The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-15
a DEMOCRATIC BAREBACK.

John a. Martin VI Colorado !s an
other OF the congressman who have
given notice tia. they do not want 20
be- Reelected; ne has had ;wo terms
in the house. and Is ready 20 quiz.
With Coiiea Eucker. he revolted
against the proposed Underwood cuts
In the tariff duties on lead and zinc
Colorado productg-vot!ng against
his party bur-as he sees i.-for his
state. E~x.Senato. Thomas Patterson
rebuked Martin and Fucker IN hi.
Denver pa per az no: Only ,nsuhord.n-
ste Democrats hut Inconsistent Demo
cra.s. ~" n. Sad, "che Colorado
~deiegat.oa demands the retention Of
iIties oa certain materials. how can
- then demand mat other sections
give ~ theiv duties on lumber. WOO,
c5''oa and sug.r.'
Martin mas !ou written 4 lever 20
'he very 'progressi~c' es-scnator's
paper- He insists that. while h.. and
Rucs-r nna@ appear u be "oIt # mar
-onny' utth chei- party :. Is 10. 20
really. "Ipon nam :ssueE, and ,nore
'!tal tss:es." he writes. we VII ne
found standing for t.ue Democracy
"hen certain free 'raderg. whose soie
Democratic s'ock IN trade .s their
'ariH theories. n!il be found on the
Wort side" We points OIL. .hat Col.
or"do would he "a. Nerv hard by ,he
proposed Underwood cuts IN tt" du-
LES q. "ool and gugar. Colorado is
on" ot the "ool producing s.a.ea and
has 4. important h~ee,-srEar industry.
II. rored more than once 70 put lum-
oer aad coa! or the free list; he ~otcd
also FOX i GU. Of more than fifty per
ron. IN IN" 400! dEtv. y do not re-
rard ~redpctions ranging between ff,v
aad ~sefsnt"-f"e per cent AS = gradual
rrcur:.nn Of the tariff n. writes. u
would consider & h~orizontal reduction
"f r."-th!rd a risc measure If re-
dle'ne tn. states" When on top of
'hr cuty IN 'he sugar and wool duties,
Chairman Underwood ard his COM
~'a;ttea proposed to PVT z!nc orc on
the free lis'. 20 make Il cut Of more
Man 'ftv per cent-"gauged by the
rnarkor prices Of lai0"--in the duty
on srnei.ed Zinc, a or ri more than
SIX" per cen, IN the duty on lead ore
and q cut % more than Seventy per
cent On lead pig and bullion. John 4.
Martin stood stiii in his tracks. He
did not gee his Hay 20 going along.
ro.oralo !s q lead producing state:
rnl"rado and Missouri are the zinc
producing states. rnder tho reduced
rates Mexican lead and zinc ores
would pour into tho He
thought that Colorado was not get
ting a fair deal at tho hands of the
"a"a and meal committee. He
writ"s 10 ex-senator Patterson's pa
per:
My opposition to these rates Is
based npon the feeling tina, the cut
and that We are contributing moro
than our share 70 the genera benc-
1T which the country will experience
from the great quantity and the
cheaper cost Of these metals. The log
rolling blanket method Of tariff revis-
ION had its chief fault in thai al! ger
lions banded together TO get what
each wanted. Maybe tho chief fault
in schedulc-hy-gchedule revision is
that the weaker sections will get less
than they ought 10 have. There will
be Just as much politics and just as
mEcn s~ectionaiism In tariff reform AS
In protective legislation. Some people
may overlook this Important fact. II
viii be brought home, however. with
out looking. To member Of small dele
cations representing highly protected
Industries which are not common tc
the entire country"
There Is moro or less food TO,
thought in these suggestions. The oc-
c%asional glimpscs we get Of the inside
Of the Democratic part: in these
svcntful days are entertaining and al
so informing.