New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
WOOL BILL UNDER F|RE
Mr.. Mann Tang|es Up Its De'"o'
cratic Advocates.
ADMIT IT IS PROTECTIVE
Victor Murdoch, Kansas lnsul'
gent, Bitterly Attacks the
"Worsted Trust. -
From The Tribune Bureau

| III, ..
Mann. the minority leader. firing the "'a.
Republican gun at the Democratic o''
revise the wool schedule to-day. had con
siderable fun with those free wooi pe'"o -
Gratis who have been instructed by III.
House caucus TO swallow the revenue
| bill prepared by the ma jority leaders
1T is unnecessary for you 10 say NV
YOU will vote said Mr.. Mann III W.
loouy with Representative Sims. All Va
| YOU will vote as YOU are told by the Deii0-
| cratic bosses There was time WIEN
members like the gentleman from ie"i'
see had convictions of their own put VI" :
was before the Democratic caucus threat
ened TO cut off the heads Of those VINO pre-
sumed 10 show any independence.
! In a lively tilt as TO whether the penhine
| bill IS q revenue or a protection measure
Mr. Sims said:
| II said / knew ii was a partly protective
inca sure. There have been no pretensions
| on this side Of the House that II was not
partly protection. But II Is less protection
than We now have"
The Republican side loudly applauded TINS
| Democratic admission that the pet WOOL OH
/ was protection measure. Noting the haFm
done by Mr.. Sims. Representative Under
wood arose.
| II yield To the gentleman from Alabama
for an explanation" said MV Mann. an
| ticipating Mr.. Underwoods correction Of
the Sims statement. Then Nr. Underwood
explained that this must be regarded as Il
! revenue measure and was framed to raise
| $40 0J0 900 revenue Mr. Underwood now
ever. helped out Representative Sims by
A ,I,,, 4 nj
thing is incidental protection to some
one.
Mr.. Mann embarrassed Mr.. Underwood
by showing that the figures used by the
msiority leader the other day 10 show a
deficit in the Treasury had demonstrated
that Democrats do not even understand a
daily Treasury statement. The figures oil
,62j 10000 quoted by Mr. Underwood, the
minority leader showed. were the receipts
NJ 10 June D. and not for the fiscal year
! ending June 30. as asserted by the majority
! leader.
"If the gentleman had known how to read
the statement" said Mr.. Mann. nc would
have found that the receipts up To that day
are more than s21 10000 in excess OF those
for the same period last year, ana mat
! the receipts up 10 date are more imam 90
o0Or0 I'm excess of expenditures. II Demo-
cats will begin 20 study the daily Treas
urv statement from day Ia day they VIII
find that each day the receipts for that oaS
are gwen and that they are ADDED 10 'Hs
| total receipts for the current hsca' year
as given on tie previous day. me ot"ei
side looked al this column ana "is'ooh
the figures FOR June : for the receipts lot
the entire fiscal year.
Mr.. Mann declared that. viewed from any
uoini. the present revision of the "ool
schedule = worse than that carried III 'he
Wilson bill. II taxed raw WOOL tWhlch ""S
frce under the Wilson acp and thch put
rates lower than tho Wilson rates vi
manufactured woollans. with which Amer
lean manufacturers must compete.
This bill will feed no children, SAID MT.
Mann. 1T will add nothing 10 the pay OF
! American workmen. It viii add nothing 10
the property OF American capital anu it
will not build ND the country or its manu-
factures Rut. abandoning the whole
,y,olIeu industry 70 destruction. II proposes
with respect to woollen goods from apfoan
70 take from 30 10 A. per cent as revenue
tariff out of ever 81 worth Of goods I'M
ported. leaving great bers of non-con-
a
Murdoch on the "Worsted Trust
| An attack on tho bin on ,he ground that
il Affords protection to tic so-called Vor-
sted trust was made by Representative
Victor Murdoch. Of Kansas. Mr. MURDOCH
attacked tho 20 per cent duty on Worsted
cloths which the hill contains. declaring
/ that il means immediate protection to the
continuation that controls the worsted out
put.
! 81 cannot eco how any man here said
/ Mr.. Mrdock. "knoving the worsted trust
! I,novvinr ite gross and cruel brutality IN
| tho fs hr,c field can back ~ up "niie IL
continues 10 twist its long, stranSIlnG nm
gers around tho throat OF ne Hm' f'r ,sn
! consumer. I cannot soc. for the HE nf me.
| how any ono IN the American Congress can
| aid the vorsted trust by putting tarlft
on worsted, either as a frankly avowed
! measure Of protection or under tue prctehce
| Of q iariN for revenue
! MIR Murdoch said that the worstod trust
| had % loV"rod tho quality Of goods me
| consumer buys that clothing manufactur-
! on to the wearers." At the same time. no
! said the cost or worsted goods has been
| increased
| i;Iatinr" said Mr. Murdoch, paid out in
eleven wears on probably not over flo.ooo'ono
original investment $4,000, 600 in dividends
and has built mp besides An establishment
! carving a capital of S60.0oo.0oo, with a
! surplus of $40 o00. 900 on top of that. II
| has dominated its own field. manipuated
| success sfullv The field ~ its rival. the carded
J woolen interest. mas dictated to tho woollen
! trade and has twisted and turned the
| thumhscrews on the purchaser of fabrics
without stint. mercy or conscience. II has
! had the privilege Of a joker in the raw Wool
/ classification and OF another Joker in the
| duty on warn and tops
Mr. Brantley. of Georgia. Democratic
member Of tho WAYS and Means Commit
toe. supported The bill In speech attaching