The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-02
FREE LIST BILL
IS STORM CENTRE
IN CONGRESS CONGRESS NOW
Great Diversity of Opinion on
the Merits of the Democratic
Measure
EVERYBODY WHOSE POCKET is
HIT HAS BEGUN TO FIGHT
Longworth Objects Because Of Shoes
Being Free, While Gillettee Of Mas.
sachusetts and Dyer of Missouri. Are
Fighting Free Jute Bagghg.

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Washington. May 2.-The SEM
ate committee on finance today
decided to devote the time be-
tween now and Saturday, May 13, .
to hearings on the Canadian no
ciprocity bill. Immediately after
that date 1t is expected the bill
will be reported to the senate. .
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Washington, May 2-Although when
the senate adjourned yesterday It was
to meet again Thursday tha senate
end Of the capitol today was q place
Of activity. Hall dozen committees
threshed out the accumulated busi.
ness. principal among them being the
finance committee. which has begun
the consideration Of tho Canadian re.
ciprocity measure, which has already
passed the house.
The house, in an effort to expedite
the passage Of free list bill, met again
today at IL o'clock. Chairman Under.
wood Of the ways and means commit
tee said today that he hoped to get
vote Of the measure Thursday.
Speeches on the farmers free list
bill in the house sounded the note Of
Canadian annexation; traversed the
whole range of argument concerning
Canadian reciprocity, already disposed
Of by the house, and came back at
times to specific attack upon or sup
port of the free list bill which has
been pending for six days. At times
less than a score Of members were
on the floor to hear the speech max
ing.
Mr.. Madden Of Illinois, in an hours
speech touched the annexation issue.
My hope is that If we can have
closer commercial relations with the
people Of Canada" he said, "some day
this relationship may blend the two
peoples into one harmonious whole.
and that the territory lying north of
us may become a part Of the United
States, as it should be. I have always
believed we should be one people, un-
der one flag. and under one form OF
government. and 1t will be better for
us all when such a thing happens, If
it ever does"
MIR. Gillette Of Massachusetts and
Mr. Dyer Of Missouri attacked the tree
list bill because it put jute baggtng,
used to bale cotton with, upon the
free list. thereby threatening the bag
making industry in this country. Mr..
Gillette said the industry would be
transferred to India, where the cheap
labor would make the bagging, and
that the saving to the cotton raiser in
this country would be only about three
cents on a $40 bale Of cotton.
Democrats question Mr.. Gillette
sharply about the "bagging trust"
but he declared it did not exist.
Mir. Cox OF Indiana supported the
bill and attacked opponents Of the
reciprocity measure recently passed.
MIR. Longworth Of Ohio assailed par
ticularly the Democratic proposal to
put boots and shoes on the free list.
He said American machinery, upon
which Americas advantage had rest
ed. is being installed abroad and the
United States can be flooded with for
eign shoes.
Mr.. Rucker of Colorado, Democrat,
who voted against the Canadian re-
ciprocity bill. attacked that measure
in speech favoring the free list bill.
He said he had been criticised for not
abiding by the action of the Democra-
tic caucus in favor of reciprocity, but
explained that he opposed the meas
TIRE because he believed it unfair to
the farmer