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Show PARTISAN DEBATE IN LOWER HOUSE WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Prosperity Prosper-ity and depression wore pictured again in the house today by Democrats and Republicans. representative numphroy, lie-publican, of Washington, arraigned Democratic Demo-cratic claims to beneficent effects of the new tariff law. "Since the present Democratic tariff law took effect," ho said, "the foreigners for-eigners have captured our markets and, tho balance of trade has been against us for the first time in tho history of the nation sinco tho old Wilson law went into effect." Representative Fitzgerald, Democrat, of 2cw York, replied that under the Republican tariff Jaw thero was a deficit def-icit regularly at one time of tho year because of inadequate customs receipts and. added that by Juno 1 payments aggregating $S0,000,000 or $90,000,000 for the ten months of tho last calendar year would begin to be paid under the Democratic income tax law. |