Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-28

ton OF the cOpyTlg0b DILL Tue
the question being on an amendment offered
yesterday by Morrill,, providing that news
papers and periodicals may copyright
from foreign newspapers and
periodicals. After an interesting discussion
the bill was laid aside without action anG
the Senate proceeded to the consideration
ri the bill for the establishment Of q bureau
OF animal industry.
h House.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The COMMITTEES
Elections submitted a report in tht
of Frank vs. Glover, from he Ninth
Congressional District of Missouri. It finds
the contestee, Glover, entitled to the seat
C lendar.
Bills were reported and placed upon the
calendar for the erection OF public build
ings at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and increasing
the appropriation for the purchase OF 9
site for a public building at San Francisco
A resolution providing for investigation
Of the strike on the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy Railroad was reported back and
referred to committee of the whole.
Mills OF Texas asked unanimous consent
that all gentlemen might be allowed tic
print in the Record any remarks upon the
OF the tariff but objection was
made.
Then the House went into committee Of
the whole on the tariff bill the floor being
accorded to Mcmillan OF Tennessee
M'MILLAN ON THE TARIFF.
Mcmillan opened with the declaration
that whoever advocated the present tariff
favored a tariff not for revenue, but for
surplus, and a tariff for trusts. Comment.
ing on the surplus, he said: "We are
drawing money from m aud lock.
ing it up in the Treasury at such q rate
that it is only a question of time when the
stringency will set in. We are robbing not
only OF it's life blood, but the
people OF the means of paying taxes to
their Government. Internal revenue yields
one hundred and twenty millions of revenue
to the Government. The annual surplus is
sixty millions, SO that if all the internal
r~eyenue laws were repealed, it would leave
q deficiency in our taxes OF sixty million
dollars. What is this to be raised from?
Shall we reimpose the tax on tea and
There is not a man who would re-
coffee to untax whisky. Shall we il
crease the duties on wooden goods or sugar?
No; for the people would not and should
not tolerate any such legislation. in other
words, reduce the tax or that without
which man can live and prosper. or upon
which is essential to their comfort,
and it narrow itself down to a contest be-
tween
THE D~RUNKARD's
and the poor mans back. In that fight,
[ do not hesitate to say that I espouse the
cause OF the back. The present law taxed
The poor mans articles highly and placed
. low rate Oh Injuries. The committees
bill is SO framed that the tax will bear
most heavily ON luxuries and those things
which the people can live rather
han upon the necessaries OF life. Mcmillan
declared protection the worst to the mer
chant marine and crushed sea-faring
industry, yet the gentleman proposed to
Day subsidies out of the Treasury, or in
other words, levy a tax on those who live
inland to make money for those engaged in
The carrying trade. He turned his atten-
ion to the subject of trusts and said: For
years we have had these halls ring
ng with statements that by and by home
competition would give us the lowest pos
,ible prices. The ,welkin has been made to
ing with declarations iterated and reiter-
lted until even those who first proclaimed
U udNc dlLuOSU SOOb6H W DcltFe IL. DuI
ook at the unfortunate situation and let
DELUsIoN BE DISPELLED.
While the Government has thrown up it's
;ariff walls without, monopolists have
oined hands within for the purpose Of
up the price and plundering the
through devices known as trusts etc.
h un cfool not1 frp1Sto uvhiah nacf mao
Die OF the country last year millions Of
dollars. I have no apprehensions ss to
Who will be victor in the battle about to
,e waged between legitimate taxation and
hat oppressive taxation which is invoked
. aid trusts and make pooling profitable.
The people waited long and patiently, but
hey are aroused, their voice comes thun-
lering through these halls demanding re-
luction OF taxes. The procession for the
elief OF the taxpayer is moving. There are
nut two places about this procession, one
Lfter it, the other under it.
Seek to-day whether you prefer to follow
nd aid it, or go down under it and be
rushed by it.
BURROWS REPLY.
Following Mcmillan, Burre IS, of Michi-
an, was the next speaker. The tariff on
IMPORTS was to-day confessedly protective
that it was levied, notfer revenue only,
nut to encourage American industry and
American labor. The Republican
'arty insisted the present protective sys-
EN- should not be disturbed, except SO far
g might be necessary to correct it's incon-
and harmonic it's provisions. II
his bold declaration, and secured a re-
nv cIrah q rauioi0n IF tho foriFf ou
Q proposed leaving untouched, as he sug-
ested, the internal event system not
My would the protective system be de-
but the Nation would be out on
highway of free trade. As members
ere free traders or protectionists, the bill
I the committee would be approved or
ondemned. The pending measure
STOOD wIrHoUr PARALLEL
the history OF American legislation. The
exposed to foreign assault many OF our
industries. The great w~oolgrowing
OF the country, only in the infancy
it's development. was to be exposed to |
linous foreign competition which would
lrely prove it's destruction. The majority |
led to delude the people into the belief
cheap o meant cheap clothing. He
ttiu "OolW Oui0 DC CucdDtE Wu6u /
'reign rivals who were trying to destroy
ur industry, but when they had eliminated
ON our market three hundred million
ounds Of domestic wool, we would find
urselves bound hand and foot at the
Iercy OF foreign producers. What re-
would there be Their on his power
r cupidity? In the exuberance OF the
residents zeal for free trade he wanted
lie entire reduction secured by a revision
the tariff. But even the free traders uf
le Democratic party lacked courage to
owe on that line and occupy
THIS ADVANCED POSITION.
Burrows eaid the Presidents assertion
lat the duty on imports enhanced the
ices OF both foreign and domestic articles
has been echoed by every free
adler in the United States and hailed with
Eight by the free traders in England. He
any man to name the product
q single well established American indus.
Y that could not be bought cheaper to-
~ under the protective system than at
~ period under free trade. The difficulty
Ith the Presidents theory was that he
rgot that the price of a commodity did
IT depend upon the rate OF duty. but up
the great law OF supply and demand.
forts were hainr made nersistentlv fO iu.l4