New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-26
TURNS HOUSE INTO
A COUNTRY SCHOOL
Moore, of Pennsylvania. Gives
Democrats Instruction by
Means of Tariff Primer"
PAL MERBOOMS UNDERWOOD
President Hears That Inter
mountain and Pacific Coast
Senators Hold a Trump
Card on Legislation.

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington, April Pa tariff primer"
directed by J. Hampton Moore. Penn
sylvania Republican, and the launching
Of another Underwood Presidential boom
by A. Mitchell Palmer Pennsylvania
Democrat. were the saving features of
the eight-hour debate on the tariff in the
House to-day.
In opening his speech, Mr. Moore ex-
planned that he had written his views on
the tariff in the form OF primer which
he sent TO the clerks desk The clerk
was then directed to ask Mr.. Moore ques-
tons about the tariff which the Pennsyl-
vanian had prepared. The questions were
asked and Mr.. Moore answered in school
boy fashion. greatly to the interest and
amusement of the House.
Mr. Palmer prefaced his defence of the
Underwood bill with a glowing tribute to
the majority leader. Referring 10 the
courtesy. uniform good judgment. pa
thence and ability of Mr.. Underwood. Mr..
Palmer said.
His party can never pay 20 him the
debt II owes unless-perhapS | should
say untl-it rewards him with the honor
of the only office in the republic which
is larger in power and responsibility than
! that which he now occupies"
Mr. Moore's unique method Of present
| Ing his tariff views by an interchange OF
questions and answers with the clerks
| to 49, frsF
and made more effective his thrusts at
| the incongruities of the Democratic bill
Reason for the Change.
| What was the reason for the change
from the Dingley law" asked the clerk.
zone reason was that the Democrats
! who were out OF power were continually
incorporating the tariff question. con
| tending that IL created trusts and large
enterprises" responded Mr.. Moore. Re
publicans generally were too busy with
| their business affairs 10 answer these
accusations. and finally the people began
/ to accept them As true.
Mr.. Palmer championed the Underwood
| bill as a measure which would surely
bring relief to the people OF tho nation
|
Democratic party. and he predicted that
| il undoubtedly would survive the oppo-
| stion of the Republican remnant ana
the Progressive embryo" He laid em-
phesis on the dumping clause OF the
] bill. which is designed To- assess extra
duties as high as 10 per cent on foreign
goods sold in this country ~ lower
| price than abroad
| ITO meet the just complaint OF the
American manufacturer that he cannot
| know what competition he must meet as
| long az the foreigner can sell his surplus
product here below his home market
price" said Mr. Palmer. I'VE have m
serted the dumping clause. II Will close
the mouth Of the American manufacturer
against criticism of the law. whie other
wise ne would find sympath stic audi
ence I'm people determined upon fdir
| play.
Mr.. Heating. Democrat. OF Col)rsdo.
who declared he was elected on 4 free
| sugar platform aroused Representatives
! from beet sugar states with IN DECLARE
| ton that every beet sugar factory N the
| United States was controlled by the
| American Sugar Refining Company. either
| Ly stock or by selling agreement He de-
! olared there was selling agreement BY
which the trust fixed the price TO the
| consumer. When challenged by Mr. Kelly.
| Of Michigan. M Heating declared that
ne could prove 1t by business conditions
and by facts relating to the beet sugar
| Industry OF his own state.
Why Republicans Lost.
MIR Gillett. Of Massachusetts Repubh-
can. said ne recognized that the Republi-
can tariff had been repudiated by the
country. and this was partly the fault and
| partly the misfortune Of the country. He
| charged that the Democratic bill would
| gradually drive out OF business many or
the small factories scattered through New
England.
Mr. Falconer Republican. referring to
| the statement by Mr. Gardner, of Massa-
| chusetts. that the Republican party was
| shorn Of power because IL permitted an
| oligarchy TO govern it. declared he could
| have gone further and revealed the influ-
ence "of the silent and unseen forces
which reached their tendrils into the Ways
and Means and other committees Of CON
gress preventing the men in control or the
affairs Of state from doing the greatest
good for the people
limitations that the Democratic Sena-
tors from the intermountain and PACING
| Coast states hold trump card in the
tariff legislation were made to the Presi-
dent to-day by Senator Newlands. Of Ne
yada. who called at the White House To
arrange for conference to urge an
equitable" tariff on certain commodities
produced in the region west Of the Mis-
souri,. President Wilson promised to dis
cuss the subject with the Democratic Sen
ators from that section, fourteen in num-
| Der, but no date was fixed
BENCH AS A SNUG HARB0R