St. Paul daily globe., 1886-12-14

the manufacture of carpets and cheap fabrics.
He was in favor of higher prices for American
labor. God forbid that hewouid ever consent
to putting American labor on q par with the
pauper labor Of any country. But he was in
favor of giving to labor the raw materials
that would enable it TO compete with any
country. In an alluson to
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR,
he said that that organization, provided it
adhered to the principles on which it was
founded, would be the longest lived and with
the most benet1cient results OF any Organiza-
ton since the world began. He was in favor
of fair revision of the tariff. and an imne-
diate one. He was in favor of such revision
as would not permit an annual surplus of
S100, ,000, 900 He was ready when any such
bill would be presented to take up every
article on the list and adjust each one in a
way that would give protection to the labor
employed in the various industries. He
would apply to every industry the same prin-
ciple that had been applied to the silk manu-
featuring industry. There were about 100
silk mills in the city of Paterson, N. ]. Their
raw material was admitted free of duty, and
the consequence was that no more prosperous
manufactory could be found any where.
Paterson to-day was selling silk at Lyons,
France, the very heart of the silk manufac-
lures of the world. Why was not the same
principle applied to the hatters of N ew York?
If those 10000 operatives had their raw
material free. they would food the world with
cheap hats. That was the Democratic policy,
the American policy, the policy which he
wanted to see engrafted in the tariff bill. He
was opposed to the taxing of these 10000 hat
operatives in New York in order to support
5000 muskrat trappers on the shores of the
Hackensack river.
Mr.. Morrill, moved the reference Of this res
olution to the committee on finance.
Mr.. Beck opposed the reference to that
,yr1if oil thnir (f oi6 Vn
American labor, they intended to keep this
market to themselves Charging what they
liked), and to let their laborers starve rather
than give them chance of
EXTENDED MARKETS,
by which they can have employment twelve
months year instead of, as now, four or five
months. He wanted a chance to argue the
question. and to show that pr0tectionists were
merely robbing the laborers whom they were
protesting to befriend. He would go as far
as any man to protect American labor. He
wanted to give to labor constant employment,
but he protested against the resolution being
taken before the senate until he and others
who thought with him should have chance
to say what they thought about it. Mr.. Nor
rill said he would be the last man to cut off
the senator from Kentucky from the oppor-
tunity of making speech on the tariff. He
therefore would not press the motion to refer.
The resolution was then laid over, and Mr..
Hoar called up the tenure of office act Mr..
Platt protesting that the special order as to
open executive sessions Of the senate should
take precedence of any other matter. Pending
consideration of Mr.. Hoar's bill message
from the bench was presented on the subject
of the death of Representative Dowdney, OF
New York. A resolution was adopted for the
appointment of a committee to attend the
funeral Senators Miller, Ran som and Voor-
hees being appointed), and as a mark Of re-
spect for the deceased, adjourned.