Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-19

Il 1t was IL o'clock before Randall had NOR
than commenced his speech, and his time
one hour--was up, and Mills demanded tina
his speech be ended on sharp time This me
with much opposition from all parts of tn
house, but Mills was determined and insisted
on his point, declaring that he must draw tn
line. He was met by loud shouts of mol
and groans and hisses but still refused T.
| withdraw his demand, and finally McKinle,
and. Breckenridge said they would each Civ
Randall fifteen minutes of their time, and tin
Pennsylvania statesman was allowed to pro
coed He dismissed the reflections upon hi
bill made by his colleague, Scott, with tn
remark that they deserved nothing but oh
scurity, a disposition they had earned, ant
he left them to that fate.
He then quoted from Edward Atkinson +
| show that since the close of the war, and ever
since the so-caled panic of 1873, there hat
been greater progress in the common wei
fare among the people of the United State
than ever before The statements of Atliin
son, Randall thought, seemed to settle thu
| question as to whether we should adhere Il
| the benevolent policy of protecting homo
manufactures. It demonstrated unmistaka
bly, the truth that to increase wages product,
must be increased, for, in the end, wages
were but the laborers' share of the products
1
country than here, days labor here would
obtain more of the comforts of life than any
where else. Under free trade this advantage
| to labor disappeared. 1t was impossible il
| should be otherwise. If the tariff itself did
not give higher wages to the laborer it die
preserve from foreign competition the indus
| tries from which the laborer received hi:
| wages.
| Referring to fundamental PROPOSE
| ton which had been advanced in this
| tariff discussion, that the duties were always
| added to the price to the consumer, Randall
| said that on articles not produced in this
| country this doubtless was true as "a general
| rule, and measurably true on articles in part
produced in this country, but not in sufficient
quantities to supply the home market. But
on commodities produced in sufficient guam
titles to supply the home market different
principle controlled In these things Compe-
tition determined the price, and the foreign
producers came into this market where the
prices were fixed and the duties were what
he paid for the privilege of coming into the
market Another erroneous proposition
that had been put forward was that duties
on articles produced in this country were a
tax or bounty which the consumer paid to
the manufacturer, by which the manufacturer
derived largo profits. Monopolies existed
"iJnOuJ bhe Ihl ia. luz h'oah'h'u 'i bih'O
and other trusts were not protected by it.
He was for protection of labor in all states
Referring to the late Secretary Manning's
reports on economic questions, he said that
they were marvels of honest, conscientious
and effective labor. lie quoted extensively
from them. He then took up the criticisms
that had been made on the metal schedules
OF MS own Dill, ana quoted hgures SUSTAINING
his position
In crltlclslhg the MllIs OH ne salu lhaO
large number OF articles were placed on the
free list, supposedly as Tree raw MATERIAL when
were really manufactured artlcles These
We're lumber, glue, OILS, emma, Gay, etc. Inc
Dill placed on the tree Is6 as socaiIeu raw
materials various artlcles Whlch IL would DO
impossible to manufacture IN this country,
except by reducing American labor to a
worse condition than that OF the iaoorer or
Europe lie asserted that instead oil reduc-
ing the customs revenue S34OoO 900 the eff
feet would be to largely increase the revenue,
while it would destroy an incalculable
amount of material wealth. He stated that
the bill would give free tin plates to the
Standard Oil company, and would impose a
duty of 100 per cent on rice. 1t would
make free the animal imported by the gentle
men of the turf, and free statuary to the
millionaire
He did not think that the adoption of the
committees bill would make sure Democratic
control of the federal government He would
not be coerced by party caucus. The period
of the political caucus had departed never to
return. and vet the party should confer and
have unity if possible
In conclusion Randall spoke of industrial
DEVELOPMENT of the southern states. A new
era of industrial enterprise. he said, had al
ready dawDed upon the south. No section of
the country possessed greater natural advan-
tages than the south, with her genial eli
mate her limtlesS raw materials, her mines
of coal and iron, with abundant labor ready
to develop them. Considering what has been
there achieved in single decade, what may
not a century bring forth from her, under n
system calculated to favor the highest indus
trial development "When l read the his
tory of my country and consider the past and
present and reflect on what is before us, /
can not believe that the idea that went down
in the commissions of 1861 will ever again
dominate the destinies of the republic"
Mckinley followed Randall and by unan-
imous vote it was decided that he as well as
Breckenridge OF Kentucky, VINO spoke next,
should be granted unlimited time. Mckin-
ley began by declaring that he did not OPP
pose reduction of the tariff, but the man
ner OF making 1t, and III this he said he
spoke for the Republicans generally He
then stated the difference between a protec-
tive duty and revenue duty, and took up
the Mills bill in detail, showing what
he considered its faults to he. For
instance, he objected to duty on
sugar, of which we did not raise nearly