The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-29
DEMOCRAISWANT
|. CANADA ANNEXED
Is CHARGE ~ CONGRESSMAN
PRICE OF ILLINOIS IN or
POSING RECIPROCITY.
kent REC|TES POETRY
said tIe Was What Used 10 Be Known
as a neutrality-suspicious.
Humor Of the
se..Ior n

Washington April 2S.--Another dec
laration that annexation Is the direcs
desire OF the Democrats In pushing
reciprocity and speech by new MEM
bers OF the house revealing humor oil
a tariff fight in congress featured to
days debate on the free list bill nov
pending before the house.
Mr.. prince of Illinois, Republican.
attacking the Canadian reciprocity
bill sounded the annexation note.
President Taft's speech in Neg
York Thursday night furnished hs
| text. He said that the pouring Of
Americans into the Canadian nort.
west and and the attitude Of the coz
trolling forces OF the Democrattv
party could mean nothing else thaa
annexation, reciprocity and part1
free trade with Canada being the frH
step towards that end.
II say to our neighbors on TIE
lnerth, do not be deceived said NJ
Prince.
when we get into a country arc
! get control Of /; We take Ii. 1t is oar
Ihistory and It is right that we shouia
ltake II Il we want to. You might 40
well understand 1t. The speaker nn
lsaid SO. The party back OF him has
said so and 1t does not deny that thas
lis is desire"
MIR, Prince declared that the refR
lrrocity bin was the worst bargaia
ever driven by one nation with an
other and that the Democratic far
mers free list bilp ough to be labelei
farmers fake bill"
| The humor of the session came
when Representative Kent Of Califor
MIA, a new Republican delivered
speech on the general tariff question
arraigning "a revenue tariff. upon
| necessities"
He said that with other novices in
the house he felt sure he had an
sorbed speeches until he had "learnes
much that cannot possibly be trae'
and that the Congressional Record
4 was filled with mass OF mathemat
les, proving what is logically alb.
surd."
4 Il am Republican or what used to
he called Republican, Mr. Kent OBJ
served, because believe in the pro
lection Of infant industries that stant
from some eventual chance OF bec0ul.
ing self sustaining. But many indus
tries having outgrown the cradle have
rot been required to hustle for their
livelihood but have been carried bodily
to q ward In the hospital where our
stand pat friends advocated keeping
them during all eternity, to be doc
/. tored, nursed and nourished at public
} expense.
!. Mr.. Kent said that protective
, tariff was an attempt TO "tax Jur
r selves rich The nation can acquire
!, wealth II not merit. he said, "by
unanimously consentlng to the re
!, ciprocal picking of pockets by all the
, lpeople.
u To show tariff Inequalities, Mr.
Kent said that "Mr. Rockefeller prob
, ably pays less government revenue on
the food he consumes than does the
average hod carrier. He would doubt
less like to pay as much but he caa't
without eating as much"
Mr.. Kent read poem produced by
a laureate OF my district" concern.
ing the speeches OF Mr.. Kent's op
ponent at the primary, II ran:
'IEIe makes It clear to me
''That what 4 loseI gain you see
"And on such things as clothes
and shoes
Il seem to gain, but really lose.
Thus If buy my socks too low
They'll still be higher, he says SO:
so:
i "And shoes that | bought high last
fall. -
II Were really low shoes after all.
sff pay less for shoes or hats
"The maker has per force to lose.
i And If he loses then you see
"He charges up the loss to me.
i Now when have to pay him mora
| "Hc reckons profits at his store.
1 "And Duncan fins a shore for me
"In all of his prosperity.
| "The speeches shed radiant light
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