Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-14

not consent to an early date to vote on
the tariff bill. He said he was convinced
the bill was bad, and expressed the hope
the time would never come when a bill
meeting could be driven through the Sen
ate without a debate so thorough as to in
form the public in regard to 1t.
Admits It Was High-Handed.
To show that the democrats at times
saved Senator Aldrich from defeat in
1909, Senator Bristow put into the rec
ord the vote on amending the bill by re-
ducing the tariff on quebracho. which
showed Senators Martin and Daniel of
Virginia and four other senators voted
with Senator Aldrich, enough to defeat
the amendment.
And l recall that high duty was alto
gether indefensible." interrupted Sen
ator Penrose Il blush to admit that
was the most high-handed thing l ever
knew Senator Aldrich to do. 1t was done
to oblige a gentleman in Connecticut who
frequented the galleries and corridors and
to foster the gathering OF the growth
of chestnut bark in Virginia Scratch a
democrat on the back and you will occa-
sionaliy find a spotted protecuonist-'
Treacherous Betrayal of Farmers.
A charge that the enactment of the
Canadian reciprocity law was "a most
treacherous betrayal Of the most loyal
constituent-the American farmer-a
political party ever had" was made
yesterday afternoon by Senator Borah
Of Idaho. He declared that the Ameri-
can farmer had repudiated the doctrine
Of the reciprocity law, which meant
that the farmer should sell his prod
ucts in q free-trade market and buy his
supplies in a protected market at the
last election.
Senator Borah warned the democrats
that If they insisted upon passing the
pending bill with Its determinations
against the farmer they would feel the
weight Of the farmers wrath In the
future.
IT have heard senators discuss the pro-
priety Of President Wilson's using his
high ONCE to cause the adoption Of his
own ideas in this tariff BILL" said Sena-
tor Borah, but I do not intend to say
anything on this point. I will say, how
ever, that If the republican senator's had
voted their own convictions on the reel
procity law not ten OF them would have
voted for that measure"
Discriminates Against Farmer.
Senator Borah said that 1t was appar-
ent to all that the pending Ia III bill dis
eliminates against the farmer.
1.-The senator from Montana, Mr.. Walsh,
has told you that the present protective
tariff does not really aid the farmer. that
it is merely a mental duty" said Sena-
tor Borah. III this Is true. how will re-
moving the duties on farm products re-
duce the prices OF foodstuffs to the con-
sumner? To argue on the premesis that
the duties on foodstuffs are mere mental
duties and at the same time that by
taking the duties OF the cost of living
will be reduced. Is mere mental gymnas-
tics"
Senator Borah reviewed the history of
the farmer in England since that
country had Disseminated In favor
Of its commercial and manufac-
turing interests against its agricul-
tural interests. He showed that In 1866
in England 3. 126, 900 acres had been cult
waited in wheat and today only $4,000
acres are cultivated In wheat: that in 1856
1,S77 600 acres were cultivated in barley,
and today only $1,000 acres are so cult
waited. All down the line the farm prod
ucts have fallen off.