Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-06
NATIONAL LEelSllTl0n
Ths Bead Purchase nm
fassed ~ the Senate.
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nsase md Speaker Carlisle Say,
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WA1W0fuu, Apeii k-Tha sanaxa
pasoed ths bod bsll todsy, Tue 49,
ofe vae NOT taken up unsil 3 e,clock.
H. 0ePeersoo imoedinsely vithdrev
Ne amcHome0t vhiah De had oHsrni0
yeoteeoay. anA tAon without 4 nod 81
diee0ssioa and vishcua . dfvisio0 ehe
euoetjtose, The Beck amerd@eak %
panoed, And eommjttoe Of confnrnose
- cs6erod.
1he pgopoeal from IL DomInjon Of
CaoedA fcs Q difecs nnd fmmediake h
eerceAnae Of pariiameetarv cobiisa-
lions. which VA teacauiaeed 10 ~ -.
80 b. the Secondary OF etate. Vaa rr-
fexleo 10 the opmmitteo on peinfinr.
Af. Wilson, Of Isva. tken a6drsS.ad
The senate o. the pfssidens's meuae-.
he qaotsd Tie Heufes eontsjnsd Is
The last annual report Of The aeer.tnrv
Of the treasury showing rooeiu1s ~
sxpeDoitnEoo Of Tie euvornmenS far ~
~ theeo years, aeereesee q rneeints
oveg expscdituroo beina el7B Boo0 nm -
a avogaae Of t59,O00 no uer vasy
The nosait Of this disuioeure. b said
presented The limit within vhieh oon
eross should move IN the matfee al r.
dueiDa revenue. All The oRnaSor1 vili
doubtlesD aaFee tha1 the ravsnns shoniA
b redaoed. He Alluded 10 ~ Creaf
aahieyemsnts Of the Rannhiisnn
party and upoke partiooisrIv m
The practical cspaeity VhjoA eouIN
evolve q boupdle0 credit for 1hs eoV-
eminent, that - bankruuA vhsn a
toek chasee Of jts affsira. Hs rafaPred
10 The railroad land Grant poIiov. aosna-
thing IN which the Repuhlican na1fv
had without due ccusidefafion foiioVsd
the pesoedeuts OF the Deuooeratie nartv
Tue Rspubiican party shouId 81 exense6
for cot st once DECIDING TIA danoerens
possibilities Of that Oemooratie land
grant policy. II va nof rssnousihie
for the war, kut - va resuonsihie Ia,
the n sinteuapce Of the Amsrioan insti.
tutions. the enforcement Of the iav and
the unity CT the republic. This rssnon-
ability II had met md dis.
charged faithfully and fuIiv. "a.
fesriDg to the growth ana uroeueritv
Of the country be coutFaete1 ihe 6aures
Of 1850 and 1889 ss 20 aaricuIture end
manufactusies, snd eaid That Tia srue
policy vas one which Voul1 pIant mn
ufaelurinR establiehmenfe IN evSrv
part of every agricultural stafe. il
the reduction Of priose for
manufactured articles va vhat
was wanted. There vaa M surer road
10 lie realisation than the one vhioh
would lead TO the djsiributson Of mann
factoring plants In ali looaIitiee vhere
agriculture produced cheep foo6 and
where forests and mines ana ous.riss
supplied raw materials. There should
be an end OF the roiicv vhieh tended %
ct ntrslixs maurfscturinc pIants ;s
great cities and q rolisv shoaId be
adopted which would disfrihote them
In ali parts Of the country. n. hov.
ever, they were 20 folIsv the sneses
tion of sbe president thev vouId
net multiply ana dis.ribufe mannfaetnr.
ing plants, bus they would enbasrssa
those rev in operation and reurees the
tendency to invest capital in them. A.
to the annual surplsa OF about
j6l, COO 600 be asked what vss
she reht thing 10 do about n.
Gould that sieht ttipo be found 10 anv
Of the various schemes urced upcn onr
attention by tho rresident ma ~
other opponents Of proteciion? Wa
there anything in those echemes tha1
could produce such happy Fesults a
had happened In the cotton man.
nfacturipR industries Of the south.
era states within the lsst peven
years9 The country vas doing ven un-
der the policy which The pfesi6ent as-
called. Whatever Of danger vas nov
menacirR the country cams from
sources other than tbose embraced In
tie protective peii,y, Tses policy had
Given ths country strength and nrosper.
ity.
Proceeding to the discussion Of the
cuee. ior Of tie duty on suesr and no
iasses, be quoted f2u,es 70 show that IN
sciie Of the tarjH the prices of that sytj.
Gle had fallen considerably for yeals
psst aud suggested the removal Of the
duty on sugar and molasses. amour tina
to about &58, GOO OcO, ss the means Of
GUARDING apainet the ANIMAL surpIus Of
eco. .OOO 600, he quoted sentencee from
the presidens's nessace and asked II
sny better iesr orse could Se siven 70
them than by placing sugar and mo
lsssss on che free list. He would sf.
nit free all euaar and moisspea oomipe
from countries which did not imp rcs
lm0Dk4 0QEt09 on t00m0 comm 001.
ties sra vhich reoipruoated bv admifs
ipp American products free Of du,v
into their ports and than vhy NOT
ADOPT the pras.icaI bus uees plan
shich had worked 20 veil 10
European countries and pro-
vide for paying reasonable
bounty 20 p.oducers Of sugar in the
United States. He criticized The prea,-
dert's eursestiou o, The subject OF
vool. and aid that no one would infer
from them that under the tsri6 tinker
ips the sool prndust Of tbs country
hsd fallen oR t3 900 600 pounds in thrfe
scare. After d,scus,irs the WOOL ard
dsx ou sstious - aAeotins the farmers.
Mr. Wilson saiI mat farners
should demand that al, articles
pYocuoed by them shonjd be taken frou,
The free list and that et leas. . Moderate
rate Of duty si,ould te placed upou
them. He ashed whether there VS. no
way OF Gett1nR no OF the ennual sur
'e . o'ss Iook o
IN IN. .', "s.,n sn csso
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