The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
WASHINGTON NEWS
Of STATE INTEREST
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America only at loss. There is the
same reason for placing a duty upon
the Importation OF hides as to place
a duty upon beef. and in fact the same
reason as for placing a protective
duty upon any American product. raw
or manufactured. | have heard a few
Republicans oppose a tariff ON hides
but I have not heard a single argu-
ment advanced by such Republicans
that is not the identical argument
advanced by Democrats against the
entire protective tariff policy Of the
Republican party. (Applause.)
Our policy is based upon the plain
principle that our Government owes
it to the American producer that he
shall have an equal chance in the
American market with the foreign
producer. and that the foreign pro-
Queer. producing under lower wage
scale and lower standard of living
than ours shall be required 10 pay a
duty in tax equal to the difference In
domestic production cost and foreign
production cost. for the privilege Of
selling his goods In the American
market in competition with the Amer
| lean producer.
This Is a sound American principle
and is the rock upon which We Re-
publicans have built our tariff pol
icy. This is a solid foundation and
the only foundation upon which we
can safely and securely stand against
all attacks. political or economical.
In other words. the Republican party
believes in giving the American pro-
Queer of raw material and manufac-
turers a square deal in his own
the American-market. If this is the
correct principle. then l challenge
any Republican to give valid reason
why TIE livestock man o: the South
and West is not entitled to pro-
tective tariff upon his product. ZAP
p,ause.)
Two-thirds OF all the cattle and
hides consumed In this country are
produced here ard the other one-third
imported, principally from South
America. Ny State. the Lone Star
State, IS the greatest cattle-produe
ing State in the Union and naturally
l am deeply interested in the welfare
and prosperity of tie cattlemen of
Texas. There is no class of producer
in this country today that needs
more the helping hand of the Repub-
lican party by means of protective
tariff than do the producing classes of
the South.
The tariff policy of our party must
be be applied as national and not as
sectional policy. 1t is more difficult
for the southern farmer to compete
with the cheap labor of the Orient
and more difficult for the southern
stock raiser to compete with the cheap
labor and cheap grazing lands of
South America, than 1t is for your
northern manufacturer to compete
with the cheap labor of Europe.
Therefore the South needs a protec-
tive tariff more than does the North.
The people Of both sections are
to realize this fact and
would not be greatly surprised II with
In the next 10 years a great reversal
of sentiment and political belief and
affiliation should take place in Amer
lea. and the South become the great
protective tariff section and the
North the free-trade section of the
Nation. fear that the South will see
where its material interests lie when
too late. and only after the northern
section-the New England States
has abandoned its support of a pro-
tective tariff policy
You must put tariff on the cattle
mans product or he, will be forced
out of business. One or the other.
(Applause.) The Democrats have
shown us no solution of the problem
Under their policy of free trade
their non-protective policy-the Amer
lean producer. whether he. raises cat
tie or whether he is a manufacturer.
has got to do one Of two things. He
must either reduce his standard Of
living and scale Of wages TO the
foreign standard. or he must go out |
Of that particular business. I chal- |
lenge the successful contradiction of |
that proposition. He will not and |
can not lower himself to 'ne foreign |
standard of wage scale Or standard OF |
living. and you will not and can not |
permit him to surrender production
to the foreign producer.
1t has been said On the floor of this |
House that the farmer and stockman |
do not want tariff on hides. want /
TO hear the farmer and stockman saJ
that. l have letters and kilograms
in my pocket here now from farmers
from livestock men and livestock
organizations from all sections, say
ing that they do want tariff on
hides, and no man on this floor has
4 right to say that the cattle raisers
10 not want tariff on hides. unless
ne is authorized to speak for the cat
.lemen
The statement has been made on
he floor of the House that the in
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