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Show j ciricisl OF PAYNE BILL Pou Says Measure WL Be Worse Than the Dingley Law Washington. March 20. "A place at the pie counter is desired by us all." said Representative Pou of North Carolina, Caro-lina, in discussing the tariff bill in the house today. But I have often thought our Republican friends get there Quicker, Quick-er, stay there longer, and are harder to force away, than any other class of people on earth. Therefore, rather than lose Its place In the national restaurant, res-taurant, that party promised to revise your Dlngley tariff; and when you agreed to reviso It, you meant to revise re-vise it downward. In a manner fair and Just to all sections, and tho pen-., pie so understood It. But the Repub- llcan party has not done so." Mr. Pou declared tho Payne hill will be worse than the Dlngley law. and charged the Republicans that, "In tho teeth of your promise to the people to revise downward, you have revised upward." "You argued that shoes should ho placed on the free list if hides are admitted ad-mitted free of duty." Mr. Pou criticised the wool schedule, sched-ule, declaring the very necessaries of every day living hae been doubled by the Imposition of the duties. Hn also said the duties on women's and children's gloves have been Increased, Increas-ed, with the result that every woman and child In America ill suffer. The reduction In the lumber sehd-ule sehd-ule was also attacked by Mr. Pou who declared that It was another evldonco of the favoritism showed in the framing- of the bill. He said every American citizen, who must pay the advance In the price of tea, which he claimed would result from the duty placed on this beverage, would hold the majority of the house responsible. , |