Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-25
moore INTRODUCES
NOVEL METHOD OF
DISCUSSION
FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES HEAR
TARIFF ARGUMENTS BY The
primer" METHOD.
BILL MAY GO TO
SENATE NEXT WEEK


only three days left for general de-
bate on the Underwood tariff bill in
the house, the prospect today was
that the measure would pass the house
and go to the senate during the first
week in May.
Representative Hampton Moore for
the Republicans, and Representative
A Mitchell Palmer for the Democrats,
were leaders in the debate today.
Representative Moore introduced a
novelty for The first time in the his
tory of congress, so far as known, a
speech on the tariff was delivered by
the reading of questions from the
speakers rostrum and the delivery of
replies from the floor. Mr., Moore's
speech was a tariff primer" follow
ing the lines of Plato's Republic in
fern. He sent to the desk a set of
inquiries which the clerk propounded
to him, and MI Moore, in his answers,
ran the gamut of tariff legislation and
tariff dogma.
CALLS ON WILSON.
Washington, D. c., April 25.-Sena-
tor Newlands today carried his pro-
test against certain features of the
tariff bilr to the White House and
asked President Wilson for an oppor-
tunity to have senator's from inter-
mountain states discus what he term
ed "the equitable relations Of the tar
| iff to their state"
The president said he would let Mr..
| Newlands know later when he would
see the senators. Senator Newlands
indicated that wool and sugar would
| be taken up at the conference, as
we'll as citrus fruits, lead, zinc, cat
| tie and other products.
Washington, D. c., April 25.-Rep'
resentative Palmer declared the I'M
derwood bill, if enacted into law,
would remain in the statute books
for years TO come as a happy solu-
, ton of a long vexed question"
| 1T must" he said, have the united
su sport of the political party which
is responsible for it, and it must per-
nit American industry to proceed to-
! wards the capture of a larger share
o. the worlds markets without caus-
ing an embarrassment sufficient to
bring distress to any large body Of
our people,
He expressed confidence that both
of these results would follow, but con-
tinued;
If it should turn out that the I'm
derwood law shall be so weakly nour
ished in the confidence of the people,
that it fails to survive the great test
OF our next popular election, our vast
ed effort will be a small burden for
us to carry compared with the in
CT eased iniquities that will be heaped
upon an uasuspecting people by the
sudden return to the oppressive sys-
tenn of taxation from which we hope
to relieve them by this BILL
He viewed with equanimity "the
so-called invasion of the rights of the
legislative branch of the government"
by the executive in the framing of
the bill and declared that this ''co
operation gives promise of prompt
and foreshadows hearty support of
the bill by the great leaders of our
party in public and private life.
Business now may take notice
that, as to such enterprises as can not
meet the new conditions, by reason
of neglect, refusal or inability to en-
ploy that efficiency and economy
which will permit industry to stand
upon its own feet, with less support
from the government the people re-
fuse to be longer taxed to accom-
plish the survival of the unfit"
Mr. Palmer declared that the I'm
derwood bill would not cause any de-
crease in the aggregate production of
industry in the country nor impair the
earnings of labor"
81 have no fear" he said that the
American wage Garner will suffer un-
less the American manufacturer shall
feel that widespread distress on the
part of labor is not too high price
to pay to compel return to the old
protective system, and deliberately
close his mills in order to frighten
the people of the country into repu
diation of this new policy"
Washington, d. c., April 25.-Sena-
tor Lane Of Oregon today told his
colleagues he had not informed the
Democrats of the finance committee |
he would refuse to be bound by the |
caucus if free wool were in the I'm
derwood bill Senator Lane told in !
quirers that he had not indicated what |
his position would be.