Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
democrats Remain Firm on
Tariff Schedule--Deb in House,
Thursday, SmaCks OF Personalities.

fident, however, that there would be
no disturbance of the caucus approx
ed bill and the minority was wearyins
of the steady fight. with constantly re,
jected amendments.
The sparring of the parties for poll
tical advantese has been good natured
n n main AMI an occasional sparkle
of wit with clashes between individual
nlcmh' IS has leavened the monotony
,f dti..,te .Nty cry figures.
!sep. Sims of Tennessee was ques-
timing the reason for the duty on
motor cycles and asked if the COM
mittee regarded them as luxuries or
necessities.
My boy has two of them,' answered
Leader Underwood, "and | would call
them nuisances."
Just before taking up the wood
schedule and the last paragraph of
the metal schedule was reverted to ON
a late amendment submitted by Rep.
Greens of Massachusetts, who said he
was acting at the request of Demo-
Gratis in his district Greene, Re-
publican, declared that jewelers. and
jewelry workmen in his district, who
said they voted for President Wilson,
had protested against the Underwood
rate OF 70 per cent on metals parity
composed of platinum silver or gold
or plated. He said he had received q
letter from 104 jewellers who claimed to
be Democrats, another from the North
Attleboro Democratic town commit
tee and one from the Democratic COM
mittee of another town in his district.
a atvs. inst ,1sa ITndPYUnaH
land urging restoration of the Payne
rates. An amendment to restore them
was voted down.
The Oriental labor question on the Pa
cific coast and its effect on the shingle
industry was discussed at length. Repre-
sentative Raker of California, became
involved in a controversy with Repre-
sentative Faleoner of Washington, in
which Mr.. Falconer declared the Demo-
Gratis were endeavoring to laid the jap
anese to get into California and that
the Democrats were "Japanese-Chinese-
Hindu lovers
The debate bristled with personalities,
Representative Humphreys of Washing
ton attacking Representative Palmer OF
Pennsylvania and drawing from him a
spirited reply in which the washington
member was charged with once peihs
the chief beneficiary in mileage graft.
Both Mr.. Humphreys and Repahiicah
Leader Mann clamored 10 interrupt MT.
Palmer to reply. but he declined to yieia.
Representative Garrett presiding, had
considerable difficulty in restoring order.
Amendments increasing proposed duties
in the wood schedule were voted down
| one after another. one on shingie rates.
! bringing test vote of 55 to iN.
Consideration of the sugar schedule was
| then begun, Rep. Fordney offering the
| Payne law rates as substitute for the
rates i'm the bill.
| If sugar goes on the free list" he
said, the domestic canning industry
must die and the beet sugar industry
either will be crushed or greatly IN
iured. The public will be at the mer-
CIV of the American Sugar Refining
co. and Arbuekle Brothers, as Att
gust Spreckels is planning merger
of the American and the Federal Sa
! gar Refining Co. With August Spree
ke,s at the head of the industry III
New York and his brother, Rudolph
Spreckels on the Pacific coast, the in
dustry win perish"
Rep. Mondell of Wyoming SAID M'A.
| tana could not recover in a decaee'
/ and in Colorado it meant the dls-
mantling aof Il beet sugar factories
which paid sl5.00O,0G0 to Colorado
farmers, last year.
Rep. Samuel Smith of Miehiga1
quoted Democratic National Commit
| teeman Ewing and Senator Thorntei
of Louisiana as declaring that fr"
sugar would not result in lowering tiit
| price to the consumer.