The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
MIR. JUDD HOT ON TRAIL OF
 CONGRESSMAN
"If You've No Better Arguments to Offer," He Says to Hill, Ihere'lI be Some Changes in Congress

The Farmer printed, yesterday, a letter which was read on the floor of the House of Representatives in Con gress, in an argument on the metal bill schedules. MT. Hill was made to appear as terming the writer of the letter a socialist" and one of the scattering" It now appears the au- thor of the letter was former Repre- sentative Arden L. Judd, who has ad- dressed the following instructive and explanatory communication to The Farmer. MT Judd draws the. con- clusion from his experience that the wool tariffs are excessive and enable the wool manufacturers to take an unfair price for their products from the American people, The letter
 Editor of the F'armer-Sir:
 Since the letter which was quoted in the debate in Congress two days ago from a person in Stratford to MT. Hili was written nZ me, a trief expla- nation seems to be necessary.
 On Jan. IS, 1 received a letter from Mir. Hill with the Story of the Ex- tra Session of the 62nd Congress- in which he said that he earnestly de- sired that I should read it and fS con venient comment upon it. In reply to that letter I wrote him te ing my exper- fence under the present tariff law last fall, and also wrote to Congressman Reilly or the second 01SJr1CI glNlnS him the facts. MT. Reilly replied at once asking permission. to use my let ter in an argument which he expected to make on the tariff. MT. Hill did wrote that he had received my letter and "the same vii have careful con- sideration on my part;"
 My letter to MT. Reilly was the let ter which was quoted in the debate. It seems to me from the reports that MT Hill has failed to give any ex- planation of the present double tariff on wooIen goods in the piece, brought into this country for personal use It is no argument or explanation to cali me a socia ist or to number me among the scattering" I am neither in the one class nor the other, and am in the habit of voting so that my vo Q counts for Som>thing. He says that my grievance is that I had to pay a duty. My grievance is nothing of the kind. I claim that my experience the duties on woolen goods are unjust and expressive and cannot be defend ed on the plea of protection to home industries. The effect of these du- to pay for the clothing which he wears a price which more than cov- CTS the difference between the cost of labor in England and America and a reasonable profit to the American wColen manufa cturer. This. as I un- derstand It, is what President Taft claims should be the measure of the tariff on any article and Republicans c aim that the duties of the present law have been arranged along these lines. An experience like this is Of- ten Illuminating, and if MT. Hill and his Republican associates have no bet ter explanation to offer than to call those who object to these taxes so- cialists and to number them among the scattering in my opinion the result of the elections next fall will bring about some changes in the makeup of the next Congress.
 Yours truly,
 A. L. JUDD.
 Stra atford, Conn.,, Jan. 31, 1912.
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