The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-19
TARIFF DEBATE.


BrlIllAnt Protection Speecl
/ By II. Mckinley.
LOE9 SPEBCW BY MR. RANDALL
An Upsear was Crested Whsa I
was Rrspsssa - Gsve Mr. Ranaal
0srs ~ mls AIlseaeA ueas
which uas oppssea ~ Mr.. MIlis
| wasaIssros, May Is.-The house
On assembling. Immediately went int.
comniffee a the whole on the tarsi
hill.
Mr. Andcrscn. Of Connecfscns, spok,
briefly in opposition 10 the principa
section of the hill and At the Close o
his remarks Mr. Randall took the Hoo
md opened his speech by referring 1.
the presidents recent message. Il
which the executive advised congre~.
that the surplus in the treasury At ths
end OK the present fiscal wear vas ex
pected 70 reach els0.@,0W He ther
quoted from the presidents message
defining his position On the tariff and
internal revenue questions. and h<
Il
president he understood the executive
TO be averse to any reduction Of in
tegnxl taxes, - that HsO<lc uf taxation
Afforded. In the opinion Of the presi-
dent. no Just complaint and that
nothing Is so well able 10 bear the
/ burden without hardship TO anv por-
ton Of the people. The president fur
ther said that the tariff Law was . vi
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able tax and ought 70 be revised and
modified, and the president had urged
upon congress an immediate expires
sion on the matter TO the exclusion oi
all others. The president had assert
necessary should he made by addi-
tions to the free list and by lowering
the rates OF duty.
In the presence of such language
emanating from the executive, il was
imperatiyely required Of the represen-
tatives OF the people to give fair, intel
hgent and prompt attention 10 the
suggestions made. He had intro
dnced bill, some provisions of which
were Mt variance with those recon-
mended by the president. The presi-
dent sought TO prevent the continue
tfotA VI tiAc SUI Yias icscahc us ICStft
ing TO changes in the customs duties
Mr. RASpaLL's ONLY REMEDY.
The only remedy he tRandalD pro-
posed was through a repeal OF the in
ternai revenue taxes as well as by full
revision OF the tariff as promised the
people by the Democratic convention
OF 1854. The reduction provided for
in his bill aggregated $77 .6D, 900 on in
ternal taxes. Those taxes had always
been the last to he levied and the first
TO be repealed, when no longer neces-
sary. Jefferson had given death
blow to the excise taxes, the most Vi
cious ..of all taxes and received the
thanks of the legislature of his native
State for having the internal taxes
abolished. 7 he first tax also TO he re-
pealed after the war Of 1872 had been
the excise tax which was recommend
cd by President Madison and the first
Law TO be enacted under the admins
tration of President Munroe. The
Democratic convention of 1884 declar-
ed that the internal revenue was war
tax and that declaration taken in con-
nection with the declaration of the
platform clearly establishes the fac.
that the opinion OF the convention was
that some OF the internal revenue
should first go and that they should all
20 whenever sufficient stun was
realized for custom house taxes 10
meet the expenses of the government
economically administered The coun-
try was practically in such condition
now and a true response to these dec
larations warranted a repeal of the
internal revenue taxes to the extent
proposed by his bill. He favored now
as he had always done total repeal
Of the internal revenue taxes Zap
plause). In the bill which he intro
duced he had proposed to sweep all
these taxes from the statute books
except the tax OF fifty cents on whisky
and he would transfer the collection OF
that tax 20 the custom officials il found
practicable. With Albert Gallatin he
had regarded the excise taxes as often
sive TO the genius of the people and
tolerated only as a measure OF emer-
gency and as soon as the occasion had
passed away they should cease TO oexist.
AN rpaoAR cREATER
The house was thrown into an
uproar at the conclusion of Mr.. Ran
dall's hour. A request was made that
Randall be allowed to proceed but an
objection was made by Mr.. Mills, an
objection which was greeted with jeers
and misses by the Republicans.
Mr.. Mckinley then yielded him
portion of his time but by an ainicable
arrangement suggested by Mr.. Breck-
enridge, Mr.. Randall was permitted 10
proceed without limitation of time
Mr.. Randall then entered into an
explanation of the principles upon
which his bill had been constructed,
and said that il in any instance the
rate was too low to cover the cost OF
production he was ready TO raise il,
and il more then was needed, he
would lower il. Monopolies existed
without the tariff. He was for pro-
lection OF labor not in one state, but
in all.
TUR METAL SCHEDULE
Mr.. Randall then analyzed the metal
schedule of the Mills bin and declared
that /. would bring about an incalcrIa-
hle injury to the industries of all
America. He could find nothing in
the hill which gave a return for free
wool. lie found many inequalities in
IL and discovered few features intend
ed To relieve the poorer lahoring men.
He referred 10 the declarations Of his
colleague Scott as superciiious He
pleaded with his Democratic friends 10
not undo all that had been done to aid
the manufacturing industries by the
protective tariff. He read from Jeife:-
son. Monroe and Madison, the Demo-
cratic forefathers 20 prove that pro-
lection was fundamental Demo
cratic principle. He closed with
tribute to the results and principles of
protection and asked that they he
maintained through the efforts OF the
party that Instituted them.
Mr.. Randall said that in the exc
cution of the i.iea of the committee
TO secure free raw materials 10 sfimu-
late the manufactures. the hili placed
on the free list large number Of arti-
cies. constituting the products OF large
and useful industries throughout the
country At the same time il leaves
on the dutiabie list lead. iron. xinc and
nickel ores and coal, which might be
called raw materials, not only makes
the so-cailed raw materials free, but
places on the free list the manufactured
products Of these materials. thus the
manufacture of such articles is made
impossible in this country except by
reducing labor to a worse condition
than that OF Europe. He criticised
the leaving Of an internal tax on alec
hoi used in the arts, amounting 10 as
much n the entire amount OF duty
collected on rag wool. In some cases
the difference between the duty ina
ports on the the se-caIled raw mater
ials and articles made from them is 80
small as % destroy these industries
except upon the condition of leveiing