National Republican., 1888-05-01

liabilities of the farms Of the northwestern
states, he stated that, having clipped one OF
them from Democratic paper, he had sent
II tU the agricultural department (Which had
been cited as authority for the state
mentG with request to know
based. He had received reply stating that
the agricultural department knew nothing
about II. The statement, he said, wnsa
bastard that did not know It's own father;
and there was some doubt ms TO whether IL
ever had mother lfhc believed that pro.
lection was iniuring the farmer be would
resist II VI every other man In the House
was IN favor Of H. The attitude of the
Democratic party In agitating tho tariff
question had cost laboring men untold mil
lions Of dollars, ana he warned the laboring
men against any party, President or law
maker whose acts would quicken the bee
hives Of England, while in Il comparative
degree II would check the manufacturing
industries of their own country, The de-
stiuction Of policy so fraught with pros
perity and happiness should not be thought
Of, and before u radical change was made II
should he exercised with caution aud wis
dom, and with an eye to the good Of the
whole country. (Applause.l
Mr.. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, said
that the pending struggle was one between
England and America, and he characterized
the bill Us wicked assault upon the indus,
tries Of New England. IL should, he said
be entitled bill "to reduce New England
TO the position Of u dependency Of Great
Brtain.r
lie confessed that the present tarlif aglta-
tiOn had alarmed New England manufactu-
rers, but they had fair reason for alarm. The
New England platform was destined to be
the platform Of the south when Its mines
were opened and its furnaces In blast aud
its manufactures busy IL the ways and
means committee had read the petitions
from New England manufacturers II would
have known where stockings were made
and might have avoided many incongruities
and Inconsistencies IN It's hill. Let Congress
strike down the domestic cotton industry, let
itrcduce the duty, and the south would soon
see the price of cotton nov cents, and
which had been n cents under the torif Of
lss1y still further reduced.
He preferred the protective To the dc
structivc policy and 80 would the south
when II came to know the benefits VI pro-
lection. AS to raw mntcriul--sO much
talked nbout--what was II 2 II was not pig
iron or even the water we brought into our
houses, each and all represented labor. He
knew Of no raw material except the Demo-
cratic statesman.
The surplus was large, not because Of the
| tariff laws, but because of the niggardll-
ness of the Democratic party. The Republi-
can party desired the House to pass .
general pension bill, to provide for fortif-
cations and armaments, and for extending
encouragement TO the American merchant
| maine; but the Democratic party shouted
| No with an unanimity ythatwas at once sug-
gestive and startling.
He rejoicod TO see that southern men were
at last beginning to break away from the
old low tariff ideas. II manufactures had
made the north rich why should not the
south follow its examples Where were
the manufactures, the libraries, the arts,
and the literature Of the Southp That was
the language of southern man. II was
encouraging to reflect that II the Mills
| bill ran the gauntlet of the House, II would
meet the OPPOSITION Of at least one Demo-
| cratic vote IN the Senate.
At the conclusion Of Mr. Gallinger's
| speech the committee rose and the House,
mt 5:3O adjourned