The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-12

{lbered Ngainst the democratic fire,
liz bill by Minority Leader Mann
pre- than week ago, has the debat,
/ the house developed such an attacl
81 the measure as was made Thurs
IL by Representative Hill of Connect
~. Republican member of the ways
D. means committee and one of the
Iding republican advocates of the
adian reciprocity bill.
Ar. Hill asserted that the bill de
kbed by the democratic leaders, re
Ewing the tariff duties from many
q products and manufactured ar
'es, was SO crudely drawn and SO
|91nste in its terms that no esti
K Fe could cut off or the effect il
|8uld have on business and com.
ss,rce He said that instead of $10,-
4p 900 reduction in revenue, as the
linocrats expected, it might make a
EHuetion of $50, 10000, and that its
Pet upon business would be to trans
many fiourishing industries to Eu-
|s,e.
tYou intended to hit the trusts" said
II Hill to the democrats, "but you
EV wake up to find you have in fact
Iped the trusts, taken away the rev.
les of the government, and put the
hey into the pockets of the trusts,
tead of into the pockets of the peo-
whom you claim to be helping"
II 8r. Hill explained that the Interna-
pal Harvester company, the large
ring machine companies and other
gat manufacturers, would be able
Ter the democratic bill to manu-
IFure parts of their machines cheap
/ Aabroad, and bring them into this
|lntry to be assembled by cheap
Jor here. Mechanics and skilled
hsor would suffer loss of employment,
said
lsie declared that the democratic bill
lF so general in terms as to admit
|host anything free of duty. Woolen
IBds, all kinds of wire, all sorts of
.frics, zinc, lead, pig iron were
|g0ng the things he mentioned.
AIr. Hill particularly attacked the
III for admitting many manufactured
sAducts free of duty, like shoes, har-
s hddlery and the like, while
8Bing duty on the raw materials
III American manufactures have to
ort. He said also that in attempt
to remove the duty from bagging
I'd to wrap cotton bales, the bill
luld let in free the bagging used by
fertilizer trust, the cement mills
the United States Steel company
= by other monopolies which would
lie no corresponding reduction in
xees to consumers.
I chairman Underwood of the ways
Il means committee interjected that
II. Hills whole argument was from
standpoint of the American man
cturer; that the real object of the
Il was ito reduce prices and the cost
living for the American people"
sMr. Hill said that the reductions
suld in almost every case be taken
] by the big corporations that con-
il the markets.
The speech was enlivened by many
terruptions and much partisan COM
ant from both sides of the house.
Mr.. Focht of Pennsylvania, also
ainst the bill, had an amusing tilt
Ih Mr.. Sims of Tennessee, who OBJ
fted to Mr.. Focht's statement that
; tariff debate in the extra session
Is costing the country $4,000 a min
e. Mr.. Sims said the expense to the
hntry would be the same whether
{ house were in session or not.
we did not call the extra session"
!, RQcht retorted. "You had to make
Ylf agreement with the White House
1t you would pass the reciprocity
H."
lWhose White House is it?" asked
& Sims.
SYou claim that and everything in
{ht," said Mr. Focht.
I Who owns the White House?" per-
tied Mr.. Sims.
hYou act as if you did," Mr.. Focht
surned," and you act as though you
ally had the president now. l be-
Ne you have discounted democratic
ecess for sixteen years ahead, but
Fl are entirely mistaken. The OPP
in of these democrats reminds me
Ithe man who jumped off the thirty
Iond story of the Singer building in
Iw York. When he got down to
Lut the fifteenth floor he shouted,
% all right so FAR but when he
tded on the sidewalk there was not
Sugh left of him to hold a post
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