The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

endorsement and obeyance OF all laws, call
for a town State tax, that mortgages SHAH
he taxed, the railroad commissioners
elected, railroads owned by the govern
met, etc.
The Indiana State democratic conven'
ton was held on Thursday, which nom
mated &, A Matson for Governor. Not
wi,hstanding the pronunciamiento OF Mr..
Jos. Mcdonald, the convention was entire
" harmonious and enthusiastic. The
platform endorses President Cleveland and
his tariff reform recommendations; rec
ogniz 9 he right of labor to unite for
self-pro;ectiOn, calls upon the government
70 repossess itself of unlearned land grants ;
and after touching number OF other
topics recommends Gov. Gray to the
national convention rs u candidate tor the
Vice Presidency.
The debate on the tariff bill was re-
sumed In the house on Tuesday, when Nc
N illen of Tenn, democrat, and Burrows
OF Mich, republican, addressed the house
A couple of thoughts from McMiilens
address will be interesting. He said the
subject presented was In this form:
Per Cent.
Present rate on dutlabe goods. ~
r,s,nt raj, an aricss Affected by bin IS
proposed rate on articles affected by biii...' Ss u
As TO the Inconsistencies" Of the Mills
bill he adds: "The minority complain OF
what they are pleased 10 call the inconsis-
tencies Ia the bill. Let those Inconsistent
Giles be what they may, they are not tenth
nor hundredth part Of those found under
the present law, which these gentlemen
helped to force upon the country. Let US
take few Illustrations. Wooden yarns
bear a duty of So per cent; the higher
priced clothes of wooden bear duty OF
only 6S per cent, the cheaper dress goods a
duty of 81 per cent and the higher 90 per
cent, while the ready made clothing into
which the cloths are made bear duty OF
only 81 per cent. Take wool; let II be
secured, carded, spun, woven and made
into cloth by the carding process, and 1t
bears a duty ranging from % to 10 per
cent. But take the same wool, wash 1t or
scour 1t as you did before, and comb II, 80
that when spun and vowed IT Is worsted
cloth, and 1t bears less rate OF duty than
Is imposed on woolens Whoever saw a
more glazing inconsistency In tariff bill
tEan thisy Nor Is this confined to wooden
goods. Colored tarletan has duty Of $50
per cent, while ruchings, that are made
therefrom, bear duty Of only 80 per cent
Come down 10 the metal schedule. Hoop
iron not thinner than No. 20 bears duty
Of AZ per cent, while cotton ties, made OF
this same hoop iron, bears duty OF only
35 per cent. Pig iron bears duty OF $6.72
per ton, while die blocks, &c, made OF pig
iron bear duty of only So "a per ton. In
this way, and by this kind Of "tinkering"
almost every worsted establishment In the
country claims TO be on the verge OF bank.
ruptcy since 1888, when the Ubiquitous
tariff under which we are now living was
adopted"
Mr.. Burrows said "On the contrary,
the republican party believes In protect
i've tariff; that In imposing duties upon
imports revenue Is not the only considera-
tion, but that these duties should be so ad-
justed as TO give encouragement 10 Ameri-
can enterprise, investment tS American
capital and employment to American labor,
and the republican party insists that our
present protective system shall not be dis
turbed except SO far as II may be necessary
10 correct its incongruities and harmonic
its provisions He also said II challenge
any man 10 name the product OF single
well established American industry that
cannot be bought cheaper to day under our
protective system than during any period
of our history under free trade or tariff
for revenue only" OF course, II Is true
that the price of all goods have been re
duced, but that Is true the world over; in
free trade England, in high tariff Russia,
Germany and France. But a MIR. David
A. Wells has shown that Is due To the
changes In transportation, in freer commu
nication with all parts of the world. to new
discoveries, to new methods of manufac-
lure that are confined to no nation or
country. IL Is one of the economic facts
that is not a result Of tariff at all But II
is an incident the high tariff men di not
expect, and which to-day they want to
legisate away by increasing the tariff so
as to prevent the decrease OF prices which
throughout the whole world are every
where visible.