Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-17

served by letting the tariff laws o,o,.
;or me present. This bill wac hronoh
,i US challenge to fight In The eos,
Jug presidential campaign, The D.
puolcan party. the projection na,t,,
mas accepted tue challenge. and stsmS
ready To go before the neonin s,s Svaiu'
~ 'he poiley ot a tariff law so adjust
~ anS " give revenue to tue government
tiles. 'V'n lnuus
Garland called up and the ssnot.
Wi.hont Debate agreed to the resnI,,.
s s,Jh so'''e days since Offered by him AS
Resolved, That the committee mn
lihahre be Instructed 10 inn,,;ra
wneIner the secretary OF the ,reasnry
should not be authorized and dirccta',,
10 carry out he provisions of the 12,,,
anu IAN sections OF thea i Of cnnsr.'s,
approved June %, 1888, entitled m an,
10 regulate deposits of nnhiiC
money by making deposit of the fonrt,,
lus'a.iment, which was postpou. d Inv
ACT OF congress of October . is37 ent;.
l.e9 an act to postpone the fourth In
saiinient OF deposits with states Then
emitted thereto, and which have mo,
received the same out of the present
existing surplus revenue. not other.
' wise appropriated, Ia the manner PRO.
.ueu ny saiu act Of 1896, and to report
by bill or otherwise. f''
After executive session the sors,o
adjourned. '"0 sei'''e
ne controverted the statement made
ny MORRISON yesterday that the wages
received We're SIG 900 600 and that the
snop and field laborers of this country
dlo not average over 5000 a. wear, by
citing the situation In Lawrence
MASS, where population of 100 600.
whoily employed In labor, had de.
posts Of $l7 100000 In savings
banks. lie contrasted this
state of facts with the fact
That in Manchester, England, having
population OF $4,000, the savings de.
posted IN banks did not amount Ia
one half that sum, Going into details
OF interests which he maintained ia
be unfavorally affected 10y the bill he
dwelt more especially on the danger
To which the wheat-growlng industry
was subjected by the increasing com.
petition of India and Russia, and pre-
dic,ed that within five years the ag.
rlcuiturai sections of The country
would be demanding an increased
duty on wheat.
Blount said he was not free.trader.
he believed in getting revenue gen.
orally from importations, but no legis.
iation should be enacted which should
make the rich richer and the poor
poorer, on the pretense of elevatiny
America and keeping the home market
for ourselves.
Chace especially antagonizad tina,
portion Of the pending bill which re
dnced the duty on wool. The wooler
industry was already burdened, aud il
a further reduction of twenty per cent,
was made a very large proportion o
all the mills in the country would b,
stopped. A reduction of twenty pc
cent. on the entire tariff list woulC
throw out Unemployment 100000 per
sons, WHO with their families con
1nmed 53,OD0,000 bushels Of wheat
They would be forced 10 the cuitiva
non OF the soii, and the production o
wheat would be increased to the eX
tent OF 1873 600, goa bushels.
Jones If Arkansas spoke ofthe wide
spread and imperative demand for
reduction of the tariff Ii was in re
Spouse TO tina, d -mand that the pending
bill was brought forward. It's passa 4,
would announce that the Democrat,
party was in favor of reformation, /,
not revolution, Dodging would no
deceive the people nor benefit the
parry
Tiie committee then rose and th,
house adjourned.