1911. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 525 Ry Mr. ?r!AGUIRE of Nebraskn: Petition of residents of OANA.DIAN RECIPROCITY DILL. gm~~a~~~irt~~~g~~;! ~~~ 0~f~s.placed on the free list; Mr. UNDERWOOD. l\!r. Speaker, I move that the House By Mr. MOTT: Petition of Herbert F. Hn.gn.dorn and others resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the of Carthage, N. Y., and Martin Nolan and others of Rainsville' state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill N. Y., against Canadian reciprocity; to the Oomr:iittee on Way~ H. R. 4412, a bill to promote reciprocal trade reln.tions with and Ueans. the Dominion of Canada. By Mr. O'SHA.UNESSY: Resolution of Carpenters' District The motion was agreed to. ' C ·1 p ·cl R I Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee ounci ' rO"n ence, · ·• to repeal the 10-cent tax on oleo- of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further margarine ; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. SAilATH: Resolution of New Orleans Cotton Ex:- consideration of the bill H. R. 4412, the Oa.nn.diun reciprocity change, fayoring the placing on the free list of all bagging and bill, with Mr. SHERLEY in the chair. ties used in the baling of cotton; to the Committee on Ways and Mr. McCALL. Mr. Chairman, in arising to close the debate in l\feans. behalf of those l\fembers upon this side of the IIousc who believe AJso, resolntion of Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers' in the policy of the present bill, I desire to say that I think the ~ul>, Buffalo, N. Y., farnring Canadian reciprocity; to the Com- ::;rouse is to be congratulated upon the illuminating discussion to mtttee on Wnys and l\leans. which it has had an opportunity to listen. The speeches delivered .AJso, resolutions of Irish-American and German-American so- upon both sides of the question and upon both sides of the aisle cieties .of N?':' .York! which have also been indorsed by their have been worthy of the subject-a subject which, as was said resp e cti~e d~ n s10ns m K:msas City, Mo., protesting against a by the gentleman from Illinois yesterday, is one of the most im­ new arb1trat10n treaty with Great Britain. to the Committee on portant ever before the American Congress. The bill has impor· Foreign Affairs. ' tant international aspects and features of an economic character By Mr. STFJ>HENS of California : Petition of board of di- that call for the careful consideration of e\ery :Member. It rectors of the produce exchange of Los Angeles, and the mem- does not ID!lke un appeal for tile use of the heroics of the hust­ bers thereof, i1rotesting against the pnssage of Senate bill TG4D, ings, but for the best thought each one of us is capable of giv­ whercby the time of carrying butter, eggs, ancl i1oultry in cold ing it. storage is to be limited to 90 days; to the Committee on .Agri- I listened with great interest to the speech of the gentleman culture. from Maine [Mr. Hnms]-the first speech that he llas had an By Mr. SULZER: Petition of Sprntts Patent, America. (Ltd.), opportunity to <lcli\er in this House, of which he has been of Newark, N. J., protesting against putting dog cakes and other almost the uirecting agency for nearly 20 years. It was a foocJs for domestic animals on the free list; to the Committee on speech beautiful in structure, such a speech a.s is made out of Ways and l\Ienns. a full mind, and it wus entirely worthy of the subject which he .Al so, petition of George 0. Edwards, Bridgeport, Conn., favor- discussed. I say that, although I profoundly disbelieYe in the Ing Oanadin.n reciprocity; to the Committee on Ways nnd conclusions which he maintained. I regretted to notice, how­ Means. ever, the pessimistic tone that the gentlemun adopted with ref- By Mr. WILSON of Pennsylvania: Petitions of Tiogn. County erencc to the American farmer. But it is not strange that, hav­ P?mona Grange, No. 30; Bert Tuttle·and others, of .A.ustenburg; ing been in a position where for 20 years he could not escape Tioga Valley Grange, No. 918, of 1\!::msfield; and Lookout from listening to the debates, he should ha-ve caught the minor Grange, No. 142G, Keating Summit, all in the State of Pennsyl- key in which the praises of the farmer are usually sung upon Yanin, against Canadian reciprocity; to the Committee on Ways this floor. [Applause.] and :\feans. According to his eulogists here, the American farmer is a .Also, petition of A. G. Graham and others, of Jersey Shore, very serious-minded individual, with his wife and numerous !?a., and Charles Anderson and others, of Sheffield, Pa., request- progeny gathered about him-and I observe that these eulogists mg the withdrawal of troops from Mexican border; to the Com- usually bless him with a bountiful offspring-desperately and mittee on Military Affairs. 1 with great solemnity endenvoring- to cling to a precarious I existence. These orators lament over his rugged qualities, they l almost broo<l over his virtues, and as for his faults, he has none, for he is a being to whom it is impossible to sin. Mr. Ob.airman, I haye had some experience with the Amer­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ican farmer. I have seen him in his natfre lair. It was I: my great good fortune to liye for a number of years in my FRIDAY, April, 21, 1911. j boyhood upon one of those glorious farms in northwestern The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Illinois-a $200-an-acre :farm, as the gentleman from Indiana farms, Tllo Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden., D. D., offered the fol­ called it-one o:f those prairie not the fiat farms that lowing prayer : you have farther to tho west, but where you have the billows Onr Father in heaven, fountain of wisdom, source of all good of the prairie tumbling about you. One of those farms whic~ keep .us, we beseech .Thee, in touch with Thee through the re: when they are under culti:vation, present a scene of pastoral mallllilg hours of this day that we enter not into temptation beauty nnd of fertility such as can scn.rcely be found anywhere in the world. I b:iye seen fn.rme1·s actnaUy burn corn for fuel, that we do wrong to no man, but with high resolves and nobl~ pur1}o ses we may go forward with tile work Thon hast "iven as hns been so dramatically stated in this debate_ Why, it us to <lo. In the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 0 has been presented here, as if it showed the destitution of the . The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and American farmer and his straitened circumstances, that he approYed. actually burned corn for fuel. I have seen him burn corn. Sometimes l:.c would ovCI·crop with one grain and could not WITHDRAWAL OF P.ll'EBS. sell it profitably, but he was pretty sure to get e\en on some By unammous consent, Mr. IlILL was grunted leaye to with­ other grain ; and instead of brooding over the burning of corn, draw from the files of the House, without leaving copies, the more probably the farmer would sit cheerily smoking his pipe papers in the case of Kate Malioi, Sixty-first Congress, no ad­ in the light of its blazing fire and his sons would rejoice that verEe report hn ving been macle thereon. they did not h.'lYe to chop wood. [Laughter and applause.] l\lr. BURKE of Wisconsin was granted leave to withcl.raw from The American farmer is not the sad-eyed monstrosity, always the files of the House the papers in the case of Jake H. Wackert, staring destiny in the face, that we have bad painted here. The Sixty-first Congress, no adverse report hn•ing been made f:u·mers, as I knew them, were n prosperous, inc1ependent, and thereon. happy race of men. I ha.Ye Im.own many farmers, and I ha\e LEAVE OF AnSEN CE. 1..'Ilown some men EITen on Wall Street, and I haye made up my By unanimous consent, Mr. SWITZER was granted leave of mind that they both belong to the snme race, and that there is absence for 10 c:!ays, on nccolmt of important business. a.bout ns much human nature in the one class as in the other. I ha.Ye sometimes thought that if the nlliilbera we.re reversed CHANGE OF REFERENCE. and that if we had 5,000,000 'Toters on Wall Street and only a Ily unanimous consent, the Committee on War Claims wa.s few hundred farmers, our statesmen would sing the homely disc· urged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. virtues of J. P. Morgan and his crew and would bestow upon 6090) relating to claims arising under the provisions of the them some of these lugubrious enlogimns of which the Ameri­ capt ured and ubn.ndoned property act, nnd for other purposes, can farmer h:is been so long the patient victim. [Applause and and to amend and revise the same, und the same was referred laughter.] .And their worst enemy could hardly wish them a to the Committee on the Judiciary. hru·der fate. 526 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.