Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-16

mafs . reduction amounting 70 lers thss
yon hundred Il met with = slorm of
den9neiation and charaeterised bv tbe
combined Interest," protected aehio.t onm.
s.llioo . 2 frss trsde proposition that Il
~ rum Ill the manufacturing interests Of
tns country. L 81 10 Of tss.iiou
oa every 800 worth Of dutiable
Eoods imported frss trade. Il tsesns &, ms
n enormous rats of taxation. Il n rate
o. TAXATION that II levied on the wealth Of
ne country would not he permitted 20
sand Tor one hour. What STATE in the
Union imposes . rass Of ta1ation equal 70
5 pr osntf
Tsxstion In tho States n levied IN lsnds
houses bonds stocks, notes, borses, cat.
s.s-in abort On al kinds Of property.
ine owner sees and reAlises fully what he
= doing vbsn hs pays taIss on hia rrop.
@ty, and no party and no administration
could remain In power one hour In any
State In the Union that would imposs Q
tax Of IS On the 500 of property. Il
could not b collected. II would produce
insurrection. But Q tax of $40 40 levied
on the products Of labor, ard concealed
and disguised BY the methods Of ipdirec-
ton adopted In IL collection IL boldly pro-
oaimsd fres trade messrre. In o ma.
iorfty OF The States the rate Of taxation
dos not reach 81 On The 500 for State snd
oounty purposss and there ere hut few
cities In ths United StaAss, extnvagsrt 20
thsy generally ars In THAR municipal cd.
minntrations, that supports taxation Of
Per can't
And yst this bill, carrying taxation Of
$42 4S per cent, II characterized ss "ffee
trade measure" The term free trade"
seems to have double meaning. Some
gentlemen seem to understa,d that free
trade means an absolute exemption Of our
foreign commerce from al tsIstiou. Gen.
tlemsn on this side Of the House and the
Democrsttc party In all its history have
used the term free trade to moan freedom
Of our foreign commerce from all obstruc-
tion save that Of jutt and necessary taxa.
tion for the support OF an honest and eco.
nomicAl administration Of the Govsrn-
ment. (Applausr.
The tarff Of 1876 was framed to raise
revenue and for that purposs only, and it
wAs called BY both parties free trade tar
ID. The tariff Of 1857 wv . ttill lower
tariff and framed for revenue purposes
alone, and Il VS. called . hse trsdo tarif.
But nobody ever oontsndsd for the aban-
donment Of the policy born with the Gov
srnmsnt Of raising rsvenus by duties on
impoits. / have often spoken vi thcse
uAnffs - free trade tariffs, and the decade
from 1850 to 1860 ~ . free trade decade,
becAuse under those TARIFF and during that
time the foreign commerce Of the United
States was not then filtered by obsti uc-
tions In the interest OF individuals and
[Applause.
But let "a examine the schedule Of tkis
bill and see II We can find any Tree trade
concealed in them. We have not touched
the liquor schedule, nor the ak snheduls,
because We thought that thoe who ufcd
the articles embraced In thco oould afford
to pay the dutie, Levied on them by the
existing law. The tobacco schedule has been
stiicR Gu from the bill iu the Committee Of
tie Whole.
We have tiled TO reduce the dutics upon
the EeeessaIies OF lie, became the gioat
body Of tho people ale compelled 70 h<rs
them.
The frst schedule IL that OF drugs and
chemicals. The average rate Of duty by
existing Law Il 32.H per cent. We reducs
II TO 2s.l7, or . reduction Of N.7O In the
hssdssd.- Thy say~ viii destroy the
domestic manufacture. WhyY becsuse
labor IL 10 much cheaper Ia fon Ign coun-
tries. But tho whole labor cost Is only
1913 Der cent II the labor cost here was
100 PSF cent. higher than 10 fortiyn ooun-
tries, which II Is not, then 8 per cent. would
fully cover tho difference. bat We leave
2s.l7, more than twice the catiie
labor cost. II there any danger to
chemical industry 10 . reduction Of
I7 per cent? Tie demand Of she
Government for revenue will more than
double the entire labor cost, % tfat the
labor II not endangered. But IL seems .
little strange that ~ the t1rif In levied to
prctett American labor and the protection
Is 32S7, that the lAborsr only gets 1919.
Thsre seems to b lsak somewhere.
The next u esfthen and glass w1rs. The
duty under the exiting law Is So IS on
every 500; by this bill Il " &52I7. And
this v fres trade, too. A reduction Of
81. 80 on . hundred, and leaving . tax up.
on the consumer Of $52 IL In every 500
worth Of product imported into the ooun-
try, will shut up the glsss and sarthen
ware busipss tbsy say, and thsy call that
free trsdb.
Mr.. Speaker, II So II taxation on 500
worth Of property imported into the Uni.
ted States from iorisn countries q. FREQ
trade, in Gods name will come one tell me-
what Ia meant by the tEfm protst ttionY
lApplause. We'll, these manufacturers
are alarmed sboat cheap forsigu lsDor, too,
and thsy want pro.ecaioa enough, they
ssy. 10 cover the difference between Wages
Ia Europs and hsra Ons OF our copsnE In
Enplsud tell, 10 that the average lstor
cost OF ssrtbsu wsrs 10 The USi.ed States
in 1850 was I6} per can't, and 10 6t4fSsd-
shirs, EaQl,nd, AZ pr osot. II thi, b
true, oar istor l, cbssper than The foaiSn.
Bot II the foreign labor cot nothing, then
10 have lsit PR csnt. enough TO psy The
vbols labor coa Of our manutsciuree. The
labor cost Of eaItheu and slsz ware, -
shoWn by The csnsu, Of 1850, 80 IL PSF
can't, and ws have lat SALT par cent.
why n it that oil Of that 68.65 pn cat.
ala not s,t 10 the lsborer, osly Al pa os1t.
having found in way 70 ti, poekta
Ths psxt schedule " uastala. We havs
reduced ths duties from IN average Of
en- pr csnt. under the ptssnt tsnif To
81. ~ under he psodipg bill. This " .
roductisa of t2.a0 On 500 worth Of i'm
portsd mstsis. Thsrs u nothiog rsvolu.
tiooary In thst, nothing 70 excite alarm,
and Il 10 . long WY yst 70 free trade. 4
reductiou oo pig iron from Sc 60 TO $3.50
p~ osnt still issvss IL With heavy daty,
snd The tax Of ts pes ton which ws peo.
poe \ the war tariH nts Of 1853 Ths
reduction Of The d1ty on steel raDs from
q. SO psr cant. TO 81 81 leaves drty bigh.
@ than u W. from 1885 70 1910. u ~
then IS psr osct. In 1910 tbs duty w.
chsaesd 3, specific rsts of ~ per ten.
Ths squivalsot ID v.lossm ws then sbsat
q per cant. Il eeemed . rsdsetiee.
Doabtless Il wss done updsr ths pr.tenss