St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-13
It is Burning Brightly in Chicago, With
an Abundance of Inhammable
Material.
The Abolition Of All Tariffs Demanded,
and in Lieu Thereof Direct Tax
Upon the People.
Some More or Less Lurid Resolutions
From the Free Traders Chicago
Conference.
Henry Ward Beecher Makes a Face
ttous but Telling Anti.Tarif
Speech.
Talking OH Tariff.

mittee on resolutions was appointed and
ordered to report this afternoon, and the
following papers were read:
The Pauper Labor of Europe, by Thomas
G. Sherman of Brooklyn, N. Y; Does High
Tariff on Wool Benefit the Wool Grower. by
Rowland Hazard of Rhode Island: Agricul-
tural Machinery and the Tariff by NJ. D.
Harter of Ohio; The Tariff and Ship Build
ing, by William G. Gibbons Of Delaware; The
Tariff, Manufacturers and the People, by j.
B. Sargent Of Connecticut; The Tariff, in Its
Relation to the Boot and Shoe Industry, by
Thomas Means of Massachusetts.
Joseph Quincy OF Massachusetts, read
translation of an article recently published
in L'Unien, a Chilian paper, published in
Valparaiso, in which free trade between the
United States and South America was dis
cussed.
At the opening of the afternoon session,
the committee on nominations reported,
and the following noted gentlemen were
elected officers of the free-trade league for
the ensuing year:
President-David A. Wells.
Vice Presidents-Thomas Holland, New
York; Justus Clark, Iowa; NJ. NJ. Trumbull,
Illinois; w. P. Fishback, Indiana; W. P.
Wells, Michigan; q. S. Harwood, Nebraska:
ex-Gov. ]. S. Phelps, Missouri; B. A. For
man, Louisiana; F. W. Dawson, South Caro-
-
Gov. ]. S. Robinson, Kansas; ]. O. Smith,
Ohio; H. L. Pierce, Massachusetts; j. B.
Sargent, Connecticut; Henry Watterson, Ken
tucky; J. T. Stevens, New Jersey; w. E. Jen-
kins, Texas; j T. Whitman, Oregon; William
Gibbons. Delaware; Rowland Hayward,
Rhode Island; B. B. Herbert, Minnesota.
Executive Committee-F. G.. Sherman,
New York; Josiah Quincy, Massachusetts;
A. w. Thomas, Connecticut; H. B. B. Stab
Ter, New York; W. G.Brownlee, Michigan; A.
A. Healy, New York; W. W. Wilmer, Iowa;
Erskine NJ. Phelps, Illinois; M. D. Harter,
Ohio; w. G.. Peckham, New Jersey.
National Comnlittee-R. r. Bowker, New
York; o. Mosher, Iowa; ]. N. Stiles, Illinois;
P. r. O'Rourke. Indiana; W. G. Brownlee,
Michigan; J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska; F.
L. Underwood, Missouri; w. R. Whitaker,
Louisiana; J. J. Dargon, South Carolina; ].
Pennsylvania; Enoch Harper, Kansas; NJ.
Osborne. Ohio; p. ]. Smalley, Minnesota;
Josiah Quincy, Massachusetts,
Secretary-R. r. Bowker, New York.
Western Secretary-H. j. Philpot Iowa.
Central Secretary-Lewis Rowland, In
diana.
Treasurer-George F. Peabody.
The following resolutions were then
adopted:
That the chairman of the executive COM
mittee be the chairman of the national COM
mittee; that the members of the committee
from various states shall be chairmep for the
various state committees and that they be
vested with authority to call state conven-
tions and form state organizations. That the
executive committee be authorized to COM
plete the national committee by appointing
members FOR states not included in the re-
port.
The report of the committee on resolu-
tions was subjected to much discussion.
Only minor amendments, however, were
made. 1t was adopted, as follows:
We submit to the people of the United
States that the continuance of war tariff
with duties averaging AZ per cent on over
fourteen hundred articles of domestic con-
sumption, and a much higher specific duty on
many crude materials, has prolonged the evils
of war in times of profound peace, and has
been the principal cause Of the commercial
aud industrial depression of recent years by
forcing labor and capital from naturally
profitable into Improbable lines of business,
and by adding to the cost of production it
has decreased the common productive ca
pacity of labor and capital and thereby re-
duced the wages of labor and the profits of
capital; has provoked antagonism between Ia
Dor and capital against which our great natur-
al resources and free institutions should have
been protected; has impaired our power to
compete with other manufacturing nations in
the market of the world and so obstructed
natural progress and development. 1t has
destroyed many branches OF business and has
kept our people from enjoying in other
branches cf business which would have given
increased employment to labor. By prevent
ing our buying from nations willing to buy
from us, and by provoking retaliation in like
spirit, instead of promoting friendly re-
ciprocity. 1t has obstructed consumption of
our agricultural and manufactured products
by other countries, and has driven our COM
merce from the seas. By impairIng our do
.+ hoe Tod ft11t
development of our interstate commerce and
reduced legitimate profits on traffic, and has
driven into bankruptcy large number of our
transportation companies and made domestic
traffic more costly. Through the influence Of
it's lobbies it has enthroned jobbing and cor
ruption in our legislative halls and has i'm
peded the reform of the civil service. In
short, taking by force earnings of one class
OF men to enrich another class. 1t is now op-
posed to the spirit of American liberty and of
the constitution. 1t has imposed new indus
trial slav cry, it has prevented national pro-
gress Of wealth among the farming class, de-
creased wages and their purchasing power
and heightened the enforced idleness Of work
men, restricted our manufacturers from
their natural markets and demoraized general
business of the country. While holding ac-
cordingly that taxes in aid Of private inter-
ests or for any purpose other than the re-
quirements of government are un-American,
protective feature must at the ear
lest possible date De eradlcated
from our revenue system, we invite all
who oppose the abuses of the present tariff to
Join US in promoting immediate steps OF prac-
tical tariff reform which we believe Increases
the wages, ,dininishes the frequency of strikes,
develops business and restores our flag to the
seas. We therefore urge upon congress for
action at the ensuing sessions:
First-That under no pretense Shall any
countenance whatever be given to any at
tempt to increase protective duties.
Second-That articles which are at the
foundation of great industries should, in the
interest of labor and commerce, be freed
from duty whether they be crude materials,
as lumber. salt, COAL or wood. etc., or partly
manufactured, as chemicals, dye stufs, pig
iron, tin plate, wood pulp, etc.
Third-That on products from such articles
duties should at least be correspondingly re-
duced, so that the protection. real or NOM
inal to manufacturers, shall not be issued,
and that the consumers Shall have the 1mme-
date benefit of the reduction.
We urge that any steps in tariff reform
should simplify the present complicated
classification by ad valorem rates instead OF
by specifc duties, which are mes burden
some to low-priced goods consumed by the
great body of people. We demand free ships
and the ABOLITION of our restricted navigation
laws which together with tariffs have driven
our flag from the seas and we oppose
bounties and subsidies on shipping. We urge
revenue reformers to vote only for such con-
gressional candidates as openly oppose
tariff for protection, and to take steps to
nominate Independent candidates when all
party candidates oppose tariff reform, pre-
pairing for tha- step by diffuSing sound, eco
nomical literature and promoting organiza-
ton, especially in close congressional dis
tricts.
The report was finally adopted, and it
shows the sense of the convention.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The announcement that Henry Ward
Beecher would speak at the evening ses-