Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-19
Tctically give his hides away,

Mr.. Stevenson. Did not it do that
under the iaync-Aldrich law? Did not
il do it under the Mckinley law?
Mr.. Itnutsun. No; Argentina hld
M. developed tho industry at that
time. Hides were protected under the
Payne Aldrich law.
Air. stevenson. The gentleman hciro
q moment ago the st;ltcmcnt of tir
gcntlcnan from Ohio LMr. Burtoni,
who has forgotten more about tho tar
! in Ct this country than the gentleman
would learn if he lived to br Il tlou-
sand gears old. i beg the gcnLlcman
have hcrn high under the Gndcrwnou
tariff, and TO say, therefore that ii ~
responsible for the price Of shoes is
simply Il piece of cHptr;lp that lhr
farmers willfnot believe. We know tias
we have l'rd scale Of high prices, but
the tariff did not affect thcm nnr way
or the other.
Now, they plead for tho farmer
There are 2I0,0h0 pruplc in my district,
and so per cent arc farmers and the
; balancc arc cottoi-m;ll operatives.
Tho Gotten manufacturers Or opera
! tiv2s number some 20, 900, but they have
not any hides tn sell. They arc having
; all they c;ln do tn save their own hides
from the manufacturers that you gen.
/ tlcmcn want to protect, They have got
to wear shoes. Eighty per cent of the
+! farmers Of that district sell practically
no hides. but they have got to wear
shoes. You give them one pair o.
shoes Il year. purchased nj 81. average
price ST., and that makes s96O.00O worth
of shoes that that district has got to
pay for, and it will not sell $1,000
worth Of hides, not $4,000 worth ut the
| highest You put tariff on hides and
add a compensatory duty on shoes
worn by my 100000 constituents. who
have no hides to sell. and you will take
ut least S14400O out of them, because
YOU will make it not less than Is pcl
cent. In order to assist the shoe man.
ufacturers of Massachusetts you will
take S144,O00 out Of the farmers and
the cotton operators, and then the gen.
tleman from Tennessee Mr.. C?ouscl
says to us. "You fellows had better
look out tho bogcy man will get yor
next time" wish he would como
over into my district; will turn owes
tho field to him and lst him canvass il
on that platform.
Mr.. Knutson. He would win IL yol
would let the colOrcd people vote in
South Carolina.
Mr.. Stevenson. The cO!orcd people
arc allowed to vote whenever thc$
qualify. but the colorcd people do moi
want to vote, because they had rather
have the dollar poll tax in their pock.
cts The gentleman does not know
what he is talking about. AndI will
tell you another thing. ! can get 80
per cent of them, If they did vote
against any mHn preaching the doc
lriuc lh;ll the geulleman lruln Tennes:
Sec [Mr.' Clonse1 prcachsd s1toflaN
Why? Because tho colorcd manawears
more shoes and bigger shoes than any
body else Put 15 per cent additional
price on. them and let him understand
it and he will say. "How come. boss
they have done added 80 cents, To nj!
shoes and buys two pair Il year; how
come thiS?" 1 would say to him thai
it was because they put tariff or
hides and that when his OK dies he car
get 20 cents more for the hide; but he
would likely reply: BLESS God. that on
! ain't never gcin' To die and I will never
get that 20 cents. but | will have TO
/ pay for my shoes twice II year That
Z: w!ill would happen. Talk about
protecting the farmer. The farmer
: c'.nnctcs in the markets Of the wOrl.
! with everything on earth that hr has
got. and if you anSwcr that question
/ honestly which the Ecnllcnrn from
Arkansas asked Il while ago you will
answer il by admitting that the intcn-
tinn Of this bill ana this very amend
mrnt is tn put up the price nf things In
this country which the rural pUpula-