Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

as the Canadians may send swine into
the United States free OF duty. Canada
charges a duty Of ~ cents a pound on
lard. 81 cents pound on milk prod
ucts. 20 cents per bushel on potatoes,
10 cents per bushel on rye. SO cents per
barrel on rye Hour. Is cents per barrel
on cornmeai and 70 per cent ad valorem
on tallow whereas all OF these products
will come into the United States free OF
duty from Canada.
Cattle and Sheep on Hoof.
Under the Canadian law cattle ana
sheep on the hoof going into the Domin-
ion from the United States must pay a
duty of - per cent. whereas under Tire
pending democratic bill Canadian cattle
and sheep on the hoof may come into
this country on paying duty OF only
10 per cent
Butter going into Canada from THE
country must pay a duty or cents a
pound. while Canadian butter may come
into this country under the pending hll
for only cents a pound.
1T remains to be seen what excuse
the democratic party VIII have 10 oner
for giving the Canadian farmers better
give to our farmers across the line.
Many farmers were opposed To Ca
madam reciprocity because that would
have admitted the exchange OF many
American products upon terms OF equal
ity. The Underwood bill gives more than
reciprocity
Prods the Progressives.
Confronting progressive members OF the
House with a plank in the national plat
form OF their party pledging them 20
immediate revision of Excessive tariff
schedules" without waiting for their pro-
posed non-partisan tariff commission.
Representative Lawrence b. Stringer. a
new democrat from Illinois. called upon
the third party representatives in the
House last night to support the Under
wood bill II they wished to carry out
their party declarations.
First defending the progressives against
onslaughts by both democrats and re
publicans and declaring that they repre-
sented more than four million voters
and had the right to claim that their
party was the second great party in
this nation" the Illinois democrat en-
phatically denied that they represented .
protection party"
Addressing himself to Victor Murdoch.
progressive party leader in the House.
Mr.. Stringer continued
Il call the attention OF the gentleman
from Kansas to the statement that "
he and the progressive members OF this
body whom he leads desire to carry
out the declarations OF their own plat
form. and believe they do. they will he
compelled by the logic or those declara-
tions to join with us in the passage
of this pending measure.
Declares for Income Tax.
That platform denounces the Payne
Aldrich bill as unjust to the people,
the speaker continued. 1T declares 70:
an income tax, and I say to the gentle
man from Kansas. as his conferees have
already said to us. that IL they fail 10
keep faith with the people and fail To
| carry out the pledges which they have
made they will meet the condemnation
which they deserve"
The days debate further was enlivened
by the first exhibition of feeling be-
tween majority and minority leaders in
the tariff discussion when Represent
ative Dixon of Indiana, democratic
| member of the ways and means COM
| mittee, attacked the republican tarir
| law declared il was i'm effect an increase
over the former Dingley tariff, In that
| the average rate of the Payne law was
I'LL per cent higher than the Dingley
| law, with the statistics of 1907 as a
basis.
THE statistics that the WAYS and
means committee presents today show
the gentleman's statement is utterly un-
founded and false" shouted Represent
alive Payne.
Both participants in the colloquy an
lnounced they would bring reports of the
ways and means committee TO prove
their contentious.