Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-04-29
SENATOR SCOTT
TALKS POLITICS
Tells Reporter What He Thinks Of
the Situation Since He 10 Eek
Senator.

Wheeling, April EN- an inter
view given in the Intelligencer yester-
day Snatcr Scott who has just return
ed here said:
Il do not think there is any doubt
5bout the passage OF the Canadian
reciprocity treaty The bill will be
promptly passed by the house of rep
resentatives, and while there will be
some opposition to it in the senate
there wiz not be sufficient 10 defeat
it A great many republicans will
support it. some democrats will OPP
pose it, but there IS a distinct major
ity In favor CT it in both houses. Be
ydrd passing the reciprocity treaty
/ do not think that this session Of
congress would accomplish anything
in the way Oh legislation. The demo-
cInts in the house Of representatives
have already outlined free trade
program which would undoubtedly
cause a great deal OF alarm If there
was the slightest prospect that 1t
would be enacted into law. The so
called free list framed by them is
simply a bid for farmer votes. 1t
proposes TO put upon the free list a
large number of agricultural imple- |
nients and supplies used by farmers
in harvesting their crops, as well as
shoes, wcolen goods and other |
articles of that kind. The peculiar
feature about this free list program
is that it Is made up entirely for the |
purpose of pleasing certain ciass
of people, without any regard what |
ever to the conditions OF manufacture |
or the cost OF same. For instance, |
certain kinds of iron and steel pro- !
ducts are to be put on the free list, |
because they are used by farmers
hut that does not carry with 1t any |
reduction OF duties ON other lines OF
iron and steel products. or upon raw
materials that 20 into their manu-
facture. II is absolutely impossible, |
rot to say absurd, to pick out few |
manufactured articles and attempt to
put them on the free list because |
they happen TO be used by a certain
class Of people, while large numbers
of other articles of IKE mature are
untouched in any way. '-3-
sFiS Real Tariff Revision.
Scientific revision CT tafiff duties,
of course, means rvision of an en-
tire schedule at one time. In the
iron and steel schedule it would mean
beginning with the ore and following
IL through all the lines or manufac-
ture. covering every line of products
having due regard at all time to the
comparative cost OF manufacture here
and abroad. The so-called free list
framed by the democrats 10 the,
fouse attempts nothing of this sort
/: is simply a hodge-podge and bid
for votes, which seems to me is 50
thin that it will deceive no one.
Personally, | have been a repub
lean protectioaist all my life be-
Iieve the large majority OF the Amer
lean people approve Of the principle
of protection The interests OF West ,
Virginia are certainly dependent to a
very large degree upon the mainte-
'nafic of the f,Eotectiye tariff prihttt-,
pie. and Il th5re was the slightest
-prosnnect of any sort of haphazard
democratic tariff legislation being
enacted into law at the present seS>
sion, it would be sufficient to Cause
great alarm and business depreso,
SION" .-,' -
,naf do YOU think of the extra
'x..ssion az the iegislature?" asked the
reporter,
swell. have always been n faVor
Of a primary election law, and nope |
that the Legislature will pass salts
factory one. Now that Governor |
Glasscock has called the legislature
in session. it is the duty of all good
citizens to support him and to assist
so far as they can in securing good
urinary election law. | am not well
enough acquainted with the members
of the legislature to be able to make
any guess as to what they will do,
/ know that the people want AMI eX-
pect a good primary election law, and
trust that the Legislature will DO It's
duty?"
what is the situation in regard to
the MCrgantown pcstoffice?' asked
the reporter.
well, 1 recommended for the Nor
gantown postofiice Mr.. Frank l..
Bowman, and only did so after l had
been requested by the postofiice de-
partment to make a recommendation
Congressman Sturgiss had recon-
r,,arda1 Mr. & pOstpn | reCOg-
aize that Morgantown is Mr.. Stur-
giss's home town, and made no at
tempt to interfere with local patron
age in fact, ! would have made no
recommendation at all had the post
office department not asked me for
one. Both Mr.. Bowman and Mr.
Poster are very good men, and while,