The Caucasian., 1913-10-09
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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After the election last November tariff
revision was assured. The Democrats
had captured the senate rs we'll as the
presidency and the house and 1t WAS
certain that they would put into effect
their ideas of tariff legislation About
eleven months elapsed before those
thrift ideas We're put int" effect most
of the time being consumed in actually
considering the bill.
There was scarcely Il time since the
election when men We're not at Work
In one way Or another upon the hlll
which has become law, so the delays
nre not the subject Of the criticism
that has been showered upon congress
and its methods. The tariff is rather
important, and it takes time to change
MI those items in the different schcd
ules Besides during all this delay
the county has had an opportunity to
prepare for the tariff changes.
One of tho Small Items.
One Of the items last to be settled in
the tariff bill and which at one time
seemed likely to end III disagreement
was the rate on zinc, 1t grew out Of
a political condition. Back in 1908
Uncle Joe Cannon went down into tho
Joplin district, the zinc region Of Mis-
souri, and found an old soldier, one
who had represented the district as
Democrat years and years before and
was in 1908 running on the Kcrub
Uncle Joe told those Joplin people that
If they elected Charlie Morgan to con
gress they should have duty on zinc
Morgan was elected That metal then
became a storm center Of the Ihyne
bill, but zinc had It's duty The oNd
promise figured in the recent confer
ence and was fought up and down for
a long time before the house won IFS
contention and greatly reduced3 the
duty
Rivers and Harbors.
River and harbor improvements will
not be allowed to anguish under the
new administration. President Wilson
has signified his intention Of speaking
at the coming rivers and harhors con
gress next December just as his pred
ecessors in office spoke at similar gath
erings Nearly every president since
Mr.. Cleveland has been inclined to lib
eral appropriations fGx rivers and har
bors, although Mckinley did encourage
the defeat OF one bill bae!S in 1900. AS
for congress, it has bees practically
committed to an appropriation bill ev
cry year.
Champ Makes Declaration.
Harping on the caucus, certain Re
publicans We're putting the question
up to Speaker Clark in parliamentary
inquiries FINALLY Champ emphatical-
~ declared his position, saying. THE
speaker Of this house has nothing Oh
the face of the earth to do with any
rule, regulation or proposition pass
ed by Democratic caucus, Republican
caucus, bull moose caucus or any 9th
er sort Of caucus"
Christians and Public Buildings.
Congressman Hardwick of Georgia
was getting public building through
the house, and Congressman Mondell
could not understand how it happened
that anything in that line was going
through and Wyoming was not get
ting something It had never happen
ed before. He said that when the last
bill was passed Hardwitk had been
most vigorous in his criticisms Of it.
Congressman Austin Of Tennessee, Q
member of theacommittee, interrupted
to remark: "The members Of the com
mittee are Christians. They return
good for evil"
Il knew they We're Christians, re-
piled Mondell. "but l did not under
stand how they controlled the Demo
cratic caucus Otherwise | would have
been here with few increases my
SELF
"Christians,' interrupted Congress-
man Payne Of New York, are those
who pay for things out of their own
pockets This is to come out Of the
treasury"
HaHk OF Nations
The proposition to raise the rank Of
the diplomatic representative III Spain
from minister to ambassador brings
out the fact that there is a discrimina
ton among nations We rate nation
according to its size and power. not
according to the character Of its peo
pie
For instance. we have raised the
rank of diplomats to be ambassadors
in England. France. Germany, Russia
Austria, Italy, Japan. Brazil, Mexico
and Turkey and propose to do the
same in Spain.
According to this rating, Denmark.
Sweden. Norway. Holland and several
other countries may 1e considered as
second rate. Yet who will say that
the people of those countries are in
ferior to the Italians. Russians, Turks.
Japs, Mexicans or Brazilians? It is
size and power that counts in the in
ternati0nal game.