Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-08
CONGRESSMAN PEPPER SHOWS
THAT SENATOR c INNINGS
is JANUS.FAcED ON ~.
TARIFF QUESTION:. "a

Record is a much abused publication,
but it serves worthy purpose occa-
sionally when it brings to light views
expressed on public questions in
times past by members of Congress
who since have shown a change Of
front Take the case Of Senator
Cummins for instance. The Senior
Senator from Iowa a few weeks ago
filled several pages of the Congress
ional Record with an argument by
which he sought to show that the
Underwood tariff bill discriminat-
ed against the farmer. To reduce the
duty on the products o. the farm, he.
declared with vehemence, was gross
" discriminatory. ( In the Register
and Leader Of September 21st, he
repeated this charge, declaring that
in the Underwood bill "the argicul-
turalist is Disseminated against"
because, $50 per cent. Of Iowa's pro-
ducts are on the free list" He ad-
ded that at present there is little
Importance OF agricultural, products,
but when the tariff bill becomes a
law butter from Siberia and Austral-
ia and cattle from Argentine win be
Offered for sale in American ports. s
In a speech in the House showing
the fallacy OF Senator Cummins' ar
gument Congressman Pepper OF the
Second Iowa district set forth two
general PROPOSE tion: Il sf$ u 4.
First, that the tariff on farm pro
ducts has never been of any benefit
to the farmer, and therefore its re-
moval from such products in no
way Injuries him or discriminates
against him.
Second, that the real and subs tan
tial reduction Of the tariff manu-.
featured products. covering prac.
tically everything the farmer has to
buy, directly benefits the farmer by
enabling him to purchase his goods
in a competitive market rather than
in highly protected and monopolis-
tic one.
| But Congressman Pepper did not
have to rely on his own argument to
answer, Senator Cummins. He permit.
tied the Senator to answer his own
argument by. quoting from the Con.
gressional Record, volume A, page
5000, where Senator Cummins in a
speech opposing the Payne tariff
bill on June IL, 1909, said: f.
II know that my friend from North
Dakota (Mr. McCumber) does no,
agree with me in respect to these
things, but do not believe that we
in Iowa receive any direct benefit fol-
the 400, 100000 bushels of corn that
We raise every year, I do not be.
lieYe that we receive any direct ben.
eft from the duty on 100000 OF
10,00O,00O hogs that we market ev.
cry year;I do not believe that i Of
the $500, 100000 of agricultural pro-
ducts that we pour every year into
the channels of trade, protection
advances the price of 1.-THE of
| them. We will this year supply the
people OF the United States and the
people Of the world with product
! that will surpass in value $70O,0O0,-
900, and it is idle for even any en-
thusiast to assert that the price Of
these, products is directly affect
ed by the protective tariff. !" 81
Congressman Pepper simply called
attention to this to show that Sem
ator Cummins, who now claims that
his principal objection to the Un-
derwood bill is that it discrminates
against the American farmer, did not
then attempt to claim that the tar
1T on farm products was Of any ben.
eft to the farmer.
National Committeeman M. j.
Reed OF Iowa, and Jerry, B. Suni-
van, now appraisers OF the port of
New York, were in Washington last
week, and before the arrival OF Judge
Wade Messrs. Reed and Sullivan, to-
gether with State Senator Chris
schrup Of Dubuque, were guests Of
Congressman Maurice Connolly, Of
the Third district, at a dinner at
the Army and Navy club, at which
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
was guest. During the closing
hours of the tariff debate Iowa was
much in evidence for while Chair
man Reed and other Iowans were in
the gallery as Mr.. Pepper was max
ing his tariff speech, Congressman
Connolly was presiding in the speak
ers chair, where he had been sum-
moned by Speaker Clark, who wish
ed to get little rest after a day
in the chair. 4
Congressman kirkpatrick Of the
Sixth district has introduced a bill
in the House which will make it |
go hard with government officials or
clerks, or officers of the army and
navy who gamble. His bill provides
that they shall lose their positions
upon proof Of gambling being sub
mitted to their superiors. The bill
was inspired by disclosures Of hand !
book gambling in the Washington
navy yards.
Chairman Reed while in Washing
ton expressed the greatest confidence
in the outlook for political success in |
the congressional elections in Iowa
next year. National Committeeman
Wade shares this confidence Chair
man Reed in an interview expressed |
the belief that the next United States
senator from Iowa will be democrat
He also prophecied that Iowa demo-
Gratis would increase their rpresenta-