The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-14
TARIFF TINKERING :
PROPOSED BY MIR. MANNING.
The Theories of the Secretary of the
TFoasury-The Menace to American
Industries aud American Labor
Where the Danger Lies,


WASHINGTON, Dec. IS After the trans.
R,tion Of some unimportant business the,
Senate resumed consideration Of Mr.,
Monill's resolution declaring 1t inpraci,
cabls to make proper revision Of the
tariff at the present session, and Mr.
Dawes took the floor, He reviewed the
existing law, and said he had yet to gee
the man who would not favor placing on
the free list such raw materials as were
not produced In this country,
The Secretary OF the Treasury, he said,
had come into the field and taken his
advanced position on the subject oi the
tariff, causing increased apprehension and
alarm in all the great industries Of the
land.
Sober, conservative business men, and
thoughtful, anxious, but clear headed, de-
pendents on those interests, were now
serloualy inqulriLg whether, on the whole,
they might not be wrecked II the doctrines
announced In the reports oi the SeCrs-
tary Of the Treasury were to govern in the
revihion Of the tariff, The Secretary oil
the Treasury threw overheard entirely,
and In RO many words, all idea OF protec'
ton to American industry, HenCeiorth,
according to the seCretary's theory and
dogmRs, there was To enter into the
policy that ia to control in the iGshiouing
Of the revenue laws Of the future
no idea ot proteodon to Amerl'
can industry, The secretary's consldera-
tons were not what might be the effect
OF carrying his views on home produc'
tons, not whether they might be advRn-
tsgeous or injurious to the vast interests
Invested In productions in this country,
mora than s5,000,0O0 In 1880, or 10 the
100000 wage.earnsrs dependent upon
them. In the mind OF the Secretary oil
the Treasury no such confederation was
to enter into the question OF the lmposi.
ton Of the duties,
soME INCONSISTENCIES.
The Secretary would not remove the du.
ties on sugar because they amount.
cd, he said, to only 90 cents per
capita, but he would remove the du-
ties on wool although they only
amounted to s cents per capita, and on
ready.msds clothing, although they only
amounted to 8 cents per capita. The
proposition OF removing the duty on raw
materials did not even meet tile approval
Of the manufacturers, for whose beneRt 1t
was euggested.
On this point Mr.. Dawes read from
testimony taken before the Committee on
Ways and Means, in which Mr.. Whit
man, o leading wooden manufacturer, de-
Clarod himself In favor ot duty on wool,
60 ns to encourage It's production iu this
country, and 30 render manufacturers In
dependent of foreign wool.
He characterised the SeOretary's views as
wild, wGnton aud brutal; but they had,
he said, awakened serious and well
grounded apprehension throughout tho
country. II was tho attitude OF those
who had the tariff 10 reform which led 10
these serious apprehensions. Those In
dustries turned to the Senate for the al
Tentative. They looked to those who
spoke for the Senate, as they he'd spoken
for tho policy Of the government In the
last 25 years, TO know what the Glterna.
tive was. They knew that under the con:
atItution tho Finance Committee Of
the Senate could originate no law
TO remodel or reform the tariff,
but they also knew that II was
within the province and ability ol the
Finance Committee to consider this ques.
ton and to formulate, In report that
would carry quiet and confidence to the
industries and labor Of the country, o.
method Of bringing the reCoiptg ol the
Government down to the lines Of It's ex.
pendltures, without impairing the deyel.
oSment or prosperity ot those industrleg,
or Diminishing the compensation Of that
labor, II was ior thst purpose that he
had introduced his resolution !nstruCting
Tie COMMITTEES OF Finance 10 inquire and
report what specific reductions can be
n,ade in the customs duties and internal
taxes that will reduce the receipts TO the
necessary and economical expenditures
OF the government without impairiug the
prosperity and development Of home In.
dustiy, OF tho compensation Of home la
bor. He declared that the man who
would attack homo industries and home
labor, would strike q deadlier bloy st the
welfare Of the country than could be in.
llicted in any other manner Vhort ot war
and treason.
TREASON TO THE COUNTRY.
II was treason itself to the great under.
lying interests and prosperity Of the
country ou which lis future depends and