New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-12
RANDALLS BILL DENOUNCED.
SCOTT CALLS IT IAN UNJUSTIFIABLE
MONSTER"
THE PREME.s" CONFEDERATE MAS NO MERCY
FOR TIE PENNSYLVANIA sTATEsMAN
STRONG EFFokT TO DEMoLIsH RANDALL
FOLLOWED ny A VIGOROUS PLEA


STRONG EFFokT TO DgMoLIsH RANDALL
FOLLOWED ny VIGOROUS FLEA
FOR fnE MILLS BILL
lar TELEGRAPH TO THE TKpUSnl
Washington, May 1l-The House, In accordance
Win resolution from the Premier" hes length
ened the time for the tariff discussion BY deciding to
most each morning at IL o'clock When the HOUSE
wss ready to-day for the debate on tho NILS bl with
lam L. Scott arose and began the delivery OF speech
winch was read carefully from manuscript and occu-
pied moro than two hours. Mr.. Ranaan followed the
speaker very closely especially in that portion OF
the speech referring to the Randall bill, which Mr.
scott vigorously denounced. Postmaster General
D"kinson and Assistant Postmaster General sesvon-
son were attentive listeners while Mrs. Cleveland was
In the gallery FOR a short time.
Mr. SCOTT UPHoLDs THE "PREbiIEgS' WORK.
The Mills bill, said Mr.. SCOTT intended to stay
the mounting surplus In the Treasury, threatening
overwhelming disaster aad second to relieve tho
ovcrburdensd industries OF ,be country from excessive
taxation, this proceeds Of which do not pass into tho
Treasury but 60 directly tho support Of grasping
msnopolles.
bill had been introduced by member OF this
House (the Randall bin, which provided . large re-
ducton OF internal taxes Taking tho iron and stool
schedule as a fair index OF. the proposed bill, and
the one with which the member introducing Is was
supposed to be most familiar, It safs to say It
Interest OF tho consumer, the middle man, nor
the manufacturer It increased tho burdens on every
industry Itom BY item, It gave tho astounding 70
suit that for every dollar OF reduction Of dulles IN
she Iron schedule S26 added to the burdens OF
tho public Instead OF reducing taxation instead OF
king the surplus instead of relieving tax
ridden people this bill actually proposed to Increase
the ih taxes This bill, no said was mssssG &C.. ~
excuse for existence and no purpose In Its NE put
to obstiuet the Democratic party and to delay tho
justice which the country demanded
Tho majority OF ways and Means had sought, nrst,
to relieve manufacturing industries oy placing ON inc
to enable them to compete In their homo msrEes,
and in the markets OF tho wor4; secondly, IN inc
revision Of tho existing tariff toesve ample onsss
from abroad in competition with cur homo proousn
and to Protect our home ana tho laoHf
be to lessen to tho laborer tho cost OF she hooes
ssrtes OF life, and to decrease his Dependence upon
Turning to the metal schedules OF the bill: DIR.
Scott cited tho case Ell ne Edgar Thomson steel "osS
swelling the profits o. the Manufacturer Into most
unreasonable and even appalling hs7rcs, WHO and
ing nothing to the wages OF labor, and at the samo
time restricting the msrhot o: the farmor for his
produce, though simply piagns him upon MS sss pIbr
aid was used Of the Edgar Thomson works but 1.
appeared that the economy OF us nse mao hot yos
enabled tho propnetor' to reduce tne Prize Oh nns
hfacturcrs so fortunately situated, require to enable
them take tho start OF this majestic world ana Dcas
markets. around the globe, no unnecessEJ rcSuio
tions, cheap food cheap rament and cheap Dlanhos.
Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio, ana other areas
soon to be supplied with this marvellous agent wouiu,
they Understood their true interests exchanse tho
ptiful cry subsidies for tho most thYlvln IN
dusries on carth for laundering demand for freedom
OF exchanges and cheap supplies From practicn
experience OF onethird of century IN the o0at
mines Of his State be justified In stating that tne
wagcworkcr received for HIS labor from 20 rer cent 10
IS per cent OF tho selling price OF the coal ar me mines
as against tho per cent that labor receives az tho
Edgar Thomson Stool Works ON the selling prfco Oh
ton OF stcsl beams.
This bill put wool tho free list not only In tho
interest of the wOofen manufacturer but In that OF
sheep husbandry itself. Russian carpet WOODS were
largely imported for The minufactnro OF carpsts'
Owing to this low duty carpet woods and notwlth-
standing the higher paid In the Unitod states
am crcdlbly Informed that II cents per pound is
removed from Donskoi and other carpet woos We can
compete with the world carpets, and Keep our own
MARKET Immediately wool was FREQ, orr man
uaturers would begin 10 draw upon the markets OF the
world for raw material so moot tho American dcmano
The result would IA an advance In WOOL 10 fofcfsh
markets., and an advances abroad would ADVANCE thc
price here, tariff no tariff. a.. mil. III,
Mr. GEAR, OF Iowa, declared THAT She NILS D'l
vd destroy American lsbOr snd stated thst me mcss
nrominent Democrat In his district had told MN tnat
no Iowa Representative who voted for the measure
could be reelected 10 Congress Tho passage 0, .o
Minis MI in the intorest Of free trsde woulu DC a
victorv for British commerce Mr.. DigBLE .rneg ~
favor ~ tho provisions OF this bill, and MI HANHN'
of Wisconsin, opposed thehA