The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-07
PUSSY FOOTING NOT so COMMON IN WASHINGTON Good Argument Will Get Righteous Tariff
 Change Senator Mclean Doing Kind, But Useless Grand
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(By Our staff Corea.l

l (By Our Staff Cores.)
 1 Washington, June News was re-
 ceived here yesterday of the resigna-
 ton of Judge Walter c. Moves of New 1 London, as judge of the U. s. Circuit ] court for the Second district. The re- port was not confirmed at the De- 1 partment of Justice, but Senator Bran l degee, former law partner of Judge
 Moves stated that he understood that
 Judge Moves was going to take up the
 practice of law in New York city. This | will be another judgeshfp that the
 Democrats will probably fill.
 ] Congresegnan Jeremiah Donovan of
 the Fourth district has a. number of
 bulletins issued by the Department of Agriculture which he is sending to tthe 1 citizens of the Fourth district, CFa-ir-
 field cornty). The bulletins are Of par 1 ticular interest to housewives and i'm clude treatises upon the following sub jects: tThe Home Vegetable Garden" ''Beautifying the Home Grounds, . Canning Tomatoes at Honne," e'Care of Food in the Home and Bread and Bread Making He is sending them to all who write for them.
 The subcommittee of the Senate which is Investigating the activity of the lobby has been granted an addi- tional 20 days in which to complete it's
 investigations. Ten days was all the I All of the Senators have been on the stand and beginning Monday persons named by the President and members of the Senate will be called upon to testify.
 Senator Mclean fs busy grandstand- ing by sending briefs to various man ufacturers who have fault to find with the tariff schedules now pending In the Senate. The Senator is not 8 mem | w1T@S1 far
 the claims. and the Finance commit tee will receive briefs from all man
 ,1facturers whether they come through
 a Senator or not. If the Connecticut
 manufa cturers who are sending fhefr
 briefs through their Senator believe
 that the Senator is going to accom-
 xlfsh any changes. they are mistaken
 according to those ''in the know The
 material in the briefs is what IS going
 to fetch the changes if they are made
 Anyone who can present good case
 and show that his business is going
 to be injured will undoubtedly be able
 to secure a change in the bill. The
 fight put up against the bill by sugar
 men opposed to free sugar IS Saio 10 have etiffened the fight of the admin
 istration for the pi1f in It's entirety
 and where manufacturers might have
 previously been given tine benefit oI
 the doubt in many instances they VIII
 all have to present co11E11tc4ns eases to
 effect changes.
 s+r11ck by the change in the new
 method Of tariff making over the
 methods of the old days P1ssyfootlng tt about to this or that senator anu
 7yhispering that this or that industry
 ,I, feohJe d1es not go now. Everyone bae bo show his card. All bluffS are called, and called f5rornpfly- IT any one has a good case they have Just as good an opportunity as the next one to submit their brief and It wlll oe considered. But, nevertheless, senator Mol can tells the Conn E1aHu- fo c+7Ir.ers to send their briefs to him. T+ does not cost the Senator any yCnill1s ls toi pIace them in another envelope anu send them to the finance committee seio sen o,,or+ ae, 4o inc sender that 1t has given him great pleasure to supiiiH' their brief.
 while some of the Republican newspaper writers are coming out oA +t,ai1F shells to throw a brick af the TrIo o,5arxrood bill there are many of the renresentatives who are of the op1n1oh ! +bat inc Underwood bill is not a lower tariff when: considered as a Who!e than the Payne tariff except tnac u permits of fair competition IHeS say +bet the manufacturer who knows o.1v+t,trp about the business or his forefen competitor will be upon the lookout for the enforcement or cne 4dumping clause" of the new Dnl- This clause which is found in Para- graph R of Section is the key to the entire situation 'tariffwise, and puts 1t m +o the customs service of the coun- try to see that the American produc- CTS are not imposed upon. The dump ing clause provides that in the event If a European manufacturer trying +o sell goods in this country at less than the fair market price in his own country. he shall pay an additional Is per cent duty at once. The framers of the tariff have left enough duty on goods to equal the difference in the cost Of production here and abroad, and iTl addition to that they have add ed the dumping clause to prevent the selling of the excess production of foreign factories in this counry- In some instances the duty imposed plus inc Is per cent. additional is more than the duty under the Payne bill. The new bill once it is passed, will behoove the customs appraisers to be on their jobs.
 Mayor Joseph M. Hal1oran and bride of New Britain are spending a part of their honeymoon in Washing f ton. They were shown about the | capitol yesterday by Congressman ( the hearing before the Senate com aaittee that is gunning for lobbyists. |
 Congressman Willis of Ohio was the l winner of the spelling bee between the I mem bers of the House and Senate and ( the mem bers of the National Press T Club on Thursday evening. Congress- man Reilly, who was member of he Congressional team had a perfect ' -ecord excepting on the word foliace- ( ous. He left out the "ce.'' Ii