Show j i M 01 T ES N GH R G ES p Pittman of or Nevada Key gey motor tor tariff bill ll he now the the hP kd for ing the United rte rg is r Reed heed Smoot declared Senator IT reply 1 to a statement y Boi in Idaho b by the N Nevada vada ide 11 Pittman an makes the charge chargent s t tor nt wilt tariff f law has murIt murthe mur- mur It the p present United ted States Senator ad the UIt is extremely it I told remarkable for such arid a rid and r rather to ther be made by a principal to to have been com com- D SS a 8 with Sena- Sena This fiais r 1 is th the e case 1 rAa Pittman senior alor senator from rom Utah then e long list o of articles Up upon n sd a Senator Pittman vot- vot Id he be said duties He also listed a ain al p lice CC which of other articles upon voted Pittman B ed Senator in duties eases de statement ent that England HIs eb and all ih the a other oth r countries countries their trade is w without It t in fact tact Senator mator Smoot the raking g into consideration lit which has haslen depression o Ue lii pre len it is remarkable that our export and Import trade has not declined to a much greater extent extent extent ex ex- tent than has been the case Senator Pittman's statement that the prohibitive duties placed on automobiles automobiles automobiles au au- by foreign countries have been detrimental to the American workman is a splendid argument for foran foran foran an American protective tariff he continued The duty on automobiles automobiles automo automo- biles entering the United States was decreased under the present law from 25 per cent to 10 per cent Since this decrease practically every foreign foreign foreign for for- eign countr country has increased ed its dut duty on automobiles It can con therefore in no way ny be considered a n retaliatory retaliatory tory duty referred to by the senator senator senator sena sena- tor from Nevada This is Just another example of ot othow how foreign countries protect their home industries and in itself is a sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- suf- suf reason to justify America in protecting he her own citizens against invasion of cheap foreign goods which increases unemployment at home |