The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-17

ind but one country on Gods green
earth taxing duty upon our farm
machinery, II they have farm ma
shinery coming to our markets, ex-
cept the lone country of Canada. 1t
Is free from all other countries of
the world except Canada. But on
Canadian farm machinery they pay
Sheir rate of 10 per cent ad valorem
and call it So per cent, If am COR
rect, on our machinery going there.
Now, as the gentleman has refer
:ed to Mr.. Canadian Logs and am
somewhat OF log roller (laughter)
let me say this, that this bill pro-
poses to put rough lumber on the
iree list, rough lumber coming from
any country in the world into the
United States today. Pine lumber,
not hardwood, pays duty of $1.35
per 1000 feet an ad valorem duty Of
about Z per cent. This bill puts that
class of lumber in the free list, but
what Goes it do on dressed lumber,
manufactured lumber, lumber with
any work put upon it beyond rough
lumber? 1t retains duty of 5 per
cent ad valorem, and compels the
American manufacturer when he
takes his lumber to Canada to pay 25
per cent ad valorem.
ooh, what dandy deal. am re-
minded of the time when / was u
schoolboy trading jack knives un-
sight and unseen. The American boy
in this deal gets jack knife without
handle, spring or blade. (Laughter.)
He has been flimflammed and will
receive absolutely nothing in return
The law of supply and demand will
operate in very short time to ad-
vance the price, and although the
people of the country feel that the
price of lumber is high today, that
price will be much higher before the
end of another decade unless we
have panicky, unusual times"
Mr.. Ames-"Democra times
Mr.. Fordney-"Some gentleman
says Democratic times. I hope not.
do not want to accuse my Democratic
friends of being the cause of every
thing wrong in this world"
Mr.. Burleson-"We are going to
have Democratic times; don't make
any mistake about that" applause
in the Democratic side.)
Mr.. Fordney-"I believe you are
going to have Democratic times, and
it makes me sweat blood, because IL
must suffer along with the rest Of
you"
Mr.. Weisse-"In northern Wiscon-
sin the hemlock stump owners are
selling their trees at about nothing.
All that the mills are paying for the
logs is enough to cover the labor and
the cost of getting the logs out"
Mr.. Fordney-"Oh, my friends, if
you will go into the lumber business
you will find that if you have a lum-
Der operation, and a million your
hands, and bills payable coming due,
you will sell at a sacrifice to save
what little of your property you can,
and avoid going into bankruptcy, and
that is just what many lumbermen
are doing today"
Some gentlemen speaks about
lowering the price of foodstuffs and
articles Of use In the cost of living,
and still maintaining high prices for
labor. The man who makes that
statement either is not we'll informed
or is not sincere. 1t is a physical i'm
possibility. How are you going to
maintain wages and lower the cost of
products of that labor? 1t is in
consistent. 1t is used for political
buncombe only in argument, and is
not sincere.
Are you going to discriminate
against the five million people who
depend on the wages of the men en-
gagged in the lumber industry, to say
nothing of the capital invested in it?
II so, well and good. We all belong
In the same crowd. l can live on
ycodchuck If you can, but l don't
like to eat 1t. Laughter
."When we adopted Cuban recipro-
city there was some excuse for the
gentlemen on this side in voting for
It because there was no free trade in
he reciprocity treaty with Cuba at
Ill. 1t was a reduction of duties and
lot free trade. Our good president,
believe, If I correctly read what
he said in the newspapers, in state
nent made yesterday, now proposes
20 bring to congress just such anoth-
or treaty as this he recommended
with Canada, putting South Ameri-
IAN and Central American articles up
On the free list, and also treaty with |
Mexico. oh, gentlemen, 1t is written
upon the moon that he is in the free
.rede bed with my good friend
Champ Clark and has been film
damned" applause and laughter.) |
So DECEPTIVE