The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-18
TIE TARIFF IN THE HOUSE.

The Advocates of the Morrison Bill Sue
coed by Majority of Two in Bringing
the Measure Before the House - The
Vote by Yeas and Nays - Opening
Speeches.
WASHINGTON. Aprn 16.-As soon as the
House met yesterday morning Mr.. Morrison
moved that tie members should 90 into Com
mittee of the y hole on the Iarif bill. There
was no division and the motion was agreed
to, Mr.. Cox, Of New York, being called to the
chair. Mr.. Elton then objected TO the con-
sideration of the bill. In a vote in the House
as to whether the bill should be considered, it
was decided-l40 to I3S-to take up the meas
ure. the roll-cafl was listened to with intense
interest At the conclusion of the first call
there appeared to be a majority of one for the
measure. On the second call the result was
so close that until the final announcement no
one could tell how the vote stood. The result
as announced was:
Yeas-Adams IN ". Aiken, Alexander, An
derson, Bagley, Ballentine. Barksdale, Beach,
Bland, Blout. breckenridge, Buchanan, Buck
ner, CabeIl, Caldwell, Gambler, Carleton, Cas-
grove, Cox az, y cox IN; q, Crisp.
Deuster. Debble, Dibrell, bockery Dor.
sheimer, Dowd. Dunn, Eldridge, Ellis,
Evans e. e., Forney,. Garrison, Geddes,
Graves, Greer, Greenleaf, Halsell, Hammond,
Hancock, Hardeman, Hatch tMo.), Hemphill,
Herbert Hewitt IN. 70, Hoblitzell, Holman,
Honseman, Hurd. James, Jones (Wis Jones
GTex.l, Jones Ark, Jones tAlal, Jordan,
King, Kla ng;,, Lanham LeFeyre Lore Lov-
(Tex). Mills, Mitchell, Morey, Morgan, Nor
rison, Morse, Muldrow, Murphy, Murray,
Niece, Nelson Oats, o'Neill ,Mo.l, Pierce,
Rosecrans, Scales, Seney, Seymour,
Shaw, Singleton, Skinner On. c., Slocum, Sny-
Strait, Summer lWis.). Talbot, Taylor TENN,
Thompson, ThrOckmOrton, Tillman, Town
send, Tucker, Turner (Ga.l, Vance, Van
Eaton. Wakefield, Ward, Warner TENN,
Winans Mich.l, wolford, Wood, Woodward,
Worthington, Yaple and Young-I4O
Nays-Adams Qll), Arnot. Atkinson, Bar
bour, Barr, Belford Bingham, Bisbee, Bout
ellie, Boyle, Brainerd, Brekung. Brewer (N.JJ,
Brown (Pa.) Budd, Burleigh, Cannon, Chase
Converse, Curtin, Cutcheon, Davis Mass,
Dingley, Duncan, Durham, Eaton, Elliott.
Terrell, Fiedleri Findlay, Finerty Foran. Funs-
ton, George, Glasscock; Golf, Gun
f Har H ha1eooF Mob Hardy svnes HarH% sn
Hepburn, Hewitt (Ala.), Hiscock, Hit,
Holmes, Hopkins, Horr, Hawley, Hunt, JEFF
fords, Johnson, kasson, Kean, Keller. Kelley,
Libby, Long, Lyman, McAdoo, McCord, Mc-
Comas, McKenler, Willard, Miller Pa, Mill
KIN, Morey,, Morrell, Muller, Mueller, Nut
f Pase o0 PrfeP qP asoa q psyne PPa a3
son, Peelle Gnd.), Perkins, Peters,
Phelps, Poland, Post, Price, Randall,
Ranney, Ray m. VI Ray IN. H) Reed,
Spriggs. Steele Stevens, Stewart (Vt), Stone,
Storm, Struble, E. b. Taylor tO.), j. d. Taylor
(O.), Fuller, Valentine Van Alstyne Wads-
worth, Warner (O). Washburne, Weaver,
Wemple, white (Ky.j, Whiting, Wilkins, vii.
son qowa), G. D. Wise Wa.), ]. S. Wise (Va),
and York.-13S.
The committee then resumed its sitting.
MNxr I1o1.., l.
that to fan to reduce taxation and thus re-
ieve the people would be fragrant disregard
of public duty. A horizontal reduction
might not ' be the best, but :, none other was
now imported free of duty it was now pro-
posed to add salt, COAL wood and lumber
Salt was already free for fishermen and meat
exporters, coal was untaXed for use on coast
trading vessels, and the revenue from wool
and lumber was in the past ten years not over
$10,000,00O while the domestic wooden prod
ucts exceeded 00,000,000 per annum in
value In the estimates, as caret ully pre-
pared, the bill would leave in cottOnS but two
articles dutiable above forty per cent. in
WoolenS but one above sixty per cent, and in
iron and steel but few above fifty per cent
As at present arranged many of these articles
were taxed above one hundred per cent
through hidden enormities in classification
and rates of duty. The above limits were iu-
tended to remedy these enormities The in
sufficient character OF the late revision for
babe its permanency. The only security from
dSlbdU1OH anu CudtlSG WOulU De TO CONNIE the
taxing power to obtaining revenue limited
to the necessities of the Government. Census
statistics showing that 100000 of the Ameri-
can people did not receive an average of over
$500 year for striking the blows of all pro-
duction, while the boosted additions to Ma
tional and individual wealth went to one
tenth of those who earned it. The great
masses paid the bulk of the taxes, while the
few were taxed but about two per cent. The
abolition of internal revenue means
cheap liquors, but higher-priced sugar and
other household essentials. During the past
ten years wages had been as low or lower
than before the adoption of taxing policy
as pretended means of making wages high
er, and yet the minority wished to make cloth
ing higher by increasing the taxes on wool
and other substances. Mr.. Morrison then
quoted the Ohio platform, and asked who be-
lieved that the tariff revenue was limited to
the necessities of the Government. The cry
of the prOtectionists that lower rates would
ruin manufactures was used when the indus
tries were young, and would continue to be
used to the end. He instanced the placing of
quinine on the free list. and declared that as
had been the case in that industry so it would
be in all other industries.
Mr.. Kelley made the opening speech for the
opposition. He drew pictures of the fearful
condition of the laboring classes of Europe,
and said that the proposition now was that
the United States should enter the race with
the world for the cheapness which had led to
such terrible results. He denied that any of
the articles called raw materials by the Demo-
Gratis were, in reality, raw materials. In the
race for cheapneSS, production left the pros
porous countries and found its way to the
most prosperous.
After a spirited passage between Messrs.
Kelley and Hewitt regarding the duty on wire
rods, Mr.. Kelley repeated his assertion that
production had Outrun consumption, and
this evil could not be mitigated by a reduction
in the tariff. The only means by which the
markets could be increased would be to stop
the importation of cheap labor, send back all
who had signed contracts in foreign lands to
work at low wages, see that laborers were
paid SO much that the public schools might be
well sustained and the children educated and
protect American motherhood against becom-
ing drudges in fOundrieS. He advocated COM
plete isolation of the country, which could be
sustained in freedom and purity only so long
as it did not begin the unholy race for the
"cheap and nasty understandings of dismal
science"
Mr.. Mills the third speaker, declared that a
reduction of taxes was inevitable, and the
question was as to what articles should be adj
m1tted for lower rates. He argued against re-
pealing the internal-revenue tax, and de-
clared that the present bill as reducing rates
on necessaries was exceedingly moderate.
1t would facilitate expectation. increase i'm
portation, and give higher value to both ex-
ports and manufactured products. He held
that wages were affected only by the demand
for work, and not by any acts of Congress.
MIR. Russell having been accorded the floor,
the committee arose and the House adj