New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-25
AGAINST THE TARIFF BILL,
EIoouKsrLY OPPOSED By Mr.. BURROWS.
he STANDS AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PRO
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WASHINGTON April 24.-When the House adj
harmed late this afternoon the free traders were
In AN unhappy frame of mind. The days debate
ON the Dark Lantern" bill had made them SO.
Clearly they were disappointed with the speech
of the "Csrthaginisn reformer,' Mr.. McMillin'
of Tennessee, In favor Of the BILL and evidently
they distrusted their ability to reply successfully
10 the cegent and powerful arguments OF Mr.
Burrows against it. Mr.. MoNillin began his
speech by an alusion to the birth OF the saviour
He said that il one hundred dollars had been
deposited In . caslSet on that day, and IKE
sum every day since, the total to-day would not
equal the amount wrung from the American people
by excessive and unjust taxation. AS this mod
crate assertion was the keynote Of Mr. McM1llns
speech, which was timed in unison with IL every
body will sec at once that he did not allow him.
self to deal In exaggeration. 1t was unfortunate
for tho Tennessee statesman that he became IN
volyed in O contrt versy with Judge Kelley on
the subject of internal taxation. He accused the
latter Of willingness to cut the internal revenues
SO deeply as 70 cause deficit Of s6oO0o,Ooo
per annum In his anxiety to do this he asserted
that reduction of more than 100000 will
leave an annual deficit and yet the Dark
Lantern" bill, according to the estimate Of its
reputed authors, will reduce the revenues $751;
l7&0o0 per year, thus creating deficit of
SIS, 1000, 600.
Mr.. McMilln declared that he would vote
against any reduction Of the whishey tax and in
the same breath he denounced the Republican
party because IT had not freed the gentle moon
sinner from the expressions OF federal courts
He declared with great emphasis that he never
no, never-would vote to impose q duty on tea
and coffee and repeal the tax whiskey. lie
forgot to say that the Republican party abolished
the duty ON tea and coffee and thus reduced the
revenue about eighty millions One of the saddest
mistakes made by McMillin was his assertion that
the Republican party in 1854 enacted law
authorizing the importation of laborers under
contract, to take Che places of men who might
strike for higher wages" and virtually " TO make
slaves Of them," and that that noble friend OF
the workingman Grover Cleveland had signed
the act repeating that legislation. Abraham
Lincoln approved the act of 1854, and ,. D.
Cox was among the Democrats In Congress VINO
favored it.
JUDGE KELLEY HAS FEW CORRECTIONS TO
MAKE
When Judge Kelley got tho floor he cruelty
demolished McMillin's assertions respecting thai
law. 1t was passed to protect immigrants and
encourage men 10 come to this country to take
the places Of our citizens who were In the neld
to conquer Democracy" said he.
well, why did you not repeal it when the
necessity ceased to existP" asked McMillin, with
an air Of triumph
"Oh, the act repealed ITSELF" replied Kelley
When ?" asked McMillin.
when Johnny came marching home re-
torted Kelley, who was rewarded with hearty hp-
plause. He then showed that Chester a. Arthur
and not Grover Cleveland, approved the act OF
1888 against the importation Of la6orsr s under
contracts Ii iron and other goods could DC made
by word of mouth, Mc1iillin would be success
f1l manufacturer. AS it is he was impelled to
dey to declare that before many years the Sontn
In manufacturing industries He desired to have
the Clerk read from recent speech by an emlhehI
Republican, James Russell Lowell, IN favor OF
free trade. The Republicans demurred to having
MIR. Lowell saddled on the party, but McMllhn
insisted Why, he was sent abroad by a Re
publican Administration to represent tins Govern,
ment,' protested the Tennesseean: Yes shouted
Judge Kelley, and Benedict Arnold was Major
General in the Continental Army"
McMillin avowcd that the bill does not pro-
vide, as Judge Kelley insisted that IL does, for
placing iron ore and coal on the free list. OFFER
rail-, OF Virginia, who is one of the Democrats who
were instrumental IN having these articles ieib
to appear by the working OF the bill that iron
ore and coal were made free, Is the committee
willing TO accept an amendment
replied McMillin, and SO that bargain was elinched
in the presence Of the Houss. Then Mr.. Cannon,
Of Illinois, asked: Why don't you put iron ore
and coal on the free Ist-coal certainly is one OF
McMillin replied: Well, there are some things
you can do and some things you can't do" whereat
on th2 Republican side When be branchcd out
ON the subject Of trusts and mentioned the sugar
trust and the stesl-rall trust. and forgot to say
anything about the tint plate trust, the whskey
trust, Mt. Foran, an Ohio Democrat, asked whether
there were such things foreign trusts and
whether comPetition is not the only cure for such
evils. McMillin replied that Competition does
not am unit TO straw" but he admitted that free
trade would not prevent the formation Of trusts,
but would only, make them more difficult 20
handle. When MIR. McMillin concluded his speech,
he was pretty thoroughly demoralized, and, hap
PLY for him, he did not remain to hear Mr..
Burrows.
A RARE AND CoGENT PROTECTIVE ARGUMENT.
In the last ten years no better argument in
favor Of the protective principle, and few good,
have been delivered in Congress Mr. Burrowss
speech was evidently the product of thorough
study and much thought 1t was clear, logical
and welLarranged. Mr.. Burrows is one of the
best speakers in the House, and he was at his
best to-day He spoke nearly two hours without
dwelling upon unimportant matters The Re
publicans heartily enjoyed and applauded his
scathins review of the dark lantern proceed
ings of The majority of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and the Democrats although pressed hard,
did not think 1t to interrupt or TO attempt 10
reply, He thoroughly exposed the falacy OF the
argument in Mr.. Cleveland's free-trade message,
which has been reiterated and elaborated by Mills
and MGMiIlin to the effect that the duty on an
imported article increased the price not only Of
that article by the amount Of the duty but Of
al articles OF the same kind of domestic manu-
facture. He gave a number Of examples, among
them being one which he said the President should
have known about. Down TO 1854 not a pound
OF soda ash was manufactured in the United States
although about $4,000 tons per annum were
consumed In 1883 o duty Of s. per ton was
imposed Prior TO 1884 tho American consumer
had been compelled to pay s4S per ton II the
President was right, the consumer should have
paid $50 per ton after the imposition of the duty
The fact was that plant for the manufacture Of
soda ash was established at Syracuse, ~ Y in
! ss4, with a capacity of 10000 tons per annum
and since that time the cost Of soda ash to the
American consumer had fallen as low as s2S per
ton. This meant saving in one year TO the
American consumer Of So, 800, 900.
QUOTING FOR THE PREMIERs' INFORMATION.
As Premier" Mills quoted Edward Atkinson
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