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Show 1 111 I; 'I J ' MORE TARIFF fllH INCONSISTENCY 1(115 I l In tho Senate n few days ago the Senior Senator from Utah, Hon. KcoJ HI Smoot. brought to light somo moro i democratic Inconsistency ,nnd from ps f jjjjjj tho nppcarnnco of things democrnts in B Ijjj other stntcs seem to bo just tho same Sllll as they aro In Utah that Is they jiaf want Republican protection on their iljjl own' Interests, nud democratic freo B 1 j;j, trndo for the other fellow. H !jfj It appears that n committee rcpoit H" tlljf recently placed machtno tools on tho H jl' free list. This was In accord with H I H 1 1 tho action of the House of Represent H , I yff tatlvcs. Under tho Ulngley law the B I j U i ' rnt0 on machlno tools was 45 per H it l( cent ad valorem. Tho manufacturers H . jjif 'n (hc 'lcnrlnEB on tno I'aync-Aldrlch H j I ' bill asked that It be reduced to GO i Ifflj rcr cent ad valorem. Tho Democrat- J raj Ic House now places machtno tools J M on the free list. I j. Under consideration In tho Seirnt- f ll) or, Senator Pomcrcno of Ohio no.v H j ? ' nsks to remove It from tho freo list H If' I and placo 20 per cent nd valorem H , Jj ! thereon. On this matter Senator 1 k! B, If Smoot spoke as follows: m : "Mr. President, I can not altogether K ' I understand tho present situation. Thin ! J ItOm.of mnchlno tools was discarded ( 1 In tho comni ttee. Every member of g Ji J If tho majority of thnt commlttco voted 1j j ngalnst It. Wo hnd testimony, pages I j and pages of It, nnd now n Democrat- J l Ic Senator offers an amendment pine- j . Ing mnchlno tools on the dutiable list, ' j and the minority members of tho com- I 1 mltteo ncccpt tho amendment, jjj Of course, I understand why this H 1 ' Is done. That Is, I think I do. A yi ' delegation from Ohio enmo to Wash-' B J 1 Jngton nnd, by tho way, most of tho B ' I ' machine-tool manufacturers aro In ' v f Ohio and wo find tho Democratic' B 4$ Senator from Ohio offering nn amend-J H' f ment to place machine tools upon ti.e B s dutlnblo list and to tnko them from! M, $ tho freo list as provided for In tho' B V ' Democratic Honso bill. Tho Dcmo-j fi , cratic members of tho Finance Com-' K t J mltteo had nmplo opportunity to make B, I' ' that change before tho bill was ro-' B, ! ported to tho Senate, and did not. Are! Bf I 1 1 w3 t0 understand that this nmend-' Kj ! ment offered as It Is nt this time, ia' Bj ' ' the sentiment of tho Democrats of tho K Senate? H -, I merely wanted to call attention H, to the fact that It looks to mo llko H j tolng to play politics with tl' r K ff I (il I hardly think It Is tho proper B j thing to do." I B, ,' Later on In the debato Senator H'ti Smoot clinched his point as follow b: ! B I "TI10 position of tho Senator from I B ! Ohio Is this: Ho does not want ma- Iclihio tools to bo put upon tho free) list because tho material that goes luio mnchlno tools Is dutiable, and not' : minutes beforo ho mndo that state-' B ,' meM I,e ll(Ut oted to put Implements! Hf ot nil kinds threshing machines, j H j shovels, hoes, stay cholns, nnd neai-l H , ly all tho tools that nro used around j HM n farm upon tho freo list." j H ' Just beforo taking tho voto Senat- H j or Pomcrno said: B "-Mr. President, I do not intend by H; tho amendments which I have offer- H j fd or by tho rcmnrks which have been M j mado by soveral Senntors to bo placed H n falso attitude. I did not offer HJ this amendment as a protectionist. 1 B lj (' not offer It as a protection duty. K' J am not "sklng for protection for any single Industry In Ohio. I am asking B? simply thnt Justice bo dono under all Bf , the circumstances of the case." |
