The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
DONOVAN'S FIRST
 SPEECH MADE FOR
 DANBURY MATTERS
Says Manufacturers Believe Cut in Tariff in Underwood Bill
 Is to Severe
Underwood Says Connecticut FL ected 5 Democrats to Lower
 Tariff - M'Lean's Views
(By Our Washington Corres.)


 l tive Jeremiah Donovan made his de- ] but on the floor of Congress when he arose in the Democratic caucus and l stated that the manufacturers of hats I in his district as well as those of seV- , era1 other industries were of the opin- i lon that the cut in the tariff had been more severe than these manufacturers l had wished. He will have an oppor- ] tunity later of specifying the claims | made by the hat makers and other l manufacturers
 Leader Underwood good naturedly l responded to the Connecticut con- gressman by stating that the Demo l cratic party had gone before the peo- pie with plan to lower the tariff l and that he believed that Connecticut | had wanted it lowered because of the fact that she had sent five repre- | sentatfVes to Congress.
 l Congressman Donovan did not press his argument any further at that time l as the real discussion of the matter is to come later on. Representative Peters. of Massachusetts, a member of the Ways & Means committee, and chairman of the meeting of New Eng land Democratic representatives IS preparing a statement setting forth l the attitude of the New England dele gatton toward the pending tariff bill. The rates that the manufacturers are willing to accept on various commo- 1 dities are from 10 to 16 per cent. high CT than proposed by the bill and a great deal less than the tariff now in effect.
 The Danbury hat makers have dis covered another clause in the bill to which they object It is the schedule affecting rabbit and hare skins. Every man who wears stiff hat or soft fur hat wears a hat that is made of rab- bit or hare fur. The hat makers have been importing the skins direct and i using the fur in the process of manu- lecture The raw furs came in free and the new tariff provides for a 10 per cent duty. The hat makers be- lieve that the Ways & Means com nittee made the increase without any intention of hurting the hating ain- | dustry. but made the increase because the rabbit skins are used in the manu- faeEures of Pony skim coats, and it was the opinion of the mem bers that fur coats are in a degree a luxury. Hardware Man Goes Home.
 I'D. Russell, representing the Amer ican Hardware Corporation of New Britain left for home last night. He is of the opinion that few changes if any will be made in the general text of the bill, until it reaches the Senate. This is said to be the opinion of Con gressman Kennedy of Naugatuck who believes that unless 1t is shown that
  will be few changes in the bill when it passes the House.
 Mclean to Meet Bryan.
 Senator Mclean will meet Secre- tary Bryan to talk about the birds at S:45 p. m. today. He has been as- sured by Senator Root, of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, that the to propose conventions with foreign nations will be favorab1y reported within a day or two. Many of the most useful and beautiful birds that summer in New England are not cov- cred by the federal act as they spend the winter in Cuba and South Ameri- can countries The Department of Agriculture has information that large numbes of scarlet tanager, indigo bird, English robin, and others have been exported to Europe this last winter and 1t will only be by treaties, such as obtain in Europe, that they will be saved from extermination. Sem ator Mclean has received assurances from President Wilson that he is heartily in favor of the new law and that he is also in favor of supplement- ing it with effective treaties with oth- CT nations. The Secretary of AgricuI- ture is also in hearty sympathy with MT. McLean's migratory bird bill and the Secretary has already appointed three experts to prepare the way for the administration of the law.
 McLean's Tariff Views.
 When asked about the new tariff bill. Senator Mclean said that it ought to be called bill to raise European and lower American wages, or a bill to help Old England and hurt New England. ''The people of America will realize some day that times are better, wages higher and employment more certain than ever before in the history of this country said he. "I fear the people have been greatly de- ceived, and if the Democratic party enacts the Underwood Bill, wages will have to be materially lowered or many factories close their doors, and | hard times fo the manufacturers mean | hard times for the farmers, but the | bill is not yet a law. It will be per opposed and sincerely hope | that some of the drastic and unrea- i sonabIe reductions will be eliminated"
 Connecticut Bills.
 Petition of the Equal Franchise League, of Greenwich, Conn.,, favor Ing an amendment to Constitution granting the right to suffrage to wo- men.
 Petition of Chamber of Commerce of New Haven, Conn. against the pro- posed consolidation of the Customs Districts of Connecticut.
 Bill granting an increase of pen sion to Julia M. Lynch, of Plainville, Conn.,, widow of Horace B. Steele, late of Company F, 18th Conn. Vol. Inf. SIP to $50.
 Bill to correct the military record of Thomas Smart, of Hartford, Conn, late of Company B, Sth Conn. Vol. Inf.
 The remains of George c. Reid Cow