Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-18

$3.50 10 reduce impert dudes aud war,arn
taxes.
MIR. White of Minnesota said:
Mr.. Chairman Il wish to say
word on this question, and for the rea-
son that am Republican and yet
favor n reduction OF the revenue.
| was away from the city during
much OF the discussion on this bill,
but 80 far since my return IL has been
IA surprise To me that all the speeches
on the question seem To shun the true
question itself
These long and able speeches on free
trade and on protection are all well
enough, but the quesli II In really shall
we continue Ia take from the people
fifty or sixty Millions Of dollars AN
nually more than the needs Of the
government require, and no one VIII
dispute the fact that we are doing so
now. Fifty million dollars per year
will pay all the debts OF the govern.
ment. aud last year we had surplus
of $3.50, O0O. 900, and we are told 10y eN.
perts that we viii have Sil00OO,000 OF
surplus this year, and we are 40 near
the end of the fiscal year that we can
approximate very closely 10 the
amount.
Now, MIR. Chairman, ! do not be-
lieve any party Will dare 20 before the
people with the proper issue, the real
ishue, and favor taking from them 500, :
900 900 more than IL needed. There
was once found 10 bea surplus ofmoney
In the treasury, and, M the gentleman
from Georgia Mr.. Hnmmond snid, IL
was loaned To the sta ~ subject 10 call
hut when the nation In its greatest need
sought To call for its own the members
OF congress from the states which had
the money voted not Ia call II In, and
80 IL never was paid and never VIII be,
and now no one on this floor 81 far as |
know favors dividing the surplus
among the states.
Does any member here object 10 all
the protection incident 10 all the tariff
needed? II 80 that member Is free
trader indeed. for one am willing 10
allow the tariff 10 remain adjusted ~
II was under the act Of March, 1888,
with IA few changes, but with IA reduo-
ton, horizontal reduction II you
please, from this fact and for this rea-
son, namely, the act OF 1883 was the
outcome of a vast amount OF work by
the tariff commission and by congress,
and ought 10 have been about as near
right as the wisdom Of thai congress
could make IL. Aud IL the act Of 1853
was as near right as II was claimed To
be when passed, then the fact that II
did not reduce the revenues hs much as'
was anticipated In the question now be
fore us, aud i want the income re.
duced. and / am not one Of those who
say IA reduction OF the tariff will IN
crease the revenue aud In the next
/ \, In NJ I2Al did ra.
ducc and will reduce the Income more
alter further time.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, one VIII say
retire your bonds, but Ia another argu-
ment Will say stop paying the public
debt, because you will wipe out the
national banks, "the best system the
world ever saw Mr.. Chairman. VIZ
all know TINT the money taken from
the people must he paid out, or In y
short time stingency VIII come, and
TO keep the financial machinery run
ming smoothly "A call for bonds Il made
aud the surplus paid ont. II this wal
not done and all the money kept In
the treasury, you might ED on ant
take all the money from the people and
stop all business; but we have paid ~
much Of the debt which we owed al
the close OF the war, aud interest IL ~
low aud the bonds subject 10 call being
reduced 30 fast, that we will be forced
10 20 into the market and pay ruci
price for bonds as Wall street sees TT Il
ask, or we must do something els
with the money, and j say leave i
with its owners, the people.
Mr.. Chairman, we have heard Of thu
great benefit Of the protective poiic!
Of our government. One gentleman
my friend from Michigan Mr.
CutcheonJ, said protectionist wa
enabled 10 live better and die better
and II understand hiu correctly
fare better In the great hereafter, init
mating that no free trader WOULD ge
good quarter section In the temper
ate zone Of heaven; but Mr. Chairman
believe we ought 10 deal justly will
our fellow-meD and obey our Creator
trusting Him ~ govern the great here
after rather than setting up u prOtec
, tive policy for heaven, for we may iin'
, 4 better state Of things there than VI
: ever even dreamed Of here. II ha
. been urged here over and over agai
: that our protective policy was the grea
! ssst aid to the agrlculturlst, the farmeI
! Now let us see how II woTks: We J
1 our state raise large quantities OF whca
|. aud suppose our protectionist friend
4 Will say you are protected. We put
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