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THE OKA 'VTTE NKWfc, FEBRUARY 18, 1912 14 At RECORD OF SENATOR SIMMONS Southern nroduct and a luxury, to 32 CabtatJlS. A. Ashe'S ReviSWTliver cent ad valorem, which is less of Jhe Public Acts of The Senior Senator From North Carolina, To the Editor of The News: For some days past newspaper cor respondents from Raleigh have sent out the statement that Governor Kitchin in his speech to be deliver ed in Raleigh tonight would assail Senator Simmons' congressional re cord. jit t Assuming that his assault will be along the line of criticisms he and his friends have for months been making against the senator to the end that the record answer might follow upon the heels of the specific charges the foregoing calm state ment of the facts with reference to these subjects taken in the main from the r-ublic records of the sen- a. v, v,oon nronnrpr!. and I wish to i nient as ask on behalf of Senator Simmons that you will give them to the public through your paper. Verv truly yours, S. A. ASHE, February 17, 1912. than one-half the duty imposed on lemons, a Pacific coast product and a necessity, which the bill as amend ed increased from 51 to 78 per cent; and much below the duty on oranges and other products. The duty voted for was a revenue duty. The propo sition to raise the duty a lemons to 78 per cent and to retain r iMr of only 14 per cent on pineapples was the most sectional proposition ad vanced and actually consummated in the so-called revision of 1909. It was against this outrageous discrimina tios against a Southern product that Senator Simmons protested and vot ed and except his votes against put ting lumber on the free list. Remarks on Iron Ore, Coal and Lum ber Votes. Iron Ore. Senator Simmons voted for a duty of 25 cents a ton on iron ore from Cuba. So did 17 other dem ocrats, while only 10 voted against it. Aldrich voted on this a mend- did Senator Simmons and two-thirds of the democrats, ine Dingley duty on iron was 40 cents; so the duty for which Senator Sim mons voted, was a reduction of about 35 per cent and is a revenue duty. In conference the duty on iron ore was fixed at 13 cents a ton, equiva- As to Charae that Senator Simmons Men! to 10 per cent ad valorem, which the ' raahes a mur ii wui uuij vu Voted With Aldrich and For "Interests' on the Tariff Bill. the. following is a summary of the Amendments upon which Senators ; Simmons and Aldrich voted the ; same way, per senate doc. 153, re- ; ference to pages of this document - is made on margin below: UfL SI. 1 FOR INCOME TAX AMENDMENT. I V Every democrat voting voted as did Senator Aldrich. (Was Sen . . ator Simmons to vote against , . an income tax because Sena ; tor Aldrich voted for it? Do North Carolina democrats want their representatives in con . eress to vote against a thing because somebody else votes for it, or vice versa?) S7, 77, 2 FOR CORPORATION TAX. Paired in favor of Aldrich's - - amendment. (Upon this amend ment all democrats, except three, voted as Senator Sim mons was paired.) 44, 3 AGAINST CUMMINS' AMEND MENT TO RECOMMIT. Schedule K (wool) with in structions to committee to re port a bill with duties on wool unchanged and with compensa tory duties, measuring the dif ference between cost of pro duction here and abroad, to woolen manufacturers. (All democrats voted on this motion as did Senators Sim mons and Aldrich.) TS, 4 AGAINST TILLMAN'S AMENDMENT PROPOSING A DU TY OF 10 CENTS A POUND ON TEA. (All democrats expect two vot ed as did Senators Simmons i and Aldrich.- 1 -46, 5 AGAINST BRISTOW AMEND- I MENT EXCEPTING Sugar from duty proposed in f Philippine tariff.' (All democrats except live l voted as did Senators Simmons k and Aldrich.) I :15, 6 ON QUEBHACHO. (This is the exclusive product of a foreign trust, and the en- tire duty collected goes into the treasury, so It Is wholly ? a revenue duty upon a product not produced in thla country. The duty voted for by Senator i Simmons was a reduction of t the Dingley rate.) 5 The following is a summary of the amendments upon which Senators Simmons and Aldrich voted the j same way, per senate doc. 153, re j ference to pages of this document 1 is-made on margin below; i S3, 7 FOR COMMITTE AMEND 'i MENT CREATING A CUSTOMS COURT. I . (Upon this amendment tne r f democrats divided about equal- ly.) -v 8 IRON ORE SCHEDULE. I : Senator Simmons voted for re ducing the duty from 40 cents ' L to 25 cents per ton. (18 demo- T crats voted as did Senators i .; Simmons and Aldrich, and only i 10 voted differently.) ,1 609 ON BITUMINOUS COAL AND ; SHALE. ; Senator Simmons voted to re- " duce the duty from 67 to 6U j . cent3 per ton and against re 1 : 1 ducing it to 40 cents per ton. (10 democrats voted as did ;. Senators Simmons and Aid- rich, and 12 voted differently.) " A revenue duty. : IS, 19, 57, 58, 59, 10. ON LUMBER $ " SCHEDULE. r " Senator Simmons cast 5 votes, : . the substance of which was: i r ., 1st. Against placing lumber on ' i the free list. 2nd. Against re ' ducing the duty below 1.50 v per M. ft. (On the latter amend- ; - ment McCumber 17 demo- crats voted as did Senators Simmons and Aldrich, and only ? : ' 10 voted differently.) i AU of these votes were votes for i reductions from the Dingley rates and "are good revenue duties as the treasury receipts ehow. Hereafter to given a fuller state ment of Senator Simmons' votes on ; iron ore, coal and lumber. Also reduc- tions in conference and reasons there- for. SUMMARY. ! As to Senator Simmons' fourteen I votes with Aldrich, it has been shown ! that seven of them are not criticised or questioned, and that the seven that have been criticised, but without foundation in fact, embrace only three subjects Iron ore. Coal and j. Lumber, - and that therefore these seven votes are properly to be count ' ed as only three votes. ! An examination of his record will disclose the fact that, on the pther Land, on the one hundred and twenty ( -odd record votes taken on amend ; xoents to the bill, Senator Simmons Toted against Aldrich over one hun- dred times. ' An examination of these record , votes will further show that every vote 1 Mr. Simmons gave on the tariff duties was either : V Against any increase, Or to reduce duties, . Or to put articles on the free list; "except only one vote that to In terBase the Muty on pineapples, a, from Cuba, from where most ot tne ore imported comes. The only pur- chasers of iron ere are the steel trust and the steel manufacturers; and tc put iron ore on the free list without removing the protective duty on the finished product, would not benefit the consumer but would simply increase the protection of the manufacturer. Upon this question Senator Sim mons voted as did Senator Vance When the McKinley bill was before the senate, in 18?0, it proposed duty on iron ore of 75 cents. In the senate. Senator Gorman moved to reduce it to 50 cents. Later he ask ed permission to withdraw his amend ment, when Senator Vance arose, and said, "I object. I want to have a vote on reducing the duty to 50 cents." The amendment was with drawn, however, and Senator Plum offered an amendment reducing- the duty to 60 cents per ton, and all democrats, including Senators Vance and Ransom, voted for the amend ment. During the debate there was not a suggestion from any senator that iron one should be put on the free list. In 1894, when the Wilson bill, which carried a duty of 40 cents per ton on iron ore, was before the sen ate. Peffer, populist from Kansas, offered an amendment to put iron ore on the free list, and every democrat voted against it Senator Simmons Is supporting vig orously the iron and steel bill now oefore the senate. This bill puts iron jre on the free list, but It also abol ishes all protective duties on the pro ducts of iron ore. Where a finished product is highly protected, putting the raw product on the free list simply adds to its protection. What the advocates of free raw materials seek to accomplish is to reduce the cost of the finished product to the consumer and to enable the manufac turer to compete in the markets of the world; but, if the duty on the fin ished product is highly protective, putting the raw material on the free list will not accomplish either ot these purposes. The double purpose which the advocates xf free raw material have in view may be ac complished by reducing the duty on the finished product to a purely rev enue basis. COAL. Senator Simmons voted to reduce the duty on bituminous coal from 67 to 60 cents per ton and against re ducing it to 40 cents per ton. So did Aldrich. The democrats divided, 10 voting as did Senator Simmons and 12 voting otherwise. The duty fixed by the conferences was 45 cents per ton, being equal to an advalorem duty of between 12 and 15 per cent. The chief cost of coal is in the freight rate; and on account of the freight rate, practically no coal is imported into this country except from Canada; and that is only to Hawaii, along the Pacific coast, and to Montana and Idaho and some for the New England border states. The consumers of these states would get coal a little cheaper if it were put on the free list, but putting coal on the free list would not reduce the price of coal one penny to any state in the South. With free coal Canada could not sell a ton of coal in the South nor would it effect the prtee of coal in that section one particle. We export about three times as much coal to Canada as we import; and nearly all of our trade in coal is with Canada. Canada has a duty of 51 .cents per short ton, which is the same as 60 cents per long ton, the rate Mr. Simmons voted for, thus his vote would have made the duty levied on coal by the two countries the same. Senator Simmons voted the same way Senator Aldrich did on the amendments to the lumber schedule, the substance of which was against placing lumber on the free list and against reducing the duty below 1.50 per thousand feet. In conference a duty of 11.25 per m. ft. was agreed on. Every democrat except three vot ed for some duty on lumber. If Sen ator Simmons' vote against putting lumber on the-free, list violated the democratic platform, every democrat voting, except three, was guilty of doing the same thing. The democratic platform did not demand free lumber unless trust-controlled products were put on the free list and the tariff re vised to a revenue basis. That could not be done under a republican bill framed on protective lines, and hence the conditions under which lumber was to be put on the free list did not arise. This was Senator Simmons' interpretation of the platform and must have been that of all the demo crats, except three, because they all voted for a duty. It was also the In terpretation of the North Carolina state democratic executive commit tee, because that committee prom ised in the campaign that no demo crat in congress from North Caro lina would vote to put lumber on the free list .unless trust-controlled products were also put on the free list and the tariff duties reduced to a revenue basis. The duty on lumber for which Senator .Simmons voted was a revenue duty,- and he so con tended at the time. That duty has been in force since August, 1909, and this duty is -producing, more revenue to the treasury than any other duty equally low in the whole Payne-Alrdich bill. It is said that lumber is a necessity, and therefore ought to be put on the ' free list. If so, woolen and cotton clothes be ing necessities, ought .to be put on the free list; and yet, during the late extra session, when the democrats revised the wool and cotton, sched ules, they placed a duty of 40 per cent on woolen' clothes and 80 per cent on cotton clothes. If it is demo cratic to vote for a 40 per cent duty on the clothe sthat cover our backs it can not be un-democratic to vote for a 7 per cent duty on the material that shelters and protects us from the weather. Reason Aldrich Voted for Reduction on Iron Ore, Coal and Lumber. During the consideration of the house bill there were many, amend ments to increase duties. In each of these, Senator Simmons voted against Aldrich. There were also many amendments offered to reduce duties on manufactured products . and to transfer articles to the free list. Sen ator Simmons voted against , Senator Aldrich on all of these amendments, except for duties on coal,- iron ore and lumber. When amendments were - offered, as, before stated, to reduce duties on iron ore. coal and lumber, products of the land and soil, and which are raw materials the factories . and house builders of New England do not pro duce but buy in . large quantities J Senator Aldrich voted on these sub jects as did Senator Simmons, for reductions. It is the policy of the protected manufacturers, whom Senator Aldrich especially represented, while insist ing upon his;h duties on thsir'manu factured product, to seek low duties, or none at all. on their raw material. Mr. Aldrich stood for an increase in the already high protective duties of New England manufacturers and for lower duties on their raw material. Does anybody doubt that Senator Aldrich and New England, except pos sibly Maine, would be glad to see lumber, iron ore and coal on the free list? Largely for these reasons Sen ator Aldrich voted to reduce these duties in the senate and readily agreed in conference to still further reductions, and would, probably have agreed to put them on the free list if he had thought he could command the necessary votes, and the balance of the country would stand it without demanding such reductions in manu factures as he was not willing to con cede. On account of our great supply of coal and iron ore but little more of either would be imported than now comes in, if they were admitted free of duty, and free coal and iron ore would not reduce the price of coal or iron and steel manufactures to the general consumer, though a few peo ple and manufacturers on the Ca nadian border might get them a little cheaper. Why then should not the government get some revenue from such importations as come in, and Is not ten per cent on the one and -fit-teen per cent on -the other a small duty, considering that the general average of duty under the bill is 44 per cent. These small duties. do not exclude importations nor have they restricted importations. The . impor tations are as large as freight rates will allow. 1 As to The Charge That Senator Sim mons Voted for Ship Subsidy. Senator Simmons is charged with having voted for a ship subsidy. This charge is unfounded. - There have been . two ship subsidy measures before the senate since he has been a member of that body, and he voted against both of them. The . first was the old Hanna bill, reintroduced by Senator Frye. whch carried over two hundred millions of dollars for the purpose of subsidizing the Americant merchant marine. This bill came, to a vote in the senate on March 17, 1902, and Senator Simmons and all the other, democrats strongly opposed it. Senator Simmons , was absent when the vote was taken, but was paired with Senator Clapp who tavorea tne Din. un Marcn is on ms return to the senate, Senator Simmons announced, in the open senate, that when the vote Was taken he was ab sent and paired with Senator Clapp. and that he been present he would have voted against the bill. The next ship Isubdisdy bill on which. the senate voted was the Frye bill, voted upon February 13, 1906, first session, 59th. congress. This bill involved an expenditure of .about for ty millions of dollars per annum for subsidizing the merchant marine. Sen ator Simmons and all the other dem ocrats strongly opposed it and .voted against it. At the next session of congress a vote was taken by the senate upon the Ocean Mail bill, . so-called, for which Senator. Simmons Is criticised for voting. This bill was . not a new measure at all but an amendment to the act of 1891. The act of 1891, which up to that time had never been regarded as a subsidy enactment, prescribed the compensation of American vessels for carrying the mail, and fixed the rate of pay to vessels of the first-class, which were vessels with a speed of 20 knots per hour, at- 4, and ves sels of the second class, ves (which are vessels with a speed of 16 knots per hour) at $2 per mile, outward voyage. There was not then and" has not been since any American vessels of the first-class sailing from American to foreign ports, except those from North Atlantic ports to . European, while all vessels engaged in the South American trade, were these of . the sec- and and lower class. Vessels of the second class are Just as efficient for mail and commercial purposes in our South. American trade - as vessels or the first-class Is our European trade; but notwithstanding the fact that the government from the beginning ound no difficulty in making contracts with American vessels engaged in European trade, under the $4 rate, for 27 years all the efforts and aavertis- ne of the department to induce tne American vessels of the second-class from North or South Atlantic to South American ports, except Venezuela, to contract for the mails at the f 2 rate, have been unsuccessful; and a11 of our mails to South America, except as above stated, have' been carried and are now carried in foreign bot toms, generally tramp or semi-tramp steamers, running under no regular schedule, resulting m tne aispatcn oi the bulk of our commercial mail to these countries by, way of Europe. The amendment to the act of 1891, for which Senator Simmons voted, in substance simply provided that the mail pay of American vessels of 16 knots speed, engaged in the South American trade, should be the same ($4) as that of the 20 knot vessels, engaged in the European trade and as these slower vessels:. were just as sufficient for mail purposes, in our South American trade, as these .faster vessels were in our. European trade, the effect of the amendment was sim ply to remove a discrimination in mail facilities in favor of North Atlantic and European ports and against North Atlantic ports of this country and South America. . When this amendment was' consid ered by the commerce committee, to which it was referred, it was regarded as a purely business and administra tive proposition by Senators of both parties; there was no division and it was reported to the senate without opposition from the democrats on that committee and without a minority re port. WThen the bill came up for consid eration in the senate in 190S (60th. congress, first session) amendments were offered to it by Senators Bacon, Simmons and Clay. - There were short remarks by quite a number of senators, none in opposition to the bill, and none contending that it was a subsidy. When the bill was put up on its passage, there was no request for a yea and nay vote, and it was passed, as the record will show, with out a single dissenting vote. If this bill is a subsidy, and Sena tor Simmons voted for it as such, then so did every other democrat in the senate. When, some time later, the bill reached the house the cry of subsidy was , raised against it and it was de feated on a record vote by a majority of one. When this bill, slightly modified, came up in the senate again (Feb ruary 2, 1911), it was not treated as a business question, but as involving in some way the idea of subsidy, and the democrats in the senate, including Senator Simmons, reversing their posi tion of 190S, voted solidly against it. In casting his vote; Senator Sim mons restating the facts as he had stated them in his speech in 190S and reasserting his opposition to subsid-1 les. declared that since the senate voted ipon this" measure in 190S it had become to be regarded as involv ing the principle of subsidies, and that his constituents, as the result of mis understanding and as he was here to represent their views when definitely known, and not his own, the question involved being one of governmental policy only, in deference to . their views, and wishes he would cast his vote with his fellow democrats asainst the bill, as he had cast it with them for the bill in 1908 It will be seen from the above state ment that Senator Simmons has voted four times upon ship and mail sub vention bills, which are now character ized as subsidies, and that each time he has voted exactly as all the other democrats In the senate who voted at all voted These are the facts and this is the whole 6tory . out of which ' a tangled web of misrepresentation of Senator Simmons' attitude toward subsidies has been woven It Has Also Been Charged "Rhat Sen- ator Simmons Gave His Support to What la Popularly Known In North Carolina as The Southern Railroad Subsidy. - About 25 years ago, upon the mo tion or- ex-Senator Money (democrat irom Mississippi, then chairman of HERE 1ST HE AUTOMOBILE YOU HAVE LOOKED FOR AGENTS AND BUYERS And consider the car for the the Doe. 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I i pediting Southern mail by hiring a railroads to base their compensation have -been introduced during this ses- to make them the pleasure resorts of last wain parrying notnmg out mall, UT,0n what the service to be rendered ' l"AB wuuwuuu.n one lourtn or tne continent, lor tne pro witn scnedule fixed by the department by them was actually worth? iny 01 mention mat ms speecn maae(tection of our waterpower, one of our and forfeiture of - compensation of pnBtn,actBr r.onprai Cortelvou: Yes.iuPn the high cost of .living in the greatest natural assets and the fu- that day . for each day's failure to Li, i bist. congress, snowing tne response ture mainspering of our industrial ad- make schedule time. Aftor hearine the Dostmaster gen-' hty of tiie tariff and. the trusts for , vancement, from threatened destruc 1 ms contract was nrst awarded 1 the Atlantic. Oriast J A no anrJ tha a' ! uu . vv " I cL-CLOlJl.n U V till? V UiHi-Ll J. LlCCi I . , A - - , . t x- - ' " " . a j nual pay was considerably over $300,- vncm th hill reached the senate, book of 1910 and circulated broad- ing them together with each other 000 per annum. In the course of senators Money of Mississippi, and : cast througnout the country. land the ocean, and making available time the Atlantic Coast Line volun- Mallery of Florida objected to the1 lt cannot be reasonably charged for interstate as well as local traffic, tartly. threw up the contract, and it nrevise ' uDon the ground that they that; Senator Simmons is a reaction: 2300 miles of land-looked navigable 1 o.a uicu ttwaiueu IU lUB OUUUieiU faarert It WOlllfl T)11T. a SLOT) lO tne litBL ' c . " ' . . . I " Qlcl "CiLr ituviu voiuuua Railway at less nav. which was from I ,1 e,,nntraH hv this snHal tra session, he refused his consent to velon and utilize these natural re time to time, further rednrpd until. Lj ' t 1, Sonntnr Sim- putting the products of the farm upon J sources, there has been annronriated In 1909, it had dropped to $142,000. mons vieorously defended his amend-the free list while the manufacturers during the ten years of his service In. 1906 this policy began to be m out and declared that his object in or inese proaucis were. reiamea upoa, between eight and ten millions ot characterized as a subsidy, and when offering his previse to change the tne, dutiable list with, duties practi-( d0nars and recently official reports the Dostoffice annronriation hill nf h.n, moVa it manrtitnrv nnnn cally prohibitive. If a revision of the 'have been made recommendine the that year was under consideration by the nostmaster ceneral to put the ser-.tariff duties upon these products upon expenditure in the immediate future me wiuiuuiee, oeuaior oimmunsi oe- vice upon a contract oasis, ana pay ; -- , w ume mimon ucmais muie j.ui mo ing a member of the committee), for it out of the treasury only what , 4e , Pnce or farm products, tne aa- when this item of the bill was reached, the service was worth. He declared ) vantage of such reductions would in called attention to the fact that it that it was his purpose to make the,sur nfc to the benefit of the consum was charged that this was a snhsidv. rfanrtmant understand that, er but to manufacturers of . these He stated that he did not wish to de- ft moii carvia nmrht not tn he products. Senator Simmons consider- "... iuo laou lut . .wv j ; ; il,:. J 4- J pnve tne soutn or this fast mall ser- continued unless the department , fu lcViSi"" L"ia vice, but he thought the bill should thoneht. it desirable in the public in-! interest of the farmers ; but against i j , . ... I . . . , tham " nnt in r r n fntaraet rr r ry a rrn oe amenuea so as to put tne pay upontprpct to continue it. and tnat Hi '"ut'c.D' v . "-" w . the basis of reasonable compensation should not spend the money unless it ' sumer, but solely in the . Interest of for the service actuallv rendered and.L, .aunr in order tn nm-lthe trust-protected manufacturers. with that object in view, he 1 off ered mote the interest of the service. u ,wni be home in mind in this con- be completed probably in 1913, cer- sajne general purpose. Along . the same line reference should be made in this connection to the part, taken by him In connection with the construction of the Panama canal. It is well known that he was conspicuous In the fight for ther ati fication of the , Panama canal treaty, resulting in the' construction of that greatest world undertaking, which will an amendment to the Item rerm irinarl tmoiitt Sannr iwniierv offered a-nection tnat Senator Simmons offer- talniv in iqik This is the one great the postmaster general to consider substitute, for which nearly all-of the. d to vote for the reciprocity bill, it work undertaken by the government and determine whether such expend!- southern senators, the substance and ', the duty on the manufactures of farm since the war which will be sure to ture was necessary1 to promote the in- effect of which was- that the post- Products were reduced along with that the south than any other part of the terest or tne postal service and pro- master eeneral should use only, so vu-t"u.u.u"s memociveo, ux uwb viding.if this fast mail train service much of the money appropriated as tree list bill, proposed . by way of was continued "no greater sum shall was necessary to provide the same or compensation to the farmer, was add be paid for such facilities than is in as KOod service as was at present pro- e to the reciprocity measure,, by way the judgment of the postmaster gen- vided of amendment so that by taking it out eral a fair compensation for the ser- The hill with this fast mail oro-.of the power of the president to vote Briefly let us see what is that rec ord: Senator Simmons entered the arena vice to be rendered by said trunk line vision, thus amended was passed, and one without the other both would have or lines." ' Uhorttv thereafter the Southern Rail- to stand or fall together. To be certain that this amendment I wav B1,rrendered its contract, and the! Senator Simmons is willing that his would accomplish" the purpose which special train was discontinued. I record both in connection with state he had. in view namelv that of saueez- it win h cen from the fores-nine and national legislation shall tell the ing any subsidy that this appropriation that Senator Simmons, so far from story as to whether he is progressive mignt carry out or it and Placing tne orfvorntlntr a Riihsidv for the Sontherm"1 ""-visicBsnc. contract upon the basis of a quantum Railway, brought the question to the meruit, he requested that the post-1 ottentfon of the senate committee, and master general be asked to aDnear be-liri wwthintr in Ma nower to srmeeze fore tne committee that the commit- out of the appropriation any and ev-ior siat pontics during, the dark days te might ascertain from him whether ery element of subsidy. j of 1892. While, misrepresentations to iuib amenument would accompnsn r. Th t - t . s ms iccuiu ai vvasningrou may nave that purpose. Accordingly the post- Char3es ThatD !'?Iar-.? mm 8 ls a I gained currency with the credulous master general came before the com- lat home, his record in sUte affairs mittee and was Questioned bv Sena It Is charged that Senator Simmons i has been so conspicious and well tor Simmons, and his testimony was is lacking in progressiveness. and that known: that its truth cannot be per taken by a stenographer at his re- his tariff views are reactionary. Neith- verted. His prominence as a leader in quest and. is preserved as a commit- er of these charges are true. The all the , progressive, movements" which tee record. In the course of this ex- charge that he is undemocratic on , during . the last 12 years have shcnal- amination the following colloquy took the tariff falls to the ground in the ized the marvelous industrial, social place between Senator Simmons and face of the fact that he not only vot-j and moral progress of the state is the postmaster general. ed against the whole Payne-Aldrich' known of all North Carolinians. It is Senator Simmons: If there is any 1 bill but made a vigorous and exhaus- a matter. of common knowledze there. element of subsidy in this appropria- five speech against its iniquities; and: It speaks for itself, and misrepresen- tion (meaning the Southern Railway upon all amendments to that bill hejtations cannot avail. mail appropriation) If congress should voted with practically all of his demo- Passing from state to national af- wvumpauj mis appropriation witn cratic associates - except upon tne . tairs, I ask. in wnat respect nas ne that condition (meaning the condition amendments as to iron ore, lumber in the previse, above referred to) and coal; and upon iron ore, 18 dem would you consider it vnnr dnt.v to ocrats voted as he did while onlv 10 been lacking in progressiveness in his . attitude since elected to the sen ate toward, questions of national legis- counry. Th.ey have his activities to secure better and cheaper transportation fa cilities been confined to water trans portation. He has been equally alert in his efforts for readditions through national legislation of railroad rates and governmental control of trans portation by, rail. An examinationcf his record upon this subject will show that he has both stood for, spok en' for, and voted for, such railroad regulation and control as has resulted in the destruction of rebates, the ap plication of safets appliances and ef fectual reduction of railroad rates. Following the same general line of national development and effecting di rectly large local interests, he has been an ardent advocate of better roads, -in -the interest of agricultural development and better and cheaper travel and transportation facilities for the farmer, as is shown by the bill for that purpose recently introauceu by him for national aid to good roads, and his- speech delivered in its sup port, both of which have attracted nation-wide attention and given a powerful impetus to this most impor tant : movement. . , . ; Not only has , he been urgent ana conspicuous, in- advocating and sup porting, by speech and vote, but ne has secured action by legislation ana through the department of agricul ture, -in the interest of agriculture ana put this contract upon the basis of . a voted differently; upon the crucial ' latlon? Here again his record answers I vlTnX!Z flf ilrL7 methods purely business transaction? vote on lumber 17 democrats . voted' the unfounded charge that he is a re-! 9m1 ?J Ji WMhlnz ton as one of the most active Postmaster General Cortelvou: Yes. as he did. while only 10 voted differ sir; In the interest of . the postal ser- ently; and upon iron ore the demo vice and the people of the whole coun- cratic vote was 10 to 12. In other try. words, upon these three amendments, Senator Simmons: Therefore, if taken as a whole, a large majority this previse should be adopted, you of the democrats voted as he did. would consider It your duty to decide This charge falls to the ground in the question of whether this service face of the fact that in the extra ses- was necessary? Bion of 1910 he earnestly supporter Postmaster General Cortelyou; Yes. the several "democratic bills to revise charge actionary as a brief enumeration of the things he has stood for and ac complished will testify. - Firstr with reference to - national legislation affecting' the state : In no period of the state's history has the national government done so much to help our people to conserve, - develop and utilize their great natural V re sources. Largely though Ms efforts porters of -this great department in the wonderful work It Is doing the betterment of farm conditions, ana he has been especially alert in see ing that North Carolina farmers are given the full benefit of such practi cal service and advice as this depart- (Continued On Page Seventeen.) t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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