Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-30
IN THE SENATE.


NASlllNGTON, April 2S.-Mltcheil, &C
cOrding to previous notice, addressed the
senate today on the memorial submitted
by the conference Of the New York Meth
odst Episcopal church, praying for pro.
lection of the Chinese in the United States.
He said statements to the effect that there
had been no outrages upon the Chinese in
Oregon were misapprehensions. Oregon
had been assailed by eastern enemies and
even by eastern statesmen. He denied
that the people of the Pacific coast were
not friendly to the Chinese government,
and said that the reported insult to the
new Chinese minister would be found to
be no insult at all He desired to have
inserted in the. Congressional Record
memorial on the subject of Chi
nese immigration adopted at a
recent meeting of citizens in Sac
ramento, but several senators at once
objected Ingalls, said consent had some
days since been given to have print
ed in the record on request of the senator
memorial from the women of Utah 1t
turned out to be "Vulgar protane OBJ
scene and indecent document" aud In
gals had concluded that he for one would
not again consent to having ANYTHING
printed in the record "by unanimous con.
sent" unless some senator VOuChed for its
contents. Mitchell at once vouched for
the contents of the document but finally
agreed to its being printed as a document
instead of in the record, and it was so
ordered.
Some debate arose on the appropriation
for foreign mail service Plumb denied
that it was intended to subSidze Ameri-
can vessels. He said the American people
mad been so engrOssed in developing the
ed TO eliminate the problem of CONNER
cial intercourse with the world outside
our own republic. The proposed amend
ment was Intended as Il step toward doing
for Americas foreign commerce what we
had been dong for internal commerce, in
facilities for mail communication.
Frye who followed on the same subject
said we saw the wurlliugmep of the re
public in great confusion in a sort of
/ daZe. We heard of strikes, bOycOtts and
other Disturbances. According to Col.
Wright of the labor bureau we mad Il mill
Lion of idle labOrers. Consequently when
the knights stopped work, they found to
their amAzement just aS many men ready
to take the vacant places as there were
/ places vacant. Among idle men came the
temptation To violence, then to riot then
came an appeal perhaps to cOurt, or to
arbitration, but possibly to arms. There
were enough men to take the place of the
strikers because our factories, farms and
mines produced more than we could use.
/ Last year we produced $1,000 UO, 900
worth of goods and exported only two per
cent of the whole We imported from
Great Britain S31 900 900 worth of cotton
goods, the cotton for which had been raised
in the United States The last tariff com
mission made reduction of from IL to 81
per cent in the duty on cotton goods, that
increased importation but stopped work
The present Morrison tariff bill proposed
another reduction of from IL TO 33
per cent of duty, and if it passes,
the importatOnS of cotton goods
instead OF 50, 100000 will become
SO ,OOO, GOO year. Last year we imported
SIS 900 900 worth of woollen goods, so
100000 worth of iron and steel manutac
lures, and Sl1,oO0OQO of linen goods, every
dollars worth of which we could Just as
well have made in the United States, If
we had made those goods here Colonel
Wright would not have been able to say
one million of our people were out of em-
plOyment, and the president would not
nave been obliged 70 send a message to
Congress for Il commission of arbitration.
Frye proceeded to show that for every
surplus yard of cloth in the United States,
there was surplus of 10 yards in Eng
land; that France, Germany, Russia,
etc, had tariffs against the United
States. Where, then, he asked, could
we sell our surplus manufactures :
We could send them to Mexico and to
Central and South America which needed
them, and whose products we needed in
return. Argentine Republic three years
ago Appropriated $1,000 for carriage of
its mails to the United States. but the
Democratic party refused to pay more
than $1,000 To carry United states mails TO
Argentine Republic
Be * replied that the reason why Eng
land traded with South America was that
in return for English goods England took
copper, wool, and other products of south
America, l. limited them free of duty and
so gave her people work. \ tariff Of Al
per cent prevented bringing such goods
here.
Frye continued at some length to show
that the mail facilities lay at the root OF
commercial activity making many clla-
tons from commercial statistics TO show
the popularity of American goods, m
south America. He said that one hall
the English goods sent 10 south America
were fraUdulently marked American
manufactured SO as to secure more ready
acceptance among the people. Adjourned
To settle Matters Perhaps.
The special committee Of the House OF
Representatives for investigating the labor
strikes on the southwestern railroad left
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