Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-24
Majority Leader Underwood
Predicts Great Relief for
Country Through Passage
of Revised Measure,
REPUBLICAN MEMBER
VOICES hlISGlVlNGS
Representative Kelly Of Penn
sylvania, Progressive 0p-
poses Any Law Framed Ua-
der Existing System,

my Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Washington, April Beginning
the debate in the house today on the
democratic tariff revision bill, Rep
reseniative oscar ". Underwood, OF
Alabama, the majority leader, predict
ed great relief for the nation through
the passage Of the pending pill, kep-
resentatve Augustus r.. Gardner, OF
Massachusetts,. voiced republican
skepticlsm for the country's future
under such tariff system, and Rep
resentatiVe Kelly. of pennsylvania,
expressed the opinion of the progfes-
sive marty on all tariff bills framed
under the present ~ stem.
MIR. Underwood in outlining the hill
severely criticised the protective tar
III theory based on the difference IA
cost of production at home and
abroad, praised the competitive thilii
theory declaring it would suenstheh
American industry and send Ameil-
can products into the worlds markets
lie denounced the raising of taxes hN
the protective tariff as unjust, be
causc. he said. IL taxed equally the
workingmen and the multi-millinn-
aire. lie pointed out that the rates IN
4. tines pending bill were snhstanliM re-
.duetinns from the rates in the exist
inc law and declared that the lower
rates would result in reduction IN
the cost Of living TO the consuming
PUBLIC. Mr.. Underwood did not take
nrrhe income tax feature Of the hiH
III detail, declaring kcpfesentatNt
Hull, OF Tennessee, was responsive
for framing that provision ana Moula
explain 4 later
y ]. 4. T. =
Of The tariff downward. Air. Under
wood said Il believe IL will not in
any way ieopardize legitimate indus
trv--and by legitimate industry.
do not mean the mills that have
eorecd themselves on dividends ana
allowed floors ana machinery to rot
Legitimate American industry, brought
To the figure line by open eompeu-
tlon. will carry American energy ana
American genius to the markets el
the world.
As Mr.. Underwood concluded. the
democrats Of the house, after g hurst
OF applause. rushed to congratulate
the majority leader lie was forced to
hold an impromptu reception.
Representative Gardner. Of Massa-
chusetts. then took the floor to open
the republican side Of the debate.
Representative Gardner gave two
reasons for dismissal of the repnhli-
can party from power, one that II
"ohstlnately resisted reasonable re-
FORMS" another the fact that the
country desires a revision of the tariff
much more far-reaching than the
Payne law He paid tribute to Kep-
resentaiive Payne. of New York, with
the statement that the cotton ana
wool schedules had been written into
the law over his protest.
"Mr. Payne" he said, Schedules
and H. never met your approval over
Your protest and against your VIII
they were voted into the law which
bears your name. Yet, through the
four years that have passed, you have
uttered no word to defend yourself
at the expense Of your co-workers.
You have had a weary burden OF re-
proach TO bear and right generously
have you borne IT,
Mr. Gardner asserted that the re-
publican party had fallen under the
guide of those too powerful olgarch-
les which men call machines and II
is true that this machine was not rep
resentative Of the rank and file who
voted the ticket"
The head and front Of his partys
offending. he said, was that Eve fail
ed to move with the age" Republi
can generals, he declared could not
adjust their views To modern schools
of thought. They persisted in gov
erning the country their way and not
the countrys way he said and so
we all came to grievance.
THE nation will not have the
Payne law If necessary the nation
would rather elect a congress Of
numbskuils and charlatans who
would administer a new elixir rather
than retain congress of eseuplapians
who insist on compounding the old
formulas which the nation refuses any
longer to swallow. Perhaps the old
political physician may in the end
prove right. Perhaps the new political
physician may turn out to be only an
other Doctor Cook
Representative Gardner admitted
that the people of the nation had re-
pudiated the Payne tariff and that
the republican party, had been dis
lodged from power because il had
been too slow 10 recognize the grow
ing evils He cautioned the democrats
to live up to their promises to the
people, declaring he believed that If
they did not the people would turn
to the new progressive party.
Suppose that the democrats fail
10 carry out their radical program,
said Mr.. Gardner, would the coun-
try turn to our people2 / doubt il.
The people wish to try some of these
new ideas and are willing to risk the
consequences Of their proving disas-
troiis. The republicans have not given
them what they wish. If the demo-
Gratis follow our example II need sur
prise no one should the people turn
to the progressive party In fact, this
is the only direction in which | can
see a future for that party"
Mr.. Gardner declared actual condi-
tions greatly hampered the democra-
tic tariff for revenue without harming
legitimate industry.
clumsy as II is he said. "mslead-
ing to the farmer as 1t IS, Inconsistent
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