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their questions.
President Duffys address follows:
MR.. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN AND MEMBERS OF
THE TOWN MEETING OF THE
AIR, | greet you
Representing the workers depen-
dent for their opportunities for en-
ployment in the American Pottery in
dustry we wish to have you know that
we most emphatically oppose the con-
tinuation of the present alleged Re-
ciprocal Trade Treaty policy.
The workers in the American Pot
terry industry, the products Of which
actively compete in American markets
with the pottery products of the vir-
tual slave wage paid labor of Japan,
are conversant with the workings Of
tariff legislation. Such legislation and
the administration thereof means the
difference between jobs or idleness to
thousands of American pottery work
ers
These observations are based not
only on our own practical knowledge
and experience but upon findings and
published reports Of the United States
Tariff Commission. After a careful
and exhaustive study of the competi-
tive conditions which the products of
American Pottery workers must meet
in American markets, the Tariff Com
mission found that some 40f6 of the
household tableware yearly sold in
American markets is the product Of
of such imports are the products Of
the workers of Japan.
1t is hard to understand the hypoc-
risy and the inconsistency Of those
who on the one hand allege that they
favor effective administration Of our
Asiatic Exclusion Law, our Restrictive
immigration Laws, our Fair Labor
Standards Act, and, yet, will support
legislation which results in making
impossible the effective administration
of the protective laws which | have
just cited. Further, it is hard to un-
derstand how group Of educated and
presumably well-informed persons will
seek, under Democratic administra-
ton, delegation Of power pertaining
to the raising of revenues and the
entry into Treaties with foreign
countries when such policy has been
bitterly opposed by every Democratic
controlled Congress from the earliest
days of the history Of our country
down to the passing Of the Collier Bill
in 1882. For your information | might
say that prior to 1884 no authoriza-
ton has ever before been granted, au-
thoriZing our entry into Trade
Treaties, unless such Trade Treaties
were ratified by the Senate and ap-
proved by the House of Representa-
tives.
The arguments which have been put
forth by the State Department pro-
ponents of this Un-American legisla-
tion are based on misrepresentation
and the distortion of known facts The
cry baby appeal Of the State Depart
ment proponents of these Reciprocal
Trade Treaties reminds one of a four
or five year old child, who, having
stolen lolly-pop, fears it will be taken
away from him because he sees the
parent coming down the street.
Labor opposes this unconstitutional
delegation of power because we do not
believe in Fascism, Nazism, Commu-
nism or any other foreign 'isms. We
still have confidence in the elected rep
resentatives of the American people
and we believe that persons seeking
election to the Congress of the United
States should either perform the OBJ
legations which they assume or should
resign and let others who will accept
and perform the obligations of office
take their place. We are unalterably
opposed to appointed officials Of our
government taking over the obliga-
tions which the elected representatives
of our country are obligated to per-
form.
When the proponents OF Reciprocal
Trade Treaties started their prop
uganda a year or more ago to secure
the extension of the unconstitutional
delegation of power which they now,
we trust, temporarily possess, they
compared our exports Of 1882 with our
exports of 1897 and 1888. They knew
that before any Trade Treaties were
entered into, other than with Cuba and
a few other small nations, our exports
had increased from $1,675, ,000,000 to
$2,2S2 100000. Further they knew
that our imports had increased from
$1,325, 100000 in 1892 to $2,038,C00,-
eco in 1885. While our exports Of aU-
tomobiles, radio sets, office machinery
and canned fruits increased in value
these champions Of tariff reductions,
through our entry into Trade Treaties,
said but little Of the increase in our
domestic trade. Our domestic trade
from 1892 to 1898 increased from $780,
0C0, ,000,0C0 to more than S60,0OO,0 O,0COy
OC0. Surely, an increase in productive
or service capacity Of $50 ,OO0,0O ,0C0
provides more jobs for American
workers than did an increase, at the
most of less than SLIGO, 100000, most
of which was an increase iii values
rather than in quantities.
Despite the distortion Of facts pre-