New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-18

sY the way that , Spe only algson ms1s 0y inc
that i did not 60 further
his main propositions With great effect That was
that tho Gill 10 the product Of the same ideas Of
political economy that prevailed in the South
unfolding the question of slavery. synopsis
of Mr.. Keueys speech Is given bellows
1t 10 eonfsssedly partisan and was framed
In the Of party whose leaders appear 10 b
obyous to overwhelming social and economic changes
wrought by the abolition of slavery. Yet
strange 70 say. the gentlemen who fsmed this bill and
WI. could brook neither Modification
provisions by their associates In tho commtfeo 70 when
ssh by, two exceptions Representatives Of what was
slave territory. Contemplating the bill IN the light Of
these fsets one inyountay reeurs French maxim
that the Bourbons neither learn nor forget for an
examination OF It's provisions VIII satisfy unbiased minos
that they have no sdapsuon 70 ne eAs . N sa
been nicely adapted the during which the ergcncies
OF demanded the maintenance OF tree foreign trade
CUT our srosd domain Yes. Mr. Chairman. the bill is
an has no relation to this era ~ peiongs
Between 1924 and 1851 II was in the interest Of
free trade threatened In support o. inc
docne Of and IL In the interest OF free
Trade that the country was for than four
years In fratrcida war; the proportions Oh whcn wgre
more gigantic characterized civil war Inc
.nt,re south knows trade was essential TO the
ernetuy Of slavery In the Republic and IL should also
,,v endowed with the boundless diversity Of the ele
mens Of and the immense supply inc forces
for their conversion which we enjoy vanished wnen slavery
None Of It's provisions are in harmony with the spirit
of the age for they sn'asonis esa ~ fs,sste their
Efforts 70 supply their wants crafty their desires Ano
provide the future Of their families i nfss snees
should It be enacted into law would be 70 arrest tno
magnificent development Of mineral wealth. OF manuisetr
ing power Of the diversncatiOn Of agriculture now
taking place throughout tho South ana W pAa'f0 ~
organized Industries Of the North ,,,, 49,,
nv putting wool list It would abolish sheep
destroy immense capital emDalAcd theren
a. an .Net,h tho more than million men VINO own tho
Hocks employed in their care ana BY working ms
ruin It would diminish the supply Of cheap ana heAithIu
animal food now furnished by to the mining
and manufacturing isborers Of the country ~ wouiu
Also render the production Of American tnpates ana COT
tontes impossible BY placing those ucies Oh 'no oo
tho transfer OF these and other products Of coal and
iron ore to tho free list and by reducing the duties on
steel rails structural ron and many other forms Of
iron and steel sunicenty TO withdraw protection from
them and hermit foreign producers food markets.
Il would though II maintained existing duues on coa anu
iron close majority OF the oumn es, VV rnov
and ore banks which now giving prontsOe employ
ent TO hundreds Of thousands Of laborers not only IN
Northern States, but in Maryland Virginia west VIZ
gina North Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee anu hiaosha'
and turn them adrift without prospect other employ
ment than in cotton and corn fields Let US
msrepresen the effect of the scattered ana
disingenuous provisions OF this BILL when say that they
coal and free. That btumnous coal ana iron
ore by the phrase mineral substances In
crude state and metals unwrought especially enumer
ated and provided for" cannot be gsinsaid Coal Is
mineral substance and iron ore meIsi IN e,o1o 80
and unwrought this DO lines 100 and III OF the
list embrace them mineral substances In cruoe
and metals uiwrought not specially enumefaeo anu
provided for" coil and iron provided for In THIS
bli Sir they are not specially enumerated or provided
for consequently the repeal Of the existing duties on
these articles is specifically provided for In lines ana
OF section A. the last paragraph Of the BILL the language
Of which is that all laws and parts OF laws IN conhs'
herewith are hereby repealed This language applies to
and repeas the provisions OF law which now authorize
the collection OF duties those mineral substances IN
crude state and metals unwrought7 70 commerce
as bitumlnous coal and iron ore.
As IL Is now nearly quarter OF century since the
r c,ose1 a. would no, seem 70 be violent presumption
States the value Of whose mineral deposits and water
power till recently unknown or ignored wouo en-
enhance the value Of their farms oy versyg
tho agricultural productions Of their section but no
evidence willingness permit the divershcation even
OF Southern agriculture disclosed by the provisions OF
this bill On the contrary. 1t selects the farming uuu
country North and South as special objects
Of destruction As the constant production OF cotton I'M
poverished the people the South by exhsusting the
fertility Of It's aluvial fields our farmers are
learning by painful experience is the constant production
Of wheat and In the Western States sph Ierhtones
exhausting the productive power Of that region.
could the policy of the authors Of the bill
n the South still needed cheap provisions for Its slaves
as II did when cotton that OF It's
native citizens and ell the tandownng Immigrants from
the North and foreign who taking part In
the of its fortunes raising their own
cereals the which give profits to dares
really converted portions Of the South into
agricultural districts this resistance 10 Investigation OF
Southern by Southern representatives IS at least 70
nv mind inexpcable Should gentlemen desire TO learn
more n the value crops and Of the
capacity Of Gulf States produce them prohtably
and ~ the extent And marvellous growth OF their manu-
facture IN India and Scotland they WIFI find fund Of
Information the special report Of the Department. Of
~ 1898 ute culture and the Importance
OF tho industry which prepared by Professor Water
house with It's statements OF the values
Of products which characeriaes all the pro-
duct'ons NJ It's author.
The world ia Indebted b the fostering care OF govern
bountIfu supply Of which enables the
their daily necessities President Clevelands eetade
nv Its assumption that the duty ALWAYS added 20
the nlv Of imported commodities but To tho price
OF like commodities produced IN this country shows how
profoundly ignorant he "a Of economic scence To illus
the puerle sbsurdty Of this assumption Invite the
Presidents attention 70 the fact that though the duties I'M
posed nv Government when reduced 70 al
valorem standards h'eh they The
price Of low N this country as n now Is
This condition NJ things IS not exceptional but s consist
with the history NJ The production Of ssccharine plants
and the conversion NJ her iulres into marketable
But the authors Of this bi and the professional advo
o free foreign trade will from the drift Of
these remarks that resist the reduction surplus
unwilling s6olIsh which II flows
In annually Increasing volume In accordance with the
precens ;, Colbert and the cxaple Of his nlutrious dis
cipe Napoleon Bonaparte wouli legsste the ques-
ton Of the surplus and the whence flows as 70
the wealth and dignity Of The country by
promoting development OF It's natural and the
dverslhcaon ~ It's Industries and thus diminish its de-
pendence foreign mportaons which duties are
collected I would ferve the National revenues from
toms duties adjusted IN r~muneave prices orcommod
ties stimulate and defend home productions while
venting combinations trusts and monopoli.s Of kind
from punderng by demanding fictitious prices
In Of this policy would promote by sdeauss
duties the growth OF ute ramIe. fax hemp and other
abrous plants and their manufacture into thread eordage
and fabrics and would maintain existing duties
would also impose such duties on TIN plate as would
quicken the mining Of tin and invite tho location Of such
smelling works furnaces, FORCES and rolling mills for
plate ard sheets in cose proximity 10 the mines would
the Black Hills OF Dakota with industries Of
which the Nation would be- proud and the benencenee Of
which all It's people would soon feel and appreciate
But these Of reducing the revenue though
certain will be gradual and the President has truly
said IL is condition which confronts not the
ory." the reduction should be effected Immediately by
abolition of Of income. the receipts from
which be computed month by month, II not sbso-
utely day by day. This Is only practicable. but Is
demanded by the principle Of reform which
points now. in April, 1893 1t ala on the 10Th Of De-
ceUher 1870. to the abolition OF the Internal Revenue
system
For myself will stand for the protective system and
the maintenance Of such rates Of duties as will insure
development Of all the Of the country In
number Of its Industries and perpetuate Its
Independence. commercial and industrial well
urftr I'LL he tia eafe