The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
Crowded House Hears
Five Hours Of Stormy
Debate.
METAL SCHEDULE
BILL IS TAKEN UP
Underwood Replies to Republi-
can Charge That Democratic
Pledges Have Been Broken
and Farmers Abandoned.
Dalzell Pays compli-
ments to Wilson.

washington, January 2s.-Thc tariff
! revision fight opened in tile House
to-day, when consideration of tho
metal tariff bill was taken IN. as tho
| frst of the measures which the Demo-
cratic leaders will attempt to force
| through Congress. Attacked nv tho
republican side as departure from
democratic pledges. and as likely to
! be destructive to American labor and
i industry. the bill went through Ave
hours Of stormy debate, which will bo
resumed tomorrow.
| About twenty insurgent Rcpublican
+; members met tonight at the Hons.
ONCE building and discussed tho
measure Although no definite action
was taken. the consensus of opinion
at the conclusion of the conference,
was that the insurgents would align
themselves with the Democrats in sun
/ port OF it.
Replying to charges when the bill
was introduced In the House that the
Democrats had abandoned the farm
or by not putting agricultural
machinery on the free list In the bill,
Chairman Underwood, OF the Ways ana
Means Committee. retortcd that 1t was
|
| the tariff.
We have put In here every item
that relates to the metal schedule"
said Mr. Underwood 1T has been
/ charged this bill Will let cheap Chinese
pig iron in in large quantities on the
| Pacific Coast. The gentleman who
makes such charges ought to know
that the matter OF freight rates alone
! Is enough TO keep foreign iron and
! steel out OF the Mississippi Valley and
all of that great territory where the
American producer has Il natural
monopoly.
Needs No protestion.
The iron and steel industry does
not need any protection. We have
put these rates Just as low as we can
and still secure n fair amount of
revenue for the support of the govern
ment VIC arc not attempting to pro-
tect the profits of the steel manu-
! facturers any more than we would try
/ to protect the profits OF the banker,
the baker or the grocer"
| Representative Dalzel, of Pcnnsyl-
! vania. representing the Republican
minority on the Ways and Means Com
J n..ttec. demanded oil the Democrats
why they had not fret introduced the
wool revision bill. The metal schedule,
/ he said. was cut to tn bone" in tho
! Payne Aldrich law Of 1909. while the
/ Democrats had declared that the wool
tariff was the most unreasonable OF
/ all In the tariff code OF the country.
Are YOU afraid to encounter the
antagonism of the Peerless Leader
! he demanded, "or Is it not fact that
the magnificent report of the Tariff
Board has convicted you or insin-
cerity?"
Mr. Dalzeli paid his compliments to
another Democratic leader, Governor
Woodrow Wilson. He quoted All ar
ticle of Governor Wilson, which cred
tied the majority members of the Ways
and Means Committee OF the House
with power TO control the making of
all tariff bills, and the determination
OF what amendments. II any. would be
permitted in considerat ton of the bill.
| THAT was written by the then presi
dent of Princeton University" he said.
That is what he thought he thought
| at the time he wrote IL. What he
thinks about il now | do not know.
since the gentleman in the meantime
; has become distinguished as the most
expert lightning change artist who
ever by his antics contributed to the
| joy of a political vaudeville"
| Crowded House Listens.
| a crowded house listened FOR two
hours to the opening speech by Repre-
sentative Palmer. of Pennsylvania, who
Explained the bill on behalf OF the
majority members OF the Ways and
Means Committee. Mr. Palmer said the
measure would stimulate competition
by permitting slight increase in i'm
ports of metal products, and would
thereby somewhat lower prices. Ho
denied it would have any effect on
wages or upon established industries
! in the United states.
| Representative Hill (Repuhlican). of
Connecticut, declared that the plncinc
OF typewriters. linotype machines, cash
| registers and other patented articles
upon the free list. as proposed In the
| bill, would result in the removal of
American plants to foreign SOIL where
the goods could he made cheaper. while
the patents would prevent any reduc-
| ton in the selling price In the Ameri-
can market. Representative Palmer
insisted such would not be the out
come.
| The debate was limited TO speeches
for the bill by Representatives Palmer,
Bartlett. of Georgia, and Underwood
! and speeches against it by Representa-
tivcs Dalzell. Crumpackcr, Indiana,
and Austin, Tennessee.
Money Trust Hearings Closed.
| Washington, January 26.-The House
Committee on Rules to-day closed It's
| resolution Of inquiry and will meet
within few days to decide whether
70 recommend TO tho House special
investigation OF the subject
The committee heard Il. Hare Nil,
Ter, GS Philndclphtn, und Samuel Inter
niyer, OF New York. Mt. UHtcrmyer
laX Wn a, ~ mationSl inrorporatlon law.
| tenn, declaring that the big banks OF
tho country had been unionizcd under