Pennsylvania puts free books into the hands of her children and sends them to the best free schools in the world and does not permit them to work in factories. Pennsylvania is the pioneer in electionreform laws. in the inauguration of a modern system of taxation. in caring for her unfortunate. in policing the State. stands first for sanitary regulations under a great medical council. and is now building highways which. for method of construction and extent of mileage. when completed. will make the Roman roads of the Ccsars. so famed during the centuries. look cheap and insignificant in comparison. Furthermore. is it not flagrantly inconsistent that my friend. in the face of his screaming tirade against Pennsylvania. should vote against an amendment offered- here today to perfect this bill so that it might have somewhat the form and shape of both the Dingley and Payne bills. to prevent the importation either of child labor or of contract labor. or products not manufactured under an eighthour law? The gentleinans statement is probably no more ridiculous than was that of the distinguished gentleman from Monroe County. one of the leaders of the Democratic side. when he said this morning that out of a $300.000 capital the Bethlehem Steel Co.. under the direction of Mr. Schwab. had inflated or accumulated in a few years capital amounting to $15.000.000. saying nothing about the additions and improvements made.
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