Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-19

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WASHINGTON, Nav i9.-The feature OF
Yesterdays debate in the House was the
speech of MIR. Randall He secured the
floor short time after the House met and
spoke until one O'Clock.
He quoted from the Presidents message,
defining his position on the tariff and in
ternal revenue questions ana sa;d that from
the utterance of the President. he under
stood the executive To be adverse to any re-
duction OF the internal taxes, US that mode
of taxation afforded, i'm the opinion of the
President, mo Just complaint, and that
nothing is so well able to bear the burden
without hardship 10 any portion OF the
people"
The President sought to prevent the con-
tinuation of the surplus revenue by resort
ing to changes in the customs duties only.
The remedy he Mr.. Randall proposed was
through the repeal of internal revenue
taxes as well as by full revision Of the
tariff, as promised to the people by the
Democratic Convention of 1854. The re-
duction provided for in his bill aggregates
81, 900, UUU ON internal taxes These taxes
had always been the last to be levied, and
the first 10 be repealed when no longer
necessary He favored now, as he had
always DONE total repeal OF the internal
revenue taxes. [Applausel. In the bill,
which he introduced, he proposed TO sweep
all these taxes from the statute books, eN-
cept a tax of 80 cents on whisky, and he
would transfer the collection of that tax TO
the customs officials, if that was found 10
be practicable.
Mr.. Randall then analyzed the metal
schedule of the Mills bill. and declared that
il would bring about incalculable injuries
to the industries of America. He could
find nothing in the bill which gave a re-
turn for free wool He found many in
eaualities in H. and discovered few fea-
tures intended To relieve the poor laboring
man. As he dwclt on these features of the
bill, his voice grew louder, he became al
most eloquent, and he was applauded. lie
referred To the declarations oi his colleague
(Mr. Scott, who sat near as supercilious,
and said he would consi.n them To the OBJ
scurity they should be cast into. He pleaded
with his Democratic friends TO not undo
the good which has been done TO the manu-
featuring industries by the protective tariff,
and read from Jefferson, Monroe, and
other Democratic iorefathcrS TO prove that
protection was fundamental Democratic
principle. lie could not conceive
that the idea and principles that went
down in 1851 would ever again predominant
in this country. He quoted from Edward
Atkinson to show that since the close of
the war and even since the so-called panic
in the common welfare among the
people of the United States than ever
before The statements of Mr.. Atkinson,
Mr.. Randall thought, seemed to settle the
question as TO whether we should adhere
to the benevolent policy of protecting
home manufacturers. 1t demonstrated
Enthusiastically the truth that TO increase
wages product must be increased, for, in
the end. wages were but the laborer's share
Il. .I,1l.. J. h,,xr
more in another country than here a days
labor here would obtain more of the COM
forts of life than anywhere else. Under
free trade this advantage to labor disap-
peared. 1t was impossible ii should be
otherwise. If the tariff itself did not give
higher wages TO the laborer. ii did preserve
from foreign competition the industries
from which the labOrer received his wages
Referring to a fundamental proposition
which had been advanced in this tariff dis
cussion that the duties were always added
to the price To the consumer, Mr.. Randall
said that ON articles not produced in this
country, this doubtless was true as gener-
al rule and measurably true on articles in
part produced in this country, but not in
sufficient quantities 10 supply the home
market But on all commodities produced
in sufficient quantities TO supply the home
market, different principle controlled.
In these things competition deter
mined 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. Another erroneous proposition
that had been put forward, was that duties
on articles produced in this country were a
tax or bounty which the consumer paid
TO the manufacturer, by which the manu-
facturcr derived large profits. Monopolies,
Mr.. Randall said, existed without the
tariff. The Standard Oil trust. and other
trusts, were not protected by II. He was
for protection OF labor in all States. Re-
ferring 10 the late Secretary Manning's re-
ports on economic questions, he said that
they were marvels of honest, conscientious
and effective labor. Hequoted extensively
from it. He then took up the criticisms
that had been made on the metal schedules
of his own bill, and quoted figures sustain
ing his position.
In crfticising the Mills bill. he said that
large number of articles were placed on
the free list, supposable as free raw ma
terial which were really manufactured
articles These were lumber, glue, oils.
china, clay, etc. The bill placed on the
free list as so-called raw materials various
articles which il would he impossible to
manufacture in this country except by re-
duCing American labor 10 4 worse condi-
ton than that of the laborer in Europe.
He asserted that instead OF reducing Gus
toms revenue S54. .O00,0 coo. the effect would
be 10 largely increase the revenue, while it
would destroy an incalculable amount of
material wealth. He stated that the bill
would give free tin plates to the Standard
Gil Company, and would impose n duty OF
100 per cent on rice. 1t would make FIRE.
the animals imported by the gentleme /
of the turf and free staJuary TO the mi
lionaire He said he did not think th.. t
the aduptiQp OF the committees bill wou i
make sure Democratic control of Il e
Federal Government. He would not 'ae
coerced by party caucus. The period Of
the political caucus had departed never to
return, and yet the rarity should confer
and have unity if pnSsible.
In conclusion, Mr. Randall spoke of IN
dustrial development in the Eastern States
4 new era OF industrial enterprise, he
said, had already dawned upon the South
No section of the country possesses greater
natural advantages than the South, with
her genial climate, her limitless raw
materials, her mines of Goa! and iron,
with abundant labor ready 10 develop them.
Considering what has been there achieved
in a single decade, what may not a century
bring forth from her, under a system
calculated TO favor the highest industrial
development? when | read the history
of my country and consider the past and
present and reflect on what is before us, |
cannot believe that the idea that went
down in the convulsions of 1861 will ever
again dominate the destinies of the re-
public"
He closed with a tribute to the re-
suits and principles of protection, and
asked that they be maintained, and main
tained through the efforts of the party that
instituted them