The sun., 1888-05-06
FOR THE NORWEGIAN.
CONGRES6MAE FORlN'S ELOQUENT
SPkEOH AGAINST THE MILLS BILL

Traaers-Farpers .. well 81 Msnufsc-
turers Need rreteotiss-why Threw
eur Markets Opes TO the FsreiGrsrs
E,vm ns Congregational Record Of xap7.
Mr.. Foran-Mr. Chairman, since have
every session at which was present. have
heard gentlemen denounos and condemn and
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messages and documents read from the Clerk 8
desk in,ySeighi5E the most bitter terms
subject was under discussion become satirical,
scolds % ps have heard the tariff chsrsstorized
as vicious inequitable and Illogical" cruel,
hnd %os: "a: SsS. S.eS Snre
It. In season and out Of season-in order and
out Of order-until I almost fancied and was was
country was beng Of whom It could be said
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How much does this great burden figure up
u dSnrss What What Is the weight q this od
States has to bearp The revenues Of the United
States from all sources during the year 1887
16 som n.trna nsI iNps
land sales. and miscellaneous sources. There
4 @s mass sf ss sy
TO be free traders. benignly smile upon and
ths sra Sd
Il is upon this tax that the walls Si wrath have
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sgs!oms tag only eeogt sss oOo, ,O9o are collect,
treated M It. whether they SO regarded it or not
Now Ssso as@ittsa thst the
which is collected from articles Of prime necss-
81 similar chsraSter to the imported articles
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oppression and iniauity which is crushing. and
eaHRiss tssa sRGS
+ q; hpon TSs rsS i Of bS as
sire to first call attention to the fact that the
cSSmmistse % not not an appear to- to have had when
ception OF tho burden which is fastened with
relentless grasp" upon the people. take 1t
& ahe to
tho condition" with which we are confronted.
This condition" is an annual surplus OF near
ly $60.000,000. The duty Of the committee, sup-
%%set meet %sSs eonaitlon' was @ to fTame % iii i .ha.
passed Viii The ess sas W Let
The ii @ sasd hs ss 81 IL! fssss
dHctiSn q ptsEna 1t ta.ation to the amount Of
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mittee. Nv We have sarved and 0t 6utebered this
have 50 badly, wounded and crippled it that Il
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estimate a still further reduction Of over s91.;
SSGns hase Sons sns tssrs viii
ssss S bs Ss ae ShR Il.
to-day. I base this assertion upon the expert
sSs free III and S
estimatsda | reduction from the dutiable list OF
oS s rSs ss1a rf4os 4oS
customs during tho year 1870 was t194. .53s,374.
The from his dar1s in
'i or nearly si2oooSo0 more H' than It was the
year before the estimated reduction was made:
9o so hs the gsdus
ton Of duties reduces customs revenue.
There are only tive ways Of meeting the %con-
s11Dla .1d tSss y y she rsduq'ion q i'm
tsrnal revenue taxation or by. enlarginF the
HS Wipe out
destroy tho whole American protective system.
% Ps eny Ss %e op
time during his discourse his face will become
sss: ss, :! ps the nod
,Beholdl He strikes an attitude such as the
sye which y IN dns frenzy, rciiipe,| and
and strike terror to the heart as they below
fs Rs4ess &c Fe4ds
essa 1snS S he in VIA dsum dansns Of m
ery;" whiskeyI CyhiskeTyi T Open. % ye s stills
and ood n rgsnE World sRS d'f3Y esse
quakes. split the globe, the solid rock-ribbed
and s
sasks sa and ndo, shiyer and "wallow naked in De-
realities Of hard facts and figures l find that
vicious, ineauiable. iiiogcai' i tax whieS
rhs TsE asss In That
Many Of the gentlemen who have of this tax
tears down Pluto's cheek" and cause every
farmer TO think himself 2 child Of misery bap;;
iengthened day ' into I'VE week, in boa attempt m
amount q money. The Direct Tax bill carries
aiter, year upon this floor. gentlemen who shed
bcbluIuts iedFS DtchllSe tue poor man b DlankcL
is taxed vote without a heartpang or Qualm Of
conscience for river and herbor Improvements
nbout as much money as the committee say the
consumer is unIustly taxed on woollen goods
Seyen,een million seven hundred thousand
dollars. then; is the amount. after all. that Is
wrung :" with relentless grasp" from the con-
Of the entire tax the people pay, or about
twenty-nfne cents per capita-
Twenty-nine cents, then, Is the monstrous
sum which this cruel and merciless" =, tax
wrenehss from single man every year. What
, leave In his income.
FARMRRs PROSPER UNDER PROTECTION.
) think have some personal knowledge Of
this subject ! was born In a farm house, and
hoed my own row on q farm. remember how
the farmer prospersd under the I'D valorem
tariff Of l846 1t was In reality q free trade
tariff Is always an nd valorSm a that
81 falsely iny9iesd Eoods . Under the opera
i've county sold their cattle and surplus prod;
nets to droysrs, traders, and agents. who bad
canal and on the Erie road, after 1t was built
For the farmer, In those days. there was
mighty bad aleddinQ the road to Hard