The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30
CONGRESSMAN RYAN INTER
VIEWED.

Chicago Tribune: The Hon. Thomas
Ryan of Kansas, the Republican mril-
Der OF congress from the Topeka dis
trict. passed through Chicago yesterday
on his return from q brief ITp east.
Since he was in Chicago and interview
ed acOuplc of weeks or so ago. Congress
man Ryan has been 10 Warrington,
where, as he remarked yesterday, the
coming contest over the speakership of
the next house was the principal topic
Of conversation among the resident and
visiting politicians. From all that could
be learned in one way aud another
through various channels of infOrma-
ton. the Randall boom seemed 70 be at
work for all it was worth, and while
the election was some distance OF. and
the result. as in all elections, subject TO
considerable uncertainty, it looked mp
TO date a. though the doughty parlia-
mentArian and high tariff apostle of
Pennsylvania rather had the longest
pole.
"Randali's election will be guaran-
tee that the tariff question in the next
congress will be allowed to sleep, will it
not s'' asked the reporter.
"NOt exactly" was the reply. "While
think the country generally is pretty
we'll tired of tariff talk and tariff agi-
tstiOn, and IL rather disposed to let the
matter rest where it is, and give the new
tariff q chance to show how II Will work
out, there are some sections which de-
mand further change. It is not likely,
imagine, that the next congress will
go into any sweeping revision, hut there
will come up demand from some sec
items that ought to be Needed. The
Kansas farmers, for instance, want re-
lief In the matter of lumber"
''What is the special occasion which
brings this question TO the front in Kan
sas 90 ab5 81
81 can't say that It is particularly new,
but ITS prominence at this time grows
out of our enormous crops. The farm
ers have made and will make a great
deal Of money this year, aud many of
them want TO invest some of their money
In building. AS soon as the lumber
men know this up will go the price of
lumber. The result will be that
many who contemplate building, will
not do so. II we have free lumber from
Canada for awhile, or il the tariff on
Canada lumber were not so high as to
be virtually prOhibitOry, the result would
be plenty of lumber and plenty of COM
petition. and the farmers would get the
benefit of it. And it wouldn't stop
there. The work of building would fur
nish employment to the mechanics, and
the new buildings would add just so
much TO the taxable property OF the
country. The present lumber mOnOpo-
" might lose something, but 1t has en-
ioyed good thing for some time and
could afford it,"
"You are not an Out-and out protec-
Zionist, then ?" ...
"NO, sir. Protection to certain ex-
tentlis all well enough. Our home in
dustries ought not to be crippled by
forced competition with the products of
poorly paid labor. Atthe same time the
result OF too much professionalism
the tariff on imports is practically pro-
hibitOrY-too often tends to create and
continue q monopoly, as In the case of
lumber. The farmers have some rights
which congress ought to respect, and, II
am not very much mistaken, they will
be heard from next winter"