The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

Mr.. Percy told the audience OF
the arrangement he had made at
Washington so that he could be away
from congress which was now in ses-
sion. This was done by arranging
pair with a Republican senator.
He said that he would be in this
state whenever he could be spared
from congress during the extra ses-
sion.
The speaker touched on the cause
of the extra session of congress, the
Canadian reciprocity bill, which he
believed would be passed by the
present session of congress. He ia
vored this bill and explained to his
audience just what it meant and
how close it came to us. The speak
er dwelt at length on the tariff quas
tion, showing to what extent pro-
tective tariff adds to the COST OF
living, saying that if the tariff was
removed the cost to the consumer
would be cut almost in half. He
mentioned the farmers free list
bill' which frees from duty every
thing used on the farm. 1t will pass,
he believes, by the help of the north
| west senator's, and the President will
be forced TO sign it, This he be-
ilieves will lead TO democratic VIC
tory inA9i2 Then he will have
Thorough revision.
Next, Senator Percy referred to
the work he had done as Missis-
sippi's Senator at Washington. He
had not accomplished wonders. but
he had done his level best and be-
lieved it his duty to give an account
of his stewardship He spoke or
the immigration question ami the
increase in the great tide or I'M
migrants which has been pouring
| into this country for the past twen-
ty years. He was one of the three
senators appointed or committee
TO Investigate the immigration ql.es-
ton The investigation had proven
that the class of immigrants now
coming in were for the most part
| undesirable and that their labor
was being used hy large emr.'lyers
as a club against home iahonrs-
| he had helped TO get a report. by
a unanimous vote, recommending a
decree in the immigrants. A bib
will be introduced restricting i'm
migration. Connected with this i'm
| migration question was the White
Slave Traffic which this investiga-
tion had helped to stamp out.
Next the speaker referred 10 ag-
riculture. 1t was useless. he de-
clared, to preach back 10 farm
unless we could make the chance
of the farmer boy equal to that of
the city boy. To this end he fa-
vored all the government could do
to improve the life of the farmer.
Since he had been at Washington he
had had men sent by the Federal
government to Mississippi to make
soil surveys; men sent to tell the
farmer how best to fight the boil
weevil; and succeeded in getting
an increase in the appropriation to
fight this pest; had got an appro-
priation for draining swamp land
and had helped to get a bill passed
increasing the salary of r. F. d. car
riers. All this had been accomplish
ed by attending to his business and
looking closely after the interest of
his state.
Mr.. Percy next read an article
from Washington farewell address,
calling attention to its spirit Of mod
esty and humility which he compar-
ed to Vardaman's address, sarcas-
tically saying that Vardaman and
his address should be preserved so
that we might point with pride to
the fact that we had one flaWless
statesman. This ironical reference
to his opponent brought forth the
first applause.
The national pension bill was
next discussed by the speaker, who
showed how the pension appropria-
ton had grown to an enormous