Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-28

an,e In framing tariff laws. was IT,.
tended Wy Mr. Walker 20 recon-
mend free raw material. re Quosed
from a letter written by Mr.. Walker
In which h. used the following Ian
guage First the raw material Of
manufactures As recommended o.
nv first annual report, should 10
duty free as Sc tb' practice d az
enlirhiened nations And vct
saii Mr. shepard. my opponent ir
his opening speech az Temple said
that Walker On this rerort for all
time destroyed every vestlge Of the
contention that the doctrine Of f'ce
raw material vas IN accord With thc
Democrat theory ~ the tariff
Mr. Sheppard said that Mr. Wo'te',
had also completely misunderst'o OIL
and mis-sta-ed the Whie tariff CO.
fSt1 as 10 raw material MIR. Vol.
tcrs aid % Temple. continued Sir
sheppard ttat in lSl2 the wis
party Co.. control Of both branches
q colprr-s enacted tariff liV
chat put wU material on the free
lis' A. q matter ~ fact. the Wink
tariff OF 1872 pat comparatively
fcu materials of Importance on The
free lsi and t.t practically all tho
principal -1w material. on the taVcd
ligt as follows Wool mohair. clt-
ION. raw e.lg hemp iutc flax. coe
roN md.s of 400 kinds dried and salt
Dd lumber aN sugar. salt wheat.
r.e oats corn lead ere. ant iron
0r This NhI- tariff actually pat
% duty of three cents o. pound on
cotton S0 fHr contention OF Mr..
Wcltcw that the Wig tariff OF 1872
/ put raw material on the FREQ lis and
that the o0.v difference between TIC
. Whic ami 'he Democratic parties al
/ that time Was tho one question Gt
taxing raw materials vanlshes INTO
/ 'hnncst air. Mr. Sheppard said that
. Mr. Wotefs' strange hallu-inatip0
Ion this phase OF the subject contin-
uod when DO claimed that the motion
Of the Viii, leader In tho senate 70
rcrOmmit the Democratic tarfs Of
. 1896 raiscl tho direct issue Of fee
raw material TIC Wb'Ps favorlng It.
rho Democrats opposing II. 1T IS
only necessary" said Mr.. Sheppard
10 quote Tie language OF the mo-
ton - re'Omnit II was made on
July o. 1916. ty Senator J. NJ. CLAY
ton 81 Delaware and was rs follows
That the IN be committed 10 a.,
Committee on Finance with instrdC-
tious 10 remove tho new duties I'M
nosod by said bin In all cases whore
any foreign raw material IL taxed
10 the prejudice OF any mechanic OF
manufacturer so 'rat no Other CT
higher duty shall be collected on
auy such raw material than Is pro
yidcd bv the Act Of AUGUST 81
1872 n will be seen at once that
I mis- motion wos merely to sul stitute
'ha raw material duties Of tho Ao,
Iof lSi2 Tor the raw material duties
Iof 1876. n aid rot remotely raise
'hc issue o. free raw material. be-
cause practically an the principal
/ raw materials were taxed by the act
Iof lNi' Indeed tive Democratic tar.
/ iff 0f lNlC put cotton on the fec
I list the principal raw material o.
the South as well as raw copper.
raw platinum and other ar.i'lrs.
while the Whig Act Of lSi2 put a tax
on Gotten o, three cents n pound II
/ Us absolutely untrue therefore 10 cay
that in voting against this motion
+ fo rercmmit. Eeuton. Houston. Rusk
land others voted AGAINST free raw
material
Mr. Sheppard said that Ne believed
IN, true doctrine on The subject II
/ thc taVa,ion Of raw materials 10 he
as follows Whenever We do not
make enough Of material 10 sup.
/ by home manufactures. vher' i'm.
poriations mus. be had from abroa
10 such an extent rs 20 affect home
prices. whore the manufacturers
cost Of production is thereby On
HANGED ly the tariff on raw mater.
ial and where foreign -lanufactlrcrs
competing with MS at home and
abroad get their raw material f-as
OF duty and are thus eEablel "a
paralylc the home industry ana ~,
home market for rho raw material
thereby iniurinR beth home produc
er and home manufacturer. dnlcs.
compensatory. and therefore. pro
iectiye duties are given the hon.
manufacturer, the duty should b'
taken from the raw material In or
der 10 make It pos able 10 take pro
lection from IN, finished produs,
More than rine-tenths OF America.
farm products do not come witii,
This definition. We produce n sur
plus OF cotton and most raw foet
stuffs and these comprise perhan
: more than nine-tenths Of all farm
] products II will be seen at onr
I how absurd the statement Is tina
This doctrine means the free lis. fc
everything the farr or sells. EQUAL
" absurd Is the statement that