The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-17

propose to do. But you must bring
 your tacts-you must convince me-
 Free machine tools, free barbed
 wire, free lumber-these were in- stances of the radical moves of the
 Democratic House in its tariff legis-
 lation pointed out by Underwood
 Yet one third of all the iron ore of the United States steel corporation
 is within five miles of my own home.
 Yet I voted to put barbed wire on
 the free list and then they shut their plant with 1000 hands as a threat
 to me But my constituents know
 how l feel--I will not protect my own
 people at the expense of the people of the United States. And is that sec
 tionaiism ?" he demanded, turning to Hill.
 "I am engaged in the pig iron in
 dustry. But l cut the tariff on it from $2.5O to from so to 90 cents. charged witt, 1egisiating along sec tional lines for the benefit of my own
 district.
 s'.Now about the cost of living, it has gone up. I don't say the tariff has all to do with it. But I say that it has som nething to do with it and my friend Hills own contentious for the protective tariff don't put up the price. what do you want it for. If you take it off, if you put the pro tective tariff out of business. you will the price up, it makes you pay more for what you buy.'' fx
 He called attention to the beef trust. In this country raising the price of meat 50 per cent. in the last 10 years, and selling their beef ship ped to Europe cheaper than they will sell it in Waterbury.
 He spoke of the Singer Sewing Ma chine Go. 'tAn absolute trust in this country" said he, Shipping machines for which they charge $3o and $s5 in. this country to Singapore for $8.75, under the protection of an infq1ftous tariff that has prevented the impor- tation of a single sewing machine.
 When the Democratic House came into power it tore down Cannonisr11- We got honest representation for the American citizenship, in this country in the Congress of the United States"
 He told of the, conditions under which the Ding1ey bill was passed. Then of the Payne bill, made in the cloister of the committee room. ap- proved by the Czar like speaker and railroaded through the halls of legisIa- ton; bill which carried 4,00O items and each representative was limited to five amendments and then he had to swallow the bill as a whole or re- ject it.
 ssDo you call. that free country. or Iegislating for a free .peopIe?''. he
 ''Rut all is changed MT. Mann of- fered over 100. amendments to the first bill that T offered. My friend himself offered some which I refused to accept on a point of order because 1 ! 1ect matter of the biu.'' :. He discussed President Taft. On | the one hand, you have a standard i tinEuished jndge.- @ a good ms,,. as, but @ weak one; a man not informed on | these questions which we are Iegis- lating about: a man that denounced a | wool schedule as absolutely indefensi- | ole after he had signed my friend | dilPs bill. three years ago putting 1t 1 through and then when send him a | 1f kof lr.I- time he vetoed it he said beca use his IaE1ff bOard-a set of clerks-had not come to the conclusion and when it-i the bQard---dfd come to a conclusion and sent him the bill back a second E time he vetoed 1t again because Fl | would not write the bill he warted United States provides that Congress shall legislate for the. people. and .arff laws are the most importantt eg1slat1on that Congress can enact.
 admit that Brother Hill doesn't knoW how to write tariff seheduleI 1eeause he admits it himself He r1ed his best when he wrote the Payne Dill three years ago, and he ad- nits it is a failure now, and he is not willing to try again. He wants to rave the president get some experts 'our representatives and tell him how Q write a tariff bill.
 But this great Democratic party which represent does know how toj write tariff bill and want you to i've us chance first before you turn he government over to Brother Hills ct of clerks.
 On the other hand, we have a stan-i ard bearer who has not vetoed any Voo1en bills or cotton bflls free bread. r free lumber bills. but he is a man st. honest, standing out for progress-I ye principles in the interest of the reat mass of American people and all on you my friends if you want to 0rVyn ivn &E~i AL igh ideals that will uplift the toi1- ng and struggling masses of thei ,m erican people, to give them a real how and a fair show for existence, hen call on you to rally to the tandard of the Democratic party and he great leader of the Democratic 2 ext November" CTumultuous ap- lause.}
 When Congressman Hill arose to ake his final inning, he was. so lasnly rattled that even his admirers ould not help being amused. Hef talked up and down the platform, -aving his arms with unwonted ges- as he fought off the i'm cling accusation of his adversary aat he was one of the old school of l .and pat Republican statesmen that re fast disappearing
 HlI argued that he was the au-j 1. TOT of bills that the Democrats would ot accept which lowered the tariff : III further than the Democratic 1eg-i latOrs proposed. 1 He raised the bugaboo of free trade ] gain. -sIve seen expert core makers and ylinder workers in Japan as good as ny here in Waterbury, working for cents a day-and the Panama canal
 nearly finished" said he with ote of ominous warning in his voice. What are you going to do for your what are you going to do for 1ur families2'' he asked, as he point l out cheap labor of foreign coun- ies and compared it with American 
 He complained that MT. Underwood ad placed a wrong interpretation on IS declaration that he stood always IF Connecticut. He did not mean Inf the trterests of Connaofio1,t