The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-30

WaSHlnBlon, Mdlcn S5.-t -tSpeclal )-- In opening the debate on the wooden b.ll in the House today Oscar Under wood made one of the most masterfui speeches he has yet delivered on the tariff. It was largely technical but was convincing and clearly confusing to the republicans.
 Shows Up Bill
 Mir. Underwood showed by their own figures that the minor,.y bill reported by the republicans as a substitute for the democratic bill, and which is said to conform to the findings of the tarin board. is grossly unfair to the con- sumer. and is not the r-ruction of the schedule that it's advocates claim.
 MT. Underwood showed that the bill carries out the republican policy of placing a comparatively small duty on those goods that are bought by tne rich and a much higher duty on those goods that must be purchased by the poor people of the country.
 This is accomplisheG through the levying of a specific ana an ad valorem duty MT. Underwood termed it as a joker"
 The speech had been carefully pre- pared and contained many tables and
 
 of the report of the Presidents tariff board and the inconsistencies and in- justice of the proposed republican re- vision of the tariff.
 Republicans Discomfitted
 The republicans were clearly discom- fitted under the weight of MT. Under woods argument. By agreement the general debate will run till 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, after which there will be one hours reading under the five-minute rule for the offering of amendments. At 4 o'clock the previous question on the bill wifi be ordered
 The debate on the wool tariff re- vision bill in the House today was enlivened by Representative Reilly, democrat, of Connecticut, who sharply attacked his republican colleague, Rep resentative Hill, author of the minority wool tariff measure. Reilly said Hill was unfit to have any hand in the framing of such legislation because he was an officer in the Norwalk Woolen Mills company and had been for years.
 Cause Is Typical
 Hllis son Reilly added was treasurer of the company. His case is typical of that policy of the republican party of put ting friends of the interests on the com mittees having charge of legislation af- fecting those interests" said Reilly. "I have the highest respect for my collea que and I do not condemn him fer holding stock in or for being an officer of q wool en mill company-I hope he owns stock in many. I do contend, however. thas he Is not the man to draw a woolen tariff bill. Truly his case exemplifes the re- publican appeal, Let the tariff be revised only by it's friends
 Reilly said the Norwalk mills had been shut down by the American Woolen com rany. which he said was better known as the i''woolen trust" He intimatcd that the Norwalk company had been ab- sorbed by the trust and that its of- ficers had been taken care Of.
 Scores Tariff Board
 A vigorous assault on the tariff boa I'd was delivered in the House today by Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee, who opened the debate on the wool bill. Mir. Underwood said that in three years the tariff board has cost S55O,000 and in that time had pro- duced three unsatisfactory reports on wood pulp. paper and cotton. An attempt
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