The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-11

greatest speech in congre. mas o' u
made on the Canadian reciprocity bill
The sperch is remarkable in that il
meets every objection with statistics
and al tae same time there is vein
OF fun and satire running through II
that held he listeners until the last
sentence was delivered.
The Ardmoreite is leased to pub
Iish below a portion of that memorable
speech.
M. Carter said:
Some of our friends across the way
have evidenced much concern because
We did not place. in this treaty. some
other things on the free list ! am
surprised that the education OF our
friends has been so sadly neglected
along the line of international law. /
have Away understood that il requr-
ed Two contracting parties 10 make a
treaty or to amend one. why you gen
uemen surely must be laborIng under
the demsion thaI you are treating win
the helpless wards of this nation,
whose treaty rights have been roth
lessly abrOgated. Let me remind YOU
that it is one thing TO deal with feeble
ColGding Indian tribes looking 70 this
government as their only protector,
and quite another 10 deal win great
sovereignty like the Dominion Of Can
ada. "A powerful empire within Itself
"RepubIieans Try to Ride Both Ends
~ Seesaw."
Thi, farmers free list bill is the
lorical compliment to the Canadian re
cprccity bill in that il unlocks the
door 10 freer Interchange of commo-
di'ies which has so long been kept
closed by the restrictive policy OF re
publican protection. Moreover, 1t is a
step toward that much desired reduc-
ton of the high cost Of living which
IS felt so acutely in all walks of life
but By no Gloss OF people more severely
It has always been asserted, by the
apostles Of high protection on that
side OF the house, that by giving the
farmer cheaper commodities. we do an
injustice to the workingmen, but now
that you seem to be caught on the 9th
or end of the dilemma, you face about
and tell us that by giving the lahoring
men cheaper commodities. we do an
Injustice to the farmer. You set your
argument like the negroes coon trap
TO catch EN- comm and gwine.
When. in my early childhood, was
taken from the paterna, wgwam to be
Initiated into the book learning of the
white man. was caused to take up n
study called philosophy or physics. BY
that study { came. in my simple way
TO understand something OF the prin-
c.pleS Of graytation and equilibrium.
one Cf the example. given my class
was that Of the secsaw. We were
shown. by practical application that
when weight was applied to one end
Of the seesaw. Erayitation inevitably
overcome equilibrium, that end went
down and the other end up. But now,
or friends across the aisle, seem to
hc following some kind Of nebuous
wiIo-the-wisp sophistory which teach
cs that both ends of the seesaw can
be- raised at once.
My friends of the minority YOU can
not ride both ends Of the seesaw. If
your policy really assists the manufac
turers and gives them higher prices,
then, by the simple reasoning of de
ducton somebody must pay the
freight You cannot take something
from nothing You cannot longer
throw dust in the eyes Of the Amerl-
can farmer with YOUR protected bun
60.
Minority Leaders Criticism"
: The genial leader of the minority
in this house is admittedly a man of
trausccudcnt ability MANY times
have as other members sat in my seat
in this chamber and admired, yea,
maryellcd with amazement at. what
seemed to he his almost houndless
information and infinite understand
ing not only Of the tariff but all other
questions Of economies and govern
ment affairs Yet. when analyzed, We
tlud this gentlmau's bitter castiga
lion of this farmers free list bill 20
he purely along the lines OF technical
detail rather than an attack on the
principle involved The summa sum
marum Of his two hours hyrercritical,
hairsplitting criticism was his inabil-
ity to properly define agricultural i'm
.lements, The mountain lahored and
brought forth a mouse
After the centlemaH's experience with
the Payue-Aldrich tariff law written