Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-21
LARCECROWD
: HEARSDEBATE
IN FL JARDIN
Judge Yates and Har-
din discuss Isc les
Involved in Con-
). gressional Race

r''arly part Of the shipping season
and the consequent collapse Of the
Valleys potato market was made By
Sid Hardin. candidate for congress,
IN his debate with Judge II. L.
Yates Of Brownsville n. FL Iardin
Friday night
The debate centered on the tariff
and prohibition. Yates -peaking in
behalf Of Congressman John n. Gar
ner. asserting that during the -
wears John Garner has represented
the fifteenth district he has done
everything within his power 70 pro
mote the interests Of the district
state and nation. Hardin asserted
that the Uvalde candidate is a "free
trader and anti-prohihitionist.
Judge Yates reioined that Garner
had voted against the very tariff
which permits imports OF foreign
agricultural products. and that
Hardin is -~w complaining of a
condition created by the tariff to
which Garner was opposed.
The schoolhouse was we'll filled
many residents from Brownsville
attending. G. L. Hunter. chairman
of the community club. presided
Hardin was allotted as minutes for
the opening and IS minutes 70
close. the debate lasting two
hours.
Garner to Write Bill
The farmers Of the Rio Grande
Valley must have a protective tariff
on their production: IL is necessary
10 maintain their homes; 10 edu-
cate their children: N rrovide the
r~cnssities Of modern life" Hardin
declared. He charged that Garro'
had failed 10 secure adequate pro-
lection for the district; that he had
opposed the emergency tariff. which
he designed as an agricultural tariff
Garner states he opposed the
emergency tariff because he was
bound by the party caucus" Hard n
said. adding that a number Of demo
Gratis had voted for the measure
and retained their committee assign
ments.
He admitted that Congressman
Garner as a member Of the ways
and means committee would be one
of the members that would write the
next tariff bill. but insisted that
Garner would be opposed to carryi-'-
out the protective theory TO the de-
gree demanded by the Valley.
Tells of Onion Imports
Relative TO Gamers prohibition
record he declared the congressman
had voted against the eighteenth
amendment. but had voted for the
Nolstead law. The endorsement
given Mr.. Garner BY the Anti
Saloon league Of Texas and the
United States. headed by Rev. Atti-
Gus Webb and the late Wayne. h.
Wheeler. respectively. he character
ized as merely form letters
Cameron county IS not going on
record as free trade and anti
prohibition county" Hardin de-
clarsd. following an assertion that
Garner had not been instrumental
in securing action by the tariff
commission proposing an ir-rease IN
the tariff on tomatoes.
Relative TO the imports Of onions
he said the equivalent Of 10000 cars
Of Egyptian onions had been ship
ned into the United States last sea
son, and that the rate by water
from Egypt was - cents per hun
dred as compared with $50 by rail
from Raymondville 70 New York
Garner . National Figure
Judge Yates declared that John
y. Garner is a national figure; that
his services to the district. state
and nation during his 25 years of
service have proved invaluable. and
that today he is recognized as a
leader of the minority party, which
Yates predicted would be the major
itv party after the next election.
Relative TO the records Mr.. Hardin
had introduced. Judge Yates stated
he could prove ANYTHING by the rec
ord by merely taking excerpts from
IL. and then proceeded 70 illustrate
by reading a brief extract from the
Bible wherein IL stated There is
no Cod
"The record must be taken As a
whole" Yates said Congressman
Gamers record during his p wears
cf service has been a record Of
achievement. q record of which ev-
ery resident az Texas is proud
Relative 10 Hardin's tariff
charges. Judge Yates asserted it has
always been the practice Of "dema-
cogues" TO appeal 60 the suffering
farmers" and that there is nothing
original about the Hardin cam
psign.
AT the first political gathering
ever attended. up in East Texas. the
speakers were I'll pledginE them
selves 10 aid the suffering farmers.
and not one of those promises was
fulfilled" Yates said. Mr.. Hardin
u merely following the footsteps Of
the old pspulist politicians and 9TH
ers who sought political preferment
by characterizing themse'' as
friends Of the farmers John Gar
ner has done and will do more con-
structive work in one hour IN be-
half Of the agricultural interests
than this aspirant for his position
could do in a lifetime
The Emergency Tariff
Judge Yates characterized the
emergency tariff. which Garner op-
posed. as a Joker He called at
tention to the fact that it proposed
corr and other agricultural conf
r,odities Of which a huge surplus
II nroduced and which must be con-
spred by foreign markets and
,herefore not affected by any tariff
.hat could be applied. Among the
iast items in the list was sugar, on
which the measure 'osed TO in
rrease the tariff rate approximately
"a per cent nd valorem.
"That is the reason Garner voted
,-ai, 81 the emergency tariff" Yates
eaid. 1T is not designed 70 protect
YOU: its purpose was to protect the
s,,esr interests. and the measure
rsS nroposed bv Senator Reed
croot. representing the sugar
trust. .ss
Garner voted against the tariff
Lii ~ 1921 because il was discrim-
;natory." he added. HAS that bill
::.,nroyed the condition OF the
tsrrers of the United States n
!. 80 rot what reason has Gamers
" Continued on page twos