New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-10
HISCOCK'S STRONG SPEECH,
NO DEMOCRATS READY TO REPLY.
a REVIEW OF THE FREE-TRADE PoL1CY-oLEvE-
LAND COMMITTED TO IT-MILLs ON
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Washington, Oct 9.-only one tariff speech was
devercd IN the Senate to-day Mr.. Hscock is one OF
the Youngest members Of that body, but his tweWe
years. service In the House, four years as mc"o
of Ways and Means, had given him Familiarity VIZ"
and grasp Of economic subjects which maoo mo -
slgnment to the Finance Committee, as SOON a. nv
was admitted to the Senate, a foregone concius'on
His labors as a member of the subcommittee "n
prepared tho Senate substitute, and his po"oiiu
argument Of to-day have fully 1ustihed 'ha' aSs's"
ment. a. ,,,noo,,s
One Of the strongest features OF ME- ns' .,
speech was that IN which he exposed inc irco 9
designs of the majority the House, anu sho"cu 'na
they were heartily approved and warmly ~ w.
:. not IN fact inspired. by President Cleveland lie
ouoted with great effect a passage from iIcc."u0
cssav written by Roger Q. Mills, ana puphsnou Il,
Eelford,s Magazine not uttered IN INC "0"' -
debates in which the sage OF Corsicana u'n' -,
declared that protection is worse eVli IMAM 1N
slavery was. because it has made whl'e sia.o VI
American work ngmen-" In other worus, Mi'S
,,.yes that the country would be better on II shouo
adopt free trade and restore African slavery
Mr. Uiscock also dwelt upon the sectional nature
NJ the House bill. and showed that "hle II Icu"00u
duties on sugar and rice primo necessares Oh me- anu
nf
reduced duties on all other dutahle artlcles' eN-
Guiding silk LIQUORS and tobacco, which 1t GA no'
Affect more than 40 per cent He also sho"ea 'na'
the House bill reduces TO an injurious eA'on', VI
removes altogether, the duties on American man"
tactures of the annual value Of So oOooooooo less
than per cent of which are produced IN inc oo''o"
s,.,cs which dominate the Democratic majority
in the House. .,,,o-. 90
Mr. Hiscock's exposure of the untru,hlulhess VI
the assertions Of Mills Carlisle Mcdonald, brcoM'n
ridge Thurman and other free-trade orators, 'na'
the House bill reduces the margin of protecuoh u
American labor and industries only OF |" per 00"
,vss thorough and convincing One of the best parts
=, The speech was that in which the Dement'S derived
nv the acricuturst from the protective system "o.
cot forth and explained and fortified by facts ana
illustrations which will appeal with great lor0o ~
the common sense of the American people
Mr. Hiscock completely efuted the statement n'
nv President Cleveland IN his feetrade message ana
repeated in various forms by his supporters III Oon
gress and on fine stump, as we'll as III iree"" ~
papers that not only is the price OF an imported oo
modify enhanced by the amount OF the du'y nhposou
thereon. but that the cost of like comroodl'y Vi
domestic production is ehhaheou " '"0
nearly the extent
Among the dozen more Democratic 'en"'ois
who listened to Mr.. Hiscocks speech, the most az
tentivc were Senators joe Brown, VINO uocS ho.
entertain free-trade views, aud Senators NcS' anu
rate The latter was expected to follow the New
ready and 1t was surmised that his " great enorV
had been withdrawn for repairs. Senator vance VII
finally admitted to-day that he never had reau 'no
Senate substitute, the report OF The FINANCE
Committee thereon, although his name Is appchueu
TO the "views of the Minority" document IN wnlch
It is pretended that an analysis OF tho provisions
Of the substitute has been made.
A POWERFUL ARGUMENT.
Tho most striking parts Of Mr. HscocRs speech
were a follows:
From the first agitation of tariff for protecuon
IN the present time the opponents of that system
have urged that the customs duties were ADDED ho'
only to the cost of the goods imported, put aiS'
IN tho price of the corresponding articles we pro
duced. That has been peculiarly the sophlsm o
the American Free Trader and, though successiui!
disproved by Hamilton and by writers ana stais'lcia
since his time it nevertheless occasionally happens
that new or fresh champion Will rush mo IN,
,reua of debate and parade the dogma with all
the airs and consequence of discoverer OF some
rev and startling truth destined 10 soi'o t'o"'
economic question. The President, latest OF all III
dorses to the people of this country this Old american
free trade argument. Were this exploded faiiacy
,re the President should not only urge but resort
10. every constitutional method 10 remove the OPP
pression Revolutionary methods, IL necessary
would be approved by the people for the destruction o
the system. If this sophsm were true ule po
tective system would never have been adopted oi
~ adopted after brief period the people, wlthou'
donment. I'LL,
Mr. Roger Q. Mills, in a late magazine arucle
discussing protection, declares that the ume VIII
come when all the people will rejoice TO see ths Dusi
ness relation-a darker evil than that OF Slavery
eliminated from the land. 1t is a darker evil; fol
villa the Southern system Of unrequed toll ensavec
the blacks this system is reducing white labor Il
slavery and We revenue reformers, or Free lrducIs
II we may be so Called are making our MN dU 40
our own race, whose misery Keeps pacc VIII ou
not only by the palaces of millOnaiIes' put !" N
werc riSht II il were a darker evil than that o
slavery we would not now be discussing me lh e
waited the slow progress of his party for the Las
twenty years but would have contested NE g r,o
methods which eliminated slavery rom the iaiu'
EFFECTS OF PROTECTION.
assume that the President was warning the peo
ple against the exactions and burdens OF the proec
five system II he is correct, our protective system
s . criminal Injustice and unless he is mistaken i
would long before this have impoverished our peop
And made them the poorest and most degraded upon ID
earth: our villages and cities would now Do Du
aggrepatons of the d" hutS and novels" that MI
Mills sees only in Imagination, and the agriculture
area would have been unrecaimed unsubdued ant
unpeopled by civilized man. But the President say
he does not mention the fact " to discredit the sys
tenn II he thoroughly believed the ola laiiac
he Endorsed be should have made his statmeht
dscredt the system of protection and should contnu
TO sound the alarm until (Were no Heh" INC "u'"0
sbould be removed from long-suiterng ana long ei
during people, and great National eVii should .
remeded when he would be hailed As denvefe
div,neiv ordained one after death 10 be cauonzed
I,nr nearly a century have practically demon
strated uat the effect Of protection upo
Nat,onaI Industries IN country pOsscsse
he raw material sufficient Tor IN
finished product which its people h,,, co ms ~
10 heen and will be 10 Increase the volume vi IN
maoauct ia lie ma, ket and to cheaper IT'S price tn
facts need not be fortified by statistics; nave
rpbt 10 appeal observation. sugar illustrates In
argument The protection a1Iorde'<yby the GeIlna
and French Governments 10 the bee~sugar industre
~ those countries has doubled the product OF IN
world, forcing the price 10 the lowest POM Know
I'm the market. Inis is also true not Only as 10 llo
and steel goods bu. equally so with respect 10 cOto
and wonllen fabrics, manufactures OF WOOD, chemical
snd confectionery. The last ten fifteen years ha
been remarkable for the constantly decreasing cost
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