Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
q,s House Spends the Day in Com
mittes of the Whole Consider
ing the Tariff Bill.
INF michigan, Gcft OF West Virginia
and Lsndes of Illinois Hold Down tho
Floor With Long Speeches.
FIftieth Congress.
THE HOUSE.

tent for inc nouse w
". consideration of private business, the
no w vent into committee of the whole
on the tsrif bill.
Mr Brewer OF Michigan gladly well
.-ed the issue presented by the pending
~a.sure. Ia times past the Democratic
IT, had soueh. to evsde issues. In It's
pa ".;orm Of 1884 it had declared for pro-
psion for free trade, for Incidental pro-
ZION; for tariff for revenue only and
so. tariff for revenue, go that the voter
~, r,d cons,rue the platform to suit his
- convictions. In Kentucky the plat
.,-, me.nt free q ade. In New York,
Etnrnect,cut and New Jersey the gen.
eor,,n from Pennsylvania was able
.nrn,te the voters believe 1t means pro-
section. By reason of fraud and intimi-
S',ion prscticed in one section Of the
oonntry and by means Of the drop prac
.cad hg the Democratic leaders In
.nother section, the Democratic candi-
s.ta for Presidency had been elected. For
thrae veHrs of Democratic administration
tba democratic party in the House had
plsYed fast and loose on the great tarin
SnestIou until the necessities of the gov
srpment had compelled the administra-
tion TO take some decided position aud he
bonored the President for having forced
his party to stop its double dealing and
define its attitude. He then advocated
the protective system as the one
which tended to increase the wages
NJ labor, and in support OF
Si, proposition he cited various statistics
nrepsred by Commissioner Wright to
show thst the rates of wsges in this
country largely exceeded those of the
working men in Englsnd.
Mr.. Mulford Of Michigan, said the
question was presented now IS one Of
tariff reduction, not of abolition. Con-
gress had no right to take the part OF 8
few manufacturers against the great body
nj the consumers. But that was Just
what has been done. Our wsr tariff de-
clsred for higher prices for the producer
of iron, now the prices for producer of
the iron; higher prices for the producer
of glass, AMI lower prices for the pro-
Queer of wheat. He ridiculed the
position tsken by the protectionists that
8 higher tariff increases the wages Of
American workmen. No industries, he
ssid, showed more poverty, more degree
Workmen than those SO called protected
ones. There wss not bod carrier in the
United Ststes but who earned more
wages than the average person employed
IN the industries benefited by the war
tariff.
Mr. Gotf of West Virginia spoke In
opposition to the bill. The reduction of
the tariff, he said, should be made by the
friends of the protective system and not
Nby its avowed enemies. President
Clevelsrd's cold-blooded indifference
10 the benefits of the people
wEs entitled to precedence over hll
emanstions from the executive mansion
oil our history from such aspirit as Presi-
dent CleVeIanu exhibited, dominating al
most with single impulse the Demo-
cratic side of the House. He (Gof)
would saVe our industries snd our homes.
Mills bill was conceived by means i'm
pregnated with economic viciousness. Its
passage WAS the death knell of protection.
While It was not all that It's friends hoped
for, it WAS In the line of the legislation
they had long sought for and
mournea because they found it not.
Il they succeeded. now they proposed
next year TO take another step and grad
ailly but surely the people were to be
marched into the camp of those who con-
tended for tar e for revenue only. That
system as far as labor was involved and
industries were concerned was as bad IS
free trade. George Washington, the FIRST
PRESIDENT, WAS grandly right when he
suggested and approved the first tariff
provision. Grover Cleveland (who he
hoped would be our last
free trader Presidency was shame
July wrong when he suggested
and used the power of his great Office to
secure the destruction of the protection
system. The people had been deceived
IN the last presidential campaign by the
declaration that Cleveland was q protec-
ZIONIST. The hand Of Esau would be Of
lsred again, but the people would not be
ssgaln deceived. The people had at LAST
found out the Democratic party. He did
aot believe In free raw material. There
was no such thing as rsw material In the
sense In which 1t WAS used in
Inls discussion. Coal unmined YVES
law material, but when /. was
niled 1t WIS the miners flushed pro-
uucI and was entitled to protection. Iron
ois was not rsw material, but the result
VI Inc labor of the miner. 1t was as
aqCn entitled to protection as the rice
asids oil the south and the sugar plsnta-
uons OF the Mississippi Valley. Wool
eupped from the sheep WAS not raw
imsArial. 1t was the farmers finished
apor and the farmers had made up their
mlHos that it had to be protected.
me duty Of 1867 should be restored
sno an industry so essential to orr
prosperity as people and cur independ
ence IS nation should be stimulated. In
SSosclusion, ne said the protective system
aau enabled the government 10 perfect q
s ~ OF in'rcs which was the marvel
=. me age. 1t had fosiered cur indus
ales, Quilt up our manufactures and
SStelea up our wilderness. 1t had digni-
E'I our labor and educated our people.
r - aau msde our valleys to laugh In glad
LESS II had caused the waters Of COM
r. Telcial prosperity to pour all over land.
=, ~ 80 made the flag Of the country testify
~ ~. NAV was grest in human action, al
o Ms1 was grand in human thought, snd God
iuty knew what it would not do for our
,t Illus II the Democratic party would let