The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-07
MOST INJURIOUS
EVER PRESENTED
So Senator Smoot Charaterlzes the
Underwood Tariff Bill In a
~ Mastery Speech.

In his speech in the senate, July
q and %, Senator Smoot a recogn-
lied authority in Tariff-making and
Tariff analysis, reviewed the pending
Tariff bill In a mastery manner. He
said in part:
This bill regard as the most in.
furious Tariff measure ever taken up
for consideration by Congress. 1t is
a partisan and sectional measure the
outcome of secret caucus methods
such as never ruled before in the
Senate of the United States. In his
book. Our New Freedom" President
Wilson says that there Is no excuse
for caucusing in Congress, and in a
speech in Indiana preceding his cleo
ton he emphasized that point by as
serting that there was no necessity
for secrecy in congressional proceed
ings. And yet this vastly important
measure affecting in one way or an
other every citizen Of the United
cret and caucus. methods. No public
hearing was ever given on this bill.
Hearings we're allowed by the House
committee before the bill was franz
ed and before anyone could possibly
know of many of its features. It was
then drawn up in secret and consid
cred for weeks in a secret caucus
and then brought up Immediately tor
consideration in the house When II
had passed that body an effort was
made in the Senate to obtain public
hearings, but they were refused by
the Democratic majority. We sue.
ceeded in getting permission for those
interested to file briefs, but 1t is doubt
full if a single person concerned in
drafting this measure ever read those
briefs. Certainly little attention was
given to the facts put forward in
them for the consideration of the COM
mittee.
This Bill Threatens Disaster.
to many American industries as com.
plete as we had under the last Demo
cratic Tariff law. 1t is because of the
experience under that law that bust
ness men are practically certain Of
what is to come under this proposed
law, AS stated by the president of
the Louisiana Cane Growers Associa-
ton, assurances were given befo
election that the sugar industry would
not be injured. A similar promise
was made in regard to all business,
and many voters were misled by such
statements, but there is no longer any
question about the injury to the sugar
industry, wool industry, and all manu-
facturers of the finer grade o. chemi.
Gals. The fact that the time of put
ting the bill into effect, in regard to
free sugar, is deferred three years,
in order, as the chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee said that the
sugar growers would have time to
liquidate, is proof of the certain eff.
feet. This bill will wipe out at least
100000, 900 investment in the sugar
industry alone to help the Sugar
Turst and sugar refners, who have
been agitating at such large expense
to bring about this result In the wosl
industry labor is paid the highest
wages in the agricultural world but
the banks have stopped loaning mon.
ey to the woolgrowers because wool
Is going on the free list, and already
wages are declining and men are be-
ing thrown out Of employment in that
industry as In others. With
Wages Two and one.Third Times
Greater
In this country than in the United
Kingdom and with shorter hours, &C.
cording to the report of the British
Government, It is evident that but
few industries can continue to pay
SNNh VASES anu eAiot unutT lHlS pro-
posed law.
The average pay to men in the tex.
tile industries in England, according
to the Government report in that
country is s6.74 a week, and for wo-
men $40 and for boys under 20
years of age so so and for girls under
is, $2.l4 The average pay for 1900,
coo workers in the clothing trade
that is for those employed in factor.
les where the wages are higher than
for those doing work at home, for full
time-is for men, $6.7S each week,
md for women, SO ~ a week, and for
boys under 20 and girls under 10
year OF age sl.36, and often employ.
ment is irregular. How can any sane
msn expect Americans to pay wages
two and three times greater and com.
no