The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-05
Chairman Underwood An.
nounced That Debate Must
End By That Time
fierce ONSLAUGHT MADE
BY representative HILL
Will Allow Parts Of Machinery to he
Manufactured Abroad and Assembl.
ed in This Country by Creap La.
Dor After Being Admitted Free.

Dor After Being Admitted Free.
Washington. May 5-The house
was still hammering away today at
the farmers free list bill, while the
senate ostensibly was idle. AS a mat
ter Of fact however, the senator's
were unusually busy. Many of the
recently organized committees were
at work and attempts were being made
to get the senate machinery adjust
ed. The wheels of the upper legisla-
tive body have not been running with
the old time smoothness this session
and the friction does not give prom
Use Of diminishing in tho near future.
The debate in the house on the free
list bill promised today to move with
little more rapidity. Chairman I'm
derwood Of the ways and means COM
mittee formally announced that he
would force q vote on Monday. The
bill that will pass will be sent to the
senate to take a place on the calendar
following the Canadian reciprocity
bill.
Not since the Republican guns
were unlimbered against the Demo-
cratic free list bill by Minority Lead
er Mann, over a week ago, has the
debate in the house developed such
an attack on the measure as was
made by Representative Hill Of Con-
necticut, Republican member Of the
ways and means committee, and one
Of the leading Republican advocates
Tot tho Canadian reciprocity bill.
! =. Mr., Hill dAelared that the bill de-
vised by the Democratic leaders, re-
moving the tariff duties from many
food products and manufactured ar
ticles, was so crudely drawn and so
indefinite in It's terms that no esti-
mate could be made of the revenues
1t would cut of or the effect 1t would
have on business and commerce.. He
declared that instead Of $4,000, 900
reduction In revenue, as the Demo-
Gratis expected, it might make re-
duction of $50, 900. 900, and that its ef-
feet upon business would be to trans
fer many flourishing industries to
Europe.
you intended to hit the trusts"
said Mr.. Hill to the Democrats.
You will wake up to find you have
in fact helped the trusts; taken away
the revenues Of the government. and
put the money into the pockets of
the trusts instead Of into the pockets
Of the people whom you claim to be
helping"
Mr. Hill explained that the Inter-
national Harvester Machine company,
the large sewing machine companies
and other great manufacturers, would
be able under the Democratic bill to
manufacture parts Of their machines
cheaply abroad. and bring them into
this country to be assembled by cheap
labor here. Mechanics and skilled
labor would suffer loss of employ
ment. he said.
He declared that the Democratic
bill was SO general in terms as to
admit almost anything free of duty.
: Woolen goods. all kinds Of wire, all
sorts Of fabrics. zinc. lead, pigiron
and number of other things he
specifically mentioned.
Mr. Hill particularly attacked the
bill for making many manufactured
products free Of duty, like shoes, har-
ness. saddlery and the like, while
leaving q duty against the raw ma
terials that American manufacturers
have to import. He said also that in
attempting to make free Of duty the
bagging used to wrap up cotton bales.
the Democratic bill would let in free
the bs,gging used by the fertilizer
trust; the cement mills Of the United
States Steel corporation. and by other
monopolies which would give no cor
responding reduction in prices to
consumers.
Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee interjected
that Mr.. Hills whole argument was
from the standpoint Of the American
manufacturer; that it's real purpose
wws Ito reduce prices and cost of
living for the American people,"
Mr.. Hill declared that the reduc-
tions would in almost every case be
taken up by the big corporations that
control the markets. The speech was
enlivened by many Interruptions and
much partisan comment from both
sides Of the house.
Mr.. Focht Of Pennsylvania, also
against the bill, had an amusing tilt
with Mr.. Simms Of Tennessee, who
objected to MIR. Focht's statement
that the tariff debate in the extra ses-
sion was costing the country $4,000
q minute. Mr.. Simms said the ex-