New-York tribune., 1911-04-20

, ,alid claim against the government MI
Choatc did not complete his presentation
to-day end will continue IT tomorrow.
! MUST HELP THE FARMERS-With =
! great blare Of trumpets the peinocrauc
members Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee made public their report on the farm
ers' FREQ trade bill" to-day. as was fore
cast in this column. the sole argument
submitted IN support Of the free meat pro
vision ~ tho bill is that IT will injure the
Eeef Trust" OF the havoc which II would
work to the farmer ;hc report says noth-
ing. Government experts who arc familiar
with the conditions attending the produc-
ton Of wool and mutton in this country
assert that the removal Of all duty from
mutton would practically wipe out 'he
sheen INDUSTRY and rob American w"olieh
mills of all domestic supply, with the pos
sible exception Of merino wool. when j
rot produced in large quantities ana ~
grown on sheep OF little or no value io'
mutton. But not content with strihlhs
this blow Al The farmers the pemocra's
purpos. n go further au1 materially rc-
,luce the duty on wool. q step which WouIH
make complete the destruction begun WIN
the rono, al Of the duty ON mutton. no
greater falIacy could bo conceived than
that tho PACKERS can be injured by tho re-
moyai Il ,he duty on meats without injir-
inc tho farmers vino raise those meats
Moreover. the larger packers already have
more or less extensive plants in Argentina
the greatest competitor of tho United states
N tho production OF meat. aud the re-
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enable tho packers 20 supply tho tred" near
the sen coast with Argentine meat klileu
I'm their establishments near Buenos Ayres
I-NTOWARD CONDITIONS.--The organ
ization Of the House of Representatives by
the Democrats has been completed along
lines which confGe the control of that oooy
TO representatives Of the SOLID South ano
Tammany Hall Under these conditions
there can be little surprise at any legs
lation which may he proposed ana Wh'c"
is injmical TO the interests o. the asri-
cultural REGIONS of the East and North-
west. The average Tammany mehoeF
would have difficulty in distinguishes
sboat from n wethe-. and would IN All
probability Try to milk COW on the "rone
side And as for the Representative irou'
the SOLID South" he has little interest," h
either and recognizes corn. cotton anu
ncssiblv rice a. the only Agricultural pron-
,,cte NJ the country There are. or course
Tor,ocr.ttc ,nomhers Of the House IRON
tbo J.oet and from the Northwest VINO are
fairly we'll informed on the interests OF as
r,cuI,ur. throughout the length and breadth
Of the land. but they have not found fhVo'
.r,fo
M orpanizIp.s the House, and that their re-
monstrsnces carry little weight Is larry
we'll proved by the free meat ciause III '"e
formers free list bill.
rrANSRROTGHs BOOK. - Ex-senator
ttansbrough, Of North Dakota. has Wr"teh
a hook. a novel Of political life IN the ma
tional capital. the publication OF "iich J.
awaited with no little interest. The Sec
ond Amendment Is tho title 81 the forth
coming volume. and Mr. fIansbrough. who
was A newspaper man before he became a
Senator. has depicted his characters among
the thrilling scenes Of the Senate, where
he served for many years. There IS no
doubt that the former Senator Is able 10
portray senatorial life from the inside pct
ter than most authors. and II Is reaSona-
bly, certain that his novel. despite the tact
that II deals with the efforts OF an insur-
gent Senator. will not give evidence or lts
authors having been the dupe of the cheap
magazines, as is strikinGy suggested by
Tho latest political play, THE Woman,
produced here this week by David Belasco
II is said that Mr.. Hansbrough has depict
cd some OF his associates in the Senate,
only thinly Disgusting them in his romance
so that the arrival OF the first copies OF
"The Second Amendment" is awaited IN
Washington with far more than ordinary
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