Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-04
MT. WiISonon the Tariff.
He Speaks in Favor of the
 Mills Bill.
DINGLEY IN OPPOSITION.

DINGLEY IN OPPOSITION. Another Day of Tariff Speeches in the
 House-Able Addresses From Both Re-
 publican and Democratic Members.
 Mir. Mckinney Advocates Free Wool.
 WASHINGTON, May 4-The feature of the house proceedings yesterday was the speech of Mir. Wilson, of West Virginia, in favor of the tariff bill
 The conference report on the joint resolu- tlon accepting the invitation of the French government to participate in the Paris Ex- position was adopted
 The house then went into committee of the whole on the tariff bill, and MT. Wilson, of West Virginia, took the floor in advocacy of the bill He started out with the assertion that the bill was an effort of the people to re- cover the right to tax themselves Twenty five years of protection have so entrenched private interests in the tariff that they regard it as their exclusive domain, and resent the intrusions of the people ast those of trespassers. He said that while our tariff rates were rum ming up from IS to IS per cent during the war, and immediately thereafter, every in- terest that wished to become parasite upon the people was permitted to dictate its own terms, and those terms still remained. The so-called revision of 1883 soon turned into q struggle between the captains of industry for an increase of their bounties, and was finally thrown into secret conference where higher rates were given than either house had dared to vote in public, and was then hurried through congress without being sifted or read.
 Mir. Wilson claimed that all the reductions that had been made were those affecting property, and had thrown the burdens on these least able to bear them. Protection acted on the rule of the Ohio politician-to claim everything. He declared that protec- tion had no more to do with the present pros- perity of the country than it had to do with the planets or tides. But those things for which it is responsible it studiously ignores It says nothing of the growing antagonism of capital and labor, of the twenty thousand strikes and the twenty hundred lockouts in the past six years; the long industrial depres- sions; the building up of great wealth by favoritism, which in order to retain its privi- leges was ever ready to corrupt the ballot box and intimidate voters, the rapid cen- tralization of manufactures in a few great corporations, and their recent fusing into formidable trusts
 Continuing, MT. Wilson stated that the tariff did not regulate the price of labor, and having contrasted the prices paid in the same line of employment, he said that the contrast showed that man in Maine was worth only two-thirds man-in Connecticut.
 MT. Boutelle (of Maine)-What are the wages of farm laborers in West Virginia. Mir. Wilson-They are not as high as they | would be with protection off
 MT. Boutelle wanted a candid reply, or | wanted the gentleman to retreat ignomin- iously.
 MT. Wilson replied, amid laughter and ap- | plause: "I cannot yield for a speech, but | accept the gentleman as full explanation why a man in Maine is worth only two-thirds a man in Connecticut"
 In conclusion Mir. Wilson said: "You may strike down that tribute of the people on the other end of the avenue, who, putting aside all ideas of prudence, spoke out that ringing summons that rallied the people as nothing else ever did You may strike down the lead CTS of this fight as you struck them down in the last congress. Those who hold the stand ard may fall, but other hands will take it up | and move forward.
 ''The spirit of liberty is behind us; all we cen hope for the destiny and greatness of this | country urges us forward"
 Great applause greeted Mr. Wilson as he | concluded, many Republicans joining in com plimentary manifestations.
 MT. Dingley, of Maine, in opposing the | bill, discussed the presidents and Mir Mills assumption that duties on imported articles which can be produced here to the extent of our wants were tax which increased the | burdens of the consumer to the extent or nearly to the extent of the duty, and he argued that on the contrary such duties bene- fited the consumer by encouraging home in- dustries and securing products for less labor or service. Referring to the charge that protection had destroyed our foreign carry- ing trade, Mir. Dingley said it was true that this has declined, but no more rapidly since the war than in the six years before the war;
 MT. Mckinney, of New Hampshire, said that he believed that the best means of col lecting the funds necessary for the support of the government was by a tax on imports, and that that tax should be levied, as far as might be, on luxuries, and that, as far as might be- the necessaries of life should be placed on the | free list.
 He was not in favor of any radical change in the tariff laws, for the business of the coun- try was now on high tariff basis, and any radical and sudden change would disturb the | business interests. He was the last man who would interfere with the manufacturing in- terests, for be represented manufacturing state; but as the peoples representative he would vote for the interest of the whole people.
 He strongly advocated the placing of wool on the free list declaring that it would work little injury to the sheep grower, while it would greatly benefit the woolen manufac- turers and give cheap clothing to the people, It was about time for the gentlemen on the | other side to stop crying out that the Demo- cratic party was seeking to bring disaster upon the country. It was only trying to carry out the fundamental principles of gov ernment, and apply equal taxes to all com munities
 | Hospitals in the Coal Regions.
 HARRISBURG, Pa, May 4-Governor Beaver has appointed commissioners to select