment to this bill, no discrimination IN
favor Of the growers Of barley or makers
of barley malt, and that the bill must be
accepted or rejected as whole
Says Buffalo Will Get Business.
Mr. Finks burden of complaint, In be-
half of the masters of the west win
So, OOO, 600 of capital invested In their
plants, was that il Canadian barley Is
admitted free it will give the city OF
Buffalo the mailing business, which is
now to the extent of so per cent OF that
industry scattered throughout the states
Of Wisconsin, Minnesota. the Dakotas, Ne
braska and Iowa.
He explained that the masters 10
cate their plants near the barley neias
purpose and cannot be moved; that II
Canadian barley comes in free the Amer
lean farmer will have to give up raising
barley. Then all the barley will come
by cheap water transportation to But
falo and be unloaded into the elevators
alongside the docks. while the masters
in the interior will have to transport
theirs a long way.
The discussion over barley took a wide
range and even went SO far as to involve
glass of beer of commerce. Chairman
Payne brought that up. He wondered
whether the removal or retention OF the
duty on barley would make any differ
ence in the retail price of beer. He re-
called that when the Spanish war tax on
beer was imposed, it developed that the
beer men made up the added dollar
a barrel tax by decreasing the size of the
glass.
Has Size Of Glass Changede
After the tax was removed, at the re-
quest of the brewers, he was curious to
know, if the size Of the glass had been
changed.
1.-The same little glass Is doing business
at the same old stand" replied Mr.. Fink.
And The added that the size Of the beer
bottle has been growing smaller for some
time.
Champ Clark spoke up at that point:
when 1 was prosecuting attorney Of my
town I made them give five quart bottles
to the gallon. I'll bet there isn't q full
quart bottle in use in this town unless it
be one of those hog bottles that started
in from Texas.
Mr. Fink seemed anxious to get back
to his malt, however, and the talk drift
ed around to the woes of the western
masters until he had finished his speech.
Before he spoke Representative Malby
OF one of the agricultural districts of
New York addressed the committee. His
district is also interested in paper max
ing. in forestry for wood pulp and in
iron ore.
1t falls out that the pending bill whacks
all OF these items, and Mr.. Malby GER
tainly is one sore individual. He went
at the committee tooth and nail for
three-quarters of an hour and told it
few things about the farmer and his
rights.
Gives Committee Warning.