Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-04-03
WEATHER IN THE HOUSE.
ABOUT APRIL II A HEAVY BLOW MAY
De ExPEcTED;

| For the t4rtn iiiH Is On the Books ana Its
Consideration Lisod The Minority's OBJ
fairehild Answers Some oues-
| tInns aud Makes Hcmark-MOnthly
Treasury H-port-ncnncpin Dead.
| WASHINGTON CITY, April 3.-The feature
| Of the proceedings in the house Monday was
the report of the Mills tariff bill, together
with the arguments Of the majority Of the
committee in favor thereof and of the minor
ity against the bill Mills reported the bill
| and il was referred 20 the committee of the
| whole, while the reports were ordered print
| ed Mcmillan of Tennessee, on behalf of the
| committee ON ways and means, announced
| that the committee would seek to have the
house consider the tariff bill on Tuesday,
| April II. The committee had determined
upon this late day for the purpose of enabling
| the appropriation committee to get its work
| forward and into the senate as far as might
| be, and he trusted that at that time the bust
ness would have been so far disposed of that
the tariff bill could have the uninterrupted
| right Of way.
The points of the report of the majority
have appeared in these dispatches. The mi
nority report starts out by criticising the
manner in which the bill was constructed,
complaining that it was done wholly
Iby the majority, without consulta
.io" "''' IN WI" i".,5
etW ui''l was '"lnPiovo'''
| mheii ~ WIS i"iteu tiii iouSn ~ parry NoVe''
ihey hlSo 'o,i'l'i''ii uh''', WIN u,o eN'cPOioh
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who were clandestinely consulted, the inter
eSts involved in a work Of this kind were not
consulted, and finally members Of congress
were refused II hearing 1t is declared that
,n' I'M " ~ '''u ''uo' Wv, W.. ~, ~
ny uaiS'''S ~ Uue iie' i''', anu 'i''u ',io m
come III continue aS Eie'u "S ever unIeI 'le
| oPeI"''ul Vi 1'' olIl IL p"A9,u' rue p''' II
uecliIeu 10 y" se'u'o'li IA uhat II '"urncs
southern interests very lEh,iy Wniie n'aNi,'s
great 'haiSeS III 'huSe Mh'cn VIII a'lr'I tuo
hortn ne changes III tho "ool S'heuu'e"I
partIc'li"lly tIll'clseu'
me report lheh proceeds 20 argue Ihat una
hllilS pill Is aNoWe'hy N p"l'uicai measure pe
| heNeu 10 represent ;" iar aS IL goes tle
views oi the lresiueh' ana MS party aHS"ci,
aleS ana "ilil Is 10 constitute tile ISSUE, ana
oe lhe pl"tlplH' oi tile pur'S' anu Eots On 10
asail' lile nlll tS 1t t'i'coi icNcISlt vi 'lie ui
| if policy of the government, which for the
| most part since its foundation has made IN
dustrial and agricultural progress III the
United States without parallel in the
worlds history. If enacted into the law the
| Mills blll Will disturb every branch OF buSl'
ness, retard manufacturing and agricultural
prosperity, ana seriously impair our indus
| trial Independence. The whole bill, they say,
seems framed 10 behelt other countries,
| rather than our own free WOOL proposed
by the Mills mn, they say, means loss ana
ruin to the American grower. Placing flax and
hemp on the free list VIII inJure the grower
and the manufacturer Ilaclng tll-plateS
on the Tree llst is making puhhc pfoclalla'
ton that tins country does not want TN
Mate
or the majoritys proposed reduction on
steel rails the minority says: "lf the major
lty desire TO insure the handing over OF our
steel rall market to our English rivals the
proposed duty of Sll viii accomplish this
purpose, unless the workingmen who are en-
poyed in producing the raw materials and
finished product OF our steel ran works are
Wiling 10 accept stlil lower wages thhil they
are now receiving, ana the railroad com
pahles whlrh transport the raw materials |
afe wiling to greatly reduce Their treSht |
rates. Have the majority any assurance that
the workingmen and the railroad companies
are Wiling TO accept theso condltiohS. NeIther
were heard pelore the coininlt,ee me sup
ply OF sted falls 10 tue racine coast Is now
III tAe hahuS OF loFeiSheiH' because Oh the
cheap transportation ny water from Ioresn
ports, the existing duty oi Sl' not beng sum
Gent SO enable our manufacturers 10 COM
l'SAN A'i 'i'''' - '','N'
Sealing down duties, they say, as proposed
in the Mills bill, will not reduce the income
and surplus OF the government Experience
shows that mere dlnllnuton OF duties tends
to stimulate foreign hnpoftatlohs ana thuS
increase the revenue. under the tllli re-
ductlon OF 1888 window glass, bralds laces,
trimmings, tn-plate and wool resulted in
larger importations and increased revenues,
the increased lmPortatlonS ana revenue
growing out OF the wool reduction being the
most striking OF any IN the schedule, having |
Increased from o",oouO Ooo pounds, WIN about
S4,OOOooO revenue, IN lSS2, TO ll4,Ooo,OoO
pounds, ana about So,ooo,oVO revenue III
1851
Ii "the absolute peru 10 the business Oh inc |
country ueseIlned ny tie presiuehC Ill MS
message last December as resulting from an |
existing ana increasing surplus was llninl- |
ent and well founded, how easily he could
have aVerted 1t by purchase OF outstanding
bonds with the surplus money Ill the treas
ury power which he possessed clear ana |
undoubted, under the act of March Sd, 1881,
that authorizes the secretary of the treasury |
at any time to apply the surplus money III |
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, or |
SO much OF IL as may DC considered proper, |
to the purchase or redemption OF |
United States bonds. 10 nave thus |
used the surplus, they say, would |
have been direct ana o'lsliless-liS liSe-JusI what
prudent business man would have done
with his idle money called III ms creditors
and applied 1t to ms debts Inc president
failed TO do thls, ana Wheh congress assem-
bled the condItloh' confronted IT, III the
house had even then appreciated the sltua-
sion, ~" It 80 .at;n,,oI - a,,oI;Ih
IN pa "D -. 500
ti aS one olo 80
nitty,' - ~ Ito',lI ,,lo,,,,
tdAaUioii 'i'oIoi use" - '+o ,' - .