The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-20
Senator Vance Makes an Attack en- the
Piate-G!ass Industry, Which Meets
Very Vigorous Response.
No Ground for the Charge of Forgery
in the Election of Mr. Hoar.
Republican Caucus Determines that the
Tariff Bill Shall Speedily BE Pushed
to a VOte-Capital Notes.
INDIANA INDUSTRIES
A Vigorous Defense of Them by Senators
Harrison and VOORHEES,.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal

A Vigorous Defense of Them by Senators
Harrison and Voorhees,
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 19-The Senate con-
sumed the entire afternoon in the tariff dis
cussion, but without making any progress
upon the bill. The debate was in the main,
| however, quite interesting, and at times de-
/ cidedly spicy, especially when Mr.. Vance,
who made the longest speech of the day, woke
up the Indiana senators by very pointed at
tack upon one of Indiana's greatest manu-
featuring industries. He was endeavoring to
show that the protection afforded by the
| tariff Injured to the benefit of the manufac-
turers solely, and that the consumers OF the
country paid three times over in enhanced
values the amount of the duties collected by
the government. Citing from the tariff COM
mission statistics on certain grades of glass,
Mr.. Vance said:
During 1882 we imported l. AGA 600 pounds
upon which $1,114,000 in round numbers,
were paid in duties The domestic consump-
ton during the year was three times that
showing that we paid in protection to no me
manufacturers about So, 10000 while the
government got Only little over 81, 900, 900
from this protection. The State of Indian a
has the largest of these glass manufactures
in this country, owned by a man named De-
| Paw, who when he started his factory, was
permitted to import his machinery free of
| duty. This man, not content with the 60
per cent. protection afforded him by the
tariff, sent over to Belgium and made con-
| lol.o
years at less than one-third the price that
was being paid to American laborers."
This brought Mr.. Harrison to his feet
with "If the gentleman will allow me to in.
| terrupt him at this time, I desire to say that
when the statement of Bishop, which the
senator has quoted from, was first alluded to
on the floor, l communicated with Mr.. De
Pauw by telegraph, and he denied in toto
the statements of Mr.. Bishop"
Mr.. VOORHEES, Immediately added that he
twas astonished at the statements of the gem
tlemen from North Carolina, 1t was impos-
sibe that such an circumstance should occur
without attracting general attention in the
State. He (Mr. Voorhees) had never heard
of it, and did not believe it,"
Mr.. Vance-Do the senators, then, deny
that Mr.. De PAW imported workmen from
Belgium?
| IMPORTING SKILLED LABOR.
Mr.. Harrison-That statement is perfectly
| true; men were imported because when the
works were started there were no men in
America who possessed the requisite skill to
do the work. This is the case with every in
dustry. 1t was the case with another indus
try of which Indiana is proud-the encaus-
tic tile industry. When it was started it was
necessary to send to the famous Minton Tile
Factory of England to obtain the skilled la
Dor required TO start the works Does the
Senator believe that whenever a new indus
try is started there are men who possess, by
intuition, all the necessary expert
ence and knowledge required for the
| business? As to the rest of the statement,
that he had imported men from Belgium on
| three-year contracts at one-third the price of
home labor, Mr.. DePauw pronounces it
altogether without foundation. II know"
continued Mr.. Harrison, that the gentleman
| from North Carolina does not want to mis-
represent Mr. DePauw. He has very large
establishment, employing more than 1000
men, and the great majority of them are
natives of this country"
Mr.. Voorhees, again rose with the remark:
''Mr. President have never before heard of
this circumstance-the free importation of
machinery-and have consulted my friend
Mr.. Merrill, who is familiar with the Gus
toms matters for the past twenty-five years.
and he has never heard of such a thing
therefore feel safe in contradicting such a
sentiment until proofs can be presented"
These vigorous responses seemed rather to
shake the confidence of the good-natured SEN
ator from North Carolina in the reliability of
his data, and he turned the subject by init
mating that this is always the way with the
tariff, and this is fair sample of how it pro-
tects American labor from the paupor labor
of Europe"
Mr.. Harrison-Does the gentleman admit
that his sympathies are not enlisted for the
laborer until he has been in this country
year. or is native to the manner born? Is
not the laborer struggling to support wife
and family entitled TO our kindly offices and
sympathies though he may have been in the
country month";
Mr.. Vance-Will the gentleman point out
| the difference between the pauper laborer in
! Europe and the same pauper laborer When
he is imported to this country?
Mr.. Harrison QUICKLY | will answer
the gentleman. The pauper laborer abroad
ceases to be pauper when be lands upon