Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-05
THEIR REASONS F0RIT
REPUBLICANS EXPLAIN THEIR TINKBRING
WITH THE TARIFF.
Why They Think The People Should Excuse Their
Attempt to Doctor BVlls Which They Con-
fsss They Cannot Cure-A
Weak Defense.

WASHINGTON, October 4-The Majority
of the Senate France Committee declares
that the demand for careful and thorough
revision of our revenue laws is impera
tive:
/, To reduce the national revenze?,
which are now excessive.
2. To protect honest importers and do
mestic producers from the disastrous con-
sequences resulting from fraudulentunder,
valuations of imported merchandise, on
which ad valoreIa rates of duty are levied.
3. To remedy the defect, anomalies
and incongruIties which have b7en from
time to time discovered il the tariff sched'
ules, or which hsvs been created by err0-
neous decisions Of the Treasury Depart
msnt.
4. To secure the proper reaGjus'ment
end equsl'zati)1 of tariff rstes, rendered
necessary by Modified business conditions,
improvements il methods of production,
radical changes in pricss. or by new eie-
ments or sources OF competition.
5. To give relief ard protection to mspy
industries which are now suffering on &C.
count of the Inadequate rates levied on
competing PREDICTS. The public demand
for q reduction of revenue, the majority
saws, is more urgent cr acConnt OF the m
excusable retention in the national treas
ury, or on deposit in national banks, OF
vast sums of money In e&cefs OF t1e
amount required 10 pay c1rrens demands
upon the treasury and t. meet the matur-
ing obi cations Of the government.
THEY ATTACK THE MILLS BILL.
The majority then iudict the Mills hill
as sprovidiDg no remsdy for undervaiuat'ol
and ioviting the importation Of foreign
products, Ad vslorem rstes, they sly,
afford facilities for undsrvdl1s'iOn, End
therefore they recommend specific dpti-s
The free trade tendency Of the Mills ill,
they say, is seaa in the articles up1n which
sharp reductions sre made. The free ad-
mission Cf tiu late would injure the iron
roofing industry, and the admiration OF
German locking giss, eJ free wouli destroy
inc business OF silvering plates in this
country.
TAFFY FOR WOOL GROWERS.
The report especially attacks the free
wcol cause of the Mills till and says:
The wool growers of the country produce
annually 800, 600 OOD pounds OF wool, val
ued Mt SlGD, 100000. They snpp!y nine
tsnths OF ,h9 clnthing W lOl used by Ane'i-
can manufactures, ard they have raj el
tie United S;ate1 70 the fret rank aInopg
thu wcot prcducirg crunTiss Of the
wGrld. ThoFe who bcve, By their pr
tieut labor and intel'i gent Efforts, built
up this great industry, relying for security
upon the protection of present revenue
arrangements are certainly entitled to
fair treatment and reasonable considera-
ton, They are refused either BY this pro-
pnsal. IN selecting these branches Of in
dustry for the radical charges which ffee
trade theories enforce, tbs President and
his party have made il perfectly under
stood, in this country snd abroad, that
their acceptance of these theories is com
plete and that that they inte1d to pui the
axe to the root of the protective syst4m.
1t will b3rosicei that in 1850, after IA
years of revenue tariff, ths total p'odrc-
tiou Of domestic wool wss GO 26i 9l3
p'unds, or II pounds ptr capita, While IL
1884, after 2tvsafs Of p;otecIion, the total
proc uetion had idc-sassd in 30}, 600 600
pounds. or pounds per capita, TS,s
Increase justifi - iha policy of affHr6iug this
important agricultural product adequate
protection.
rYOyy ADpTrr rurrp nrrN prTT
The majority terms the Mills bil "a gee
tional bill" IN A says its provisions "p1int
10 an attempt 20 disCrimiuass in faver OF
the planters of the cotton growing states
an attempt made with the vaia hops thst
IT msy be found possible t. achieve the
permanent prosperity of one section at the
expsnse another"
IT'S A MoNoPoLIsTS' MEASURE.
The report of the minority makes doc
umsnt of twelve printed pages. Il begins
with shs statement that, IN the prepaTa-
tien OF the Substitute tor the House bill,
no msmher Of thu minority
of the committee was con5ulte
or informed as TO itJ provisions, until II
was rep ed 70 the full committee on the
% h OF September. The minority reCites
the work OF the subcommittee ia hearinI
the statements, arguments and appeals
of mauu acturers and others who
demaId that tbs present. high rate ol
tariff taxation shall be maintained ard IN
most inst mos prompted not by any rev.
epus necessities, but alone for tue purpose
of increasing their own profits at the ex'
psnse of sixty million tax payers.
The essential difference between the
House bill and tho Senate substitute
il apparent and radical at tht
outset in the mater of revenue
Tue one is framed in the interest OF the
PUBLIC treasury the otfer in the interes
of PRIVATE pocke.s. The one is framsG
in the interest OF the whcl4 people, th'
other in the interest Of 100000 manufac
| turers.
The ctisf reductions in tariff taxation
rs provided by the substitute, aIe confined
70 the articles Of sugar aud rice, with ju',
and few other unimportant articles p9
upon the free List, whIls there is increase
OF duties imposed upon the mul'iforn
manufacturers Of cotton, wool, iron AIT
steal articles, that the whole people, anC
especially the poor and most needy claSse
are compelled to use.
slugsing Without Science.
NEW Yo2K. October 4.-Jack Lane, Q
Brooklyn, and Jimmie Collins, of Newark
N. J., fought nine terrific rounds on tn
tart at Bsnsonhurst, Long Island, thi
r,,rn;ng The fivhtipp yas fast and furj