Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-25
THE LAST SHOT,
Mr.. Carlisle Closes the Twenty DAYS
Debate on the Tariff Bill.
A Brief Outline of His Argument.

| WASHINGTON, May I9.-Mr. Carlisle, of
! Kentucky, began by replying to Mr.
| Reeds charge of insincerity. He said he
might retort that, if protection was a
sound doctrine, it should be carried to its
logical conclusion-totally prohibitive
| duties. He went on to say that all taxa
tion was an evil and that au endeavor
should be made TO make trade as free as
possible with the lowest tax that would
afford the necessary revenues. Mr.. Carl
isle said Mr.. Reed had made no reference
to the actual situation which made it i'm
peratlyely necessary to reduce the
| revenue. On the first of this
month there were S136,0OO, 900 in
the treasury moro than were re-
CURED to meet all government
liabilities. 1t was a sum larger than the
total expenditure during the first two
yeats of the country's life. 1t had been
taken when sorely needed by the people.
and without Justification. The effect of
this accumulation was to encourage use
less and extravagant expenditures with
out constitutional warrant. The people
almost TO a man were demanding its re-
turn TO them. So long as the policy
continued the largest bounty for purely
private purposes would be demanded
Brief mention was made by the speaker
of the public debt and the buying of
bonds by the government, whereby in one
month the secretary had paid S3, $4,000
above the principal and accrued interest
tor the Sl3,000,000 bonds which he had
| purchased. The speaker said
| TEIS UNJUST PROCESS
must go on indefinitely unless congress
came to relief and reduced taxation.
| Taxation, he said, should be distributed
among all of the people according to
all their ability to pay. Until that was
done we should always be embarrassed
| IN our effort to increase or reduce taxes
! If the present measure should fail and
| disaster come upon our industries by
| reason of over-taxation, the present vi.
cious system would be responsible for it.
| Mr.. Carlisle spoke of the increase of
manufactures during the so-called "free
trade period" between 1850 and 1860, aud
said the people were in favor of legisla.
tlon that would bring it about again.
! he went on to say that trusts and hard
times were the outgrowth of the high
tariff system. Continuing he said: "In
view Of the fact that internal revenue
taxes remain only on the luxuries, it
is fair that any further reduction of
necessities, but recognizing the differ
ence of opinion upon THAI subject, the
| committee has dealt with both subjects"
He said he would have hesitated to vote
| for the bill if he believed that it would
! result in the destruction of a single in
| dustry, but he believed it would benefit
all of them.
| Quoting John Sherman, he said that
| the time had come when the pledge i'm
! piled by the passage of the act of 1864
should be redeemed. Labor did not fear
competition with the pauper labor of
| Europe, but did fear the creation of our
laws.
THE HOME MARKET.
he said, is improving and has been i'm
| proving and will continue to imp prove
under any system of taxation along with
the increase of population, wealth, and
improved facilities for production and
distribution in this country. Ia place
of restricting our market he wanted it
enlarged so that the products which can
not be consumed here can find market
among people elsewhe ere. What the
| American farmer wants is home market
10 which he can purchase his sup
plies as cheap es his com.
petitors. When he can't get this
then he asks, there may be such sys-
tenn as will enable him to purchase else
where and import them without being
unreasonably fined for carrying on this
| harmless business. We want not only q
home market out market of all the
world for the variety of products of this
great country. We want to remove as
far as we can the barriers which annoy
our industries, so that this country may
take its place with the great commercial
| countries of the world and become rich
and powerful as no other country has be.
fore. Mr.. Carlisle thanked the commit
tee for the attention with which it had
heard him, and explained that he had un-
dertaken to speak under considerable
difficulty. Il was generally reported that
he was far from well, and he appeared to
be much fatigued at the closure of his
speech. The house at $3.50 adjoned.