New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-03


did not affect me. perhaps, as they should.
because have grown callous I'm witness
ing the difference between big pretensions
and performance.
while this cyclone OF reform was watt
ing along this propaganda throughout the
country. ruthlessly sweeping its devas-
tating course through many Northern
states, the Angora goat stood unterrified
on the southern border of Texas"
Sheppard Gets an Answer.
Senator Sheppard arose hastily to dis
avow any effort to retain duty on goat
hair.
After the vlllsny has been perpe-
trated." rejoined Senator Penrose. III IL
all right to condemn the villain. The lact
remains that a duty was placed In the
House on the hair of this inoffensiVe
ruminant fully equivalent in its ad va
loren value to the paternal protection IN
the Dingley bill.
while the Wyoming ram is invited 10
face the inclemency OF the approaching
Winter ny ally NuANs thO $1,000
ing I'm a more tropical and beneficial ell
mate. has thrown about him the blessings
Of the Republican protective rates l
can sympathize, Mr. President, with the
goat He is one OF the most ancient OF
animals"
IT beg 10 say Just at this Jupcture'
Senator MARITIME interrupted. that We
are fattered in the thought that We have
the Republican vote at this time
THE hills I'm the suburbs or the cities
OF New Jersey are covered with goats
retorted Senator Penrose. They are
there in the vicinity of tin cans and ash
piles and other suburban adornments. l
have no doubt that the Senator from New
Jersey thinks that perhaps the jersey
goat will secure some advantage from the
protection extended to the angora goat
hut want 10 assure the Senator that
as mertorious as are the attachments of
tho New Jersey variety IT cannot COM
pete with the Texas goat. II is useful
animal.
zone Of the earliest friends Of man IS
thus protected amidst a cyclone or re-
form. Why is Il? 40 not want to en-
barrass the chairman OF the FINANCE
Committee or any member OF his COM
mittee by asking the question. I shall
address the question to the vacant air
and leave another generation to answer.
Simmons, Too, Is Answered.
Senator Simmons remarked that 1t was
not the Senate but the House which had
Insisted on the duty on goat hair.
81 am glad another member OF the con-
ference committee on the part or the
Senate rises TO his feet 20 plead not
guilty upon this oppressive act to the
consumer OF retaining Republican rates
on the angora goat" said Senator PEN
rose. 81 suppose IL the other conferees
were i'm the chamber they would likewise
rise to give themselves an abb, at least
upon this particular duty. Blame II on
the House The country will blame 1t on
the Democratic party. When the people
come TO consider this case they VIII know
why tho Democratic craftsmanship
SLAUGHTERED the Wyoming ram ana pro
tected tho Texas butter
81 do not quite understand the explana-
tIon of the chairman of the Finance
Committee as to why this duty has been
imposed. But the fact Is. Mr.. President
the chairman and his associates have
been whispering in dark corners so nuch
all winter that they have lost the art or
audible speech, and this most unfortu-
nate habit should be stopped, II seems
IN me. when the currency bill is pressed
for consideration.
II suppose that perhaps the hair or
the angora goat, the Texas ruminant' mas
been retained on the dutiable list at rates
approximatng the iniquitous Republican
rate I'm order 10 produce those precious
revenues. those tremendous revenues, that
the chairman of the Commute stated mat
IL was to give US. / was Impressed with
the rosy view he gave of the federal
Treasury.
while he was talking. II is true. 4 had
visions of millions spent in building
armor plate factories and many millions
paid 10 railroads for carrying parcels rost
matter. and millions expended under the
ambitious regime of the present admins
traton, until visions OF deficits doomed up
before me. But | can now see that The
Senator is confident of surplus vested
in-~the angora goat. There must nave
been some reason like that. because in
the book | have here ii says that this
ruminant quadruped is about the same as
the domestic sheep, although frequently
widely different in appearance.
But why. If it is the same as the sheep
allied to the same bovida, should this
difference be made In an American tariff
law? Is it so much more difficult to
rumlnate in Texas than it is in Wyom-
Ing?
How Sheep and Goats Differ.