The Washington herald., 1913-08-23
WOOL DEBATER
QUOTES Bible
Abraham, Cain, and Abel Fig
ure in Senate Controversy
Over Schedule K.
WARREN THE SHEPHERD
Wyoming Sheep Raiser DevOtes Two
Hours to Speech Against
Democratic Rates.

u[or seven hours yesterday the Senate
,.,,s,rrIa5 with wool-''Schedule K'-that
has been the pivot on which some OF the
most exciting tariff debates in the Up
per House nave turned. II was during
The discussion of the schedule IN the
Payne-AIdrich law that Senator DollNer
or iowa appIed 10 senator warren OF
yI-,,or,irg the designation of the great
est shepherd since Abraham Mr.. war
ron heard this repeated yesterday When
ne addressed the Senate IN condemna-
tion of the rates in the pending. DILL
especially tree raw wool.
senator Warren addressed the senate
for two hours, declaring that the oules
carried IN thc pending bill would destroy
me wool-growIng industry OF the inter-
mountain states. Senator Fenrose OF
pennsylvania also talked on the wool
duties and condemned the bill
In Toilette Rates Higher.
The attacks on the Democratic substi-
tl;te Tor Schedule X were not confined to
the regular or standpat Republicans
senator la Toilette, in the course OF the
oav. 1ntrouuceu a substitute, carrying
amy of Is per cent on raw wool and COR
respondlng duties on manufactures OF
wool Ills rates are higher than Inc
Democrats propose, but fall below the
rates IN substitutes onered by Senators
Penrose and SmoOt.
II Is expected mat the closest vote on
WOOL Will De upon the La follette SUD-
srltute, which VIII command the votes
Of all the Progressive Republicans and,
after the higher duties carried IN the
otner Repupncan substitutes have been
relecteG, also VIII get otner Republican
support. II Democratic votes are gwen
TO anv Of the amendments offered. they
bly, will be cast for the La Toilette
Substitute. The vote on La Toilette 5
substitute will not be had until next
week probably. 1t was apparent tha'
the consideration of the wool schedule
Will be projected into next week.
But the RepubuCans 90 not expect &c
change the Democratic schedule IN any
material respect IN the Senate. II IS un'
uersuOOd tnat after an lnterchange o.
views between the Democratic Leaders
the proposed duty of per cent OF
Combed wool tops may he raised in con
ference committee OF the TWO Houses u
20 per cent This will be a compromis'
between the Senate and the House rates
wnIcn was 10 per cent.
CARPETS and Carpeting, mats and mat
ting. and rugs Of cotton. of which WOO
is component part of chief value 30 pei
cent.
Pledges Declared Inkept.
Senator Warren stirred up a commo
ton when in his speech he stated tina
he had asked the Democratic leader
why they had not defended their bill Il
soeeches. and was told by one of them
We do not have to talk; We have tn
votes"
How did they get the majority the!
now have" inquired the Senator. Wa
it by what they promised TO do or b!
promising TO do what they are nov
d,nG?"
senator Warren then tried to demon
strate that the Democrats had not KEEP
their Pledges. The Senator declaret
that wool growing is a Legitimate in
dustrv." such as the Democratic plat
form adopted at Baltimore declare
should not be destroyed in the tarit
revision. Senator Warren pointed ou
that wool had been on the dutiable lis
in the United States since 1916. eXcep
for a brief time under the Wilson-Gor
man act.
The Psalms were quoted and the stor
Of Cain ard Abel drawn upon to prov
that Abel. who never was accused Q
being a tariff baron" was referred
il, the Scriptures as "A keeper Of sheep.
The Senator averred that Cain slew ABB
through jealousy over the ''frstlings q
the flock"
Then the Senator asked:
Has it come to pass that the Demo
cratic party, the older and stronge
brother. is TO slay the Republican part
aecause We would protect the fiocl
master"'
Mr.. Warren declared that histor
would repeat itself and the "countenanC