The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-15
Delay to Enable Finance
Committee to Complete
Report on Bill
THOMAS ADDRESSES
THE SENATE TODAY
McCumber Addresses Senate in Oppo-
sition to Bill-Sm0Ot Introduces
His Proposed Substitute for
the Wool Schedule
THE DAY IN CONGRESS-.
HOTrCE,

THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
HOUSE.
Not in session. meets Tuesday.
SENATE
Met p. m.
Received answer to Tinmau reso-
luton asking information on armor
plate from Secretary Daniels, urg
ing investigation cost of govern
ment plate factory
Senator McCumber, North Da-
kota, assailed agricultural sehed-
ule in speech on tariff bill Lobby
ing investigating committee con-
tinued hearing Mulhalls testimony.
Senator owen spoke on necessity
of curbing filibustering i'm Senate.
Adjourned al $50 p. m, to ? D. m.
tomorrow.
Washington, July 14-Formal opening
of the tariff fight on the floor of the
Senate was postponed today from Wednes-
day until Thursday. This was done TO
enable the finance committee TO complete
its report on the Underwopd- bill,
the presentation of which will mark the
beginning of forensic hostlities on the
floor. In the meantime the Senate will
listen to speech tomorrow by Senator
Thomas of Colorado on the relation of
eAAN
AS a prelude to the long debate which
is to follow, Senator McCumber today
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
bill, speaking, he said, from farmers
point of view. AS another preliminary,
Senator Smoot introduced his proposed
substitute for the wool schedule.
McCumber Opposes Bill
of
opened the republican assault on the DEM
ocratic tariff revision bill In the Senate
today, defending the farmers of the coun-
try against the free listing or greater re-
duction In tariff rates on agricultural
products and charging the democratic
party with deliberately kicking the
American farmer into the gutter
| He said:
"The democrats are about 10 commit a
greater rime against the American sarm-
er than has been perpetrated before by
any political party against any class of
people"
The tariff bill, Senator McCumber de-
clared, seemed to have been conceived in
animosity against every American indus
try that needed protection. He asked IL
the democrats considered themselves the
instrument through which Providence is
to work it's punishment because in the last
political campaign the farmer forgot the
faith of his fathers and went chasing
after a strange myth with cloven hoof and
branching antlers.
Senator McCumber declared that the
democrats told the farmer he had been
wronged by Mr.. Taft through the enact
ment of the Canadian reciprocity law, yet
that law proposed to get something for
surrendering nothing, while the democrats
proposed to trade away the farmers in
terest in everything for absolutely moth
ing.
'The reciprocity proposition" he said,
subjected the farmer to the free com
petition of Canada only. You subject
him to the competition of every coun-
try on the face of the earth that may
want to dump its products into a mar
ket that belongs by inherent right to
the farmers of America"
Senator McCumber asserted that the
democrats admitted that the tariff bill
would injure the farmer, contending
that he received too much for his prod
ucts and must be compelled to sell them
cheaper.
You declare to the farmer that the
American people are paying $f,50G000,-
600 a year for meat and you say that
Is too much" he said, "he answers:
They are likewise paying $2,000.000,-
900 a year for liquors Cut your liquor
bill half and you viii save enough TO
buy all your meat You declare they
are paying $435, 600 year for flour.
He replied, They are getting $500, ,OOO,-
900 for tobacco. Gut your tobacco bill
half and your flour is free. You de-
clare they are paying s225, 100000 year
for potatoes. He replies. They are pay
ing $500. 600, 900 for theatres and amuse-
ments Cut your amUsements half ana
your potatoes are free. You declase
they are paying $500 100000 a year for
butter and eggs. He replies They are
spending S5000O0.00e a year for confec-
tionery His replies are unanswera-
BILE and an Indictment of your own
criminal extravagance and high living.
The North Dakota senator asserted
that prices would be lower after the
tariff bin becomes law but that it
would be because of the inability of
the public to pay higher prices and
because OF the general stagnation OF
business brought about by the tariff
bill.
Pass this bill and unless this cut
throat policy which annihilated the
republican arty in 1912 continues there
win not be q democratic state in the
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