Butte semi-weekly miner., 1888-07-18
WASHINGTON DOINGS.
,oREss STILL STRUGGLING OYER
THE MILLS TARIFF BILL.
.,hwaite of Ohio Makes Some Sensible
S.,tements About the Duty ON Wool
Why Carnegie Wants Protection.


w.sHrNeroN, July 14.-The House i
med consideration of the subsidy amen
inf Of the senate to the postofice appr
r.;otion bill. After debate Bingham
lotion to concur in the Senate amendmel
- the amendment was lost; yeas Sc, ma,
,sb. By a vote OF yeas 141, nays 81, Il
House further insisted upon a disagree
u,snt to the Senate amendment, and
urther conference was ordered,
The House then went into committee Z
the whole on
TIE TARIFF BILL,
the pending schedule being that relative {,
rool. Outhwaite, OF Ohio, ridiculed th
assertion that the effect of the tariff hat
be.n to increase the number of sheep il
this country. He thought the natura
iecundity OF the fiocks had something te
40 with the increase. 0uthwaite proceeded
to argue that the high tariff had no infu
enee upon
THE PRICES OF WOOL,
which was regulated by the law OF supply
and demand. He quoted statistics to
show that, under high tariff, the price OF
wool had steadily declined. He did not
claim decline was attributable to the tariff
but to the increased supply OF wool. The
bill presented
A FAIR PROPOSITION
to make the reduction on wooden goods
equal to the reduction which would result
from putting wool on the free list.
La Toilette, of Wisconsin, took up and
criticized Carliele's speach upon the bill.
especially that portion in which the
Speaker endeavored to show the prosperity
dthe country during
THE Low TARIFF DECADE
h@1s5O to 1850. To do this, said In
EoNette, Carlisle had recourse to the Der. |
nntage argument, and had to show that |
the percentage OF increase in wooden, coal, /
hardware, hosiery and boots and shoes in. |
dustries had been very large. The
TRICK OF THE PERCENTAGE ARGUMENT
is that the manufacturer might be 30 small /
that any increase would make the present.
age showing that the gentleman had taken
care to select those articles which with /
slightly, by the act OF '46.
The gentleman had said that
THE TARIFF OF '46 II
lad been 80 beneficial that in 1857 every
from New England who
voted at all, had voted for the bill, making
an almost uniform reduction of 30 DER .
cent and that among them was Justin
4
and unjust as to- demand correction and
rsbuke to the gentleman from Kentucky. G
who used it with such emphasis and telling
effect that the statement was either an .
nexcusable blunder or the meanest sort of q
POLITICAL pettifogging; nothing escaped
THE GENTLEMAN's NEAT LOGIC.
Ie claimed everything for low tariff. He
I'D both ends OF the "teeterr' IN tine alr at
anne time. He trified with facts when he =
hid this country recovered from depres- :
on of ~ in five months. =
In concluding his speech La Toilette was y
earthly congratulated by his Republican ~
,lleagues.
Scott, Of Pennsylvania, referred to the
RECENT SPEECH OF KELLY, n
wing an account of an interview between eli
mself and Carnegie in the committee
'om. Scott pronounced the statement o =
ssue of misrepresentation. He then
'oceeded to give his version of the inter- -
eW which he said touched upon :"
CARNEGIE's CITIZENSHIP =.
I'd not upon the tariff. He also repeated ~
e substance OF the conversation he had m
ID with Carnegie, in which the latter ad he
itted the truth OF the statement that he -
ade one and one-han million dollars m
IN ONE YEAR eq
der the protective tariff. pI
Grosvenor referred to the decrease Of the ~
,oI industry IN Ohio and the great falling
in the price in the wool crop, and said
WIS all due to the menace of the Mills
j. After Republicans, aided by one or tn
o Of the Ohio Democratic members,
d stricken out the enactipg clause of the
prison bill, the price OF wool had sprung
IRON three to five eeate per pound. -,
hat was to be gained by this peculiar ~
,graphical attack Would any sane oa
IN strike down this great industry for the co
ke Of reducing revenues by a few million ne
liars? de
Ford, OF Michigan, said it was for the los
lntry to choose between
CHEAP WHISKY OR CHEAP CLOTHING. =;
q wool tariff was burdensome. There "y
q scarcely breeze when the iron and liu
1per schedule were passed upon, but now,
cked up by a subsidized press, Republic g.,
IS tumbled over one another to get to
front and bounce the wool schedule. pe
did not believe the effect Of the bill WI
uld be to decrease VI.
THE PRICE oF AMERICAN WOOL. up
'he manufacturers OF the country asked .' "a
farmers to work and stint and pinch, no
lie they took their ease. This was the pa
st that the farmers Of the country were ex
tied to partake of by the Republican WI
-ty, but he predicted they would reject FOL
IN November 9th next.
he House then took recess, the even err
session to be for the consideration oil po
vate bills. pa
Bankhead, OF Alabama,
day reported favorably from the com
tie on public buildings and grounds, the
ate bin for the erection oil
PUBLIC BUILDING AT SALT LAKE CITY, n,
lb, with an amendment increasing the
,ropriation for the purpose, from $780,
to 100000. or
q submitting the report on the bill the n,
nmittee saws; 1--WE are assured on all -
es that without distinction OF calsses or W
eds the people OF Utah are working to- gr
her for the advancement of their ma de
ial interests, and that the dissentions
ich once existed are rapidly giving place at
good feeling. It is desirable to encour- ~
} this disposition and especially while tne IT IT
vernment is enforcing rigidly the law u
ainst the one class of people, to show by 80
hberality in expenditures in the con- m
uction of public buildings that =. mas bt
e material interests Of all at heart. =;
MIR. STREETER ACCEPTS az
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