The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-06-30

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The House bill imposed the follow
ing high rates: On shot-guns value.
at more than SIS, $t.50; valued at NOR,
than IS and not more than $40, 81
each; valued at $40 and not more thar
S25, rs each; valued at more than $25
$40 each, with an additional ad valo
rem rate of 35 per cent, which thu
Senate Committee made as per cent.
In his best ironical vein, Senator
Norris said:
Il am surprised that the Senator
Mr.. Simmons) does not understand it
" course, it is not for protection, be-
cause we send guns all over the world
We command the worlds market in
guns. There is no protection in it. II
is not for revenue, Of course, because
none are imported; but1he Senator
forgets-and this applies to good
many other things in this hill-that
there is another reason that might
have a practical effect, and am sur
prised that the Senator does not I'M
derstand it. Has he forgotten the
men who are engaged in making guns
IN this country? Has he forgotten
that the war is over and that their
market is probably somewhat inter-
fered with, and that they need some
assistance from somebody? Does not
the Senator realize, too, that while
there are no guns imported, because
they cannot compete with us, there
are, nevertheless, people in other
countries who make guns?
"We have this market. We are
reaching out to get the balance Of the
world. We want tariff away up high
so that we can raise the price here
and still keep out the foreigner, while
go out into the foreigners country and
sell guns at less than cost and put him
out of business. We could not do that
II we did not have the American fell
lows here toiling and working to make
up here what we lose abroad, and
hence we have to have this. II is nee
essary. If we can raise the tariff
high enough to keep out the other
fellow, and raise the price here up to
the level of the tariff wall and COM
pensate ourselves while we go out and
conquer the rest of the world in the
gun business. when we have driven
the other fellows out of business in
their home countries, which may take
some time, we can increase the price
here We could not do that without
losing some money, unless we had this
thing in the bill, and so we have it in
here.
ut may be pretty hard on the fell
lows who want to buy guns to shoot
prairie dogs and rabbits. but it is a
splendid thing for the millionaire who
makes the gun. The Senator has for
gotten about that, and while he is
travelling out to gather in the world
market we will toll and sweat and
work and labor and keep he wolf from
his door. That is why we have this
tariff, not only on guns but on a good
many other things. We are going to
90 the same thing with sewing ma
chimes and paints, and a lot of things
made out of steel, and whole lot of
other things; and will it not be
glorious day when that time comes,
when our millionaires will control the
world, and we will go hungry while
they are getting around to do It.? We
ought to be glad of the opportunity to
make these sacrifices. We ought to
rejoice that we are the instrumentali-
ties by which these men will not only
prohteer but continue to profiteer.
They have us captured now. We want
them to capture everybody else, and
let everybody pay tribute to their
greatness and their grandeur.
The Senator from North Carolina
has not grasped the idea yet. He
ought, 1T seems to me. to be able to
understand, and he will when he gets
as old as | am and lives as long as /
have, that one of the blessings that
,omes to us through such legislation as
this is that for every drop of sweat
and every bit of toll that our people
go through and all the suffering thew
have to endure they are going to be
able to see somebody living high and
flying with the geese"