The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-07
FORTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS-
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, 6-Bayard and
Others presented memorials favor
ing 8 Suspension of Coinage OF silver
dollars.
CoekrelI introduced a bill 70 facil,
itate the regi-tfstion of bills OF
lading and other commercial instrn.
ments, a d to punish fra ds therein
Referred so the comm ttee on CONS
merce.
Hill gave notice that to- morrow
morning he would ak unanimous
consent to address the Senate on 3
bill relating to the forfeiture CT the
land grant OF the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railroad
Company.
The morning business being dis
posed of, Frye moved to lay aside
the calendar and take up the chip.
ping bill.
Vance then addressed the Senate
in support of the Vest amendment,
providing for free ships and free ma
terial. He said the party in power
had left the country absolutely help
less, with its high tariff. We had no
navy, no merchant marine, no fOrt1-
ficatiOns. ne guns nor anything else
that would stand for twentySfour
hours against q modern warshiP,
and modern guns. By the impo-
sition of q duty of 100 per cent. we
might be able to keep out foreign
ships btaring merchandise, but $50
per cent. duty would not be sut-
fclent to keep out chips bearing
Krupp guns. We had neither ships
nor commerce, nor sailors, and We
could not long continue to tax the
American people in the interest OF
little shrimptailed. monopoly, and
neither orator nor newspapers could
succeed in their ISLANDERS and con-
temptible cry-"British gold. !"
Were our ma ion not capable OK SELF
government; if they want free ships
why should Senators say nay.
DID not foreigners come here and
engage ia every American industry?
Vance read from the London EcO~
nOmist list OF some twenty great
joint st0ck companies tGat own mil
!i1us Of &C rs CT American lands.
He also read from ststi-tics 10 show
the rsduc ion OF our Wh6=t ex sOr,s
within a few years, ewing TO the
Development by Englsnd Of wheat
culture in India, induced by cur
high protective tariff Mcpherson
inquired whether the reduction was
uOl partially due to great wheat
"coTners" by which wheat was kept
back in expectation of higher prices.
Vance said when he found the great
cause operating in the most patent
and palpabie form, he was not going
to hunt up small causes to account
for the results.
Hoar asked whether the sudden
development Of wTeat culture in
India was not due to the recent
completion Of large railroad system
n India, and whether Vance !
thought England would stop rail-
'Oad building and wheat growing in
India IL We reduced our tariff. Vance
'eplied if our duties were brought
Town to reasonable point, he be-
ieved our exports would keep every
armer in the country busy. No
nation he continued thai had re-
)ealed its Old navigation laws lad
zone back to them there was one
way in which We might perhaps re-
7enRe ourselves on our great rival
England. We could refuse to lst /,
hips bringing oTeign goods land on
ur shores. OF course fore'gD coun-
ries might retaliate ani refuse 10
& ships bearing American goods
and on their shoyes, hut Il might
10. seem quite SO reasonable nor
roper Voorhees, favored the bill
"a opposed the Vet amendment. ,