The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-22
amendments intended

TWO amendments intended TO
correct typographical errors in the
bill, moved the previous question
on them and they were adopted He
then proceeded to address the House,
beginning by stating the condition oil
the finances of the government. placing
the surplus at $129, 100000. This. he
said, should arrest the attention of the
couLtry. 1t represented unnecessary
taxation drawn from the people and
piled up in the treasury. 1t was taxa
ton levied upon the product of labor.
1t was an indignity. This enormous
amount OF moneywas constantly lower
| ing prices and piling an enormous load
on labor, and increasing the benefits oil
the privileged classes. How long would
it be before stagnation would occur
and bankruptcy and ruin flock together
through the land? The majority had
attempted to bring before the House q
bill to reduce this taxation and lessen
| the inflow of money into the treasury.
Bv amendments made in committee of
the whole, the rate of duty had been
placed at $40 80 cents on The hundred.
This moderate bill had been met by
storm of denunciation, and character
lied as free trade measure. Yves
Si2 SO on the hundred free trade? Whar
State had per cent. rate of taxation !?
In the majority of the States it did not
exceed 81 on the hundred. The tariff
of 1876 had been spoken of as
free trade tariff. Mr.. Mills
then took up the bill in detail.
He began with the chemical schedule
where the rate of duty ad been re-
duced from $33.87 to $25.17. On earth
enware and crockeryware the reduc-
ton had been 81 on the hundred. They
called that free trade. If $50 on the
hundred was free trade, in Gods name
what WAS protection? Sugar showed
next to the largest reduction i'll the
bill. larger than in the hemp, jute, iron
and IN everything except wool, but the
bill had been called sectional measure
To get $6,000,000 of protec-
ton on sugar the govo rnment had
to collect $5S,OO0,O00 &c tariff
duties and provisions. lie reduction
was one dollar on a hundred. More
tree trade! 1t was less than one dollar
nm = alton goods. WGs thst not mod
erate N, duty still remaining at $500?
In woods am WOODEN the rednetlcn was
500 on the humid I'D, and most OF that
had been cansed by placing wool on
the free trade list. The manufacturer
would get free wool and 40 per cent.
protection, or per cent. more than be
now got, and Still they said the bill
was a free trade measure. Articles
to S20,000,CU had been
placed on the free list, and Sc 1890, coo Of
that WAS wool. Cotton had been the
chief product of this country, yet the
Republican party had put it on the free
list, and they were right, but when it
was proposed to touch the wool the
combination that made the protective
tariff was struck, and they said you
shall not touch it," The next article
was tin plate, S7,700. COO. Not pound
OF it was produced in this country. TIE
committee proposed to give this money
to the consumer, yet their action was
called free trade. If that was free trade,
make the most Of it. Salt WIS next.
Because few people were interestedin
its manufacture, the committee
was stigmatized as free traders,
for putting it on the free
trade list. Burlsp was not
made in this country. 1t had
been placed on the free list. Hemp
and Jute made up $l,700 000 # the free
list. With all the milk that could be
gwen this baby industry, it had failed
to grow, and must soon disappear. The
Republicans had used the same argu
ment in favor of striking down the
sugar industry. Opium paid $i63, eco.
1t had been placed on the free list.
Cotton ties and bristles-the latter pro-
duced in Russla-had also been placed
on the Tree list. A food product. cur
rants, that concerned no laborer in this
country, had been placed on the free
list; yet, the committee had been
tainted with being free traders. Their
said: If you want any
thing free, take a free drink OF
whisky" (Appl4use) The taxes on
express companies, on telephone COM
panies, on all the wealth of the coHn-
nv, had been removed, but none of the
tax on laboIers had been removed.
Wool grew on the sheep. There bad
been much sympathy expressed for
sheep. The Democratic party sympa-
thizod with men. 1t wanted cheap
clothing for the poor. The Republic
cans wanted the duty kept so high that
neither wool nor Woolens could be
brought up. With product of 90
DOC, 900 pounds of wool and a need for
60, 900, GOO pounds, what were We going
to do? The Democrats proposed to let