The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-20

the chairman of the Democratic Tx
ecutive Committee.
In the campaign of 1902, Senator
Pritchard, a Republican OF North
Carolina, was making canvass for
his reelection. and Senator Sim
mons. as chairman Of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee, and as
Democratic citizen of North Carroll
ma. was answering the arguments
and showing the fallacy of the Re
publican party on the tariff, and
now l want to read and put into my
remarks a part Of Senator Simmons
speech, as chairman of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee IN North
Carolina. He thought so much of
the strength Of this argument that
the committee sent out in North
Carolina in that campaign, eighty
thousand copies of that speech, and
| want every friend Of Senator Sim
mons in the North Carolina delega-
ton to listen carefully.
QUOTES SENATOR SIMMONS.
He said: ''The truth is, the whole
Republican argument that tariff re-
gulates the price of farm products
is utterly false, corn and wheat and
rye, and barley and grain and cot
ton farmers know that the price of
these crops is regulated by the laws
of supply and demand; that we ex-
oort of these crops one-ffth to one
third of all wheat produced, and
that the price of the whole crop is
regulated by the price which the
surplus brings in the foreign mar
kets. The cotton and corn and
wheat farmers knows that the bulk
of that product of his crop which he
does not sell at home for home con.
sumption is purchased for shipment
abroad, and the purchaser does not
pay him one penny more than it will
bring abroad.
"Our chief raw materials are cot
ton, corn, wheat and other products
of the farm, which cannot be anc
are not benefited by tariff, be-
cause we export them in large
IOuanitieS."
CHALLENGES SIMMONS ATTITUDE NOV
| That was Senator Simmons care
| fully prepared written and delivered
! speech, not only as our Senator. bu
as leader Of North Carolina Demo
cracy, which speech he sent to tn
Npeople of North Carolina, and yet
,, in the face of that there are mel
land it is unparEamentary to nam
them here), who have the frankinl
privilege, at the other end of capitc
from North Carolina, who are send
ing the doctrine through Mort
!, Carolina that this tariff is grea
benefit to the farmer of wheat an
corn and rye and he and they canno
support this reciprocity measure be
t cause it removes this tariff.
t Gentlemen, that is not all. Thi
j same distinguished gentleman fror
n North Carolina, who honors us
u the Senate, made speech about 81
: months ago, and that speech We
} such a good one that the campaig
d committee sent it out in this can
e paign book. In that speech he sait
y 1.-The tariff does not help the ia
n mer either to fix or control the vo
{ ume of these products or their ma
e ket value as to these products tt
U tariff is in operative, even when
n duty is imposed by the Republican
, pretendedly for his benefit.
"Then the speech goes on al
n shows about cotton and wheat al
corn and rye and all the farmer
20 products that the price Of them
i fixed in the markets Of the world
r. competition with the world, al
! that the tariff had nothing to
=, with it. 1t concludes by denouncil
:. this tariff on wheat, corn and rye
=. a fake tariff, and yet there is bell
sent out by somebody, and presur
the man who made them does it,
:. North Carolina, a certain spec
made on the third Of March, just
: few days ago, saying that the reas
y he cannot support this reciproci
- measure is because it is taking t
-. ~ tariff off wheat, and the farmt
- products and leaves it on the mar
49, factured products. Congressm
=. Davis, of Wisconsin, an insurge
~ ~ Republican, thought he would e
- - barrass Mr.. Kitchin by reason
- the votes of number Of Democr
- on the admission of free luml
- during the enactment of the Pay
~ Aldrich tariff bill. Finally he wa
- ed to know how the members of
~ ~ North Carolina delegation, as
from Mr.. Kitchin, voted.