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Show Democrats Protected Texas Goat When Dryan and President Wilson were Insisting that wool should g" on tho frco list, Congressman Jack Garner, of Texas, Democratic member mem-ber of tho Ways nnd Means Committee, Commit-tee, hold out for a fifteen per cent duty on hnlr of tho Angora goat, which under tho Republican tariff had always been classified as wool class two. Two thirds of tho Angora An-gora goat population of the United States nro found on tho plains of Texas. Garner won his point. Wool went on tho freo list, but hair of tho Angora goat was protected. Now comes tho report from San Francisco that an Angora In that vicinity wns worth $715 before being c'lpped nnd $300 afterward. Such a startling ex ample or mo nencucencc ot 1110 protective pro-tective policy encourages tho bard to smlto tho lyro: Tho tariff bill went through the Houso As w-rlt from A to Z; With ten per cent on cattlo And nil beef products frco. Sheep paid an ad valorem, Their wool taxed not a groat, But all the wiles of statesmanship Could not get Garner's goat. They slipped tho skids 'neath Schedule Sched-ule C, Farm products got tho axe They mado up for tho dlfferenco With a dnmphool Incomo tax. Tho standpats growled and grumbled, grum-bled, Tho Bull Mooso bawled Its note, But nil tho flights forensic. Could not got Garner's goat. Gus Gardner sworo n codfish oath, And Hnmp Mooro waxed Socratlo; Jim Mann singed off his lambrequins As ho damned things Democratic; Up rose the placid Underwood And put It to a vote Two-eighty to ono thlrty-nlno Could not got Garner'sgoat. Tho bt'l went to the Scnato Where they labored to amend, Thoy framed it for freo sugar Which thoy do not now Intend, Ransdell wn3 staunch protectionist On that ono thing but note: Ho did not cross n slnglo "t" To get Jnck Garner's goat. And Mary and her little lamb Died In tho arms of Smoot; Steel rails swan songed to Peuroso, And 'taters wept to Root. Not ono of thoso gravo solgnlors Could rlso and clear his throat, And strlvo by filibuster To get Jack Garner's gont. Browso on, thou mild oyed ruminant! Thou art tho causal ncxuB That binds protection to free trade' Thou Garner Goat of Texas! Llo snug in thy protected fleeco, Thou needst not a cote. Whllo Garner 1b, thou shalt havo poace Thoy'U get not Garner's goat. |