New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
HILL RIDDLES THE
FARMERS FREE LIST
Saws 1t Nav Cost the Country
S60,o0O.000 Instead OF
$4,000. 900 Revenue.
WOULD HELP THE TRUSTS
A Serious Blow TO American
Labor-Concedes Everything
to Foreign Nations With
out Return

Tesh'r zfcn. NAV 4-RiddlnC the feI"'
.e free List bill from ensctinG clause 80
closing psrssrsph, Representative T. J..
rni. o. Connecticut. Republican member
IF the Was and Means Committee. hre'
hroadsldo a. that measure to-day which lar
observers in ne House we're forced IN =
~. W. orc % tho most complete tariff
arguments ever delivered IN that oodN
Democrats. dealing in Eeneraties and pa
80 des. for time interrupted Mt. hiI'
only ~ be routed m tho end by the losl'
~ the member who has really studied iarit
legislation
t-ri,tctsinE the haste thai mad marked the
drafting of the Democratic bill. Nnlcn
comes into the House unsupported by SCI.
sntinc investigation and based on second
hand information. Nj I'm took NJ the Dill
schedule ~ schedule and showed that
under IT'S terms the United states gives all
and receives nothing in concessions from
other countries. Its passage. he predicted
will mean that American factories VII b.
como mere shops for ire assembling % the
products Of foreign factories.
You propose" said Mr. Ilili TO surren-
der the market Of eoo0ccp people. with an
annual consumption or c.7""oV" on
things named in tho BIZ without return %
ike privileges from the countries OF Nv
rope.
You estimate that this means reduc-
ton in the revenues or t1o,"n9o tell YOU
that /, means reduction OF Sio,coe"". 80
-, M or geo 90 90 If your theory is cor
Yeci-ths' Iarke imports will be coming IN
what about the duties paid on the raw ma
,srials that are nov being paid by the
manufacturers WIN not these. too 20
slmmernE n this bill becomes law
Measure Understood by No One.
Believing a. 7 do that tho nation Al
arg. is In favor Of a protective tariff sys-
,sm. fairly and equiteblv applied ! am IN
sympathy Nith the President Of the United
states and the national platform OF the
Republican party I'm tho declaration tha'
the true measure Of protection IS tho diff
ference in tho cost OF production At hom'
and abroad. and I would subject every item
IN ,hs present tsrif law 20 such a test ~
she hands Of bipartisan board ~ experts.
and with their report before M" J "ouid
correct any inaccuracies or injustice elmer
70 consumer or producer. ! would not re-
por, hiil such - Won have here. hnrriHdly
prepared. vaguely drawn, understood hF mn
one
Mr. ffn charged the Democratic mem
ters Of the WAYS ana Means committee
9th holding secret conclavos behind locked
doors. 10 hearings. he said. had heen
granted on the merits Of their free list OH.
eut we have Ten h&isand PAGES Of
tettinory on the tariff taken before the
v.vs AMI Means Committee. interpossd
member from The Democratic Side.
1e- and they vero tskan ti- a Re1uh
ucan Was and Nesus Committee, re,ort-
30 Nj hin and for the la7t ~ years
fhov have been denounced on the stump ~
the country ae proiudiced and unfair. You
democrats nov confirm me Republican
ro.iiion aud hv accepting them you nc
LnovleJze 'nat 'he hearings were fair and
.mpartisi'
Mr. IHu dar1sred that there arc today
,brte iariT TENS English free trade =
tsriA for revenue cnlv and tariff for
PROTECTION Tho pending Democratic nhl,
is said. came under neither classification
md n. friends ha6 not been able to ia s7ify
n prcpsttN
: recall tia. ne prorent speaker 90
tn. House continued Nr Hui. said IN
tie last session that the Democratic policy
would be 70 have p tariff IN everything.
and then 30 sotto woe expression he added.
.TherA will lie no free r=t Or very sra'
m. ~ AM And vet thu Democratic
rsrtr et.rt- ~, With rolcr that ruta
s. 90 % flo ~ the annual consumption ~
the American PEOPLE on the free ll7t IN onH
liu Where will q end
'Thit bill PUTS finished products IN the
.r.s rst end leaves duties ON the re-
material from which the are made. Those
v-t.r, vho voted the peroocrstic ticket nm
-. assumption that there Vosld be FREQ
rs-' rnstsrisl must wake up ~ find that
~. "a, arse IL the csss Il rs claimed that
fris t,u bits the trusts. Instead. IL helps
-rer hy giving them free finished or IN
fnith.d parts ~ their finished product
frtns thsf has n.'er heer attempted ~
-se ri.'nrv r. American tariff legislation.
In me casA This policy viii be des'ruct''-
~ revenue and m the other u viii change
CIR fsCtoris- into assembling enolt NJ the
pyoduct= ~ foreign factories
How II Would Help Trusts.
Nr Hn explained that the Tntsrpationsl
Tlsrvester Machine Gompsnv. the lsrse
sewing machine companies and Other rree'
Manufacturers would - aolA 70 manu-.
fac,ur4 parts ~ their machines cheaplN
abroad and bring them into this country
- hs assembled by cheap labor here. Me
chanics and skilled labor would suffer loss
Of employ ment no said
tie declared that the nll was gen
~si in terms a. 20 admit slrnost any
srinz free of dufy Woollen goods. all
kinds ~ wire Oh sorts Of fabrics. zino.
lead rig iron and 2 number OF other things
he specifically mentioned. ~" said also
srs' N ATTEMPTING - make cotton haggirg
free ~ duty the bin would iet i'm Tree the
fseging used ~ the fertilizer trust. the
cement rnrns 81 ire United States steei
COMPANY and ~ other monopolies which
would give no corresponding reductions IN
prices 10 consrrnsrs
"And now you propose added Mr. Hi
80 give or market aDsy without any
consideration and We receive nothing in
return You put on the free list farm
wagons end carts This means in Maine
sn o. cart. in Arizona a prairie schooner
drawn rs six mules In Kansas an auto
mobile truck You include agricultural
tools without specifying Of what they snail
consist on this paragraph alone The bin
ough, 20 Re sen, back ~ the committee.
But whatever YOU are going 10 do do
quickly n may not re' Of consequence
- son. but ninety millions % people arc
concerned and the business Of the country
g. etaSnaut awaiting your action. The
ptnding measure. crudely drawn. uncertain
in It's phrsseology. destructive Of revenue.
Transferring whole industries 20 foreign
countries and tending inevitably Ia idle
mile unemployed workmen and general
reduction IN wages. has met with no enthu-
sfastic response. even from those who