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May 28, 1914
Bridgeton Pioneer
Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey
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In a U.S. House debate on lowering the tariff on raisins, Kansas Representative Phil Campbell opposes it, humorously recalling his unpleasant childhood memories of raisins in plum pudding.
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Has No Fond Recollection of Plum Puddings
Representative Phil Campbell of Kansas evidently has no fond recollection of the plum puddings of his boyish days on the old farm back in the Grasshopper state. When the tariff on raisins was lowered the members from California predicted every disaster the human race could know from measles to earthquakes. The raisin was a sacred institution, the temple of liberty, the fire upon the family altar.
In fact, no one of the raisin breed could have recognized himself in the glowing picture painted by the orators from the Golden state. The raisin, like the flag and the mint julep, followed the Constitution, and only the lowest of poltroons would dare cast a shadow on its time-honored name. Campbell rose in his seat in the house and unbosomed himself.
"Gentlemen," he said with tears in his trembling voice, "if the raisins of today are like those I used to eat in plum pudding in my bare-legged youth back in my state, I vote raisins be excluded altogether!"
Representative Phil Campbell of Kansas evidently has no fond recollection of the plum puddings of his boyish days on the old farm back in the Grasshopper state. When the tariff on raisins was lowered the members from California predicted every disaster the human race could know from measles to earthquakes. The raisin was a sacred institution, the temple of liberty, the fire upon the family altar.
In fact, no one of the raisin breed could have recognized himself in the glowing picture painted by the orators from the Golden state. The raisin, like the flag and the mint julep, followed the Constitution, and only the lowest of poltroons would dare cast a shadow on its time-honored name. Campbell rose in his seat in the house and unbosomed himself.
"Gentlemen," he said with tears in his trembling voice, "if the raisins of today are like those I used to eat in plum pudding in my bare-legged youth back in my state, I vote raisins be excluded altogether!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Tariff Debate
Raisins
Plum Pudding
Phil Campbell
Kansas Representative
What entities or persons were involved?
Phil Campbell
Where did it happen?
The House
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Phil Campbell
Location
The House
Story Details
During a tariff debate on raisins, California representatives dramatically defend them, but Kansas Representative Phil Campbell opposes the tariff reduction by sharing his negative childhood memory of raisins in plum pudding.