St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
4 MASTERLY EFFORT.
Judge Macdonald Makes a
Strong Appeal for Tariff
Reform.
a Complete Diagnosis Of the
Present System Of
Taxation.
The Grand Forks Bridge Bill
Will Be Reported Upon
Favorably.
Congressman Wilson on the
Road to Winona--Other
News.
special to the Globe.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Congressman
CasWell, of Wisconsin, opened the tariff
ball to-day in the customary dry, dull,
monotonouS effort to bolster up protec-
tion as panacea for government Ills
He was followed by Judge Macdonald,
the announcement of whose speech had
filed the galleries. The Judge, in the
presence of a great audience, arose and
commenced his speech by saying: "lm-
mediately after this congress assembled
President Cleveland delivered his now
celebrated MESSAGE Judge MacDon-
aid then quoted the opening paragraph
of the presidents message, and con-
cluded his quotation by also reading
the closing paragraph, and said:
THAT message gave the tariff
reform issue standing and Importance
before the people Of this country never
before secured" He then continued:
.Immediately after this message was
delivered, we were assailed upon all
sides by appeals from prOtectlOniStS and
deluged with letters, papers, circulars.
petitions, marked copies of newspapers.
resolutions, all of which showed each
protected interstate were struggling to
preserve its own continuation of robbery
Of the people, and that it was a case of
every man for himself and the devil take
the hindmost." He quoted from the
organ of the American Iron and Steel
association of March last, to show that
66,4l3 tariff tracts had been issued be-
tween January Is and April %.
AND CAUTIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED.
One printing bill amounted to Sc. .65S.36.
He asked the question if that amount
was spent for one bill in printing alone,
what amount must the protectioniStS
have spent in all? The president esti-
mates S140,C00,000 as the surplus next
June. Others estimate it at S155, 5,0C0, COO.
If this continues long all the money in
the country will be in the treasury. He
gave the different sources Of revenue
for the present fiscal year. aggregating
S271. .403, ,21I11.16, He showed the imports
Of the last fiscal year on which duties
were collected to the amount of
s2l7 900. 900, which is an average duty
of ~ per cent. and showed how this tax
bore on the necesSarieS of life. He then
showed that the annual amount of i'll
ternal revenue was S1lS,G00,G00, no part
Of which was a tax upon the neceSSaries
Of life, and that the amount of revenue
estimated as necessary to be raised next
year was S276 00O, ,000. which might be
increased S120,G00,000 more. The pres
ent bill reduces the present income
from internal revenue over &24, 100000.
He repelled the idea that the Democrats
were free traders, charged by the
Republicans, inaSmuch as they were
willing TO raise over S200,0G0,C00
BY TARIFF TAXATIONS.
He quoted from President Arthur'S
message. and Secretary McCulloch's re-
pOrt to show that the bill under consid-
pration was in the line of tariff reduc-
ton recommended by them. He Sc
verely animadverted uron the Repub-
licans for limiting their propositions
for reduction Of revenue to repeal Of
internal revenue taxes, principally
whisky and tobacco, and said that they
had yielded all former claims ana sub
mittad to the dictatiom Of high
chief of protection, Mr. Kelley. of Penn
sylvania. He asked whether the noun
tain had gone to MahOmet or Mahomet
to the mountain. He considered at
length the reports from agriculture and
other sources, and the number of those
engaged in agriculture and other Occu-
pations and made a strong case in favor
of the farmers. He then took up the
matter of wheat tariff, and showed by
explaining the protection of milling
in transit, what shame and fraud upon
the farmer it was. denying the present
PROSPERITY OF THE FARMER.
and showed that the mortgage indebted
ness of several states ranged from 80 to
30 per cent of the assessed valuation of
the total property of the several West
ern states. He then proceeded to con-
sideration of the tariff and its effect
upon the wages Of the working men,
and showed that the wages of w0rkmen
In protected industries were lower than
those not protected. and by quotations
from Powderly and others presented d
fearful Indictment against the proprie-
tors of most of the protected industries
of the country. as we'll as the trusts
that had been organized because
of a high tariff which made their
formation possible. He insisted
that the difference in wages between
this country and Europe was not more
than the superiority of our workmen.
and quoted Mr. Blaine and Mr.. Evarts.
both Republican secretaries of state to
prove it. Passing from that he showed
by quoting from papers and the official
records of our exports that our pro-
tected industries did not require protec-
ton, inaSmuch as they were now ship
ping manufactured articles to Great
Britain and Europe and selling them in
there. He reiterated this pitchfork
story and said Judge Wilson has a
Scandinavian who
HAD SOME EXPERIENCE.
He closed with severe arraignmentof
the Republican opposition for not pro-
posing measure of their own as they
claim that this proposed by the Demo
Gratis did not suit them. Reading from
the indianapolis News, st. Louis Globe
Democrat and Minneapolis journal and
publican sentiment, also. In his re-
with his unqualified approval. because
step in the right direction and that
become historical he "Liked it
for the enemies it had made" Judge
Macdonald made such mastery pre-
sentation of the Democratic doctrine
That no synopsis can do justice to it.
plause, not only from his Democratic
colleagues, but from the crowded gal
leries also. When interrupted by Re
publicans the judge talked back vigor-
pusly and aggressively, and they soon
concluded that it were safer to let him
alone. His sarcastic rejoiners were as
singing and cutting as the historical
buZZ-saw. The speech occupied two
hours In delivery, and was listened to
with rapt attention by an immense audi
ence, which was magnetically held en-
rapport with the unansWerable logician
and orator.
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