The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-07-29


 'The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Fordney,) many times a million. aire, we are told, chief godfather of ] this tariff baby chief defender of the | la6orinS man, champson-in,chief of | the farmer, friend benefactor. and lord protector par excellence of the downtrodden has provided free list | in this bill that I shall discuss briefly | By reason of his kindness. there is still something free for Americans besides salvation. Sandwiched and hedged in between devices and sub terfuges and pitfalls and jokers and traps is now and then an article on | the free list. Some chemicals and | here is one of them; Sulphide of arsenic: also valerianic acid The 1 consumer is taxed for everything he wears, from the hat on his head to | the shoes on his feet, but asafOetida | coculuS indicus, annattO. cudbear, l gambler, osmium and kieserite can
 leap over the tariff wall, higher than
 the wall that grim old Romulus built
 around Rome, and kieserite ct al.. do
 not have to pay for the privilege of | the leap. The poor old American con-
 sumer must be taxed for his collar l and his coat his shirt and his socks, 1 but there comes to him galloDing
 l4i4 Ou5A llS Wlbt MI TOIuuSy
 made through his tariff wall such 1 necessities as civet, musk, arrowroot,
 bones (crude, steamed, or ground). I Many good woman will complain | because .|c duty on baby clothes and a shroUf, for her dead husband, l but Mir. Fordney provides that she
 nave coir VI T, dividivi, and fish skins
 (both raw or salted) without any duty. Handkerchiefs are taxed. but lava is free. Neckties are on the
 dutiable list. but teaches crawl in un
 taxed Boys. Mr Fordney makes you pay two prices for your suspenders
 but pulu is not taxed. and so on ad libitum. ad nauseuln'
 Democratic Senate Leader Would Finance Crops
 The Norris bill providing for a , S100. 100000 corporation financed by : the government to dispose of surplus {. agricultural crops, received an impe-
 tuS when Senator Underwood. Demo s cratic leader of the Senate, spoke in g it's favor Senator Underwood has s the confidence of the business and l. agricultural interests and his words in Il cessarily carry weight aside from his
 party leadership in the highest legis s- lative body. Giving his reasons fol $ supporting the bill, he said:
 V NOW I wish to say few word: e concerning my reasons for supporting n the agricultural bill It may be gons y a long way to lend Federal money tt IS a corporation, but we have loaned
 billion dollars or more to the shippin! t, corporation; we have loaned larg e amount of money to corporations or al ganized to take care of railroad cred It it's and this is a bill to organize le S100,000 900 corporation, with loan er ing capacity to issue bonds of S1OO ,e O00, 900, to aid in the financing of tn in crops of the country.
 ie AS I said the other day, I am not & ~ optimistic as to claim that this bill going to be effective to any great e1 tent in connection with financing tn io crop this fall, for it will take time t
 get it into operation, and l am no :, going to hold out to those 1 represen - that I am going to do something 10 ie them at this time that probably wi
 not be accomplished. If I did, m lmi would only create a disappointmen ie and probably affect the usefulness C ie the bill in the future; but 1 think tn 1T great difficulty with agriculture is tn 'o establishment of it's markets, COO |; dination of effort in trying to reac ,, the markets, marketing the crop an iy think this bill will be helpful alon sS that line. I am willing to give it 7o trial, and I should like to see the e ~ fort made now.
 "A great many wild pieces of legi ly lation that 1 do not think can be e as fective, are offered to relive the pre- if ent situation. and I am not willing he vote for them. The administration { he this bill will be under Governmer O. control. I take it that the Cover Id ment is not going to waste the none li- and that the President of the Unite ba States will appoint capable and effiC he ent men that at least will take cal it of the Governments money and n'
 have it wasted; so I do not think W
 are endangering the Government fl ' ances to any extent. The bill may . helpful, and an effort to inject a zn other bill in it's way right now-I ca not how important the other bill is H may mean the ultimate defeat of tn M bill.
 ''i shall, therefore, vote for u N consideration of the bill proposed % the Senator from Nebraska and hOl E that it may be kept before the Sena H until it is finally disposed of, and H do not think that will take many day The Heart of the Agricultural ProbIe E Concerning the present agricultur "A situation and the need of relief of t F farmer, Senator Simmons Oem..
 E O, in a recent speech went to t E very heart of the subject marketi A the surplus crops-in support of t Norris bill, when he said:
 How is the farmer to get-wh
 reason has he to expect that he going to get any more for his whe and his. cotton anl his tobacco a
 his wool this year than he receiv last year, unless we provide some W
 by which the accumulated surplus
 those products may be sold in t
 only market that is open to hint
 foreign market? Carry the prese
 agriculture surplus to the time of
 marketing of the present crop, a
 is there man of common sense