The evening world., 1911-09-21

they. as well as everybody else, have
larger trade with Canada. But the bill
was framed and came TO mo in a form
calculated to mislead as to its effect.
In the first clause all agricultural Inn.
PIGMENTS were declared to be free. and
n great many were named. These same
implements were named In the Payne
bill. and were made free In that bill
from any country which permitted our
agricultural implements to enter II with
OUT duty.
This nrst clause, therefore, Of the
fres-list bill Offers NO boon 10 the
farmers at all, although apparently
drawn for the purpose of inducing
them 20 think 30.
The free list has two clauses affecting
meat and flour. Az they went through
the House they put meat on the free
list and Hour on the free list. In IN
Senate. however. an amendment was put
on limiting the operation OF these two
clauses to imports from those countries
with which We have q reciprocal rela.
ton and which admit certain a~gricul-
tural products Of ours free. This lin
itation made Canada the only country
which would be affected by the pro-
visions OF the clause.
Wv Al ~ kAoti5 WIN 9ttdu8
for reciprocity W. attempted to secure
free meat and free fiour. Canada would
not consent to this. because she feared
the effect Of our competition with her
meat and flour. This showed that i'm
portations Of meat and flour from
Canada without duty would not have
any effect to lower the price In this
country OF either in normal times. But
this free-list bill was giving to Canada
something for nothing. Thus the bill
was 30 loosely drawn. II was drawn on
such a wrong principle, M with so
little Information. n II purported TO
do so many things which It did not do.
that 7 had no hesitation, in vetoing II.
COTTON BILL PRODUCED GREAT
CONFUSION.
Finally the cotton bill came to me.
This bill differed from the others in be
ing a bill for while hthe Democrats
alone. and not the %insurgent Republic
cans. were responsible. 1t had passed
| the House on the report OF the Ways
and Means Committee made without the
taking OF any evidence OF persons inter
ested In the manufacture or any one else.
II had completely changed the method OF
ella ssifying cottons. classifying them ac-
cording to the threads In the yarn In
stead Of by the threads of the piece and
the Bpeclnc duty upon the square yard,
as in the present bill. This was a most
important change. and Il had been
adopted after an Informal communica-
ton In writing with the Bureau OF
Standards n after an adverse report
by the Treasury experts. The bill wal
adopted avowedly as u free-trade bill
by the House, II came to the Senate
and was passed In the form In which II
passed the House. except that certain
amendments were added.
"One was an amendment cutting down
the metal schedule by h sweeping re.
duction OF 80 per cent. and another wa.
an amendment OF tho chemical schedule
with u purpor,ed reduction ad valoren
of q per cent. So hastily was the bill
Thrown together. so little attention was
paid to the consideration OF II In tn,
Senate. especially IN the chemical SEIZED
ule. that me most ludicrous results wer,
reached.
~ had the bill examined by experts
especially with respect to the chemica
schedule. and even In the very shor
time l had ! found the greatest con
fusion produced by the amendment"
have gone into this matter at con
siderable detail In order that my posi-
ton with respect to these bills ard tn
general treatment Of the tariff may b
understood. am IN favor Of the re
duction OF the tariff wherever 1t car b
done IND still give a living measure O
protection TO those Industries OF tn
country hat need II.