Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-19
Giants nD Debate.
Randall, Breckinridge and Nc.
 Kinley Discuss the Tariff.
A GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE

A GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE The Leader of the Democratic Protec-
 tionists Makes 3 Strong Speech in Op.
 position to the Mills Bill-Confusion
 Over Request for More Time-The
 Other Speeches.
 WASHINGTON, May 19.-Morning business was waived in the house yesterday. The floor was filled with members, the galleries packed with visitors, among them many of the diplo- matic corps.
 Mr. Anderson, of Iowa, was the first speaker. He was followed by MT. Cheadle, of Indiana, and immediately after MT. Chea- dle concluded his speech MT. Randall, of Pennsylvania, arose, and began by reading a portion of the presidents message, and draw ing therefrom the inference that the presi- dent was averse to any reduction of internal revenue taxation, and desired the whole re- duction of taxation to fall upon the tariff. He differed from the president on these points, and advocated the total repeal of all internal revenue taxes Republican applause) except the retention of a tax of fifty cents gallon on whisky not used in the arts, and the col lection of this tax he would transfer to the 
 tariff as promised by the Democratic plat form of 1884. He discussed in detail the prin- ciples of the bill introduced by himself OF these lines
 MT. Randalls voice became so inaudible that members shouted "Louder!u
 He then quoted from Edward Atkinson to show that since the close of the war, and even since the so-called panic of 1873, there had been greater progress in the common welfare among the people of the United States than ever before. The statements of MT. Atkinson, MT. Randall thought, seemed to settle the question as to whether we should adhere to the benevolent policy of protecting home manufactures. It demonstrated un- mistakably the truth that to increase wages products must be increased, for in the end wages were but the laborer's share of the pro- ducts. While dollar might buy more in another country than here, @ days labor here would obtain more of the comforts of life than anywhere else. Under free trade this advantage to labor disappeared. It was inn possible it should be otherwise. If the tariff itself did not give higher wages to the labor CT, it did preserve from foreign competition the industriesl from which the laborer re- ceived his wages.
 Referring to a fundamental proposition which had been advanced in this tariff dis cussion. that the duties were always added to the consumer. MT. Randall said that on arti- cles not produced in this country this doubt less was true as general rule, and measur- ably true on articles in part produced in this country, but not in sufficient quantities to supply the home market. But on all com modities produced in sufficient quantities to supply the home market a different principle controlled. In these things competition de- termined the price, and the foreign producers came into this market where the prices were fixed, and the duties were what he paid for the privilege of coming into the market. An other erroneous proposition that had been put forward was that duties on articles pro duced in this country were tax or bounty which the consumer paid to the manufacturer by which the manufacturer derived large profits. ..- ..-.- .e- .... ..--
 Monnpolies, Mr. Randall said, existed with out the tariff. The Standard Oil trust and other trusts were not protected by it. He was for protection of labor in all states.
 Referring to the late Secretary Manning's reports on economic questions, he said that they were marvels of honest, conscientious and effective labor. He quoted extensively from them. He then took up the criticisms that had been made on the metal schedules of his own bill, and quoted figures sustaining his position.
 In criticising the Mills bill, he said that a large number of articles were placed on the free list, supposedly as free raw material which were really manufactured articles. These were lumber, glue, oils, china, clay, etc. The bill placed on the free list as SC called raw materials various articles which it would be impossible to manufacture in the country except by reducing American labor to a worse condition than that of the labore1 of Europe.
 He asserted that instead of reducing GUS toms revenue $54, 900 ,00O, the effect would be to largely increase the revenue, while il would destroy an incalculable amount of ma terial wealth. He stated that the bill would give free tin plates to the Standard Oil com pany, and would impose a duty of 100 pe1 cent on rice. It would make free the ami malls imported by the gentlemen of the turf and free statuary to the millionaire. He saic he did not think that the adoption of tn, committees bill would make sure Democrat, control of the Federal government H, would not be coerced by party caucus. Tn, | period of the political caucus had departed | never to return, and yet the party should confer and have unity if possible.
 Mr. Randall spoke of industrial develop ment in the southern states. A new era O industrial enterprise had already dawnet 1 upon the south. No section of the countr, possessed greater natural advantages than tn south, with her genial climate, her imitles raw materials, her mines of coal and iron with abundant labor ready to develop them Considering what had been there achieved i, single decade, what might not a centur. bring forth from her, under system calcu lated to favor the highest industrial develop | ment?
 "Wh,a I read the history of my countr and consider the past and present, and re fleet on what is before us, cannot believ that the idea that went down in the convu sions of 1861 will ever again dominate th destinies of the Republic"
 Promptly at the expiration of MT. Randall,
 hour the speakers gavel fell, and the al nouncement, 'The gentleman's time has e,
 pired." was made. MT. Randall's disappoin