Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-16

clusiyely presumed to be entitled to a vote
and consequently that Turpie must be
held entitled to his seat.
The House.
WAsHINaroN, May 11.-After the morn.
ing session had been finished the house went
into committee OF the whole on the tariff
bill aud Scoot took the floor. He began
his speech with a defense of the science oil
political economy and the correctness OF
its conclusions. He asked whether this
great country, sixty millions strong, with
inventive genius keener, with labo. more
skilled than any other yeople ON the globe,
should decline to compete for the suprem-
asy in the marts of mankind, and con-
tinue forever to trade among ourselves,
under the insane delusion that we were
growing rich by the process. Our friend,
the enemy, said Eyes, let us
BUILD A CHINESE WALL
around this young and vigorous people,
where eager enterprise already chafes
under the bonds of nature and if we cannot
make it wholly impervious, let us make it
as nearly SO as we can. They we're Bour-
bons. Bourbons all, and of the densest
kind. Their faces were turned backward,
not forward They were looking through the
dismal shades of thedead past, not through
the glowing day OF the living present. The
bill 1.-THE Mills bilD is fra med in the interest
the whole people. 1t was intended in the
first instance to stay the mounting surplus
i'll the treasury, threatening overwhelming
and possible immediate disaster, even now
impending; and second, to relieve,
rs far as possible, at this time
the overburdened industries of the
country from excessive taxation. The
proceeds, which do not pass into the
treasury, but 60 directly to support the
sIasDing monopolies, which were the for
most part combined in utterly in~defensible
and
ATRoCIoUsLY OPPRESSIVE TRUSTS.
A bill has been introduced by a member
the House tRandall), and referred to
his COMMITTEES, whichprovided a large rednc-
lion in internal taxes and dealt very curl
,usly indeed with the customs duties.
But, taking the iron and steel schedules is
/ fair index OF the genius OF the proposed
Dill, and one with which the member intro.
lucing it was supposed to be mostfamiliar,
md passing judgment on the whole from
uioS AZ q ooiC " say lila IL Wdb HOS III
inc with revenue REFORM; not ia the inter
of consumer, nor middleman, nor man.
lfacturer, but, in fact, increased the bur-
lens on every avocatioD; every industry
md work, so on the farmer. Taking it
lem by item, it gave the astounding result |
hat for every dollar OF reduction in the |
on the iron schedules, S26 were
Idded to the burdens OF the public al
eady
TOO oNERoU TO BE BORNE.
Instead OF reducing taxation this bill pro.
'osed to increase them. The majority oil
he Committee on Ways and Means had
bought first to relieve the manufacturing
Industries by placing on the free list as far
IS possible such articles as were essentially
to enable them to COM
not only in their home markets, butin
he markets of the world. Second in the
and readiustment of the various
chedules under the list in the tariff to leave
,mple duties on all merchandise that could
'ossibly be imported from abroad in COM
with home products and protect
manufacturers and labor the en-
by them. Protection, SO called,
'ould add not a penny to wage work.
pay or give one days additional labor
j a year, but it would rob him of an undue
roportion OF mis- earnings to purchase the
ecessaries of life and
E EP HIM DEPENDENT.
Since recent history, this country has
moved that the tendency OF protected in
.ustries was towards combinations in the
'rm of trusts, under which production
as arbitrarily suspended, raising the prices
the consumer and throwing the work
IAN out OF his job. A monopoly more
'rcible, more dangerous to the liberties of
he people OF this country, more Cypress
e to labor could not be imagined.
pom no class OF people does the present
riff burdens bear SO heavily as upon the
rming class. One of the strong arguments
le protectionists made to the farmer was
home market that protection was alleged
insure for his produce, was a
FALLACY AND A FRAUD
I'd intelligent farmers would not longer be
by it. He called attention to
gas and said the manufacturers ,
no were so fortunately situated required
'thing more To enable them to take the !
art OF this majestic world and would !
ar the palm alone, but free raw material |
the markets around the globe, no 9
restriction here or there, 6
cap food and cheap clothing. Another 8
xed question is wool. This bill put
Dol on the free list, not only the inter
: OF the wool manufacture but in that
sheep husbandry itself TO enable the
of this country to compete in q
g home market and to export the sur c
rs abroad, he must be able to purchase a
wool al fa%vorably, not only as to a
ice, but as to selection OF qualities and :,
ads as does his foreign competitor. I'm e
'diately wool was free Our manufa cturers 4
'uld begin to draw upon the markets of =
9 world for the raw material to meet
nerican demand The result would be
advance OF wool in the foreign markets
d an advance abroad would advance a
. price here, the tariff or no tariff. II
IN CONCLUSION He SAID: n
are here, sir-we, the majority OF the Il
and means committee, and of this RI
'use, in defense Of American industry.
alone offer it protection; we seek alone
and the aggrandisement OF
nestle labor by liberating it from the tc
natural restraints and allowing it undis- a,
bed possession and complete enjoyment A
its own earnings. A monopoly market -
which to buy the n~ecessaries oil life on "
one hand, and on the other the labor
rket, subject to the caprice of trusts, is
at the other side offers. Will the la
ing man accept hat generous tender til
| vote with the monopoly party under bi
coercion OF the employer? II they do,
hideous disaster foreseen by Jefferson,
natural result of the restrictive and
sidy policy will rush down upon rs, and
government of the union will pass into L.
hands OF those who openly proposet to
vert its powers and employ them to
nder the people for their W enrich
1T.
GEAR, OF IOWA, re-
discussing the Mills bill which he said tn
lid destroy American labor, said: In is
contest between free trade and protsc-
!, the Republican party had on it's side i'm
Of the manufacturers and the {
orers, while on the other sid was a large tn,
ton OF the Democratic party backed er,
foreign influence. Dibble, oil South, +,
DINA, criticised the Republicans for :.
r proposition that only tariff duties. TO
should be reduced were those on ]
cles which should be produced in the ne,
and for desiring that everything !
lid be protected except the rice of the laL
,linas and the sugar OF Louisiana. I'M
ougthen, OF Wisconsin. opposed the bill. NV