Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-03-08

out for New England; and when we
try to do something for the Northwest
we are accused of lacking in national
point of view and being local-minded.
! am simply bringing this to the
attention of the Senate to show that
| if that is an undesirable complex
it is not peculiar to the Northwest.
Here is the reply of another men,
Der of the New England bloc to the
New England Council. He says:
I think New England is interested
in maintaining adequate customs duties
| and in the elimination of the estate tax.
l found that one member of the
New England bloc expressed great
| concern about very many things. l
quote from the reply of one. He said:
There will be countless items in the
appropriation bills that are important
| for particular New England communl-
ties, such as those having to do with
river and harbor improvements. public
buildings. navy yards. ETC.. but L thlnk
that you can count upon the represent
atives of the communities concerned to
| look after them and to enlist help
| from home should it prove necessary.
Nearly every one starts out with the
statement that New England must be
wide awake and look after its own
interests. One man stated that it was
very important that they should Or
ganize and cooperate. He said:
With little organized cooperation on
the part of the various industries whose
| products are on the free list and of
the commercial organizations of the
regions affected, l believe that the
Ways and Means Committee could be
induced to take UP this question
OF raising tariff schedules.
Mr.. BINGHAM. Mr.. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr.. SHIPSTEAD. I yield.
Mr.. BINGHAM. The Senator has
used several times the expression
the New England bloc"
Mr.. SHIPSTEAD. Yes.
Mr.. BINGHAM. Will the Senator
explain what he means by that? That
| is a new idea to me. l had never
heard that there was one. In fact,
l have several times wished that
there was one. The trouble with
most people from New England is that
they are all individuals and can not
be forced into the confines of a bloc.
Will the Senator be so good as to
explain?
Mr.. McMASTER. I will suggest to
the distinguished Senator from Con-
necticut, if he wants to ascertain
something about the New England
bloc, that he examine practically ev-
cry roll call in the Senate, it would
not make any difference whether 'on
the election of a page or on the adop-
| ton of a tariff system, an important
| thing or an Insignificant thing, and
he will find that all New England
Senators are always voting alike, with
very rare exceptions.
Mr.. BINGHAM. l wish that were
true, Mr.. President.
Mr.. SHIPSTEAD. l am sure the
Senator from Connecticut will agree
with me when 1 say that it is not
necessary for the Senator to ask me
about anything concerning New Eng
land, the part of the country that has
been dedicated to the bean and the
cod
Where the Lowells speak only to
| CabotS,
| And the Cabots speak only to God
Here is the reply of another dis
tinguished Member of Congress from
New England, writing to the New
England council, which seems to be
the central body. He said:
A hostile feeling toward New England
| is more or less prevalent IN Congress.
played most important part and Sc
cured many advantages.
I want to say that l admit that
New England has played an impor-
tant part, and in most respects every
American is proud of New England
When we come to discuss the eco
monte situation affecting the tariff
distribution of wealth as reflected in
the reports of the Government, in
some things we have to differ from
New England and on this occasion
l am attempting to show that while
we have been accused of trying to
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people, and that to some seems to
be an undesirable point of view,
am trying to show that New England
has been trying to follow that course
for long time and they admit it.
| He said:
| / do not intend to introduce politics
| into your deliberations.
Of course not They only want to
see what they can get out of Congress
this year, but they do not like to
bring politics into their deliberations.
| But merely state the fact that it is
| of paramount Importance that we
should have in the White House and in
other offices men of ability to defend
New EnglandS interests and the power
| to secure and retain Legislation of a
| helpful nature.
I do not find any fault with that.
New England wants to look out for
itself, but when New England is feed
ing her industrial population at our
boarding house and refuses to pay the
cost of production, 1 think we have
a right to complain. The only thing
we ask them to do is to pay us for
what they eat. Here we find dis