The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-27

saw the tariff bill, the effect of which upon
rese could be ioretold by any one.
Tucker thought the committee had
shown itself inadequate to the task de-
volved upon it when 1t was unable TO make
even a shrewd estimate OF the effects of its
bill.
Kelley inquired whether the gentleman,
in behalf of the minority OF the committee,
could not give a shrewd estimator
Tucker replied that before the bill was
reported from the committee the minority
of the members asked for delay
in order TO secure reliable in
formation from the treasury department;
that delay had not been accorded them,
and he confessed LIE had not the means at
his disposal for making an estimate, but he
could show that the estimate OF the gentle
man from Pennsylvania was utterly de-
lusive.
Kelley asserted that the bill had not been
reported to the house until the committee
had received all the information which the
treasury department could give.
Tucker called attentonto the fact that the
committee had not submitted an estimate
in its report, and intimated 1t had not done
so because it regarded the estimates as I'M
reliable. The minority of the committee
did not propose any radical reform In this
tariff system. They recognized the fact
,r;as haJ ,rn.,I M ana na'i,oi boJ
been invested IN snch forms nat
IL wn,Ii not onl,, he ,yrnmr hrt haJ .t,,,as
manShip, for any one to attempt to break
them down by changing suddenly the pro
tectivo system into revenue tariff system.
All they bad attempted to do, all they
"roGts Of tha n,,nnractnrinc inJnstr;as
If ,he country tvhich iLev derivod From, a
trihmte leyicj NV the consn y class No
hnrJen of tba consumer We JoubIo ;,s
charoctor Ue bnre iha hncdam Of n tay
icviaJ on imnorts Int that was a Lurdan
which he bore rhee,iuiiv II
went to supnort the eova,nment
bnt he also bore The burden which resmIted
from n system of nrohihitnrw imties which
NV nreventinr imnortation enhansod Tho
price of home articles. When The amout
Of diminutinn nj tbe tnrifInronosej Nv the
Hill was measured these two hnrdens ms,
he taken into consideratinn and II mnst
be found not onlv that mnch rovonno u1as
diminished but Also how mucb tribnte to
manufactures was diminished Take the
i dnIv on cotton tios Tbav come IN NOV, ~, ~,
a dEtv Of n ner cent hnt the nondin, Lii
nroncsed dntv enuiyalent 10 10 nor cont
Under the nresent dntv n
revenue was collected Nv tho goverr'
ment. Under the nronosed dutv thera
would he no reyenue. The effect would he
tie gentlemen would saw they had roI;sved
while Inv the crook of nrohihit,on Tho bny.
den of cotton Ties would he Doubled in Tho
interest of mononoIists PASSING nm to tho
discussion Of the relations eyistin, hetyenn
labor and tariff be asserted The d9cIarotion
that nrotection has only nm .iTact an Tho
nrice Of labor was follv So far from, binh
tariff being the cause of high wages il was
high wages that was The cause of nrotection
Tucker then nroceeded To discnss hrieav
some of the moro imnortont charoo ,' ~
the hill esneciallv criticisino rho sngar
schedule. rhe reduction of Fl n
duty on refined snoars was al
Least 40 ner cent bnf the duty nm nj, s"'
rars That went into consnmnlion was nos.
lively prshibitorv. Such LEGISLATION wa q
not only uniust Int yiciouslv en- NO IL lad
the whole aprioultural interests nnder con-
trihution t9 f.w Observation-Disclosures Of 10
country. ''''N w. VIC VI viz
Al he conclusion If tho snaech TrcLor
received the hearty apnlause Of his nartv
associates. ~
Kasson of Iowa regretted that tbe bouso
had determined TO have anv General debate
lie would have nref.rred t6 nroreeJ 10 II a
direct consideration of The details Of Tho
hill. because every davis delav was nrodnc-
ing harm in the csuntrv and tho dnmoraI;.
zstion of business. He defended The tarIH
commission AGAINST the criticisms Of Tho
gentleman from Virginia TTucIer1 which
Reminded him of tbe mar who wart"d No
lawyer r bench bncause IL wonIJ NOT la
tpossible for him 10 he im,artiol in tho do
cision of n point of law There wern mr.,
cles of the bin. i'm his oninion on which dntv
was upduIy iInposed, DUTY was niaced ny
some articles on The basis NJ nrotactinn Of
of the mnintenonce Of Tho AVERAGE interests
of The United States. If there he one moor
lead.mine and another rich one he did not
think congress ought to base its scheduios
on those rntes which would nTofecf n ,,o .
ienternrises and raiss ar"rn,onslv ~ pGGV
!of The already wealthy Tha aan, iov o,a,a
from Virginia tTnckeri had stviad thn
creation Of competitive estahlishmenta as
monopolies. when tbe yery creation Of oS
these establi,hments vas d eStruc,iS w
of foreign monopolv. He was w,IIino
to treat The world with chorty WIFE W6s
was willing 10 send shin's CARGO nf food 10
the moor abroad but when he Stood w I. w
islate he would do so for Tho Ifnited S,atsso
of America and moi for the interests If for'
eign lands The only practical rua.t;or e.
cnngrass yos no 10 ,ho prnnar 80 oS d,,.'
IN ,mnose nm ar,;nlos n,b;a,, ~ ir' 10y
States nrodnced in con,no,,inn v.;,b snn ,;eu
countries in order 10 Offset Tho d;sodvanta,
of location of onr industries The Coz 81
raw material md Tho co., Of iohnr ", W
that has bssp dane oil; Il ~ nra ,au mn "
il tariff for rcvenneNan act oS .taias ~, ~"
shin has oesn nsrsnrmaa Tha ,naa
ing hill made = connn5ad roa,,p" J,u
of revenue To tho amount Of 600 roo o0n
Uo ahnnJ h Ill % 80 w an S 40 Svo'voV
from rcvenne II wsro T NO, r IVA .and n
mayinm mi Extraordinarily rand nv 'I Is 'no , uld
despair If tho nassage osan o,;W In, To nmd
when The rentleman from Vir"in;a S cont a,,t
ed himself with a running fire Of criticisms
On The bii ;nstaad Of mr .'9 i,s VI o viu.,s
lion he aid not Jisch arna ~ Az, ,,nini
The wa, so we'll abIs 10 neyform ' Io "aou,i
was for nrotection hecpu,o ha WOO. tn nas,Tn
taininy Two Thing. Inc ;ndan. mdo III
country from foreign control and giving
hrcad ard shelter ana o,o,h;n U' - a' ~, s,slns
A. mon nT ,he ff,,, a1 c S,v.ns W sne poor
IN their Labor nr thar aa;,w why Hr ue9edgu
could not sco,mnlish This oh;ect r. 10 i,e