New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-22

graves NJ their beloved dead this President United
States held OF the war In his gfaeiui an'
chastened by going out into MS odeA var"
in the AdlrOnIacks to dig for bat' (Ofoahs anu
wells OF ierson voice Rut he didn't catch nothing
but suckers-. Shouts of laughter which were renewed
when Mr. Barbour rcjoined: " And he'll duplicate 'he
catch the sixth OF Noyember.'D
MIR. CLEVFLANDS ATTITUDE ON THE TARIFF
The present attitude Of the President In regard to the
tariff internal ana customs revenues as refcaea IN
his extraordinary OF December last Is eNeH
pllned In the Mills bill socacd and to It's consideration
now address myself And l first invite your attention
to the composition OF the House OF Representatives
that passed Mills bill That House IS composed OF
lie Democrats 1873 Republican, Democratic ma
ority 49, that II there appears to be III inc Mills
bin anything harmful American industries bear In
mind that the Democratic party IA responsible Tor It's
passage through House and bear also In minh that
nothing but Republican Senate prevented us enactment
into a law. Those i72 Democrats are composed OF 10
from the ex-save States and 07 from the free Siaes-a
Southern majority OF 49, When the Democrats met IN
caucus to nominate their candidate for Speaker mani
testify the Southern Democrats OF course controlled ana
the Democratic nominee for Speaker was Mr.. Carlisle
Of Kentucky go.
The Speaker, a. you know has sole and arbitrary
norer as to the naming Of standing committees OF
the House and among other committees which he had TO
appoint OF overhadowng importance 10 northern
industries and Northern wageearncrs Democrats ana
Republicans alike. wit, the Ways and Means Com
mtee-he only committee OF the House having power TO
originate and report fixing the OF duty upon
foreign imporations which be sent into our home
market to compete with home productions invite
your careful attention the composition OF That ways
and Means Committee as appointed by Mr. Carlisle, 10
the names Of Its members. and more especially 10 the
States from which they come That committee consists
Of Messrs Mills. Of Texas; McMin. Of Tennessee;
Breckinridge Arkansas Breckinridge. OF KENTUCKY
Turner Of Georgia; Wilson. Of West Virginia. Scott Of
PENNSYLVANIA; and Bynum Of 1ndiana-Democrats o.
Kelley OF PENNSYLVANIA; Brown, Of Indiana; Reed, Of
Maine: Mckinley OF Ohio and Burrows OF Wisconsin
Dapnh
THE COMMITTEE NOT REPRESENTATIVE.
We find no fault with that. The Democracy had
control OF the House. and entitled TO the control
Of the committees. What 1 find fault WITH WHAT
invite your attention to- is the fact that OF the
eight Democrats composing that committee he named
five from exsiave States one from West Virginia,
carved Of exave STATE and only two from North
States and desire to group these five eA slave
Stares-Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky. Tennessee ana
hand and TO group on the other hand
FIVE Northern Satcs-New York, NcwJerscy, Massachu-
sets Connecticut and Rhode Isandand contrast their
manufacturing Interests as revealed by the census OF
1880 The number Of manufacturing establishments In
the five Southern States 17445 in the five North
States. 70S72. Capital invested In manufactures In
States s9S,777 075 in the five North
ern States SLIGO 335571 Operatives employer In the
five Southern States 10l 426 in the five Northern States
11S5 $50 Wages paid operatives in the five Southern
States s26437,O1G; In tho five Northern States e437-
ss9,573 The value Of manufactured products in the
Southern States s176,4Sl79s in the Eve Northern
States 50 256, 3692iS
Let make another contrast Group the five South.
States the hand and let my little State
OF Connecticut stand by herself the other. The
population Of the five Southern States 1880 1927
503 OF Connecticut. 622 700: and yet find in the
five Southern States invested I'm manufactures have
said s9S,777075 in Connecticut alone, s120,4sO275.
Operatives employed in the five Southern 10I
IN Connecticut alone, 112 915 Wages paid in the five
Southern States, s26,437010 in Connecticut alone
SAB 5O1,51s Value Of products the five
Southern States s176,4s1,7 9s; In Connecticut alone
s1s5, 0sO211.
And yet when Mr.. Carlisle, nominated by Southern
votes, elected by Democratic majority, appoint
committee that was to deal with Northern industries
and In the interests of Northern workngmen he gave 10
each one Of these FIVE Southern States a member Of that
committee ami TO those five Northern States with their
tremendous excess of manufacturing capital operatives
wages and products he gave From this com
mee, thus constituted and controlled ana keeping in
mind the political belief and record OF the Southern Gle
nent upon this question, would you expect measure TO
be reported looking toward Protection tending toward
Free Tfadef In other words do men to-day
gather grapes OF thorns figs OF thistlcs
any more than they did 1000 years ago7
And now let US turn to the bill itself Is It protective
measure or one tending toward free trade-not giving
absolute free trade course no one pretends thatbu,
is an entering wedge into the log protection which
II not withdrawn but driven deeper by repeated blows
will finally split the log in twof
INCONSISTENCY OF DEMOCRATIC PApERs
minutes to the inconsistent and two-faced atti-
tude of Democratic journals and orators. who in
certain localities and at certain times claimed
the bill as firm step toward free trade, and
before Northern working men, in order to deceive
Them claimed it, Mr. Watterson docs. as a
fair protective measure. He illustrated his re-
marks by half dozen comparisons and anec
dotes. which stirred the house to long-continued
and uproarious laughter, and then resumed:
Contrast In the light Of the sectional composition the
WAYS and Means Committee the relative sectional i'm.
portance Of these articles which placed on the free
list The value Of salt manufactured in the Southern
States In 1es0 s2l353s in the other States
s.G1Go2s Southern soap, l,o35; in other States
s26.2GO79e Southern planned lumber. e., o9G. 3s5; in
other States S3i,70G971. Southern brick ana tie
So GA, 595 In States $50 092 Southern wool
SIS. 7s6767 in other States. $3.50 s94 9s4 Southern
sawed lumber $50 01SS5S in other States s203 ST.
l ask you, are not the wool grower the brick. maker
the salt maker. the soap-maker, the lumbeman their
operatives much entitled protection the men in
the wooen mill, the cotton MILL the cutlery shop and
the iron mill and Will wagc-earners OF this country
whose particular industry is by the Mills bill bereft
Of all Its protection scAshly their backs upon their
brother wase-earners who are left entrcy mercy
Of foreign competitions
AMERICANS MUST HELP ONE ANOTHER
If II by their they reflect Mr. Cleveland and
indorse the policy outlined in the Mills bill in the
port OF the majority OF that who expressly say
that the bill reported by them not offered as per-
feet BILL many articles being left subject 10 duty which
might well be transferred TO the free list and many anti.
ces left subject TO rates Of duty which might well be
lessened") then years years from now when
bill is reported which cuts closer drives the free.
trade wedge deeper, and the in particular
Industries then dsroyd round and cry out for helm
In the hour OF their extremity farmers and the salt
makers and the soapmakcrs and the brck.m and
the umbermen will they now turn about and say:
In 1888 there policy trial the country
embodied in the Mills bill which slaughtered industries
and opened upon a Mood underpaid foreign labor
We cried out to you for help stood by you well as
by ourselves for stood IN Oregon and Vermont and
Maine by the principle Of protection to all American
industries but turned your backs upon usand mas
much as in the day Of extremity you gave WOOL
and salt and lumber and brick, soap. Will now
have free-trade In woocn goods and goods