The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-26
FREE LIST BILL IS
ROUGHLY HANDLED
BY TIE REPUBLICANS WHO
CHARACTERIZE IT AS "FOLlTIc-
AL SOOTHING SYRUP"

Washington. April 2j.-The demo
cratic free Is, bill, characterized BY
the republicans as political sooth-
ing syrup" was rougaly handled in
the house this afternoon by the re-
publican side.
Mr.. Underwood, democratic chair
man of the WAYS ana means commit
tee, introduced il in an hours speech
shortly after the session convened a
noon Then it was left to the mer
cies of Representative Sam of Hi
nos, leader Of the republican side;
and things Mr.. Mann said about it
in the two hours he held the foo:
gave 10 h sides much food for de-
bate. coMCnent and criticism.
M. Mann said the free list bill, in
troduced by the democrats as the
first of their tariff measure, was
drawn inaccurately, indefinitely and
with such general language that 1t
might be stretched to include almost
half the imports on which the Unit
ed States now collects tariff reve-
nues.
The free list bill puts agrcutu-
raj implements "of any kind and
description on the free list.
Mr.. Mann demanded to know what
agricultural implements would come
under the provision He expressed
the belief it could be stretched to
include the free entry OF saws, axes,
forks, garden hose, hay knives and
almost everything else that a farm.
er, horticulturist, gardener or til.er
of the soil ever uses.
He said the bill was so drawn i.
would admit free the leather from
which the farmers shoes were made,
but would exclude that from which
his wifes shoes were made. 1t Will
put premium on foreign labor, he
said, by permitting these special
kinds of leather to come in free when
they were partly made up.
In putting agricultural implements
on the free list, said Mr.. Mann, the
democrats would let the International
| Harvester company dump into the
United States the implements it
made with foreign labor, in its facto-
ries in France, Germany, Russia and
Canada
Chairman Underwood and other
democrats did not attempt a reply
to the general attack upon the bill.
Mr.. Gardner of Massachusetts at.
tackled the measure and the demo
cratic policy Of promising to "reduce
the cost of living without reducing
the kages paid in the United States. -
He asserted that in putting articles
on the free list, the democrats had
disseminated against the farmers and
manufacturers of the northern states,
while leaving protective duties on to-
bacco, sugar, rice, oranges and other
articles produced in the sou hern
/ states.
Messrs. Adair OF Indiana, Russell of
| Missouri and Adamson of Georgia
spoke in favor of the measure. Mr..
| Adamson said after Mr. Mann's at
tack upon the bill, he had gone to
Chairman Underwood to see II they
ought not to call 4 democratic eau
Gus and fix up the measure, but
that Mr.. Underwood had assured him
the bill was all right.
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gee. 3. The difficulties of consoli-
dated schools, County Supt. F. D.
Harnden, Saltwater.
400 p. m.-"The Certification of
Teachers" |. County certificates
County Supt. A. H. Crouthmael Pc
teau. 2. The renewal of certificates
and carrying of grades from old GER
tificates for professional work. Coun-
ty Supt. Fred Tucker, Ardmore. g..
| The importance of careful investiga-
| ton before endorsing a certificate
from another county. County Supt.
Geo +. Moore, Kingfisher. 4. The
state normal certificates, County
Supt. Clarence Robinson, Tecumseh.
). The issuance of state certificates,
Vile.
500 p. m.-Adjourn.