The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-10
The Republicans Lose No Opportunity TO
Bit the Democrats
Get GOOD AS THEY SEND
Democratic Plans for Investigations
of Departments Of the Government
and Trusts Continue to Attract At
tention.-Heated Attack BY MIR.
Hiu, Republican Representative.

Speechmaking dragged along In the
House Of Representatives Thursday
with no incident of great interest, eS-
cept. perhaps, the attack Of Mr. Hill,
of Connecticut, or the free list
bill.
Attention continues to be attracted
by the development Of the Democrat
ic plans for Investigations OF depart
ments OF the Government, trusts,
ETC.
The Hardwick Sugar Trust resolu-
ton has been returned to a suh-coUo-
-nittee for redrafting, SO as to In
clude ell the sugar companies In the
country.
The civil service investigation con-
tinues to grow lin possibilities. In
the Steel Trust investigation it is
believed that special inquiry will be
made into the absorption Of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company in
1907.
Not since the Republican guns
we're unlinbered against the Demo
cratic free list bill by Minority
Leader Mann, over week ago, has
the debate in the House developed
such an attack on the measure as
was made by Representative Hill, a
Republican Of the ways and means
committee, and one Of the leading
Republican advocates Of the recipro-
city bill.
Mr.. Hill declared that the bill de-
Yised by the Democratic leaders, re-
moving the tariff duties from many
food products and manufactured ar
ticles, was so crudely drawn and
so indefinite in its terms that in
stead Of s10,o00,000 reduction In
revenue as the Democrats expected
It might make an increase OF s1o,-
900, 900.
Mr.. Hill explained that the Inter-
national Harvester Machinery COM
pany, large sewing machine compan-
les and other great manufacturers
would be able, under the Democratic
bill. to manufacture parts OF ma
chimes chiefly abroad and bring them
into this country, to be assembled by
cheap labor here.
Mr.. Hill said that in attempting TO
make free of duty the bagging used
to wrap cotton bales, the Democratic
bill would let in free the bagsIns
used by the Fertilizer Trust and by
other monopolies without giving re-
duction in prices to consumers.
Chairman Underwood, Of the ways
and means committee, interjected
that the bills purpose was to reduce
prices and cost of living for the
American people. Mr.. Hill declared
the reductions would in almost every
case be taken up by the big corpora
tions that control the markets.
Mr.. Focht, of Pennsylvania, said
that the tariff debate in the extra
session was costing the country s1O.-
900 a minute. Mr. Sims. of Tennes-
see. retorted that the expense to the
country would be the same whether
the House were in session Of not.
1--WE did not call the extra ses-
sion," retorted Mr.. Focht, you had
to make your agreement with the
White House that you would pass lne
reciprocity bill"
"Nbcse White House Is IT." ask
ed Mr.. Sims.
"you claim that and everything
else in sight" said Mr.. Focht.
"Who owns the Waite Houss?'
said Mr.. Sims.
you act as if you did. rejoined
MT. Focht, "and you act as though
you really had the President now. /
believe you have discounted Demo-
cratic success for sixteen years, but
YOU are entirely mistaken. The op-
timism of these Democrats rem 'nos
me of the man who jumped Of the
32d story OF the Singer building IN
New York. When he got down about
the fifteenth floor he hollered, I N
all right so far but when he landed
on the sidewalk, there wasn't enough
left of him to hold a post morteIn
upon: and so it will be with you
when YOU hit the sidewalk IN 191Z.