The Washington herald., 1913-10-03
TARIFF MEASURE
TOBECOMEL Law
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

is the parliamentary authority in the
| House for the Democrats, insisted that
| the House ought to formally recede from
! the action it took Monday on the Smith
| Lever amendment. He told Speaker Clark
and Representative Underwood that II
! there was any question as to the regu-
| larity of the manner OF passing the bill.
| tAe legislation might be thrown into the
courts and much trouble result. Speaker
| Clark was disposed to hold that the
House should again take control of the
| bill in order to complete the concurrence.
Senator Penrose enlivened the clos
ing hours OF the debate in the Senate
by a speech on the AngOra goat. Rep
resentative J. Hampton Moore made
the Angora goat the excuse for recit-
ing a poem which he had written, en-
titled, Garner and his Goat" when
the tariff was in the House. The pro-
vocation for this was the fact that
the Angora goat industry is confined
mostly to Representative Gamers Con-
gressiOnal district in Texas. The Texas
Representative is a member OF the
Ways and Means Committee. which put
wool on the free list but placed a duty
OF 20 per cent on the hair of the An
CORA goat. The Senate put the Angora
goat hair on the free list. but in the
conference committee, the Senate MEM
bers receded and accepted a duty of Is
per cent on Angora goat hair.
In his general analysis OF the con-
ference report, Senator Penrose stirred
the Senate to laughter by his refer
ence to the AHgora goat He congrat-
ulated the conferees that they had
found themselves in the vicinity of
tin cans. ash piles, and other suburban
adOrnments"
House COnferces Made Goat"
Il have no doubt" said Mr.. Penrose,
looking in the direction OF Senator Mar
tine. that the Senator from New Jersey
thinks that perhaps the Jersey goat will
secure some advantage from the pro- |
lection extended to the Angora, but I |
want to assure the Senator that meri- !
torious as are the attainments of the |
New Jersey goat, it cannot compete with |
the Texas goat. II is a useful animal, |
one of the earliest friends Of man. which |
is thus protected amidst a cyclone Of
reform. Why is it? I do not want to
embarrass the chairman Of the Finance
Committee, or any member OF that COM
mittee. by asking the question. I shall
address the question to the vacant air
aid leave another generation to answer
it"
At this point Senator Simmons timidly
suggested that Mr.. Penrose did not EN-
barrass the Chairman of the Finance
Committee
Il have not come to the defense of
the Angora goat. said Mr.. Simmons Il
was with the committee that put the
Angora goat on the free list l am in
clined to think he ought to be on the
free list. but the conferees from the
House did not agree with me"
Senator Simmons explained that the
apparent discrimination between the
wool of the sheep and the hair of the
AngOra goat was justified by the House
Conferees on the ground that the sheep
had value for mutton, and the Angora
goat was not valuable at all for food
purposes" Senator Penrose contended
that the Angora was an edible article"
Mr.. Simmons said he knew very little
OF the animal: that it was not an inhabi-
tant of North Carolina, and added: Il
have never eaten any of it."
Senator Reed. still cherishing his insur-
gent disposition from the caucus. de-
manded of Chairman Simmons whether
the Senate conferees had yielded to the
House in the AngOra goat controversy as
the result of IAN old-fashioned, worn.
out. threadbare Republican argument for
protection"
The chairman replied that the con-
clusion reached was not based on the
protective theory.
Senator PenrOse resumed his argument
oy charging that the Senate COnferees
we're trying to make a goat of the House
conferees. THE country will blame it
On the Democratic party, and the Demo-
'ratic craftsmanship that slaughtered the
Wyoming ram and put the Texas goat
Dn a pedestal I suppose that the chair
nan of the Finance Committee already
s counting millions of revenue from this
ariff on AngOra goat hair. The reports
lave before me from the Finance Com
nittee says that this ruminant quad
-uped is about the same as the domestic
sheep, although frequently widely diff
.erent in appearance. Why, then, this
Inference in applying the tariff? 1t is
10 more difficult to ruminate in Texas
han it is in Wyoming"
Senator Borah made a vigorous pro- !
-est against the elimination of the child
aoor amendment. He insisted that it |
vas due to sordid commercialism of the |