Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
FEARS TARIFF WILL
BE A LOCAL MATTER
UNLESS FACTS ARE KNOWN IN
REGARD TO EVERY SCHEDULE
q FLINT SAYS ONE LOCALITY
WOULD BE AGAINST OTHER.

meal revision. CT the tariff was at
" tackled vigorously in the senate today
by Senator Flint of California, a men,
I er OF the finance committee which
i 3delped frame the Payne-Aldrich law.
& He deplored the fact that the results
Of the last election seemed to be a
declaration in favor Of local revision
and the charged that the probable eff
feet of such action was not understood
4 by the people.
'.rhe local protectionists have been
discussing this matter in the several
sections of the country" he said, 'one
contending for revision in one Par
ticular in one place and another Tor
revision in another particular in some
other place, each one laboring under
the impression that he was sfooling the
rest of the country and only very GER
tainly fooling himself
Senator Flint based his speech upon
the Cummins resolution which is re-
signed to limit the power OF amend
ment to schedules actually under con-
sheraton and to prevent the weigh
ii i of the interests OF one section
O. ainst another in what is commonly
* thr Cummins resolution (which Is de-
says west Is Awakened.
The California senator contended
that the very essence Of the protective
systemsis to frame a bill which would
protect the industries Of the entire
country against the competition Of the
balance of the world Through an al
legged misunderstanding of the real sit
uation, Senator Flint said the people
Of one community had been given to
understand that they We're to receive
y y benefits of a revision of the tariff on
articles they consume or use in their
manufacture anI suffer none of the
disadvantages, and that this sort OF
argument has gone on all over the
country. \
Already they are beginning 10
Awaken in the west to the fact that
they are outnumbered in the east
said Mr.. Flint. He quoted from
speech by Chairman Emery of the
tariff board to show the intention Of
that body to have considered first the
print paper schedule then WOOL and
third, farm products, In all fairness,
said the senator, the schedules should
he taken UP in their natural order:
First, chemicals, then earthenware,'
metals, wood, sugar, tobacco, farm
products, etc.
But whatever the order of consider
alton, he argued that if there are ma
terial reductions in the schedules first
taken up the duties must be maintain
ed on others in order to produce sut-
ficient revenue for the government. He
said that he should do everything in
his power to defeat any proposition
that looks to a revision until a full re-
port shall have been made by the
tariff board on all the schedules. Un-
less the facts are known in regard to
evely schedule, he said 1.-The tariff
would be purely local matter, con-
ceived in the interest of one locality
and against another"
Cites Free Hides and Shoe Prices.
Using the effect of putting hides on
the free list yas an argument against
the "cry for free raw materials Sen
ator Flint said that it had been argued
in the special tariff session that free
hides would mean cheaper shoes, but
that as matter of fact there had
been no reduction in the cost of shoes.
He said that the government had lost
$2,000,000 in revenues, the people had
not benefited and that the whole adj
vantage had been to the manufactur-
erS.
Senator Flint concluded with the
statement that such law is now pro-
posed would be entirely in the inter
asts of New England and the manu-
featuring states, and against the in
terests of the agricultural west
Gamble Defends Lorimer.
Senator Gamble of South Dakota to-
lay spoke in support of the findings of
The majority of the subcommittee tina
investigated the election of Senator
Lorimer. Gamble declared money had
been used in the Illinois legislature for
nnlawful~ and unworthy purposes, but
he maintained there was no evidence
TO warrant the belief that such funds
we're used for the election of a Sena-
-.or.
Claims Bill is SqueIched.
Action on the omnibus claims bill of
$4,000, embracing reparation mostly
'or damages in the south in connection
With war depredations, was Indefinitely
postponed by the house today.
Two in Colorado Race.
Denver, Jan 23.-The contest for the
seat in the United States senate to
succeed the late Charles J. Hughes has
narrowed down to Mayor Robert w. |
Speer of Denver and former Coy. Alva |