Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-14
SENATOR M,cUMDEa OPENS re.
PUBLICAN FIGHT AGAINST
TARIFF BILL.
ATTACKS MAJORITY PARTY
FOR ABUSING PRODUCERS
Farmers Msds 70 Carry Burden Of New
Bill 40 Punishment sFor Following
Strange God" and "Fervsttins ths
Faith Of Their Fathsrs"-emeet Of
fsrs Substitute Wool Schedule.

WaSnlnGtOns July 14.-SenotOr NC
Cumber, Of North Dakota, opened ths
republican assault on the democratic
tarin revision bill In the senate bill to-
day. defending the farmers Of the coun-
try against the free listing or great
reduction in tariff rates on farm pr,-
ducts and charging the democrats with
deliberately kicking the American
farmer into the gutter"
I'm this year 1919" said Senator Nc
Cumber. addressing the democrats.
"you are about to commit greater
crime against the American farmer
than has ever been perpetrated by any
political pa.ty against any GLASS OF
people in any period Of recorded his
tory"
The tariff bill. the senator declared.
seemed to have been "conoeivsd In AMI
mostly against every AmerlcA'l indus
try that needed protection. With the
American farmer ~ the special object
Of his choier and hate"
Farmers Fellow Strange God.
1T Is because Of his past political
affiliations that you are heaping upon
him your vengeance for all your previ-
GUS defests7 Or do you consider your
selves to be the instrument thru which
providence is to work It's punishment
because in the last political campaign
he forgot the faith Of his fathers and
went chasing after q strange god. with
cloven hoofs and branching aantlers7 II
he 10 to be punished for his heresy are
you tho proper person to innict the
punishment? You are the Beneficiary
Of the farmers 1nddelity to his own
party last fall"
It was democrats. Senator McCun
Der declared. who told the farmer he
had been wronsed by Prssidcnt Taft
because the former president ssought to
trade OF his protection for. reciprocal
rights With Canada and it was the
democrat who tried 70 convince the
farmer the republican party WAS not
to be trusted. and they. instead. should
be trusted with his interests.
The reciprocity plan. he said. had
one virtue. in that 1t proposed to get
something for surrsndering nothing.
while the democrats propose to trade
away the farmerS interests In every
thing for absolutely nothing.
''The reciprocity proposition" he
continued, subjected the farmer to
the free competition Of the whole
world"
Farmer Makes Up Deficit.
Senator McCumber asserted that the
democrats admitted the tariff bill
would injure the farmer, contsnding he
received too much for his products and
must be compelled to sell them cheap
or. He submitted statistics seeking to
show that the tariff did not Affect tho
price Of farm products to tho consum-
er. and again addressing tho demo.
Gratis, said:
you are reaching . point where
your income is unable to keep pace
with your extravagances and you are
asking the farmer to make good tho
deficit by reducing the price Of his pro-
ducts. 1t never occurs to you that the
proper place to begin economy il on
tho luxuries and the unnecessaries Of
life. You declare to him that the Amer
ican people are paying $500. 600, 600
for meat and you say that Is too much
He answers. They are also paying ST.
000.0O0.oO0 for liquors.
",Cut your liquor bill half and you
will save enough to buy all your
meats You declare they are paying
$435. .00O. 900 for flour. He replies. They
OAo 4ay ~oVVSVVV1VVV AOA SO00SS"
Cut your tobacco bill half and your
flour 10 free You declare they arc
paying 52a5. 5.occ.cee sc- POTATOES. He
replies. They are paying 100000. 900
for theaters and amussments. Cut your
amusemsnts half and POUR potatoes
are free You declare they are paying
$30O.oo0.000 a year for butter and eggs.
He replies. They are spending $780,
00O, 900 year for confectionery
His replies are unanswerable.
Business otasnatien the Result.
The North Dakota senator asserted
that prices would be lower after the
tariff bill becomes . law but thai
would be because Of the Inability OF the
public to pay higher prices ana be-
cause Of the general staSnation Of bus-
mess brought about BY the tariff bill.
Pass this bill and under this cut
throat policy. which annihilatsd the
republican party in 1912. there will not
be q democratic state in the whole